It almost feels like each time period was written by entirely different people, leaving the editors to piece it all together in post.īy 2003, Tully has become the multimillionaire host of “The Girlfriend Hour,” a daytime talk show that feels like a mashup of “Oprah” and “The Ellen Show,” both of which are referenced in passing with a semblance of a self-aware wink. (I didn’t.) One minute, for instance, Tully’s talking Kate through her first period the next, the show cuts to 2003 to show Kate’s estranged husband Johnny (Ben Lawson) training for a dangerous reporting assignment in Iraq. More often, they’re jarring enough that I kept rewinding episodes to be sure I didn’t miss some connective tissue.
The transitions between Tully and Kate as teenagers (played with charm by Ali Skovbye and Roan Curtis) to the two as hardworking career gals of the ’80s to them as lonely women in their 40s sometimes works.
Hannah is well aware of the similarities, given the review excerpts on her website that explicitly compare “Firefly Lane” to “Beaches.” And yet, despite its many parallels to tearjerkers past, “Firefly Lane” loses out on much of its potential emotional resonance by getting lost in its own narrative trickery.Įach episode weaves among the three timelines in fits and starts that only occasionally make thematic sense. Season two of Firefly Lane has not yet been renewed by Netflix, however, you can keep up with its renewal status here.If this sounds like the hit 1988 film “Beaches,” well, you’re not wrong. The cliffhanger we’re left with: Why aren’t they friends anymore? This timeline offers the best in all aspects: cinematography, wardrobe, acting performances, script – and sorry I’m going to throw it in there: haircuts. So, that’s a girl-boss aesthetic that’s fun to watch – aside from what’s going on with Tully at an emotional level. There’s marriage, there’s divorce, there’s betrayals (well, even more betrayals), and the realities of being a working woman in a man’s playing field.Īlso, Tully is mega-rich and successful, but also incredibly sad, living in one’s dream apartment. Timeline 3: Divorce, career ups and downs, and an unforgivable falling out Last episode of season one, Firefly Lane. But, what do I know? I was born in the ’90s, so I should probably bite my tongue on that one. The tacky ’80s fashion, hair, and makeup seems a touch overdone and, therefore, somewhat forced. Of all three moments in the friendship timeline, this is probably the least exciting, even though they’re in their ’20s doing cocaine at the office and enduring multiple office affairs – one being a love triangle between Tully, Kate, and Johnny. Tully has a much larger fire in her belly to be a big-time journalist, whereas Kate is sort of just getting by (career-wise) with stronger intentions on her Aussie boss, Johnny. Tully and Kate land themselves jobs at a local news station. Timeline 2: Office drama and a sort of (but not really) steamy love triangle Tully (left) and Kate (right), Firefly Lane.
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