‘And Just Like That’ season 3— Thread 2

Wait. Where's the first thread?

Im shocked another thread is needed, as I am still at this show continuing.

R1 here. Just almost done

And Just Like Crap!

ANOTHER KFC appearance/mention? Lol. Of all businesses to seek product placement in the SATC universe - I just don't get it.

Episode 3 was mixed for me. I can't warm to Aiden. I never liked him, but he's even worse now.

What is this whole thing with his kids? Jesus. Carrie can't stay in the main house? I assume he's addicted to adderall, which a stupid arc.

Carrie continues to be a black hole of narcissism. Seema- I'm trying to make a major decision about my career and life, Carrie - OMG I'm in the exact same predicament, Aiden didn't ask me to stay the night.

Miranda looked good in the date scene.

Harry pissing himself was ridiculous as is Charlotte's entire storyline in this series.

Loved Charlotte’s scenes this episode

I enjoy harry

Was Harry pissing himself foreshadowing a prostate cancer scare/death, otherwise that was cruel to do to the actor and painful to watch and I watched all of the Rosie and Cynthia sex scene AND Carrie fingering herself.

Ryan Serhant is a real jump the shark type of cameo.

John Corbett is good for a very specific type of role, a role which is not the romantic interest of this kind of woman.

He was believable in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Lana Condor's father in the To All the Boys movies.

But, there's no way someone like Carrie and her vapid friends would ever see Aidan as a catch, hot though he may be.

Also, who pisses themselves and just goes back and acts casual?

yeah, it's pretty clear Aiden is a big fail on this. I guess they were hoping, well, kill the one guy and the other guy comes back and it's all good. But no, it's not all good. It's pretty much all suck.

They clearly want us to side eye Aidan. They aren’t even being subtle about it r14. They’re building up that storyline in a very serialized way.

R13 someone who doesn’t want the people around him to notice before he leaves

Maybe you're right, although everyone's also side-eyeing Carrie throughout this shit, being her usual tunnel vision, dumb bitch self.

And speaking of that, I hate the way she has a snarky comeback for every fucking thing that anybody says to her, but anybody pointing out what a dumbfuck she's being about Aiden is supposed to be committing some horrifying faux pas.

But I guess that's intentional too.

Carrie has always been that way though

After she ends it with Aiden - again - maybe they should bring Pertovsky and that can end again too. Oh wait, Jack Berger has to reappear first.

Berger was awful

The writers didn't know what to do with Berger.

I agree, but I'd still like to see what they'd do with a Berger redux. Would it be as lame as revisiting Aiden?

They did plenty with Berger. He was a jealous loser

“ Berger redux”

More like burger reflux

Anthony has become a boring stereotype. Something Cantone is not. I hope he's getting paid really well, because he's making a fool of himself playing a cliche.

True r24, and the thing is, this is an incredibly gay show with an incredibly gay group of people connected to it. Nobody could be bothered to come up with anything more interesting than he's drooling over a much younger, much hotter guy and if he could just get that hot guy involved in his sexy bakery (which, well, fuck) everyone will come flocking to it. Pathetic and lazy.

Be thankful he’s even there and STFU. Gays have always been treated as handbags on the OG show and hardly given their own stories. They’re actually trying to give him SOMETHING

And Cantone is very much stereotypical.

Do better, AJLT. And you too, Cynthia Nixon. You tried to shove a stupid nonbinary whatever the fuck that was in there. Now try insisting on an actual gay man.

R28 why? You keep complaining about woke.

I have never complained about "woke."

R10 Harry looks like shit, he aged like cream under a hot chicken coop.

I’d like to see Carrie meet some duds again in dating. Plenty of older guys have problems too

I’m enjoying it.

Who the fuck is casting actors for this freak show?

A lot of fat people in this latest episode.

sJP looks anorexic for real. If she weighed 90 pounds I’d be surprised

Carrie is going to end up fucking the "gardener" isn't she? Aidan is so boring (more than the writers intended.)

God I hate this show and hate myself for watching it.

Isn't Seema going to fuck the gardener?

