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Firefly Lane Review – A Mother’s Love (1×07)

FIREFLY LANE (L to R) SARAH CHALKE as KATE and KATHERINE HEIGL as TULLY in episode 107 of FIREFLY LANE. Cr. COURTESY OF NETFLIX © 2020

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Firefly Lane Season 1 Episode 7 gave us a deeper look at Tully’s past and how it shaped and affected her future.

More importantly, we saw the aftermath of Kimber’s “Tully Hart-less” expose, which surprisingly, didn’t upset her as much as it should have. I expected the fallout to be much greater her. 

I guess at some point, Tully figured a good reporter would uncover the truth. Though, I don’t think Kimber technically qualifies as a good reporter because, as Kate pointed out before she brilliantly quit, she didn’t get both sides of the story. 

However, this does finally allow Tully to take control of her narrative and own up to her past so that it no longer controls her. 

The network for her show suggested bringing her mother on for a segment, and while it’s understandable that she wouldn’t want to give her mom yet another chance (lord knows she’s given her plenty and Cloud squandered each and every one of them), it could show that Tully managed to achieve success despite constantly being made to feel worthless by her own mom. 

The right PR spin could really work in her favor. 

However, it’s probably best that Tully just waits for it to blow over. 

In flashbacks, we see her get her hopes up just to be let down by Cloud time and time again. She spent her whole life trying to gain her mother’s love and approval and to make her proud. 

In the high-school flashbacks, Tully approaches a poem for the school play with more pizzaz because her mother tells her to. Sadly, on the day of the performance, she doesn’t even show up and Tully realizes it’s because some ex-boyfriend came back and was deemed more important. 

In the 80s flashbacks, Tully goes out of her way to visit her mother at the campground so that she can tell her all about her new job, but her mother shames her for working for the “lying media” and insists she’s short on cash. 

It’s not a surprise that Tully found it easier to pretend her own mother was dead. 

And still, she turned all of that into motivation to do better and be better; she never let it get the best of her. 

She even did a live news report during a convenience store robbery where she got shot. Nothing could get Tully down, which is why Johnny was so shaken and scared when she didn’t show up for her show. It was unlike her. 

Tully, instead, confronted her mother at the diner for once again swooping in when things were going good to destroy everything.

It must’ve felt good to get everything off of her chest. Her mom, who is now sober, finally apologized for being a terrible mom, and it’s something Tully has always wanted to hear — some kind of acknowledgment.

She also explained that she acted that way because she didn’t think her daughter needed her; she thought she was dragging her down. It was a powerful and heartbreaking scene. 

I think the moment helped Tully realize she wants to keep the baby because she’s not like her mother and she never has been. She’s not doomed to repeat the mistakes of her mother’s past. Plus, her mother explained that she was “too young” when she had her, but Tully is in her 40s and ready for this next step. 

Kate, per usual, was sidelined for the Tully show. She quit her job because Kimber disrespected her and her best friend. 

She then cut her little rendezvous with Travis short because she had to go look for Tully. 

And in both flashbacks, Kate was there to cheer Tully up. She laid with her after the play, and she comforted her after being shot, despite being really upset with her for sleeping with Johnny. 

Oh yeah, that happened. To be fair, Tully didn’t know the extent of Kate’s feelings for Johnny or that anything happened between them when he came back from El Salvador. All she knew is that Kate was really into Mutt. 

It was a lapse of judgment, and yet, something very on-brand for Tully. 

Kate’s “first time” with Mutt was a disaster, so having to hear her best friend have great sex with the guy she’s been pining over was just the cherry on top of a horrible night. 

In the present-day, Johnny got a taste of that medicine when he walked in on Kate hooking up with Travis. And I’ll be honest, it has to see your wife moving on.

Travis seems to be the consolation prize in all of this because if Johnny were to decide to put his family first, Kate would take him back in a heartbeat. 

And man, I wish that he would because the flash-forward scene to a funeral has me quite worried. 

The series purposefully misled viewers (which I hate, but it’s to be expected) by making it seem like Kate and Marah were headed to Tully’s funeral. I mean, all the comments about “missing her” and “she would know how to handle this.”

But in those last moments, Tully parked the car and walked to the church. Everyone looked at each other, and it’s clear that the comments were made as Kate and Tully had a falling out in the two-years since she found out she was pregnant. 

But if it isn’t Tully’s funeral, then whose is it? The only other person that comes to mind is Johnny, and since we know he was going to Iraq, it’s even more plausible. 

If it was Johnny, however, I would assume that Kate and Marah would be more involved with the preparations versus simply just attending. I mean, they are his family after all?

If it isn’t Johnny, then it has to be Sean. The suspense is killing me!

