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Firefly Lane

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Mixed or average reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Ratings

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Firefly Lane

Series Details & Credits

Netflix | Release 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

Recent Episodes

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S2:E16. This Must Be the Place
Air Date: April 27, 2023
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S2:E15. Moondance
Air Date: April 27, 2023
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S2:E14. I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
Air Date: April 27, 2023

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Metascore

57

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9

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12

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Critic Reviews

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Decider

Liz Kocan

Dec 2, 2022

Season 2 Review: Firefly Lane can be soapy and sappy, but it’s a fun ride full of humor and high stakes relationship drama. Heigl and Chalke are invested in their characters and they sell the friendship at the heart of the story. Read full review

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Decider

Meghan O'Keefe

Feb 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: Even if melodrama isn’t your thing, you have to bow down to these performances. Netflix Firefly Lane is irresistibly addictive, even for the hardest of hearts — even if it definitely falls into the predictable pitfalls of the genre. Read full review

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The Detroit News

Tom Long

Feb 3, 2021

Season 1 Review: Based on the novel by Kristin Hannah, “Firefly Lane” is so efficient it nearly takes the guilt out of guilty pleasure. Read full review

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The A.V. Club

Caroline Siede

Feb 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: 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

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IndieWire Kristen Lopez

Feb 3, 2021

Season 1 Review: “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

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TV Guide

Candice Frederick

Feb 1, 2021

Season 1 Review: 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

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The A.V. Club

Christina Izzo

Dec 2, 2022

Season 2 Review: In patching together Beaches-lite melodrama, newsroom comedy, coming-of-age high-school hijinks, and, least successful of all, cliffhanger-heavy mystery, Firefly Lane’s second season is less a genre hybrid than a Frankenstein-like creation built for the “Live Laugh Love” set. Read full review

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vk2259

Feb 4, 2021

Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah has been one of my favorite books for a long time. This book is the reason why Kristin Hannah became my favorite author. The TV show starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke brings the book to life with incredible time hop that's moving and not over the edge.Firefly Lane by Kristen Hannah has been one of my favorite books for a long time. This book is the reason why Kristin Hannah became my favorite author. The TV show starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke brings the book to life with incredible time hop that's moving and not over the edge. It portrays friendship that goes through so many decades. The music, outfits and selection of supporting characters makes Firefly Lane TV Series be a perfect show to watch and reflect on your life and your friendships. Highly recommend!

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Findwriters

Jun 8, 2023

I didn't expect to like this series but in fact I have.

It's far from original and the concept of the storyline, endless friendship through the ages and life's stresses, has been done many times before. However, the execution here is very good and the acting admirable. It's also helped byI didn't expect to like this series but in fact I have.

It's far from original and the concept of the storyline, endless friendship through the ages and life's stresses, has been done many times before. However, the execution here is very good and the acting admirable. It's also helped by some really good dynamics between the two women in the lead roles. Maybe in real life they hated each other but on screen, it's very believable that they're lifelong pals.

On the downside, there are endless layers of quite tacky sentimentality thrown in and of course, some of the propositions in the script are irreconcilably in conflict with what we see on screen. For example, nobody is going to believe that very good-looking women really are going to find it difficult to encounter men that are interested in them! Hollywood's been asking us to believe that one for a hundred years and it's getting very tiresome. It's just not what happens in life.

Even so, good series and well done to all involved.… Expand

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Exceladeogun

Dec 18, 2021

Firefly lane

May not sit well with everyone, but the lovely chemistry between the leads is enough to carry the show. It also delivers a nerve wracking finale that leaves an instant desire for more.

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nameless

Feb 5, 2021

More appropriate for the Lifetime Channel. Why are all the men 1-dimensional and shallow. I could never believe the characters. All I saw were the actors playing themselves.

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Seasons & Episodes

57

Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E16. This Must Be the Place
  Air Date: April 27, 2023
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  S2:E15. Moondance
  Air Date: April 27, 2023
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  S2:E14. I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
  Air Date: April 27, 2023
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  S2:E13. Can't Fight This Feeling
  Air Date: April 27, 2023
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  S2:E12. Time After Time
  Air Date: April 27, 2023
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  S2:E11. The Breast Is Yet To Come
  Air Date: April 27, 2023
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  S2:E10. All the World's a Stage
  Air Date: April 27, 2023
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  S2:E9. Hart Shaped Box
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E8. All Apologies
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E7. Good Riddance/Time of Your Life
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E6. Reborn on the Fourth of July
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E5. Simple Twist Of Fate
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E4. Papa Don't Preach
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E3. I'm Coming Out
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E2. On the Road
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
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  S2:E1. Wish You Were Here
  Air Date: December 2, 2022
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 3, 2021