And Just Like That - How Sex and the City Changed

[@thetake]

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[@mocowan6642]

They are just trying too hard to bring in all current culture at once. Miranda’s babbling in class was hard to watch. Miranda and Steve turning a blind eye to Brady having constant sex in their house? Charlotte is reading bedtime stories to her teenage daughter? Hiring a limo to stalk Natasha? Susan Sharon is mad at Carrie for what? It feels to me that they are throwing too much at once. I would like to see them slow down the plot lines a bit and dig deeper into them. Let’s see how Charlotte and Harry deal with a possible non-binary child. Miranda exploring her sexuality and the possible end of her marriage. I’d like to see Carrie try therapy again, and talk about her grief.

[@trustyourself-ashleyching3646]

INFP/ENFP is so Weird Girl!

[@eps3154]

Uh.. if anyone is replace Samantha, it 100% should be Chelsea Peretti

[@somethingclever8916]

its very white and thin

[@yogawithkassandra]

The idea that Samantha was using Carrie as an ATM is absolutely insulting. Carrie's finances were always a mess and Samantha was the successful, wealthy one. There's no way she needed Carrie's business that bad PLUS Samantha is in PR!! Carrie wouldn't be the one telling Sam about the publishing world.... Sam would be telling Carrie about the changes in the industry and would probably be pushing her towards things like podcasts and social media. The writers have completely forgotten who their characters are. Even in little things like Miranda not knowing what a podcast is.. seriously?? Miranda would probably be listening to NPR every morning. Turning Miranda into a micro aggression fueled Karen is just so hard to watch too. Honestly if they wanted to broach that subject they should've used Charlotte! That would've been much more realistic and given us believable character growth. I understand that people change as they get older, but they are making 55 sound like 85. They basically made Steve geriatric! Is this really what 55 is like? Alcoholism, spouses dying, hearing aids, grey hair and no more sex??? I swear they've forgotten that this show was a comedy. They're trying to make a show that will appeal to today's younger generation and totally ignoring the show's actual fanbase. Ugh! Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

[@egyptianqueen4007]

Omg you took the words out of my mouth! I agree with everything you said. They really did forget their characters.

[@tormentadnieve]

I think the explanation about what happened to Samantha is a jab to Kim Cattrall... the atm part, it's something SJP would totally say. It doesn't fit the characters or the friendship at all.

[@hollygolightly7475]

Absolutely!! You hit it right on the head

[@kikihernandez410]

Totally agree! Since Real life Miranda is into politics and virtue signaling I think that’s the reason they made her character like that. I guess trying to be more like she is in real life but it definitely comes off as phony and cringe.

[@terry9238]

In real life, someone like Miranda would have been much more aware all along-and wouldn’t ONLY NOW be “trying” not to sound racist”!

[@nananna915]

The way they wrote Samantha off was completely out of character. She was loyal to her friends and a practical businesswoman. She never would’ve taken Carrie’s lack of a need to have a publicist personally.

[@BellesView]

Exactly!

[@anabraga8495]

And she would never not return Carrie's messages, she used to be the first to respond/the most reliable. To all of them, not just Carrie.

[@charlotte87x]

Probably just a dig at the actress herself

[@candieland4276]

completely agreed. it was not at all believable, that the character would have acted that way. it just doesn't feel like satc without her...they should not have gone ahead with this series. it insults the show and movies that I loved😔

[@elizabethbennet4791]

yes SO MUCH THIS!!! Samantha was always the nonjudgmental one who loved the comfort of her friends. She would have never taken a business decision as that personal and let it create a rift. She never would have moved to London or not visited.

[@marissa22ish]

If you think Samanthas character was only about “sex” and that’s why it’s missing from the show you didn’t watch the original show. Samantha missing and the way they chose to write her out is disingenuous to the character. Samantha was NEVER petty she was a great friend. This just show Kim Cattrall was right about SJP’s mean girl ways.

[@lemsip207]

The character of Miranda was as well. There was a series of Sex and the City during lockdown send ups with a man in drag playing the part of Carrie as a selfish bitch and the other three were Carrie's foils as voices of reason.

[@jazzyjaz9108]

I think it's more of a the door is open if Samantha wants to come back and she'll be able to tell her story as to why she actually stopped talking to the girls, I didn't see it as a "mean girl" thing to do

[@chrishellize]

I agree!!! I remember Samantha as the most open minded and forgiving of the bunch. Carrie was my least favourite, she was just so self righteous and self involved. I can believe Carrie ditching Sam, not the other way around.

[@ericadunn9435]

@@jazzyjaz9108 and they "did her right" by having her show support for Carrie at Big's funeral.

[@ZidIbarra]

She and Miranda were the real meaning of independent women, Carrie and Charlotte the ones I love of love. An as you said, Carrie was the worse friend ever. Even in JLT

[@ruzzelladrian907]

Kim Katrall skipping this reboot is everything. She dodged a bullet with this mess.

[@ferociousgumby]

This just looks so unspeakably dreary! All of a sudden these sexy, vital women look like my mother.

[@DrPOP-jp7eb]

@@ferociousgumby That's the entire point.

[@lemsip207]

@@ferociousgumby Kim and her character Samantha is the oldest by ten years. She was the sexy young girl in Mannequin in the 80's. SJP's time as a sexy young girl was in the 90's with L.A. Story

[@ememobongnkana]

Wow! Not that bad; didn’t need to be revived I agree but it’s not that bad…

[@grossliz1995]

Riiight?! They look so old and like caricatures of themselves.

[@TheLeah2344]

I haven’t watched the new reboot but as far as people saying Big was toxic in the original series I have to say that BOTH Carrie and Big were toxic.

[@taniamejia5359]

Exactly they both were the King and Queen of Chernobyl

[@sidhedanu]

Preach

[@chanmarr8118]

That’s what I was saying. There were times Carrie annoyed me and was in the wrong with Big. Both were horrible in the relationship.

[@MrCph2200]

I said exactly them same thing when the speaker said it. And: My impression of the three girls when they speak about Samantha. I see a very close group of toxic women. And I totally get that Samantha got enough of that and left to London. I think it’s easy to see through how they speak about Samantha that THEY behaved badly. So I don’t get a bad impression if Samantha. But both the three of them, PLUS Stanford and The other (forgot his name) seem toxic too.

[@the_glitter_is]

They definitely were. But in fairness, people change & grow so him suddenly being a good husband & them having a happy relationship would only seem out of character if it suddenly happened during the series. But decades & 2 films later, I can buy it. More out of character for Big & Carrie, is Miranda, who has always been with men, specifically stating she wasn't into women during the show, suddenly is into Che? In the last film, her marriage was the healthiest & happiest but now she's coasting with Steve? That's more a random, out-of-left-field change to me.

[@VeeLondon1449]

Kim’s Cattrall’s decision to not return to SATC “revival” was pure wisdom on her part. Also Kim doesn’t have to deal with a toxic work environment, SJP’s constant shoe 👠 product placements or the Chris Noth SA controversy. SJP wanted this “vanity project” and just like that 🍸enjoy it x

[@lazyboyz]

Kim....is that you?

[@Katherine-en8lv]

I could barely get through the first episode it was so cringey

[@passiveagressive4983]

The Chris Noth story came out literally hours ago, so not a real valid point.

