Friendship is valuable even in TV series and often represents the beating heart of a story, echoing what we need most. How many times have you felt the absence of your closest friends and found comfort in watching TV, following the characters’ adventures? Everyday life often pushes us to follow a certain path, and commitments can become obstacles, creating physical and emotional distances from the people we care about most, and in moments like these, when there is no solution, TV series manage to touch the right chords, the most intimate ones, reminding us that the longest-lasting relationships are not the flawless ones, free of flaws, but those in which we choose to be present, for better or for worse, and to find a way even when being there in person is not possible. If you are looking for titles that exalt the value of friendship, here are three TV series that will help you ease the sense of absence.
TV Series About Friendship: 3 Stories That Will Make You Feel Close to Your Friends
The Summer We Learned to Fly
Distributed on streaming on Netflix and lasting two seasons, The Summer We Learned to Fly (Firefly Lane) is based on the novels by Kristin Hannah (The Summer We Learned to Fly and Fly Away) and tells the story of a friendship lasting three decades, with its ups and downs, that of Tully and Kate. The story is structured around multiple timelines, retracing their adolescence, the life of young adults, and the more mature phase of their lives. Meeting as girls, Kate and Tully are neighbors who forge a strong friendship and reunite when in need. Throughout their lives they will face various emotional and professional adversities, but the only constant will be their friendship. Protagonists are Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke.
Grace and Frankie
Seven seasons on streaming on Netflix, Grace and Frankie tells of a friendship that blossoms at the worst moment of the protagonists’ lives. Both in their seventies, they discover that their husbands have always had an extramarital relationship behind their backs. Rob and Sol come out, deciding to spend the rest of their lives together and forcing the wives to come to terms with that truth. With a marriage in pieces and a new life to rebuild, Grace and Frankie decide to live together at the beach house and, despite the evident difficulties and personality differences, forge an improbable bond that will become the most important of all. The series celebrates friendship as an extraordinary opportunity for rebirth and shows that it is never too late to get closer to someone.
Dead to Me
In this case the friendship at the center of Dead to Me is rather peculiar. Jen has recently lost her husband, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver, and to process anger and grief, she joins a support group where she meets Judy, a sunny and empathetic woman who approaches her almost naturally. Only later does it become clear that Judy actually harbors a heavy secret, and that it concerns Jen herself. And it is that secret that pushes her to enter her life, trying to bring order where she has created chaos. It is Judy, in fact, who ran over her husband. This dark comedy tells how two people who appear to be incompatible can become the point of reference for one another. Three seasons on Netflix, Dead to Me stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini.
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