Firefly Lane: Season 1

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Netflix | Season Premiere Date: February 3, 2021

Summary: The 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.

Genre(s): Drama

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Richard Lawson

Feb 3, 2021

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 full review

The Independent Adam White

Feb 1, 2021

It’s impressively breezy for something that pulls in stories of rape, cancer and suicide. That ability to maintain an emotional and aesthetic levity at all times, even amid hefty themes, is something these kinds of shows do incredibly well. They don’t often get enough credit for that. Even if we weren’t in the midst of a pandemic, Firefly Lane’s cosy gentleness would be something to be thankful for. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Allison Shoemaker

Feb 3, 2021

“Firefly Lane” will likely have hooked viewers, thanks largely to Heigl and Chalke, who are great separately and even better together. ... It’s easy to care about these women, and easier to care about their friendship. There’s nothing wrong with some healthy, soapy melodrama and a little sentimental hokum in one’s viewing diet. Read full review

Caroline Siede

Feb 1, 2021

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. Read full review

IndieWire Kristen Lopez

Feb 3, 2021

“Firefly Lane” is determined to wring tears and laughter out of you, and it does — it’s just that more often than not, it does that unintentionally and for all the wrong reasons. But you can’t lay the show’s problems at the feet of its heroines, who are all varying ranges of great. Chalke and Heigl make the series far more entertaining than it has any right to be. Read full review

Candice Frederick

Feb 1, 2021

Ten impossibly fast episodes fly by without them saying anything profound, even in relation to the political eras they occupy, but manage to keep us invested in the lives of two small-town women who are just trying to get by. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Feb 3, 2021

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. Read full review

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Lcarlsen64

Feb 8, 2021

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 !

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vatglover

Feb 20, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. You see yourself in all the characters. Such an amazing show inside and out. And Katherine Heigl? Score!… Expand

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Brendani

Feb 3, 2021

The acting holds the show together. Writing needs work but Katherine Heigle proves she is an awards winning actress.

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LISOCHIKOTOSA

Feb 15, 2021

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 atI 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.… Expand

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Apr 4, 2022

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 3, 2021
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