After wrapping up the shot, they head over to Kate’s family’s fourth of July party. Kate finally gets her first kiss and is disappointed that she was Eugene’s second choice after Tully turned him down. She gets mad at Tully and her anger is doubled when Lisa decides to snitch about Tully and Sean sleeping together.

At the party, Kate and Cloud are both feeling down. Cloud is especially struggling to deal with the judgmental mothers at the party. One of the married men at the party tries to make a move on Cloud, but she turns him down. This makes him angry and he insults her. Cloud reaches his breaking point and decides to drink. As a result, Cloud gets drunk and flashes his boobs at the party. Even though Kate is angry with Tully, she still helps her take Cloud home and they make up. ..

1980

Johnny and Kate are planning to move into a loft together but they have not told Tully yet. They have found one they both like and Kate promises to break the news to Tully later. On the other hand, Tully is busy preparing for the auditions to be the weekend anchor and is competing against Dan. She wants Kate to focus and help her.

Although she and Dan are in a situation where they are not technically in a relationship, she hopes he will be happy for her when she wins. Dan gets a job offer to host a sports show, so he drops off the race and Tully gets the job by default. ..

At the fourth of July office party, Kate and Johnny have a tough conversation. Although, Kate is aware that Johnny is not pro-marriage she assumed that he would still want kids. He wants zero kids and has no interest in being a dad while Kate wants four adorable little ones. Kate is shocked that he doesn’t want kids and is heartbroken. Johnny says as long as they are in love, the future can figure itself out. Kate thinks that they are too different and they break up.

2004

After finding out about her dad and her documentary special being a bona fide phenomenon, Tully convinces Kate to hold a party at her place for the Fourth of July. Kate is worried about the party but she has no time to dilly-dally and get drunk with Tully because she has to pick up Marah from Johnny’s place.

At Johnny’s place, she finds Charlie spotting the same hairstyle as Marah. Things get awkward and she accidentally invites Charlie and Johnny to her party. She doesn’t think Johnny will come because the fireworks could be triggering but he says he is fine. His therapist actually advised him to get more social and into the hustle and bustle of daily life.

At the fourth of July party, Marah is anxious to tell her crush Ashley about her feelings. Unfortunately, Ashley doesn’t show up at the party, so Marah goes to another party with her new boyfriend. Marah is heartbroken when Tully gives her diamond earrings even though Kate protests. ..

Kate is not happy at the party as Charlie shows up dressed in a see-through dress. Tully decides to help her come up with a hotter outfit and she succeeds at getting Johnny’s attention. The only problem is Calvin is also present and Kate accidentally (highly doubt she didn’t mean to) throws Charlie into the swimming pool. At the end of the party, Johnny talks with Kate and confesses that he still loves her. They kiss and Kate finally fulfils her wish to be kissed under fireworks. They decide to get back together and Johnny drives Charlie home to break the bad news to her.

Tully has a crisis that is harder to fix than Kate’s. She is having a hard time after her documentary special. She buys an expensive car for Cloud but Cloud refuses to accept it. She decides to gift the car to Kate but she refuses it as well. Cloud tells her that she sees right through what she is trying to do. She thought the documentary would fix her but it didn’t and now she is looking for the next fix. ..

Tully lashes out at her and tells her she has no right to judge her or advise her. She tells her that just because she helped her know the truth about her dad, it doesn’t mean she can start being a mother to her. Later, Tully admits to Kate that she is struggling and she doesn’t feel independent. Kate tells her independence is bullshit and that they still need each other.

The episode ends with a flash forward to a week after the party, Tully is being wheeled into an ambulance. She is trying to move to see someone and we see Marah being helped by EMTs to an ambulance and she is unresponsive. ..

The Episode Review

Johnny made up his mind and I hope this time they will stay together. They have a beautiful love story and yes they have had a fair share of downs but who knows, the second time might be the charm!

It is understandable that Tully is having a hard time even after learning the truth. The person who said that the truth will set you free must have gotten it wrong. Sometimes, the truth sucks and doesn’t exactly heal you. I hope Tully and Cloud can work on their relationship and heal together.

After learning about the Marah accident, I can see why Kate said she will never forgive Tully. However, what exactly happened? ..