[@SkippyLaughlin]

Now realizing he's a disgusting creep now I understand one of the reasons she didn't come back. Smart. Also rehashing and rebooting shows and movies is cheap amd takes away from the original

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

@@passiveagressive4983 uh, no. It’s been well known since before the pandemic. Maybe some people caught on late.

[@CarrieV9]

So far Natasha is the most likable character on the new series.

[@Alicewoods000]

YES

[@keithk2879]

So true. I want to know her story.

[@sharstarg2414]

😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thearmchairpsychologist27]

Was in the original series as well

[@as.dexter]

Najinski*

[@Nikita-oi8cf]

I was seriously hoping for them to make getting older look fierce, bold and still sexy. But instead they made it look like exactly what people fear which is boring, death and sexless lol

[@ambsat]

Yea, so far I’m not enticed at all to watch.

[@AveGoddess]

Lol. ...Yeah, as a gay teen in the early 2000's I LOVED Kim Cattral's "Samantha Jones"😻💕💖❗ But as a 30-Something Trans-Woman Of Color, I'm not into Sarah Jessica Parker's treatment of Kim Cattrall nor Privileged Old White Women ...That being said, I WILL be checking out Julie Delpy's "On The Verge" on Netflix, namely because my favorite movie is "Before Sunset"🌇💖✌️

[@ferociousgumby]

They look boring. All of them.

[@ritaevergreen7234]

I feel the writers should take some inspiration from the Netflix show “Grace and Frankie” because that show shows real life things of older women while also being entertaining. I’m not even in the age bracket of them but I love the show so much.

[@iriemonmon]

@@ritaevergreen7234 Grace and Frankie make getting older look so much fun 😂

[@AndyZaturno]

This Chez Diaz character is vulgar and insufferable. This whole “woke” movement really destroyed the fantasy and sucked the life out of the show. Sara Rodriguez is not even funny in real life.

[@terry9238]

Disagree. All the new characters are great. It’s the original characters’ implausible scrambling to “catch up” to contemporary mores that’s the problem. In real life, people like Carrie, Miranda, and even Charlotte would have been more evolved than this 20 years ago-let alone by now!

[@cheery-hex]

100%. A lot of ppl commenting here seem to want just the right amount of wokeness in the most appropriate, natural way lmfao

[@cheery-hex]

@@terry9238 just b/c someone doesn't play society's game narrated by small groups, doesn't make them 'un-evoloved '

[@helenagackowska8398]

Yeah its a lot

[@dirtnbloodnotherkids]

The woke movement has destroyed everything from politics, relationships, universities, the corporate world, schools, movies, social media. Woke turns everything to s*it.

[@daniellelively4058]

One of the problems was that, instead of genuinely integrating POC and queer characters, they set up the relationships as the girls trying to keep up, so they are consciously TRYING to be around those types. I personally don't want to watch the girls basically ask these people to drag them into 2021. Sure, show bumps and misunderstandings, but it almost seems cringey on purpose. Charlotte fell in love with Harry, who happened to be Jewish, and they navigated their problems. He wasn't introduced by saying "LOOK! WE HAVE A JEW ON THE SHOW NOW!"

[@AndSoWeLaughed]

And the fact that it’s constantly minorities women teaching them, like read a book girls. If you’re so successful and educated, ONE of you is a writer, I feel like no one should be telling you this crap in 2021. I mean, yeah we would have something to say if they were just instantly knowledgeable about social issues, but that’s why you write well rounded (but flawed) characters from the beginning.

[@BiologicalClock]

Miranda's rambling during her first day of class was soooooo hard to watch. It felt so out of character and incredibly tone deaf, and I was just waiting for someone to interrupt and tell her to stop talking.

[@Janeway1269]

@@BiologicalClock Miranda was always my favorite character back in the day, with Samantha a close second. But once that SATC2 movie came out and she started acting all goofy (Abu dabi doo? CRINGE!), and the four of them walked around the desert dressed in the most insane outfits ever, I knew it was over. They took things from somewhat unrealistic and obnoxious but with truths, to absolutely embarrassing, entitled, obnoxious, awkward and clueless. I honestly don't get what these writers and directors are thinking anymore.

[@BellesView]

@@Janeway1269 Lol I forgot about “Abu Dhabi Doo.”

[@Gemmarose9012]

@@Janeway1269 it’s even worse what they’re doing to her now!

[@inescastellano7960]

We DIDN'T need a Sex and the City reboot. Can you please make a video about this trend of making reboots, sequels, prequels, remakes and spin-offs?

[@vicelguapo6911]

The trend is making alot of $ by ripping off older work by just copying it. It doesn't always work, some crash and barely break even. But that's the exception to the rule

[@JP-ve7or]

They could, but what's there to say? Love it or hate it, this shit's profitable. Nostalgia sells, has a built-in audience, and it's easier than creating something new. 🤷‍♀️

[@shekwaga]

@@JP-ve7or sad commentary on the state of our society

[@AveGoddess]

EXACTLY ❗💯 What's left to say??? ... What's Next? A "Seinfeld" Reboot¿ OR "Friends"⁉️😆😂😳

[@ChillwithLaurenZen]

Unpopular opinion, but I think we needed this reboot. SATC formed an unrealistic narrative around a lot of things and the show as a whole hasn't aged well. AJLT is making up for a lot of the false representation and glamourisation it created. I know its just a show but let's now forget how huge SATC was, it was culture changing for NYC, let alone women and I think updating its message is needed.

[@crazy4orlando2]

Samantha Jones is class all the way. It would never happen. They are just going out of their way to make Kim Catrall look bad for not wanting to participate in this reboot. Its shaddy. I totally understand Kim's absence.

[@somethingclever8916]

actors out grow a character

[@sew_gal7340]

I totally get Kim's views now about the show

[@Em-di3jq]

This is exactly what I thought! It’s so blatantly obvious in this short clip that this “choice” was driven only by complete & utter pettiness! I mean any writer worth their salt would have seen the complete disconnect & gone a different direction. The spite angle is ..well, Yikes!😬 I admit I was slightly curious about checking this show out, but after watching this video?! It’s a hard pass for me. Damn.. disappointing to say the least!☹️ Just more proof that Samantha was the driving force of the show💁‍♀️

[@Em-di3jq]

@@somethingclever8916 I kind of disagree.. actors can dislike a character or not want to continue to portray one, but you can’t outgrow a fictional character that isn’t who you are to begin with.

[@gabetratz2364]

it was such a weird, mean way to write her off! i know they kind of redeemed her a little with the funeral flowers and texts but the way they just discarded her.. it seemed like the writers had some kind of vendetta against kim cattrall lmao

[@the_glitter_is]

When she found out about Natasha in the will, clearly she forgot about what she & Big did. She's speculating why as I'm screaming at the TV, "It's because he feels bad about what happened!" Carrie, still as self-centered as usual. Ick & the reason for Samantha's absence was such a petty way to hate on Cattrall. They gaslight the hell out of her.

[@CaAnPeSe4ever]

Actually, the thing I miss the most in AJLT is Carrie's narration, it was also a large part of SATC and part of moving the plots along. Maybe everyone didn't like the narration but I enjoyed Carrie's incite into things, seemed more personal and made you, the audience, feel more connected.

[@Thedogdad84]

I miss the narration.

[@mocowan6642]

I miss them too. Carrie’s narrations had that way of hitting the nail on the head. One example is when Charlotte had the meltdown in her tap dancing class. Carrie summed it up perfectly - “In her attempt to skip over her grief, Charlotte tapped into her pain.”

