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Firefly Lane Season 1 Review : This friendship story lacks an emotional punch

 Firefly Lane Season 1 Review : This friendship story lacks an emotional punch


Story: 'Firefly Lane' is the story of best friends Kate and Tully and takes us down their journey through adolescence and adulthood, spread over three decades. The story follows the friendship, love, and relationships of the two females, who are diametrically opposite of each other.

Review: 'Firefly Lane' can easily be categorized as a guilty pleasure watch. Despite the series' many problems, you find yourself immersed in it. The series, which spans over three decades and discusses the friendship of two people who are diametrically opposite of each other but thick as thieves, somehow falls flat on its face emotionally. The majority of the series continues to be unimpressive, and even the most emotional scenes fail to engage viewers. After a while, you start to get annoyed by the plot's three timelines that keep following one another. The uneven structure could also be gauged from the fact that when one timeline closes on a powerful emotional note, another begins immediately afterward on a flat note. This only gives the impression that things are half-baked.

Based on the best-selling novel by author Kristin Hannah, the show has all the elements to draw viewers in, but the mediocre writing hinders its potential to be an overall successful series. The depiction of the friendship and the performances by the series' key actors are a few of its saving grace. It would have been more enjoyable to watch if the writers had researched and gone farther in examining the friendship element. The show gets off to a good start and quickly establishes the 1970s with a hippy protest, but one has to ask if awful wigs and glasses were necessary to create the atmosphere of the time.

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The series begins with Kate and Tully as teenagers who attend the same school. Kate is the quiet, logical one, whereas Tully is opinionated and outlandish. When Tully is sexually assaulted by a partygoer, it’s Kate, who shows her love and affection and not her druggist hippie mother. Over time, their bond of friendship deepens to the point where they resemble "two bodies and one soul." Once they enter the professional world, the two join the same broadcast network. In subsequent years, while Kate takes a step back after having a successful run as a producer, Tully achieves dizzying success as a TV host. The story then switches between and explores many facets of their lives, starting with their teens, adulthood, and professional realm.

The drama is watchable because of the performance by its lead cast - Katherine Heigl (Tully) and Sarah Chalke (Kate). The series is defined by the two actresses' strong relationship and their incredible chemistry together. Even in adverse circumstances, the two remain close to one another and they have each other's backs. Tully's outrageous behaviour and her adherence to the maxim "there is no tomorrow" is in complete contrast with Kate's reserved and reasoned actions. Ben Lawson gives a respectable portrayal as Kate's husband and commissioning editor Johnny. However, the show's finest actors are Ali Skovbye as Young Tully and Roan Curtis as Young Kate.

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The show doesn't hold back when it comes to stereotyping. Young and carefree Tully is portrayed as being very fashionable and attractive, whereas Kate is portrayed as being the "thoughtful" one with ultra-sized glasses. In the end, the duration of the show (10 episodes) appears excessive given the main protagonists' 30-year friendship. Tully's preference to be single and her ongoing flirtation with men comes across as being on a shallow road. Additionally, the track completely lacks substance when it discusses Kate getting a job as an assistant editor and having to work for someone considerably younger than her. Only the scenes where we see the two pals in their adult years could be considered meaty. The series does a good job of capturing their innocence and their everyday learning about life.

The creators of this intelligent television series are well aware of their target audience. It could have achieved a standing reputation based on two strong performances and some in-depth writing, but it's regrettably reduced to average fare.

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