After Season 1, Netflix’s gal buddy drama series Firefly Lane firmly won our hearts, and now that Season 2 has concluded (at least Part 1), we’re eagerly anticipating the third and final episode. While taking certain modifications in its adaptation for Netflix to make it work better on the tiny screen, the series is based on the Kristen Hannah novel. People have compared the TV show’s flashbacks, which span decades, to those in This is Us’ approach, and they allow viewers fully grasp the highs and lows of the friendship between the two main characters, Tully Hart (Katherine Heigl) and Kate Mularkey.
Season 2 concentrated on the ongoing feud between Kate and Tully, which we first caught wind of near the conclusion of Season 1, and explained why it was happening while also letting us in on some significant earlier events. The fact that Tully abruptly decided to leave on a documentary project in Antarctica and Kate sought out her creative writing classmate as a new buddy shows how hard the separation must be for both of them. The most unexpected development occurred in the last seconds of Season 2 Part 1’s conclusion when Kate learned she had an aggressive form of cancer and needed to start treatment right away. In a typical elevator sequence where one goes up and one goes down, Kate narrowly misses Tully before she departs for a few months and is unable to break the terrible news to her. Heartbreaking!
Keep reading to find out everything we currently know about Firefly Lane Season 2 Part 2 if you’ve managed to put the Kleenex boxes aside long enough to wonder about the upcoming episode.
Firefly Lane Season 2 Part 2 release date
The first instalment of Season 2’s two parts was made available on December 2. According to Katherine Heigl’s post below, Part 2 will be the series’ final instalment and will be available on the streaming service on June 8, 2023. There won’t be a Season 3 of Firefly Lane after Season 2.
And… when you guys are done binging those new #FireflyLane episodes… you can look forward to 7 more! Season 2 part 2 will be hitting your screens on June 8, 2023. pic.twitter.com/eGxNzNG1kQ
The series frequently deviates from the novel, so it’s very impossible to predict how the ending will turn out. While the TV adaptation of Hannah’s book has changed some significant elements, such as the cause of the major falling out between the two best friends (in the book, it was an on-camera altercation, while in the show, it was a much more serious car accident), the outcomes remain the same, so we are once again getting ready to break out the tissues in anticipation of the finale’s possible outcome.
Possibly Episode 2 of Season 2 Spoiler alert: Tully returns from Antarctica to help Kate while she is receiving treatment when Kate contacts her once more in the book, and the two are able to mend their connection. However, Kate eventually passes away from the cancer and requests that Tully care for Johnny and her daughter Marah.
It’s extremely dramatic and heartbreaking, but I don’t want to give anything away, said Sarah Chalke to Deadline. She continued by saying “The plot basically follows the plot of the novel, but it also deviates in very unexpected ways. In order to tell the story completely, it was planned to know how many episodes would be required. It was the end of their voyage; there was no waiting to find out if a pickup was coming or not, and so [the story] is left unfinished.”
Firefly Lane Season 2 Part 2 cast
Main Cast
As Tully Hart, Katherine Heigl
as Kate Mularkey, Sarah Chalke
Young as Ali Skovbye Tully
Young Roan Curtis Kate
As Johnny, Ben Lawson Ryan
As Dorothy “Cloud” Hart, Beau Garrett
Ryan Marah Yael Yurmanas
Where to watch
Netflix lets you watch Season 1 and Season 2 Part 1.