[@rachelm.3173]

I agree

[@darkmind3711]

Me too, i wished that the narration continued through the podcast

[@hollygolightly7475]

It added so much charm I miss that too

[@bauxness]

Kim Cattrall deserved better. I’m glad she’s not associated with this sh*tshow

[@beck5781]

X2

[@annademo]

Samantha firing Carrie as a friend is completely unbelievable. They should have just had a memorial service for her death from cancer at the beginning. That would be plausible.

[@chanmarr8118]

Samantha would’ve never done that!! She was the best friend out of all of them. Even that episode where Carrie walked in on her giving a bj, she was still a good friend to Carrie when she judged her and treated her like crap. Samantha pulled out Carrie’s IUD!!! Does that sound like someone who would do some petty crap like leave to a whole other continent because their friend isn’t making money for them anymore???

[@ambsat]

yeah that was pretty lame. Not working for me.

[@tanyah6184]

It was her diaphragm not iud 🥴

[@chanmarr8118]

@@tanyah6184 Ah I knew I had it wrong lol I keep mixing those up. I don’t use those so I’m not familiar with them. Also, I’ll leave it. Not even gonna edit it.

[@alejandrocervantes3624]

@@tanyah6184 thank you, ive never heard of that one, I was like.. "huh?"

[@BellesView]

It was tacky. They incorporated the off camera drama into the storyline. What a disservice to her character.

[@luckyDancer100]

The thing I’m most disappointed by is Steve/Miranda’s relationship. It feels very repetitive of the first movie’s problems. But they got themselves back together and it felt solid. Now they’re back to same old issues?

[@Keiaradise]

To be honest, I just never thought Miranda and Steve were a good match, that might just be me.

[@anu.]

@@Keiaradise Nah, a lot of people were disappointed with them staying together. He just didn't grow as much as Miranda imo

[@rachelc8833]

It's been 14 years since the first movie. They got back together, but we didn't see the aftermath of them fixing their issues long term. Where they are now feels very realistic.

[@batgurrl]

Them making him hard of hearing was also ‘reaching’

[@udb1987]

@@batgurrl Not entirely. It makes sense that he has hearing problems due to his character working in loud bars for a long period of time.

[@faizahanif9515]

Kim Catrall proved that these people can't do without her. SJP should not have messed with her. Now killing Big and showing Miranda's son getting sexually mature is not entertaining to viewers in any way.

[@sew_gal7340]

Exactly, I'm 35... I'm not interested in some red head teenager moaning about ... Totally 🤢🤢 gross

[@mr.fernandez6850]

Yes, come on, at least call for help or 911, and the red guy manners are utterly disgusting...

[@Kurooganeko]

I think Carrie and Big truly belong with each other. They are both toxic, but together they keep each other at bay instead of messing up with some actually nice person like Natasha or Aidan/Adam(?)

[@reikun86]

I liked Aiden, but you are right. Carrie wasn't right for him.

[@alliestella97]

I totally agree

[@tasibho]

Kim was right. They just had no idea what to do with Samantha anymore. Her storyline needed to move in a different direction and the way Kim had portrayed her had run its course. She was wise in not reviving the character.

[@mariahn5764]

In my head, Samantha stopped talking to this group of toxic friends after realizing they aren’t supportive anymore. It was a tough decision she made for her best interest, akin to her break up with Smith Jarrod. The group tells themselves it’s because of this publicity agent issue, but I see that as the group rationalizing and ignoring that they did their friend wrong, in many small ways over the years. I’m guessing the firing was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I imagine a slow progressive story of Samantha feeling more and more judged, her being there for all her friends and them not reciprocating. Their interests changing. Maybe Samantha was going through something difficult that Carrie was oblivious to when she decided to fire Samantha from doing free PR work for her. And boom, Samantha decided this wasn’t a good friendship for her anymore.

[@entertainmentjunkie]

Wow that’s so true: I didn’t think about that, but rewatching the show it makes sense

[@nishashawn2021]

I can see Carrie totally dismissing her friends once Big started somewhat acting nice

[@entertainmentjunkie]

@@nishashawn2021 same honestly cause she always did that

[@entertainmentjunkie]

@@nishashawn2021 ditched them for guys I mean

[@DMshell17]

Yes. They were all so judgmental about Samantha's sex life. I hope Samantha found better friends in London...

[@morganthompson5370]

I think it's quite interesting how it shines a light on the fact that so many people spend so much of their youth worried about finding their person so they don't end up alone, but in the end you could still end up alone because somebody's going to die first. Carrie is still quite young, and now a widow with no children or close family ties. She is entirely dependent on her friendships.

[@mundaneamazing]

Hell, yeah. That IS a big move.

[@IzzyOnTheMove]

@@joleokach Soometimes blood famioly is toxic and it's better to cut all ties. Real family is chosen 💜

[@lindahandley5267]

Wow, that's crazy. I don't know why I never thought of Carrie's family and I don't remember her ever mentioning it!

[@salponce3368]

This is what happens when you don’t let a show stay in its time & move on. The original show was great and innovative, but times have changed. I prefer to remember them as the fashionable young 30-40-somethings of the early 2000s.

[@stevenf8452]

I’m all for character growth and development but it seems like the writers assumed that Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte were all somehow in a coma for the past 20 years and just woke up in 2021. These characters were smart, informed women in the 90s (with some admitted blind spots) but even despite their white privilege, they wouldn’t be as clueless today as And Just Like That portrays them

[@user-mb8rf7qk5q]

The coma part was accurate as hell

[@Andrea-rj7lp]

omg I was just saying this to a friend!

[@skurinski]

there is no such thing as white privilege

[@theredqveen]

they COMPLETELY obliterated Miranda's character. I always found Carrie and Charlotte to be disingenuous and annoying, but Miranda was always the North Star. She's the smart one, the educated one, the logical one. No way she would have cared about getting older?

[@izzy4575]

I’m mostly shocked how they ruined Carrie’s character and her as a fashion icon. She now mostly looks like a bag lady. A mature woman getting coffee in a floor length tutu looks horrific. And I don’t think I can forgive her for not even attempting CPR on Big, she knew he had a heart condition. If she loved him, she would have taken a class and would have known what to do! Her lack of stages of grief were cut short in a series, they just showed the denial stage where she was walking around with flat affect and skipped the rest! They made Carrie unlikable. This show is a lot about canceling, but they kind of canceled the Big love too.

[@marcela2503]

Same happened to James Bond... No grief. No respect. No attempt to save his life.

[@nadg866]

As a 30ish woman right now I would love to see more shows starring older woman, as aging scares me quite a lot. I want that aging is finally normalized everywhere

[@lesley-annfenwick]

That would be great.

[@morganthompson5370]

It's not going to be normalized ever. If you don't establish yourself and build a huge career for yourself with money in your twenties or early thirties by the time you're in your forties it's going to be so hard. People treat you like your life should be over because you're in your forties but if you don't have everything figured out by then you're just in limbo and people judge you for it. So nobody wants to see that. I follow a lot of fitness pages on Instagram. And every now and then I'll come across a woman in her forties who looks gorgeous she looks great and she's really on her Fitness ( maybe a little surgery too). She gets lots of praise and attention because she looks ideally how younger women hope to look when they're in their 40s. So if you're a woman in your 40s and up who doesn't look like that because you dealt with depression or abuse or setbacks, nobody likes you and you're nothing. So a woman aging will never be normalised.

