What did we hate?
What did we tolerate?
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season finale ofAnd Just Like That.
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And Just Like Thatwas always a little bit doomed.
How could it win?
What could possibly satisfy us?
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Those women are gone!
That city has changed!
It couldn’t just be 10 episodes of smug married life and designer footwear, either, however.
Sara Ramirez and Cynthia Nixon in ‘And Just Like That’.Craig Blankenhorn / HBO Max
No, the comfortable would feel too obvious and the absurd would feel too contrived.
What did we hate?
What did we tolerate?
Read on for our hits and misses from the revival.
MISS: Time???????????
First of all,And Just Like Thatdoes not happen in reality.
Let’s just make that clear right away.
), or even that of the originalSex and the City.
And one of the most disorienting features of the Carrieverse 2.0 was its absolutely baffling negotiation of time.
This show had a rhythm that nobody could dance to.
For one thing, it had started to feel embarrassing to refer to him as “Big” anymore.
The point is, Big was always more compelling as a concept than as a romantic partner.
Seeing them actually, functionallytogetherfelt foreign and even unpleasant.
The man had to die.
That Peloton saw its opening, and it took it.
It’s clear that theAnd Just Like Thatcreative team wanted to correct this.
The intention was clearly very pure, but there’s no way around how forced it felt.
Okay, I loved her!
Simply put,And Just Like Thathad no fire (though Seema heroically did her best!
), and I think we all know why.
HITANDMISS: Che Diaz
I acknowledge that this is controversial.
But has anyone or anything brought us all together so well, either?
It’s a pretty astonishing feat, if you ask me.
