The 30-year friendship between two women — one, a housewife; the other, a nationally syndicated talk-show host — comprises the heart of the new Netflix drama Firefly Lane.
Sifting through the layers of hurt, jealousy, rivalry and of course mutual support between self-sacrificing frump Kate (Sarah Chalke) and her glamorous, emotionally stunted bestie Tully (Katherine Heigl), this Seattle-set adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s 2008 novel often feels like a Lifetime treatment of My Brilliant Friend.
It’s a rich premise squandered by awkward casting, tearjerking storylines and knee-high ambitions. Firefly Lane jumps between the '70s, '80s and 2003 — when Tully and Kate are, respectively, eighth-graders, college grads at their first jobs at a local.
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