[@timothyo718]

Women lose their power in society as they age. Is the whole origin story of most Karen’s. The value they held for 3 decades starts to come to an end. All the while men gain value as they age. It’s not fair but that is how things are. Don’t see it changing anytime soon. Would be like if short men were all of a sudden portrayed as hunks in movies.

[@magma4168]

Nad G as a 301sh woman right now you're the same age as the SATC ladies were in the very beginning, so the journey is all before you!

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

But I think Mindy Kaling and Diablo Cody needs to write them

[@a.munroe]

I so wanted this to be satisfying to me. But I personally feel Miranda wouldn't progress this way. She would be the one who most naturally interacts with the changing world. She's a gold mine of life experience for a driven successful woman who had very real struggles. Samantha is the other character that would evolve similarly but they were to lazy to even include anything meaningful around her.

[@Swaneyes321]

So true

[@sew_gal7340]

I feel like Charlotte would be the ditzy one

[@a.munroe]

@@sew_gal7340 yes! We've also already established Carrie as the tech illiterate one in the first movie!

[@mnelson2008]

Once SJP became executive producer, nothing was the same. The original show suffered after season four, and this power dynamic continues - and Kim was justified in not returning. The fact that they reduced Kim's character to seeing Carrie "as an ATM" proves how toxic this work environment must have been because anyone who loved the show would know that Samantha would have never done any of the things suggested in the first few episodes of the re-boot. No one currently involved, cast and crew, can ever be honest about the dynamic. SJP is their boss. Such a shame that what was once a really fun show, has now become a pandering shadow of itself filled with performative woke-dom and relying on previous themes that have already been visited, and whatever new narratives are presented lack any originality, or, more importantly FUN. I hope it's not renewed.

[@cloverazar5315]

Especially when it was Carrie who treated her friends like cash cows. Just ask Charlotte

[@dcrewmomma]

I began watching this show when I was in my mid 20's. Newly married, just starting to have babies...now I am 50 with 3 adult children and a marriage that is 25 years old. I totally get the shift and age in these characters...and I love it!♥️🥂 I thought I questioned everything in my 20's. Oh no, now that my kids are grown, I am getting to know my older self (and so many other things) in a totally different way now! This did start off on a bummer note, but I know it's going to be great! You have lived a whole life by 50 or 60, things DO change...they HAVE to! Again, I love it!

[@lyndasmythe2692]

THANK YOU! This is so well said-I keep saying that they couldn’t drink cosmos and sleep around forever!!!!

[@jessjess23brooks89]

I'm just happy to be seeing representation of all types of older women in media. In that way, this continuation of the series is as ground breaking as the original.

[@SnowWhiteTheU2]

THANK YOU ! I was 10 when it started and I love it just as much now as I did back then. People keep complaining about the controversial decisions and Samantha being absent, but they’ve said from the beginning that this isn’t a reboot or sequel, it’s a continuation. They’re not treading familiar ground, instead showing how these women are now in their 50s in a post pandemic NY. I love it I truly do. I do hope Kim/Samantha comes back for Season 2, while highly unlikely you never know ! Either way, I love it.

[@Janeway1269]

@@SnowWhiteTheU2 I'm confused though because I was ten years younger than the 4 girls were in the 90s. Now I'm 52 and these guys are in their 50s? They at LEAST have to be in their upper 50s.

[@Kinteresting]

I love you and I love your attitude! ❤️❤️❤️

[@emilyd4707]

You make such a good point about how they put Big on a pedestal vs Samantha in their departure from the show.

[@marig9236]

They did Samantha's character dirty. she could have just went to the UK for the men and a high paying job and would come back to nyc at a later time or something

[@egyptianqueen4007]

That wouldn't work because Kim Catrell said many times she won't return to the show.

[@AC-ze1nh]

I think you nailed it when you said the poc in the show are there to transform the white women instead of just "being". That in itself is irritating. They could have handled the 2020s without being so forced and cringy. Maybe one of them has a "woke" storyline instead of all 3! The way they handled Samantha was bullocks. London? Hardly. Samantha wouldn't go to a country whose obsessed with a "stiff upper lip". Miami? Yes. And also, she wouldn't have "fired" Carrie as a friend over a work thing. They could have come up with so many other reasons. They could have even just left it at relocating for work. The feud felt pointed and spiteful towards Catrell. Totally disrespects Samantha.

[@zo0mpa]

"Obessed with stiff upper lip"... You clearly haven't been to London then, have you... Narrow minded fool.

[@Adv18]

“Stiff upper lip” ayeeee, I’m going to presume you’re viewing merry ole London through the rose tinted glasses of an American, Govna. Sorry to break it to you, but the typical Saturday night in London for a women is ending up pissed and/or off her nut on molly, on the road side with chips and curry splattered all over her and mascara all down her face after a fight with the taxi driver for vomiting all over her friends, Chantelle and Sharon. The stiff upper lip is just a stereotype you Americans give us Brits. But I can assure you, we are NOTHING like that. Okay, I’m done typing, I’m going to go back to cleaning my chimney and getting paid in toffee. Edit* except Durham Rise, she’s no animal, she is a classy, elegant, dainty lady that drinks copious amounts of Tea.

[@dreamyanon5151]

I think the "stiff upper lip" comment wasn't serious, it just meant that she would rather go somewhere more perceived as "fun"... It is sort of a stereotype but not as rude or literal as people are making it out to be? The stereotype Americans have of England relate to monarchs and the queen's English (proper). It isn't as if Americans feel all brits are stuck-up, just (culturally) not as relaxed as here. Like generally being loud publicly would be more frowned upon there than America where you might get a few looks but it's less of a cultural taboo and more of an etiquette.

[@durhamrise6207]

@@Adv18 speak for yourself. 10 million people in London and we don’t all behave like animals.

[@Adv18]

@@durhamrise6207 of course I’m not speaking about you, Karen x

[@baxtersmom279]

I don't have HBO Max so I can't wait this. But, I will say, Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte's relationship helped me get through my divorce in 2004. I bought the whole boxed DVD set to devour during that time. I was alone, away from my own best friends, in another state, with two small kids. "Sex and the City" reminded me of just how important close female relationships are. I understand why Kim Catrell does not want to come back, but I hope she knows just how much her presence is missed. Even in this short video...

[@lucylou2532]

I’ve been watching it on 123 movies

[@laikanbarth]

I’m waiting for it to get through the whole season and then do a trial run of HBO/Max and then I’ll binge watch it. If I like it I will definitely keep HBO/Max just to watch the next season. I’ve subscribed to so many streaming services to only be disappointed and then I forget I subscribed and end up paying for months that I don’t watch anything. So far I’m torn. I do feel like I’m missing out not watching it with everyone else though. SATC was my show back in the day. I never missed an episode!!

[@audreytheausllyologist502]

And Just Like That seems well-intentioned, but it also just seems unnecessary. Also Samantha isn’t in the show- Samantha Jones was the most popular character in the original show for a reason. She was the most likable and liberal-minded character. I still love Sex and the city even though not everything about it aged well.

[@MRSlade-hh7xr]

I miss Carries voice overs the most. They added so much to the show.

[@tashu6964]

"He took a long time to decide if Carrie was good enough for him." She was really immature for someone in her 30s, I think a character like Big would be right to be wary.