And what led to Kate and Tully’s falling out?

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    When Is Season 3 of ‘Ginny and Georgia’ Coming Out?

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    When Will Season 3 of Ginny and Georgia Premiere

    Ginny and Georgia centers on the heartwarming yet extremely complicated bond between a mother and her daughter after they put down roots in a New England town. 

    With so many compelling storylines and incredible characters of all ages, it’s no wonder that the coming-of-age drama has become a fan favorite among Netflix audiences. 

    The second season of Ginny and Georgia premiered on Jan. 5, 2023, which means that a third season is likely far off, especially considering Brianne Howey, who plays Georgia, just announced her first pregnancy, which will possibly delay filming.

     

     
     
     
     
     
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    Of course, Netflix has to renew the series for a third season. As of March 28, 2023, it has not given the show a green light for additional episodes. 

    Fans shouldn’t be too worried, however, as a renewal is very likely considering the show’s performance, the rabid fan base, and the fact that season 3 ended on such a cliffhanger—Netflix knows that fans will be clamoring for another season to see how the situation resolves itself. 

    As for a premiere date, well, there isn’t one just yet. Until the series is renewed and production begins, it’s a bit too difficult to come up with a date for new episodes. The season could likely arrive in February 2024 if we’re looking at the previous premieres for both seasons 1 and 2, which both debuted at the start of 2021 and 2023, respectively.

    But with Howey’s pregnancy thrown into the mix, that could delay things a bit, and it wouldn’t be the worst thing if the series returned during the summer when there’s a lull in content and fans are seeking out something to binge-watch and get invested in. 

    Either way, when Netflix makes an official decision, you’ll be the first to know as we’ll update this article accordingly! 

    Until then, you can gear up for the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Riverdale, and Firefly Lane

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    Who Is Rhys Montrose on ‘YOU’ Season 4?

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    You Season 4 Episode 6 Review Best of Friends

    YOU Season 4 introduced a plethora of new characters as it revamped the series with a murder mystery format. 

    *Warning – stop reading if you haven’t finished YOU Season 4 – Spoilers Ahead *

    The shakeup made sense considering Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) uprooted his life following the fiery events in Madre Linda that killed Love Quinn and started over in London, assuming the identity of Professor Jonathan Moore. 

    Rather quickly, he got pulled into an elite group thanks to his co-worker and neighbor, Malcolm Harding (Stephen Hagan), who was the season’s first victim. Joe/Jonathan naturally despised Malcolm’s group, though he did find Rhys Montrose (Ed Speleers), an author running for Mayor of London, to be a bit of a kindred spirit. They came from the same broken background and shared many of the same views.  

    As the first half of the season unraveled, Joe sought out advice from Rhys on a handful of occasions, engaging in plenty of long heart-to-hearts with him, so it was kind of shocking when it was revealed that Rhys, as audiences have come to know him, was never real.

    Rhys Montrose existed, yes, but he was never friends with Joe, nor was he the Eat the Rich Killer. The version of Rhys that Joe bonded with was a hallucination conjured up by his subconscious to protect himself and eliminate his darker, more deranged thoughts. 

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    You. (L-R) Ed Speleers as Rhys, Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in episode 410 of You. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

    For much of the season, we saw Joe desperately trying to set himself free from Rhys’ grasp. At first, he saw him as public enemy #1, who somehow figured out Joe’s real identity and roped him into a murder spree by threatening to frame him for the deaths if Joe refused to participate. 

    However, once Joe realized that Rhys was a figment of his imagination, he began to look for ways to silence the evil little voice forever, while also trying to figure out a plan to cover up the death of the real Rhys Montrose. 

    Joe was tasked with killing the mayoral candidate, who he assumed at the time was the Eat the Rich Killer, by Kate’s (Charlotte Ritchie) father, Tom Lockwood. When he arrived at Rhys’ secret countryside hideout and tied him up, he was infuriated that Rhys claimed not to know who he was, nor would he admit to kidnapping Marienne (Tati Gabrielle). Eventually, Joe’s rage and anger took over, and he “accidentally” killed Rhys, which is when fake Rhys showed up and revealed that Joe was having a semi-psychotic break. 

    In the end, Joe’s suicide attempt ensured that his hallucinations were forever gone, though he did embrace the darkness he was trying so hard to snuff out, making him more dangerous than ever.

    As for the real Rhys Montrose’s killer, he pinned it all on poor Nadia (Amy-Leigh Hickman), a fan of Rhys’s from the beginning, who flew too close to the sun in her attempts to bring down Joe Goldberg. If only she just listened to Marienne’s advice.

    A huge congrats to the YOU team for pulling off yet another jaw-dropping twist, and to both Badgley and Speleers for completely immersing themselves in their dual characters. 

