Need ‘Firefly Lane’s Season 2, Part 2: The Final Chapter ending explained? Want to know if Kate dies? Read Decider’s recap of ‘Firefly Lane’s Season 2 finale.
Firefly Lane‘s Season 2, Part 2: The Final Chapter is finally on Netflix, and just as we expected, you’ll need a full box of tissues on hand to watch the series finale.
After 26 episodes, we finally know whether or not Kate (Sarah Chalke) and Tully (Katherine Heigl) repair their severed friendship before the series ends. We know if Tully marries Johnny (Ben Lawson) when the show jumps forward a decade. And we learn Kate’s fate.
Netflix’s official finale description reads, “On a special day for the Mularkey family, Tully reflects on decades of work, love, grief, and joy alongside her best friend. Kate faces the unknown.” But if you’re looking to unpack Firefly Lane‘s final episode in detail, or you simply want to know what the emotional series finale has in store before you watch it, we’ve got a recap of Season 2, Episode 16, “This Must Be the Place.”
Does Kate die? Do Tully and Danny (Ignacio Serricchio) survive a turbulent turn of events? And most importantly, does the series finale do the Firefly Lane friendship justice?
We’ve got the answers below. But be warned, Firefly Lane Season 2 finale spoilers lie ahead.
Firefly Lane’s penultimate episode ends on quite the cliffhanger. For a chunk of Season 2, all signs point to a fatal outcome for Kate, but in the final moments of Season 2, Episode 15, the series jumps forward ten years to Firefly Lane‘s mysterious wedding day and shows Kate looking healthy, sporting long hair and a gorgeous dress. Tully walks into the room and announces “The godmother of the bride is ready!” and the two besties stand in front of a mirror taking in the moment. In a twist, the series leads fans to believe that Kate survived. But did she? The series finale picks up right where Episode 15 left off and quickly answers the burning question.
As the friends stand in front of the mirror together ahead of Mara’s 2016 wedding, Kate says, “It’s been 10 years. 10 years since our horrible fight. 10 years since I got sick. And now my little girl is all grown up.” Tully replies, “We did it Malarky. You raised a great girl… She is the best of you.” After an emotional heart-to-heart, a knock at the door causes Tully’s head to turn. When her gaze returns to the mirror, Kate is gone. Tully is standing in the room alone, and we realize she was imagining the interaction, so Kate did die after all.
Once we hear Danny saying “Tulula Rose, everyone is waiting for you,” through the door, we flash back to 2006 where Danny is bringing Tully breakfast in bed. As they’re celebrating their love for each other and the good news that Kate was accepted into the cancer trial, Tully gets a phone call and learns Kate is in the hospital after a seizure. Before Tully heads to the hospital, we flash back to 1997, where Kate supports Mara through her Hocus Pocus “dress like a witch phase” and Tully hires Johnny as a producer on her talk show.