[@JP-ve7or]

Yes! The last time I tried to rewatch season 1 it was unbearable. I could totally see why Big wouldn't commit to her at that time. She was just so damned needy and demanding, either throwing herself at him or throwing stuff at him when he wouldn't react the way she wanted. Of course, when they had their affair (poor Natasha and Aiden!) I suppose that's really when they became on the same level.

[@krombopulos_michael]

Honestly never really understood what any of the men in the show saw in Carrie to make them so passionately in love with her. I understood the appeal of each of the other 3 in their own ways but not Carrie.

[@ememobongnkana]

@@krombopulos_michael you understood the appeal of Charlotte? She was the most desperate for marriage of the lot… I think Miranda was the most balanced of them all… Samantha was strong and independent but she had very loose morals though her character was the most interesting!!

[@tashu6964]

@@krombopulos_michael I think her being with the Russian is the most baffling thing. That scene where she pretends to faint because she doesn't want to dance I'm like, "Let her drop!"

[@SuperWhofan1]

All 4 girls were terrible and petty in their own ways. Who would marry any of them

[@_Alimm]

If I could rewrite And Just Like That, the new fourth of the group would've been a black woman/ WOC friend of Miranda's who's running for some type of political office in the city and exposes the women to the social issues of the city their privileges had guarded them from for so long. Samantha would be in London but couldn't make it because Jason, her now husband is very sick {there's a conversation with the three about mourning, possibly losing eachother} Charlotte definitely the most sexually experimental with her husband, resurrecting their sex life by learning from the young NYC feminist girls, would be great character development. Miranda's storyline focuses on finding worth after retiring and who she is without being the big career woman she once was and without her son who's leaving the nest, bringing her and Steve closer than ever. Carrie would be recently divorced from Big, to heal from it all she begins writing a tell all book that everyone is expecting to be a classic revealing things even viewers never knew about her life. The book is named "And Just Like That"

[@AndSoWeLaughed]

Girl, why didn’t they hire you?

[@_Alimm]

@@AndSoWeLaughed I don't know. They fumbled lol

[@ChillwithLaurenZen]

I absoloutely love this, buy I think I'd veto the Steve bit. I never thought they were a good couple and it felt like she was settling... I think of keep the current miranda storyline of her exploring her sexuality but everything else is spot on sis, well done! Write to Dan Star 😂

[@rocktheroadtowembley]

Please fix this mess and the last season of GOT in one go. Thank you!

[@LoveK1]

@@rocktheroadtowembley I just have one quick correction. (*The last TWO seasons of GoT*) Thank you ever so!

[@Chamsiee]

I think Samantha was the best character to be honest. Watching her living her best life in sexual manner was life changing and truly feminist and also back then she was the oldest of the group. I don't think I can watch it but I wish to see more séries with old black women living in cities like this whereas seeing them struggling or being the wisest old lady in the room because she had to overcome so many traumas.

[@regulusarcturus]

Samantha was the worst person of the four and a terrible character. Certainly not a feminist character and not a character anyone should look up to.

[@AN-hl3xn]

I honestly don‘t Unterstand why the series got so „netflixy“. I would‘ve loved it if there were 25 Minute long episodes discussing one topic like the old series. Also woke topics. I also think Miranda is nothing like her character, as if SHE was the one too dumb to understand the white saviour complex? I‘m sure it would be Carrie who wouldn‘t understand woke opinions lol

[@kyleray9633]

I agree. Miranda is a lawyer for gosh sakes. Like there was never a discrimination case. Haven't watched, don't have whatever service it's streaming on. But it's so out of character for Miranda

[@BellesView]

It’s like Miranda is a shell of her former self.

[@ferociousgumby]

Charlotte is even more out of touch with anyone/anything marginalized. Rich white girl makes good.

[@AN-hl3xn]

@@kyleray9633 i agree with all of you! I‘m also so sad that they are too afraid to discuss woke topics, it‘s more that the women just have to accept what‘s „right“. I think Miranda, rather than not understanding woke opinions, would be the one having a different opinion. In the earlier seasons she was really tomboy and often considered a lesbian, i think she would rather be kinda sad that tomboy Girls sometimes consider themselves non binary and not embracing Breaking out the female gender role. Mirandas Plot fits Charlotte much better since she adopted an asian child and is the one out of the group who‘d want to do the right thing and is also easiest to influence. Miranda should have a feminist/gender plot, Charlotte a privilege/POC discrimination Plot and Carrie about toxic relationships and learning social Media and new techniques (she didn‘t understand iphones in the First Movie lol). This would work best in my opinion

[@CC3193]

@@ferociousgumby She was so horridly anti Mexico in the film

[@KevenTalks]

Miranda is interestingly becoming the most pivotal character of the reboot. Cynthia Nixon even said in an interview recently that her character is the only one who shows real growth and evolution in the reboot. So far, 3 episodes in, it looks like Charlotte and Carrie's evolution are all about the events around them (grief, family, etc) while Miranda's will be internal evolution...

[@the_glitter_is]

Samantha has shown growth for ridding herself of selfish ass Carrie lol

[@aic0809]

@@the_glitter_is 😂😂😂😂 Agreed!!

[@triphophoney2981]

Yeah. Miranda's evolved into a lesbian Karen.

[@KevenTalks]

@@triphophoney2981 LOL

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

Miranda is just gonna become a lesbian and leave Steve at the end. It’s just stupid.

[@kennethlee5291]

The way that they dismissed Samantha was handled poorly, like seriously? They couldn’t come up with anything else?

[@Ashbrash1998]

It also felt really catty, like its real obvious that they still feel butt hurt about Kim leaving and etc

[@sew_gal7340]

That was in purpose to gas light Kim Cantrell

[@christiandorr1546]

Considering Grace and Frankie has been around for so long and portrays even older people having sex and discussing it openly, I’m not sure this show has much to say in that regard.

[@moonlily1]

Isn't it strange to think that women in their 50s are basically in the same category as women in their 80s, when really these characters could be Grace and Frankie's daughters?

[@falconeshield]

@@moonlily1 Because men (most) don't look at women older than 25

[@moonlily1]

@@falconeshield Hmm. I'm going to guess that you're UNDER 25, correct? lol.

[@moonlily1]

@@falconeshield Furthermore, looking at your comment again, it seems you define women by what men think of them. That's unfortunate.

[@kuramacabre]

@@falconeshield how gross. I've seen men just above 20, through 30s and beyond drooling after women in their 30s and 40s. And even taking away the age factor, women are worthy regardless of the male gaze, sucker.

[@ruzzelladrian907]

So happy they made Natasha look so elegant in this show. It’s the least they could do after that character’s struggle dealing with Carrie years ago. She walked out of her limo in comfy flats in very airy clothes to her office.

[@RumpledRegina]

Frankly, Big's death was 100% unesesary and it pissed me off so much that I don't even care to watch the rest of the show and the actually good changes they made, like including better representation. Carrie and Big could have stayed married and for once, not everything would have been about drama. Carrie could absolutely have a successful arc of finding herself again without that... mess. Samantha's absence would have been weird anyway since we all knew the reason she wasn't appearing. Good for Kim for not doing sth she didn't want to.

[@BellesView]

Yes! He didn’t need to die for Carrie to rediscover herself.

[@19TAURUSGIRL91]

I 100% agree! I cried when Big died, there was still a lot there they could’ve explored. 😢

[@morganthompson5370]

I don't think it's necessary that he died but I don't think they belong together either. Even the way they talk to each other just seemed forced and phony and fake. Big with that condescending smirk and tone every sentence. They turned him into this old man who just hung around the house doing nothing all day. And I don't think Big would have been that type of man.

