EchoBlog

Having read the book, I knew what was coming, but I had some ugly-cry moments watching the finale last night. And some smiles and laughs, so that's as it should be.

I knew the Kate seemingly being alive in 2016 was a fake-out and it didn't bother me. It's only natural to picture your loved one as still being alive from time to time. For example, on my wedding day, I imagined my brother walking me down the aisle and pictured him as I closed my eyes and took a breath in the moment before his son (his only child) walked me down instead. 

Tully's anger when realizing there won't be a clinical trial, there won't be any more treatments, that Kate is coming home to die was palpable and I remember how I was not amused that KH was going to be playing Tully, but damn if she isn't every inch the perfect Tully Hart. 

Kate feverishly working to finish her memoir, Firefly Lane, and wanting them all, Marah especially, to remember her, especially the time before she got sick, touched me.

A feeling abandoned Tully hears from Cloud's probation officer that Cloud is out of jail but hasn't contacted her and Kate reminding her "we're family." A perfect callback to the S1 finale when Kate clung to Tully. 

The surety of youth when Kate says they will go to college together, get married (to the Cassidy brothers LOL), and have babies at the same time. That they will grow old together. Okay, I started tearing up here. 

Present-Day Tully reminding Kate of their deal and that she will never be ready to live without her.

Later, when Kate is home again, and Tully bundles her up in her wheelchair to fly her down to the bottom of the hill by the house and we flash back to the teenagers riding bikes on Firefly Lane and those moments are this show's heart. The feelings of friendship and love and nostalgia in one beautiful, tragic package. 

I did get a lot of laughs with them getting high and their mothers joining in. Marg-EEE and Cloud have never been close but they both love their girls so much. Cloud remarking how of all moments for her to be sober.

Oh, that moment where Kate, thinking Marah is a little girl, asks Johnny if he washed her witch costume. That was a gut-punch.

Kate encouraging Tully to get her head out of her ass where Danny was concerned and Tully actually doing it. 

I knew Kate would pass on when Tully went to get the tea but what a beautiful moment as she took her last breaths, the beauty of the world all around her, and I like to think she went then because she knew Tully would never let her go so long as she was in her presence.

The box of mementos....oh my goodness and their song on the iPod. Just perfect.

So I'm going to dry my tears and think of my lovely TullyandKate and the series that did them justice.

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