I was so happy to see that Kate had lived, until the next episode when we learn that Kate’s cancer is terminal and Tully is actually having a conversation with the ghost of Kate. However, in this particular flash-forward, we see Kate and Tully talking ahead of the ceremony. Kate is never seen, so we assume that she doesn’t make it. Several episodes in the back half of the season give us a glimpse of Marah’s wedding. The episode flashes forward ten years to the wedding of Kate’s daughter, Marah. At the end of the episode, Kate and Tully are hugging and celebrating because Kate had been accepted into a trial at the Mayo Clinic. After Kate’s relapse, Tully tries to get her into a medical trial. The only time I shed a tear was not when Kate died (which she does in the final episode while staring out into a body of water and reminiscing about several nice moments in her life) but during the cruel fake-out at the end of the penultimate episode. Yes, the entire season is about Kate’s diagnosis, her treatment, her relapse, and her coming to terms with her death, but the point between when all hope is lost and her death - the most painful few days, weeks, or months - is blissfully short. It’s sad, but it is not overly belabored. The issue is: 1) Can you put yourself through it, and 2) if you do, how hard will the series try to make you cry? I pushed through because I love to punish myself, and I am happy to report that they handled Kate’s death delicately. The thing is: Even if you haven’t read the books (and I have not), you know exactly where the series is going to end at the end of the first half of the season when Kate is diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. The first half of season two was just annoying and insufferable, and the second half of season two was not very good, but it was very watchable and occasionally affecting. Here’s what I will say about the series as a whole: The first season was annoyingly and insufferably watchable. I don’t know why I ended up being the person on staff who covered Netflix’s Firefly Lane, other than the fact that I love Sarah Chalke, Katherine Heigl, and Kristin Hannah… okay, I see why now.
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