[@isinallos]

@@morganthompson5370 I totally agree. He actually had more chemistry with the peloton instructor in the following peloton commercial lol. I’m pissed they killed him off but I’m sticking with the theory that it was his way out haha.

[@dddaakotuhhh]

Considering the actor playing Big has had historical sexual assault and rape allegations made about him, it was probably a bigger directional choice made by production to get him out of the series by any means necessary, they would've known his past would catch up with him especially with society taking a no tolerance stance to anything sa related. I can't blame them for getting him out as soon as possible.

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

They are overcompensating so hard on the diversity that it just comes off as cringy. That podcast alone is just icky, especially for Carrie who does not have any necessity to do that. She is a successful writer with a million-dollar apartment and assets (mostly due to Big but still!) The watchers and the characters deserve better.

[@somethingclever8916]

have you seen the recent episode where they are trying to collect diverse friends? its something out of a peoblrmaric 197os horror movie.

[@BelleMort6]

Also, I felt like the part where Che is basically bullying Carrie into talking about things she isn't comfortable with was really cringe. If that was a dude, he would've been metoo'ed for sexual harassment and being a dick!

[@Janeway1269]

SJP and KC as far as I understand it, have had real life issues and didn't work well together. I think writing in that the Samantha character left for London and completely cut off her friendship over a business decision, was a bitter kick in the a$$ from Parker to Cattrall and uncalled for. It sucks. I was never a fan of SJP and the character of Carrie was spoiled and childish as well. Not cool.

[@nataliadoe7126]

As a fresh twenty-something watching this revival and having watched the original in my early teens, I’m not sure I like the tonal shift. They are a little heavy handed in trying to keep up with the times. The podcast and Rose’s outfit are especially cringe-worthy, but the rest of the show seems to explore the ladies’ changing issues pretty well. I think the show should focus more on that instead of imposing the “oh these zoomers are so weird and I’m out of touch waahh” narrative. I promise you, half the things Charlotte and Miranda’s kids say would never come out of any modern kid’s mouth. I did prefer the original (despite some dated moments that didn’t age well) and the city felt like more of a character. These women were stylish and had their own problems. It seems that now they’re even more wealthy and further removed from reality. Those are my main takeaways, but the show looks like it’s getting better as new episodes come out.

[@suchi4free]

It feels kinda mean spirited how they wrote Samantha's character out. They should've just made her go on a life journey of sex and freedom. And make them still be good friends, they could've explored how when you grow older ppl change but that doesn't mean we dont love them

[@annasanta9103]

It's was a very smart move from Kim (*Samantha) not joining the reboot, been there done that. The smartest person in the show business is knowing when to say no and leave the party when it's at its best. Only the drunk and sad left the party at the very end thinking the party will go on forever, having a reboot for a classic Sex and the City is a desperate act and to help Carrie to reestablish her career when she really had no job at all in the business. Ever since the same Sex and the City creator and producer Darren Star produced Emily in Paris , I have come to a conclusion that Darren Star is a one trick pony living in a rich people bubble world that are not able to reflect our current world sensibility. Sex and the City had its high time and we will remember it, I used to love it so much too at that time. But in this social climate in the world we live in 2021, we don't need more shows like sex and the city we need more Handmaidens Tale, more Parasites, more Squid Game, more Succession type of social critic TV and movies. And all seemed we have grown up and leant and grown but Darren Star and the likes of Carrie still did not. The producer and the creator of the show set the tone of the series, and I have no confidence in Darren Star anymore. Time to leave the party and move on , don't drag on a reboot . Take gossip girl for example, the 2007 Gossip Girl was quite a trend for the teens in that generation but the 2021 gossip girl reboot was a flop . total flop. The Sex and the City reboot is a desperate act, too bad this time they did not charm me like they used to do in 1998 - 2004. When I first watched Sex and the City in year 1998 I was 21 years old. Apparently I have grown up , but Darren Star did not.

[@19TAURUSGIRL91]

💯 💯💯

[@rocktheroadtowembley]

Don't forget about the Gilmore Girls reboot. Just aweful.

[@annasanta9103]

@@rocktheroadtowembley exactly that too

[@falconeshield]

Never liked GG in the og run. GG flopping now is hilarious

[@sew_gal7340]

Omg great post. If they do a golden girls reboot I'll just die inside. Don't forget they tried to bring back Dallas... Just no

[@mintisthenewblack]

I get all the criticism around the show, but in a way, it feels like home to me. I liked to feel that again.

[@meikoblock]

It really does. I rewatched the series when the pandemic first started and loved it all over again, even with its problems. It’s nice to get a reboot that’s with the same actors and bringing them into the present time.

[@lolablake9196]

Yes I felt some of it was super cringy but in the end these characters feel like home to me.

[@Sugarcoatedcandy101]

They ruined it. And did Samantha dirty. I'm over it.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

I actually thought Carrie was more toxic than big. They both participated in the affairs and I am not getting into that. Rewatching the original series, I felt bad for Big (bear with me) because he told Carrie what he wanted and if it did not match what Carrie wanted, she just yells at him and acts irrationally. Everything had to go her way or the highway. Yes, Big was a jerk sometimes, but he was always honest about his expectations and what he wanted. But she was a jerk sometimes too and sometimes yelled at him for no reason. Maybe they were both toxic but considering they are similar in this regard, them getting together made sense. In the end, they seemed really happy and love which was satisfying in my eyes

[@entertainmentjunkie]

I noticed all that too while rewatching the series. He was honest with her and it seemed like she forced things on him and rewatching I didn’t think he was that bad honestly. In some parts yes he was a complete asshole, but not like I thought before and I was screaming at Carrie for getting back together and ending up with him, but now I see that she definitely has flaws too and she needs to work on that shit

[@rolandbaldwin]

I've been estranged from a bff for over ten years. You can fall out over something seemingly senseless. We've just never encountered each other to fix it. I get how Carrie and Samantha fell out and it was over virtually nothing. Circumstance can prolong such spats indefinitely

[@solheinroth13]

Samantha was the best friend ever...they did her dirty

[@ChezzaOuttaNowhere]

It’s interesting, as a black woman I disagree with your take on Miranda’s clumsiness. I think it is an important character arc. As a black woman from the south who had been living in New York over ten years spanning from Occupy Wall Street to the current era, i found smart, self-described liberal white women to be the absolute MOST clumsy. It feels honest to me and I appreciate Cynthia’s take on that. I think the juxtaposition between her forced white savior moments mixed with the way she treats people of color when she isn’t consciously trying to show up as an ally is honest and telling as well.

[@nerdfantasyxox]

Agreed! I feel like a lot of older people tend to come off clumsy about many social things they aren’t use to and I’ve definitely met older whites women like that.

[@FRANCISCARUSOworld]

I agree 100%, I've met quite a few "Mirandas" here in The Netherlands where I live!

[@batgurrl]

Miranda dated a black man for a few episodes and just because they didn’t show a lot of black characters on the show, but since Miranda lived in Manhattan then moved to Brooklyn and she was lawyer, please do not pretend she never met or knew any black people before. They are just pushing this WOKE BS because the show was criticized for excluding minorities all those years. She was VERY out of character there

[@MissAngie25]

@@batgurrl first of all just because she dated a black guy doesn’t mean she knew anything about minorities issues and plus she was a corporate lawyer she wouldn’t have dealt with many black people in that world.

