Firefly Lane Season 2
Episode No 7 Recap And Review
Firefly Lane season 2 episode 7 begins with Kate trying video dating for a story. Tully thinks this is a win because it will help her segment and Kate meets Johnny after they break up. Kate isn’t sold on the idea, but she gives it a try and asks Tully to teach her how to emotionally detach. He thinks Tully is the best person for the job because Dan quickly realized he was going to New York.
To help him, Johnny gets involved with Tully Keith’s club and unfortunately, Johnny and Mutt show up. Tully tries to get them to leave before Keith sees him. Mutt tells Tully that Johnny has been having a hard time since his breakup. He stayed put because he cried a lot when he was alone. He wears the same shirt because he says it smells like Kate. Mutt is tired of seeing her drown in grief and brings her to the club to cheer her up. Mutt tells him that he wishes Johnny was like him, that he would get over his ex with his finger.
Tully admits to Kate that she is sad for Dan and that she is secretly having a hard time. Kate suggests that he’s trying to have a long-distance relationship and convinces him to call her.
As Tully calls Dan to open her heart, Kate turns into the guy she saw in the video dating story and they hit it off. He asks her to go somewhere more private, but she turns him down because Kate is with Tully. The boy gives her his number and Kate is excited. She asks Tully how the call went and tells Dan that she left a heartfelt message.
Apparently, Tully never left a heartfelt message for Dan, who stood up and said nothing when he picked up the call.
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Kate and Tully get a new job at a fast food restaurant, and as fate would have it, Lisa is their boss. While working at the restaurant, Tully sees Pat and worries that he might hurt the girl he brought with him. He tries to warn the girl, but she thinks Tully is involved with Pat. Pat told her that Tully had become psychotic after failing to call her after a date after getting drunk.
After the shift, Tully sees Pat fight with her daughter, and she’s glad the new girl isn’t hurt. On the other hand, Kate tries to make amends with Lisa, but Lisa rejects her. As they are locked up, Pat tries to confront Tully, but he defends himself and Kate is proud of him.
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Kate takes Marah away for the weekend and Kate asks her to be tough because Marah was grounded for skipping school. Kate is excited for her first weekend alone with Johnny since they got back together.
Meanwhile, Kate and Johnny enjoy some alone time, but Kate’s new mattress leads to an awkward conversation about honesty. They decide to be brutally honest with each other and realize that they have suffered because they made compromises for each other. The conversation ranges from light things like food to career choices and it all gets real.
As a couple, they talk about their shortcomings and are deeply honest with each other. Honesty helps them get things off their chests.
As Tully and Marah spend time together, Marah receives a text from Ashley, who seems interested in getting together. Tully tries to teach her to play hard to get, but Marah wants to move fast. He receives a second text from Ashley inviting him to see The Notebook at the cinema that night.
Even though Tully knows Kate will be mad, she agrees to let him go on a date. The food they ordered earlier arrives and Tully decides to go down and pick it up alone.
She runs into Dan and is shocked to learn that he lives in the same building as her. He asks to be invited to dinner, and since Marah is at the theater, he obliges. They caught up and Dan admitted he always wanted to reach out. After dinner, Dan leaves because he has a girlfriend.
Tully soon gets a call from Marah, who is at a frat party. Ashley came back with her boyfriend and left without him. A boy tried to get Mara drunk so he could go out with her, but she ran away and locked herself in the pantry. Tully asks her to stay on the phone until he comes to pick her up.
He comes to the frat party and picks up Mara. On their way home, they have an accident. He wakes up at the hospital with a police officer guarding his door and Kate refusing to speak to him.
Episode Review
It was time for Johnny and Kate to have a heart-to-heart, and it worked out to their advantage. In their case, the truth actually freed them from the ghosts of the past.
Tully didn’t have to control himself to take Mara. He had been drinking and really should never have left her in the theater alone. He messed up a lot of the time and I can understand why Kate was so mad at him.