[quote] True [R24], and the thing is, this is an incredibly gay show with an incredibly gay group of people connected to it. Nobody could be bothered to come up with anything more interesting than he's drooling over a much younger, much hotter guy and if he could just get that hot guy involved in his sexy bakery (which, well, fuck) everyone will come flocking to it.

The problem is, all the gay men on the show are portrayed as something that belongs in a 90s sitcom. Tired cliches, "zingers" you've heard one too many times and got thoroughly tired of them back in 2006 or so, etc. I'm in my 50s, was a fan of the original show, but the gay content in this reboot is dated as fuck.

R39 A ...um, possible... defense of that is that all the characters look like they are ready for assisted living.

promo

The gardener is a butter face. The new owner of the realty company is super hot.

That was Ryan Serhant, R42.

This is an interesting take on why the show sucks. Watch it at 1.25+ speed and you still get the gist of it without having to take more time than needed.

No one Carrie’s age and 00 size eats like she does. The character eats like a fat chick.

R42 hi Ryan 👋

Carrie doesn’t eat like a fat chick.

The gay stuff is old because MPK is over 70. He has no idea what young gay men do for fun. And forget about sex. That ended for him long ago.

Young gay men. Is Anthony suddenly young?

Alas, there's the rub.

I’m glad we got more Anthony.

I enjoyed this episode. They are finally getting the show tone in a more pleasant, breezy place. They even used the other characters better this time.

The original show was realistic as far as diversity. White girls hang with White girls. Black girls hang with Black girls. Generally speaking. They had a lot of gay characters, Charlotte became a Jew, they had a few Black storylines. They had Samantha dating a Latina lesbian. They took the criticisms of the original too seriously.

This last episode was written by someone who’s Wikipedia says she

“Is known for her struggles with and has been open about her struggles with Crohn's disease, degenerative arthritis, and depression, often discussing her experiences in her writing. She is friends with writers Roxane Gay and Lindy West.”

Again I ask: why is Carrie so desperate?

She’s rich, fabulous, has fun friends and a great life.

Yet she’s scrounging around for scraps from AIDEN, of all people. He isn’t exactly a catch.

R53 He’s a rebound guy.

She didn’t want Aiden even 30 years ago when he was hotter and not such a dishrag

It would be kind of funny if everyone Carrie is now in a serious relationship dies.

Yeah and now he those psycho kids? I hate that the internet hates SJP, she's delightful in interviews, she's a good liberal and she pulled herself from utter poverty and I think she's really pretty. But I laughed when she said sleep standing up in the field like a horse? I bet she laughed too

SJP isn’t the perfect angel you describe.

I know of someone who was doing her hair or makeup (that wasn’t the most important part of the story) who has vowed to never again work with SJP because she was so awful.

[quote]Idc how “bad” it is.

And wdc how you have not yet risen in your communications to the concept of camp, without which you just sound like someone with bad taste!

But is it the camp value you like, or are you doing the "I watch it because I watch it and the familiarity makes it work," as (reportedly) happens with soaps lovers?

Just curious. I wish I still enjoyed it, But without Sam...

Was your friend talking about SJP’s personality, or the work itself, r58.

I would imagine it takes hours of work to make that desiccated, emaciated old horse resemble something under the age of 70. All that spackle and hair extensions….

Said she was “a nightmare.”

Details R58?

Just thought this thread needed some context

Serhan the epitome of the Insufferable Lying Realtor Queen. Although he is supposedly not gay. Lying Realtor is a pleonasm, of course.

I bet Andy Cohen suggested the casting of that twat Serhant to his bff SJP.

How long before the ladies are going to Countess Luann’s cabaret show?

Now THAT I would watch, r65.

Why did the writers turn Miranda's life into Cynthia Nixon's real life. I guess Nixon was too lazy to do it any other way with all the work involved in the Gilded Age. They couldn't afford to lose her and Catrall.

They weren’t going to lose her.

This show pays her far more per ipsode than she can command elsewhere. By an order of magnitude.

Good Lord. There's 3 seasons of this shit already??!

Cynthia is very activist-minded, first and foremost, so when she was able to get some control in order to sign on to the show, these were her suggestions, if not demands. It’s disrespectful to the original writers and audience.