[@ambsat]

huh?

[@keenoled]

I absolutely love it! I loved how they let the characters age, discovering how they age might not be in a way they anticipate or even like. The acting is insane as always, great casting, costuming is like a jewellery box.

[@FRANCISCARUSOworld]

I agree! It's refreshing to see the characters aging and dealing with a new stage in their lives because that's a normal process in life! I am loving everything about this revival and even though I loved Samantha, the show is so good I didn't even miss her

[@morganthompson5370]

@Linda Lowther do you really think Samantha was still be having lots of sex? Did you see the last movie? Menopause was really doing a number on her.

[@biljam972]

This doesn't feel like same show. Some things just shouldn't be resurected.

[@drelle504]

I don't think it's supposed to be the exact same show. I love it so far. Even the forced wokeness.

[@checynhadi2815]

Frrrr and they really patting themselves in the back for that 💀🤦🏽‍♂️

[@amalianita2286]

The degree in which the characters are no longer themselves is amazing

[@ananya1721]

I'm the most intrigued by Miranda's story. There's something happening there.

[@msvideos234]

I think she's going to date the professor. She's going to find out she's gay or bi and start exploring that.

[@evdiaz5698]

@@msvideos234 and have an alcoholism problem.

[@yeebler]

@@msvideos234 She's gonna date the comedian. The professor is married or otherwise occupied with a man we saw in one scene. I think she's gonna have a sexual awakening and the professor is gonna probably become a friend who teaches her about how to navigate 2021.

[@ambsat]

@Kat Nip Ugh. Not me. I liked Steve, and her marriage to him, their relationship was sweet, and they have a kid together. All the rest of this just looks like forced, “woke” bs., not organic to the real characters or story. Fits for Cynthia Nixon’s real self, but she’s Miranda here. Hate all the forced PC stuff they’ve put in the show, just because.

[@AndSoWeLaughed]

I find it odd. They’ve coded her as exploring her sexuality because of the actors sexuality. (Because her marriage is stale, which is an issue itself (but I guess some people do do this and it’s not inherently offensive, there are people who decide to date women) Not because it’s a character choice. They’ve already explored this with Charlotte. And all characters have expressed not having any romantic or sexual feelings for women. In fact, they did it bordering on homophobic. And it’s okay to show education and growth but having queer representation doesn’t just mean after 15 years you just write in that they’re gay or bi. It’s odd. That to me, sounds like baiting or queerness for a storyline/plot.

[@acerrubrum5749]

Hint...when your husband has a heart attack, call 911, give him aspirin, and CPR

[@spj4you]

That was the most frustrating part for me...

[@martamarin8688]

I miss Samantha a lot, her personality was great in all aspects, and Miranda has changed, her insecurity with her black teacher makes no sense, who wrote this issue?? It never was Samantha character 🙄

[@RobertaTMS_]

I have no intention to shame any of my them, but my favourite actress is Kim Cattrall. She is amazing, charismatic, funny. It's the most terrible loss to this series, it's their loss anyway. Also, there's Chris Noth scandals. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@docinmaking8894]

I grew up watching this show as a young woman, & perhaps I didn't realize at the time how toxic some of the messages being pushed were. Watched the first episode & didn't even get half way thru before turning it off.

[@megandoherty7004]

It seemed that the characters had been stuffed back into a show after hitting pause for like 15 years. It was odd. No background commentary from Carrie. Everything seemed super awkward. Like if the only way older women can be funny is if they are made the butt of a joke... like seriously youd think the three had never had sex.

[@AamuAurora]

I haven't seen the reboot but comment on mature women, and them being butt of the jokes, is perfect.

[@alejandrocervantes3624]

Maybe its been so long they're all virgins once again through cicatrization 🤔🍷✨💀

[@angies2389]

Anyone else feel like they should have just said: Samantha is in London and loving it. Just because Kim hates Sarah doesn't mean Samantha had to hate Carrie.

[@catherinenieves5106]

Big wasn’t that bad. Carrie had issues, insecurities with herself, by herself. Big was honest in his feelings and she tried to change him. All the characters had to grow.

[@geewiz8253]

You’re right. He tried to tell her. She wouldn’t listen.

[@brendakerber7923]

B8g was bad, but so was Carrie. But he finally changed. Although I did not like the second movie, the one thing I liked about was the story about how big had grown up and their life had changed and slowd down. Carrie was stlll not ready to grow up and took this as a sign that there was something wrong with her marriage but finally, at the end, she realized that she needed to takeresponsiblity and be aware that her actions could hurt people, especially her husband.

[@terry9238]

He didn’t love her. He enjoyed looking at her and having sex with her; but that’s not the same thing as being soul mates.

[@hivemind2556]

I couldnt watch it yet, but are you telling me Carrie was holding Big without calling the ambulance and WITHOUT PERFORMING CPR?

[@imalrockme]

I thought the same, haven´t watched it, so I was thinking while watching that scene"ok, honey, you're doing that, because you already called the paramedics, right?..."

[@ckwind1971]

This video is a great service to humanity. I so agree that Noth's accusations and Catralls absence are completely valid reasons to not engage with this vanity project.

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

"I thought I was more to her than an ATM" so rude of them to put that in there, they are still trying to make it look like she didn't do the show because of money and that really isn't the case. According to Catrall she didn't feel like they treated her very nicely so it just wasn't worth it for her and that little dig just proves her point. They literally didn't have to say they fought just that she was away and pretend they talked to her off screen.

[@paulinemoriarty3627]

Miranda is not a good example of marriage, all marriages go through stages, and yes you do get to a point when you become each other’s best friend, that is what marriage is. Truly disappointed by this reboot. And I don’t think I’m alone !! Many thanks for your videos. Love from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

[@VanessaJeny]

I completely agree with the disservice that the plot and writing is doing to the characters, especially the smart Miranda we knew would never make all those embarrassing comments. I did not like the first two episodes but now in episode 4 , I liked the conversations between each of the main characters and their new friends. Finally some honest conversations about women their age. But then the way Stanford was written out was just AWFUL. They sacrificed him as they did Samantha with a crap closing. Unforgivable.

[@moonlily1]

"Are we a couple or are we just roommates with ice cream and a kid?" was a conversation that Miranda needed to have with her husband and did not. Shows about sexuality and relationships can never underemphasize how communication are essential to both and right now Miranda is a one-person study in the failure to communicate. Like trying to interest Steve in sex that one time, that one night and failing and deciding the entire future of their relationship hinges on that one event, for not telling Steve that his comfort zone was her rut until she'd already decided to leave him, without ever trying to have a conversation about why they don't have sex. Or not asking a single question about what it means to them when Che says they "can't give her anything traditional", neither of them say anything about the type of relationship they would like to have and don't have a clue if they aren't actually on completely different pages.

[@caitlinharrison6295]

I think Carrie is not being honest with herself, and by extension the viewers, with what happened between her and Samantha. Carrie can be very careless in the way treats and speaks to people. Something she and Samantha dealt with in the original series. In the new series it comes up with Susan Sharon and whatever happened that Carrie doesn’t remember. With the return of Natasha and Carrie’s inability to not stalk her. The way she dismisses Charlotte’s concern for Miranda’s drinking. I can’t help but wonder if the writers are setting up Carrie to have to deal with this very deep flaw through the rest of the series.

[@spj4you]

In the first episode didn't they plant the seed of Alzhimers?

