SummaryThe 30-year long friendship between Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) is tested in this series based on the novel of the same name by Kristin Hannah.
SummaryThe 30-year long friendship between Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) is tested in this series based on the novel of the same name by Kristin Hannah.
The series is as engaging as a juicy book read curled up on some shabby couch in a rented cabin, a random object found on the shelf and opened merely to pass the time until it becomes something more: a genuine, if mild, passion.
Read the book years ago . Absolutely love Kristen Hannah ! She is an amazing story teller. Excellent adaptation of the book so far . The cliff hangers at the end made me scream "No" at my phone !
Careens back and forth between three main timelines with such frequency and often with such heavy-handed stylistic touches, it actually undercuts the dramatic impact of this well-made, well-acted and well-intentioned emotional rollercoaster of a story.
Firefly Lane is a show that’s better in concept than in execution. But considering the ideas it’s exploring are relatively unique in the TV landscape, it’s at least a mom show with merit.
Curtis and Skovbye enjoy a more natural chemistry than Chalke and Heigl, imbuing the younger actresses’ scenes with a hearty sweetness that contrasts satisfyingly against the thorny resentments of the characters’ older years. Heigl still commands a workable comic timing when it counts, but she's much more uneven than Chalke, who maintains a baseline of solidity even if her innate brightness seems dimmed here.
Firefly Lane has some good things going for it: it’s a celebration of lifelong female friendship with its heart in the right place. But it aims higher and misses: not funny enough to make you laugh and not deep enough to make you cry.
It is confusing and often maddeningly boring; it lacks a cohesive identity other than as a vehicle for Heigl and Chalke to shout and cry. Its time-hopping device, clashing emotional tones and baffling plot twists add up to something far less than the sum of its parts.
I generally liked the main characters and the somewhat unique plot but i did not enjoy the use of flashback so much. It was a good tool to provide the back story for the characters and it helped to understand the characters in a much deeper level but its far too excessive and confusing at times. I would still watch the next season.