Genre: Drama, Romance
Created by Maggie Friedman
Based onFirefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Starring:Katherine Heigl&Sarah Chalke.
Executive Producers: Maggie Friedman, Stephanie Germain, Katherine Heigl, Lee Rose, Shawn Williamson, Peter O’Fallon
Cinematography: Vincent De Paula
Producers: Aaron Au, Arielle Boisvert
Production Company: Stephanie Germain Productions, Curly Girly Productions
Distributor: Netflix
Plot: For Kate and Tully, no obstacle is too big when it comes to their lifelong friendship. But is there one mistake that could tear them apart forever?
Part 1:
The first part of Season 2 of Firefly Lane was good.
Pros: You will feel a lot of heartfelt, hilarious, and emotional moments as the season progresses. A lot of amusing moments comes from the humour between Tully and Kate, both from when they were kids and as adults. I felt the runtime of each of these episodes this time around was correct and not too long. After seeing what transpired in the finale, it has made me look forward to Part 2.
Cons: There is too much going back-and-forth between flashbacks and modern day. The Johnny storyline felt too stretched out and I felt sad what happened between Tully and Kate.
Part 2:
The 2nd part of Season 2 of Firefly Lane was amazing.
Pros: You will feel through a lot of emotion & eye tearing after watching this final part of this latest season. I did feel the investment into the roller coaster ride with Tully & Kate, throughout the different decades. The best moments was their friendship that is tested in the present day scenes and every actor gave it their all into their performance and it ended with a emotional send-off.
Cons: My only flaw that some moments didn’t make me laugh more than others.
Casts & Crew:
Main:
- Katherine Heigl as Tully Hart, a famous host of a daytime talk show known as The Girlfriend Hour
- Ali Skovbye as Young teenage Tully
- London Robertson as Young Tully 1970
- Sarah Chalke as Kate Mularkey, Tully’s best friend since they were 14 years old and a housewife who is trying to get back in the workforce while going through a divorce
- Roan Curtis as Young teenage Kate
- Ben Lawson as Johnny Ryan, Kate’s husband and the producer of The Girlfriend Hour
- Beau Garrett as Cloud, Tully’s free-spirited drug-addicted single mother
- Yael Yurman as Marah Ryan, Kate and Johnny’s teenage daughter
- Ignacio Serricchio as Danny Diaz (season 2)
Recurring:
- Brandon Jay McLaren as Travis, a widower whose daughter goes to the same school as Marah and finds a connection with Kate
- Jon Ecker as Max Brody, Tully’s love interest
- Chelah Horsdal as Margie, Kate’s mother
- Paul McGillion as Bud, Kate’s father
- Jenna Rosenow as Kimber Watts, an editor at Seattle Digest and Kate’s boss
- Leo Rano as Leon, Cloud’s boyfriend in the 1970s
- Brendan Taylor as Mutt, the cameraman at local news station KPOC Tacoma and Kate’s love interest in the 1980s
- Jason Mckinnon as Sean, Kate’s closeted older brother
- Quinn Lord as Sean ’74
- Synto Misati as Robbie ’74
- Kirsten Robek as Carol, a KPOC Tacoma anchor
- Andres Joseph as Gideon Vega, a photographer at Seattle Digest
- Patrick Sabongui as Chad Wiley, Tully’s love interest in the 1980s who was also her college professor
- Tara Wilson as Julia, Sean’s wife
- Jolene Purdy as Justine Jordan (season 2), Tully’s new talent agent
- India de Beaufort as Charlie (season 2)
- Greg Germann as Benedict Binswanger (season 2), a wealthy businessman who is running for governor of the state of Washington whom Tully and Danny are covering for a story. He came from a family who owned a logging company known as Bincorp.
- Chris McNally as Mr. Waverly (season 2)
Special guest star:
- Martin Donovan as Wilson King, a famous TV producer
I recommend watching the full season 2 of this show on Netflix.
Rating: 9 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.