You killed Kim Cattrall and now you're trying to stab me in the back? Forget it!

The show has familiarity, but the characters are pretty much a bore now that they are no longer chasing men and fashion. Seema is not a good fit and the documentary film maker who gets up at 5am to work on her 8 year masterpiece and with a husband running for City Council, would NEVER have the time to hang with these women, and certainly not go to Anthony's big dick bread store when it opened. Time is value in NYC and these women just spend too much time together doing odd shit.

And that documentary she's been working on for 8 years looks boring as FUCK.

BTW I didn't know she used to be married to Eddie Murphy.

Because she wasn’t …

We shall now refrain from ever discussing R73’s stupidity.

Hint: all Black women don’t look alike, even with the same given name.

OMFG I only said that because some stupid frau at work told me!! Ugh this is why one should never listen to fraus.

R73 is dead to all of us

During SATC, I could relate or see myself in some of the characters at times. I cannot relate in any way to the current characters. I keep watching, though. I think it’s nostalgia—even though this is a very different show.

I don't understand what r74's link means.

To be fair, the women having the free time to get together the way they do was always out of step with how New Yorkers live. Most friend groups are lucky to get together once every other month, and it’s always scheduled to the minute. The casual hang doesn’t really exist in New York City.

Ok Carrie — we get you ^

r74^^

R80, Nicole Ari Parker (NAP), who plays Lisa Todd Wexley (LTW) on And Just Like That (AJLT) is married to Boris Kodjoe (BK) - for 20 years now.

R73 is the type of poster who brings bullshit bagels to the Datalounge morning meet-up. No bullshit bagels, R73!

The bread store business is so bizarre to me. Bread? Really? Not believable in the slightest.

In the most recent episode, didn't Carrie actually make some sort of horse joke, or did I imagine it? When she was in the truck with Aiden? I remember thinking, "holy shit, no she didn't!." I wish I could remember the exact comment, but I'd have to re-watch that episode and I can't put myself through it.

Yes, she made a joke about sleeping in the field like a horse

Her son has the same long face

Lisa Todd Wexley played a WHORE in Boogie Nights.

Did she show her bosoms in Boogie Nights?

How could anybody confuse goofy Eddie Murphy with that gorgeous man

[quote]Did she show her bosoms in Boogie Nights?

No. But Julianne Moore did - seriously!

She played a porn star. She seems prettier now.

We are doomed ….

A fake HotFellas opens as a real pop-up in lower Manhattan. HBO Max exec claims it’s a cultural touchstone….

Aha I saw that article earlier today. I had to laugh when they ask the actor playing Anthony's boyfriend whether he uses a prosthetic.

Sebastiano Pigazzi’s nonno

R89 She was 'chocolate love', a pron star, not a whore.

What happened to the other black female character? The professor?

R98 they wrote her out. Her chef friend showed up after he cooked that dinner party at Carrie's and she got a fellowship or honor or something. That was it.

Was anyone else pissed at how they were "eating" KFC this past episode? Tearing off skin, taking one (fake) bite, putting the whole piece down and then grabbing the next hugest piece when they didn't eat the last? It really pissed me off.

She had multiple projects that she chose instead of AJLT.

She had her dignity.

No, "how" they were eating KFC didn't really bother me. I'm just perplexed that KFC keeps popping up in SATC. With with the comic book store guy, with Aiden, with Seema.

No woman would want Aiden. I’m surprised he’s not broke too with all his bullshit

Aka a WHORE, R97.

R99 = Colonel Sanders.

Wyatt is giving off school shooter vibes.

Dump Aiden's sorry, skinny ass!

Is Wyatt autistic?

Red alert: there's a Charlotte and Harry sex scene and he can't get it up.

They have no idea what to do with LTW.

One of the worst television shows I can recall watching in recent memory. Not a single laugh to be had. Writing so amateurish and without a hint of irony. More ugly people in one cast than possibly any show on television.

How did this disaster get greenlit and renewed?

R111: Because we keep watching.

