'Firefly Lane' Season 2 Cast, Release Date, Plot and More

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Firefly Lane is returning to Netflix for its second - and final - season.

The show, which stars Sarah Chalke and Katherine Heigl, follows two friends who meet as young girls on their street - Firefly Lane - and become inseparable through over three decades of life changes.

Firefly Lane is based on a book by Kristin Hannah, and tells the story of the ambitious Tully Hart (played by Grey's Anatomy star Heigl) and her more homespun best friend Kate (Scrubs' Chalke) and the show follows their friendship as it moves from the 1970s and 1980s until the mid-2000s, switching between timelines throughout the episodes.

Newsweek has everything you need to know about Firefly Lane Season 2, including when it will be out, who is in it and what it is about.

When Is Firefly Lane Season 2's Release Date?

The first nine episodes of the second season of Firefly Lane will be released on Netflix on Friday, December 2.

There will then be seven more episodes that are, according to Netflix, set to launch in 2023, but the streaming giant is yet to confirm a date.

Part two will be final seven episodes of Firefly Lane as the show isn't returning for a third installment.

Firefly Lane flashback scenes — "Firefly Lane" follows Kate and Tully through their 30-year friendship,. It switches between them as teenagers and as adults. Netflix

The returning cast for Firefly Lane can be seen below:

Katherine Heigl as Tully Hart
Ali Skovbye as Teenage Tully
Sarah Chalke as Kate Mularkey
Roan Curtis as Teenage Kate
Ben Lawson as Johnny Ryan
Beau Garrett as Cloud
Yael Yurman as Marah Ryan

Four new cast members have also been announced for Firefly Lane Season 2, with Ignacio Serricchio joining as Danny, Jolene Purdy as Justine, India de Beaufort as Charlotte and Greg Germann as Benedict.

Sarah Chalke and Firefly Lane — Netflix has confirmed that "Firefly Lane" fans will discover why Tully and Kate are no longer on speaking terms. At the end of season one it was revealed the pair had fallen out. Netflix

What Is the Plot of Firefly Lane Season 2?

Netflix confirmed that fans will discover what ended the seemingly unbreakable friendship of Tully and Kate in the new episodes.

At the end of season one, it was revealed that the pair weren't on speaking terms despite their 30-year friendship, though the the reason was never given.

Before that mystery is solved though, viewers will see Kate dealing with the aftermath of Johnny's ill-fated trip to Iraq, while Tully faces a lawsuit for walking away from her talk show, The Girlfriend Hour, and must start her career over from scratch.

Her career upheaval leads Tully on a quest to find the father she never met, against the wishes of her mother, Cloud.

Katherine Heigl in Firefly Lane — Season 2 of "Firefly Lane" will see Katherine Heigl's character dealing with the repercussions of walking away from her talkshow, "The Girlfriend Hour." Part one is scheduled to be released on Netflix on December 2. Netflix

In the scenes from the 1980s, we see Kate and Johnny first fall in love, and Tully's blossoming relationship with cocky sportscaster Danny Diaz.

While in the 1970s, teenage Kate and Tully struggle to keep their friendship together as Cloud goes to jail for dealing drugs and Tully goes to live with her grandmother, far away from Firefly Lane.

Firefly Lane Season 2, part one, is scheduled to be released on Netflix on December 2.