[@Cali978]

The series ended for me with the first movie 😊

[@ededd3175]

well, maybe when ur done living in the past, you can join the rest of us in the present...where the show goes on

[@somebody-br2hm]

@@ededd3175 i agree with Carolina The past has better taste and quality I'd rather stay there Enjoy your shit show now😅

[@ededd3175]

@@somebody-br2hm you're just scared. thats why you live watching the same shit from 2005. lol at least they got the guts to try something new...

[@somebody-br2hm]

@@ededd3175 scared of what? I watch good stuff from today but SATC is not one of them And dare to try smth new? What for ? ITS SHIT Trying smth new for the sake of trying smth new is not a good enough reason if it's bad. Leave the good stuff in the past and move on and ACTUALLY try smth new like Kim Catral did SJP and Cynthia and the Charlotte actress don't try smth new , they just cling on to the past

[@magzdilluh]

And I can't help but wonder if Big's shocking exit from the show was motivated at least in part by the sexual assault allegations against Chris Noth that came out today.

[@simsimahmadi9133]

Hmmmmm

[@darkmind3711]

I don’t think so, they filmed months earlier

[@amyburt9193]

They had the Big dying storyline in place for a 3rd movie, but when that never happened, they used it here. Plus, Chris Noth originally wasn't going to come back for the show, but then they explained the Big storyline and he agreed.

[@Kimiyainreallife]

I’m an avid fan of the original series but I absolutely HATED the reboot. I watched the first episode and it was so bad I fired it as a show…

[@ambsat]

Yes, I loved the original show, still watch reruns whenever I see them on. But this reboot looks gross.

[@jenynz5334]

I wish I had stopped at the end of number 1, but I was crying and number 2 started playing and I was so grossed out by it that I turned off the show. Seeing Brady enthusiastically boning his gf right after the tragedy was unnecessary and wrong. That was not comic relief.

[@MrHJW1995]

I’ve realised what this is like. It’s like bringing back The Sopranos twenty years later and the mobsters are now accepting black guys, gay guys and women into ‘Our Thing’. Tony Soprano’s there like; “You know what? I educated myself, I checked my privilege and I realised it was wrong to exclude so many minorities. I mean, why can’t this thing of ours have a female boss?” Truly the one coming out of this series looking best is Kim Cattrall.

[@selemawit9411]

I won’t be watching it without Kim Cattrall. She was the show for me. And hearing about the way she was treated kind of taints the old show but makes the new revival non existent for me. I do love Miranda though, wish her character well !

[@ZidIbarra]

Sex and the city was Samantha , no the others, specially Carrie, Samantha was the essence of the show! Since she is gone, is not the same, is just like middle age white rich women spoiled.

[@marcela2503]

Exactly, the others were always dependent on a relationship, Sam was free.

[@MsRainisim]

The new addition of diversity in characters feels forceful and offensive in this show because they’re full of exaggerated stereotypes

[@sff2001]

the way Samantha was written out is completely out of character, a character we watched for 6 seasons as the most loyal of friends. It feels very passive-aggressive and cheap. Not impressed with the scriptwriters or the people behind this choice. Cheap shots will sink you.

[@dhuseinovic]

The way they described Samantha's leaving was: out of her character, rude, vindictive, mean, petty and cruel. I just stopped watching the show altogether after that. This told me everything I need to know.

[@realSimoneCherie]

Damn. Glad I chose to opt out of this finale and keep my memories as they were.

[@MENUFORMENU]

Samantha should have been the main character, Carries character is BORING

[@marig9236]

I swear SJP brought back the show just to fix the reputation of it and her character being bad

[@BabaJaga]

I hope that Carry will have time to think about her relationship with Big after her loss an will state how toxic and focused on his needs her relationship was and that she is going to start a new life and doing all the things she didnt do because of him! That would be a great message

[@fabiofuoco]

I literally just finished watching the first three episodes in a row, just what I needed!

[@keenoled]

Right?

[@gaillewis5472]

And just like that, Chris Noth is accused of assault and the Peleton ad is pulled.

[@shiragoldberg7744]

Exactly! I’m 50 and grew up with these four. I learned about confidence and true friendship. I am so happy they sans Samantha (much love!!!) are back. Yeay! ❤️💋🥰Napa, CA.

[@lynnemusso9362]

I loved Sex and the City but without Samantha I don't want to even watch this. Sometimes it's best to just leave well enough alone.

[@lisaspikes4291]

Big was not toxic. Carrie was the toxic one. Big was not perfect, and he made mistakes, but he was pretty honest about his feelings. He didn’t just go along with what Carrie thought should be done. Carrie was always unreasonable, and constantly pushed Big in the direction she wanted to go. This caused anxiety in Big. I can relate to that. I always back off of a relationship if my partner goes too fast. It freaks me out.

[@BelleMort6]

Yes! Yes yes. Agree.

[@user-uj2ku5fk7c]

Big was crazyyyy toxic, when he tells carrie his marriage isn’t working and ask her if she is interested, when he fight with Aidan, that scene in an elevator where she pushes him back multiple times and he keeps kissing her. Don’t get me wrong Carrie to but you can be honest and still be toxic

[@oliviakinter179]

Remember how on SATC they used to take cabs Everywhere?? I love that we see Miranda taking the subway! Carrie and Charlotte taking or sharing Ubers make sense though.

[@morganthompson5370]

But there was one scene where Carrie was actually trying to catch a cab. People still hail cabs on the street in New York City in 2021? 🚖

[@sersabio3401]

@@morganthompson5370 Yes, they do! Especially if you live in an area where cabs are always common, it's late and there's no traffic, or you don't mind the extra cost.

[@hellobecky84]

@@morganthompson5370 We absolutely do! Try getting an Uber when you need to just go crosstown and it's raining, surge pricing, etc - it's impossible in Manhattan.

[@CarlaYangMadison]

"Death in the city" bahaha, I'm dying of laughter here! XD !!

[@Janette388]

Sarah's Ramirez character is unbearable😣

[@CrossingMissVampire]

The double ad of merch was really unneccessary. One time is enough.

[@vickyw9590]

I have been watching just like that. And the issue I have with it was that in the original run it was innovative and characters voiced things few things on tv would say at the time and things that made them relatable. This continuation is all about what you should say and has no entertainment value at all.

[@jennyfab312]

The "Samantha firing Carrie" was 100% jealousy and pettiness from SJP. She could have EASILY said "i hate that she moved to London and we never see her anymore. I miss the four of us" SJP brought the argument into the movie instead of it being about the friendship Edit to say - if it wasn't for Samantha, Carrie's career wouldn't have taken off

[@batgurrl]

Good analysis. I watch it out of force of habit, strictly. Where’s the comedy? (Haven’t seen E3 yet) It’s working way TOO hard to be ‘woke’

[@josephyn89]

yes, it's cringy and unnecessary to have so many non-white characters, the podcast is awful. I like Che though, but it's seriously trying way too hard.

[@tananario]

Clutch those pearls! Drink that rosé!

[@josephyn89]

@@tananario I'm not even white or American, man. It's just trite. The podcast is really bad, nobody would listen to that shit. The guy is super creepy, I don't get it.

[@batgurrl]

@@josephyn89 I agree with everything you said. On a shallow note, as a NYC boomer who dresses plain, black,grey,red, purple, that outfit Miranda was wearing in the beginning was one of the most god awful hideous choices of all time🤢🤢

[@batgurrl]

@@tananario 😂😂