It finally feels like summer is here. The weather is getting hotter, school is ending, and have you seen the new Stranger Things trailer? With season 3 of Stranger Things being set during the summer, I thought about all the television shows that remind me of summer. Summer doesn’t necessarily play a big role in these particular episodes I included, but the episodes do give me summer vibes whenever I watch them which is all that matters.

Friends – The One At The Beach (3×25)

The gang spends a weekend at a beach house; in search of her father, Phoebe meets a family friend with links to her family’s past.

Friends – The One With The Jellyfish (4×01)

Ross is dating Rachel again but hates what he had to do to get her back; Phoebe and her birth mother reconnect; Monica is stung by a jellyfish and has to resort to drastic measures to relieve the pain.

Gilmore Girls – Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days (3×01)

Rory returns from an internship in Washington to deal with conflict over Dean and Jess; Lorelai questions her future when she learns that Christopher’s girlfriend is pregnant.

The O.C – Every Episode

Ryan Atwood is a troubled teenage youth from the wrong side of the tracks in Los Angeles who finds himself on his own, after he is thrown out of his own house. He finds a place to stay in the posh home of the Cohens in the wealthy community of Newport Beach, the O.C.

Gossip Girl – Summer, Kind Of Wonderful (2×01)

Gossip Girl heads to the Hamptons as summer comes to a close.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer – Buffy vs Dracula (5×01)

Buffy and friends encounter Dracula, the greatest vampire of all time; Giles contemplates returning to England.

One Tree Hill – The Desperate Kingdom Of Love (2×01)

When Lucas and Keith learn about Dan’s heart attack, they decide to return to Tree Hill; Deb grows hostile when she learns of Haley and Nathan’s marriage; Peyton and Brooke try to mend their friendship.

Sex and The City Twentysomething Girls vs Thirty-Something Women (2×17)

The girls wrestle with the onslaught of 20- something girls when they are invited to a beach party in the Hamptons.

All of these episodes always puts me in a summer mood whenever I watch them which is always a good thing. I expect the exact same feeling when Stranger Things season 3 comes out on July 4.