‘Firefly Lane’s Ben Lawson Reveals Johnny’s PTSD Journey ‘Felt Like Familiar Territory’ For Him (Exclusive)

Johnny Ryan made it retired of the warzone alive, but helium didn’t travel retired unscathed. Johnny survived that Firefly Lane season 1 finale cliffhanger and returned location to Kate and Marah. In the aftermath of his injuries, Johnny struggled to process what happened to him and began to acquisition PTSD. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Ben Lawson astir preparing for this affectional arc for his quality successful season 2.

“I person CPTSD [complex post-traumatic accent disorder] arsenic a effect of an absorbing childhood, truthful I’m precise acquainted with the symptoms of PTSD [post-traumatic accent disorder],” Ben said. “Johnny has superior PTSD. The 2 are not the aforesaid necessarily, but they stock a batch of the ways that it presents — anxiety, depression, temper swings, and successful terrible cases, suicidal tendencies, truthful I was precise acquainted with the mode that Johnny’s behaviour was erratic connected the page. It was enjoyable to bash but it felt similar acquainted territory.”

Ben Lawson arsenic Johnny successful ‘Firefly Lane.’ (Netflix)

In the midst of Kate and Tully’s fallout, Johnny dealt with trying to determination guardant from his near-death acquisition and not revert backmost to his aged tendencies. “I deliberation that’s astir apt been his biggest arc of the season. I deliberation astatine the opening of play 2, he’s repeating himself. It’s the aged Johnny. By the extremity of the season, I deliberation that has been his journey. He wants to travel to presumption with his trauma successful being capable to recognize truly what is important to him, Marah and Kate, and that is for sure,” Ben continued.

Johnny and Kate reconciled successful play 2 and enactment connected a agreed beforehand aft Tully’s car mishap that progressive Marah. Despite their history, Johnny sent Tully distant erstwhile she came to the location to speech to Kate pursuing the accident. HollywoodLife asked Ben astir however Johnny feels about Tully by the extremity of the season.

“Johnny stands by his woman,” Ben said. “We spot successful that country helium evidently has his ain feelings astir the situation. I deliberation that he’s acceptable to forgive. When Kate’s acceptable to forgive, I deliberation that helium is going to beryllium successful lockstep with that. But arsenic acold arsenic if Kate wanted to crystal Tully retired for the remainder of her life, truthful would Johnny. I deliberation he’s truly connected that level of devotion, but I deliberation by quality helium is much forgiving.”

Ben Lawson and Sarah Chalke arsenic Johnny and Kate. (Netflix)

Just arsenic Johnny and Kate thought they had this adjacent section of their narration each planned out, Kate was diagnosed with cancer. In the last moments of play 2’s Part 1, Kate went to archer Tully the heartbreaking news, lone to observe Tully was gone. Ben teased however Johnny is going to respond to Kate’s news.

“Now that he’s recommitted, and we took a agelong clip getting there, similar a play and a half. He’s going to bash immoderate helium can. It’s going to go his absorption and precedence for sure. Kate is present 100 percent his world,” Ben told HollywoodLife.

The 2nd and last portion of play 2 volition beryllium released connected Netflix connected June 8, 2023. Ben revealed that the amusement volition “stay existent to the publication [by Kristin Hannah] successful galore ways, and we besides paid immoderate creator licence successful others. So I truly anticipation that fans volition beryllium satisfied by the end. I deliberation they will. I deliberation it truly wraps up successful a truly beauteous way. I deliberation the fans are going to beryllium happy.”

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