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    YOU Review – Best of Friends (406)

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    Just when you thought you figured out where the season was headed, YOU pulls out the rug from under you yet again.  

    I’m definitely starting to feel the whiplash that Joe/Jonathan must be feeling right about now. 

    Things have gone from crazy to crazier rather quickly, as Rhys unveiled his true plan—along with how Joe is involved—while Joe came out victorious in front of the elite group once again, and all while a new suspect started piecing things together and realizing that Joe knows way more than he’s led on. 

    While Joe spent numerous hours trying to figure out a plan to get close to Rhys, Rhys just appeared at Joe’s place one night without so much as lifting a finger. Joe may think he’s the invisible one in the city, but for a man who’s so well-known and loved, Rhys seems to get around without anyone noticing. 

    And he made the rules of the game very clear—either Joe finds someone to frame for all the deaths or he goes down as the Eat-the-Rich killer, which isn’t exactly ideal. A little incentive goes a long way, so while Joe tried to distance himself initially, he couldn’t shake the desire for self-preservation and took the bait. He took the task rather seriously as it was either kill or be killed; he knew someone had to go down for it, but it had to be the right person.

    With time running out, he genuinely began to consider Connie, but despite being an irrelevant character, he couldn’t justify pinning it on someone who was struggling with addiction and trying to turn their life around.  Connie wasn’t a threat to anyone, except for maybe himself, so Joe couldn’t justify destroying his life. 

    But Dawn, well, she fell right into his lap. The few times we saw her snapping photos of the elite, and focusing on Joe–including when she spotted him at Rhys’ mayoral rally—I was convinced that she recognized him from his previous life. And that seems to be what the series wanted me to think so that they could pull a fast one on us because when Dawn pulled Phoebe aside to a “safe room” to keep her protected from the killer, it was revealed that Dawn was just an obsessive stalker who was connived that she was friends with the elite, Phoebe in particular. Dawn was a threat to a lot of people, so Joe took advantage of it. He framed her by planting Simon’s ear in her belongings, and since no one would ever believe a word she said over Phoebe’s accounts of what happened, Dawn couldn’t prove her innocence. Plus, she made an ideal suspect since she was at nearly every single event where a murder occurred as she was stalking the group. I mean, it couldn’t have been any more perfect if Joe had tried to plan it himself. 

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    You. Ed Speleers as Rhys in episode 406 of You. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

    However, his heroics did raise some questions from Nadia, his student and the lover of all murder mysteries. She noticed that Jonathan seemed to be at the center of every single scenario, oftentimes being championed as a hero, though he’s not actually connected to any of these people in any meaningful way. It’s a dangerous thing to play detective, especially when you’re setting your sights on Joe Goldberg.  Jonathan seems to like Nadia, but if she threatened him, I don’t think Joe would hesitate to take her down. Self-preservation is his M.O., remember?

    Once Joe thought he finally got Rhys off of his back by framing Dawn, he decided to give into his desires and pursue a relationship with Kate. Honestly, Kate makes some really poor decisions, starting with just accepting Jonathan for who he is now and promising never to ask questions about his past. She wants someone to see her for who she is in the moment so badly that she’s letting logic take a backseat. Why would someone want to deny their past so badly unless they did something truly unforgivable? Kate wants to shed her past because of her connection to her father and she thinks that makes her and Jonathan equal, but they are not the same. 

    By the time she realizes the truth about who Joe is, it might be too late.

    As for Rhys, did Joe think he was really going to get rid of him that easily? Rhys has always wanted a friend to help him get to the finish line so to speak. He believes that they are the same, so he wasn’t going to just let Joe slip away.

    And while his motive wasn’t evident at first, he seems hellbent on taking out those who don’t deserve their success and wealth. The three victims, Malcolm, Simon, and Gemma, all threatened his mayoral run in some way, so they were taken care of, and now, he’s setting his sights on the ultimate villain–Kate’s father. She may have a complicated relationship with her tycoon dad, but I don’t think Kate would ever want to see anything bad happen to him, let alone at the hands of the man she’s in love with. 

    However, Rhys doesn’t seem to give Joe much of a choice as he still holds all of the cards. One might think that Joe could just handle this in the same way he always does, but well, you can’t just try to kill a killer. He’d see that coming from miles away. Joe needs to be strategic and deliberate in his plan, so for now, he has to play along. I, for one, am curious to see what all the hubbub is about Kate’s father–is he really as terrible as she makes him out to be?

    As for Rhys, what is the catch? Fans were disappointed with the first half of the season since his reveal as the killer was obvious—and his motives, including his desire to kill Kate’s father–are exactly shocking or game-changing. What are we missing?

    What did you think of the episode?

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