Then there are the moments that suggest And Just Like That doesn’t know its characters anymore — characters that fans intimately knew on Sex and the City.
One scene between Carrie and Charlotte was especially frustrating. Carrie had a raw moment where she opened up about being alone for the rest of her life, and whether she could make peace with that option.
This astute conversation was quickly spoiled by Charlotte’s bizarre four-word reply, telling her friend of decades, “You are so fabulous!”
Umm, at this stage, this has got to be a SATC script put through AI. The writers have fundamentally misunderstood Charlotte, who might seem slightly shallow at first glance, but has moments of surprising wisdom.
Yet all she can muster is to tell Carrie that she is ‘fabulous’? This isn’t Charlotte.
As for Miranda’s ending, it felt a little unearned. Her story concludes with Joy arriving to spend Thanksgiving together and Miranda bursts into tears at the gesture, which reminder is: literally just coming over to her house.
But she seems happy, so play on!
The dinner between Miranda and Steve was a sweet scene, paying tribute to one of SATC’s most enduring relationships — even if it did end in a bizarre way.
Okay, now I’ll get to some of the good stuff, which mostly surrounds Carrie’s finale story arc.