Poor Harris Yulin. Great actor who just passed away and his last credit is 'Pop POP.'

Carrie didn’t even buckle up the helmet when driving the ATV. In an accident it would just fly off. You may as well have Alec Baldwin on set with a loaded pistol if those are the safety standards.

I hope they paid Evan Handler extra to take his clothes off. That was brutal.

How bad was it?!

Well, Wyatt is a little shit. Of course, the daughter's boyfriend is poly and neither parent is even slightly concerned or appalled.🙄

Aidan will surprise Carrie when she's in the sack with someone else.

I've seen enough lesbo scenes with Miranda. Will LTW screw Marion or will Seema hook up with him? He'll, even Carrie.

I don’t have a vagina, so I don’t watch AJLT. But a friend has one and so apparently she’s required by law to watch.

She recently said to me, “I have to stop hate-watching And Just Like That, and instead I have to just stop watching And Just Like That.”

Why does Lisa sleep in her wig?

R117 that bad! Got it.

R119 go be a bigot somewhere else far, far away

The actors playing Aiden's kids are dreadful. But it's nice to see Mrs Jack Berger as Cathy.

Sorry but I laughed at "Wild Cunt." That whole storyline felt like classic Miranda, except the love object was a woman and I'm fine with that. But LTW avd Seema have no connection to the show. They truly can be edited out and nothing changes. And this show has way too many characters. Truly--how many people were in this episode? Far, far too many.. The writers should be embarrassed. There are moments where they get close to making something good but they make all the wrong choices almost all the time.

I wonder if Steve will make an appearance this season.

The opening scene with Carrie wearing those ridiculous shoes at 60 years old after a hip replacement?

Uh, no

Why are all they gay guys completely insufferable in this show?

Just you wait. …just like that…a crossover with Chicago Fire.

Carrie’s flight makes an aborted landing at ORD. Chaos ensues. Who shows up: NBC’s Wednesday line up.

[quote] That whole storyline felt like classic Miranda

You mean rude, nasty, unlikable and ugly?

Evan Handler's only 64. Does he have The Cancer?

I really thought this awful show would be a laughable parade of Botox and fillers. After watching it, they really need to massively increase the cosmetic injections budget.

Everyone is horribly wrinkled and deflated. They are all so hard to look at. It’s worse than “The Conners.”

Charlotte’s husband could turn any gay man straight. He’s that gross. And Semen, who’s supposed to be the new Samantha, is so terrible as a character and I can’t tell if the actress is just untalented or the writing is so bad no performer could salvage it. Probably both.

Put it out if it’s misery.

Semen Patel. That has possibilities to be and endless meme on the DL.

She dated Kevin Bacon!

Nobody on this show fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch more than Brady, Miranda's son.

When will we see the very special episode where Wyatt shoots up the school?

R131 you know she spit out his load. Duh

R133 done. He was the missing guy in The Pitt.

R133, first he steals the key Carrie gave Aidan, steals the ATV and drives up to Gramercy Park and blows Carrie's head off. He mercifully leaves Shoe alive but nothing to worry about there, he'll feast on Carrie's face. And it'll be a week or so after he shoots up his school and blows his own head off before anybody notices they haven't heard from Carrie, and that's because deep down, nobody really wants to spend time with her. Miranda goes Emiment Domain on the Gramercy Park house and converts it into a Late-In-Life-Lesbian hostel.

R136 was beaten by R135 in every sense.

Stop TIA

New York Times Episode 4 recap.

I like Seema, but she is way too man-faced.

I don’t give one flying fuck about the Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.

Why is Carrie hanging out with these awful hillbillies? She didn’t want idiot Aiden the first time around.

DESPERADO!

R136, a late in life Lesbian hostel would never cover Gramercy Park real estate taxes. It’s probably going to be converted into 98,000 a year school for nonbinary celebrity kids with Hilaria teaching Spanish.

The best part of this episode was shirtless Chris Jackson. The worst part was shirtless Evan Handler.

I don’t watch the Pitt, R137.

Stop, TIA.

Best,

R136

Am I correct in noticing that none of the women had any scenes together in this episode? Have they all begun to hate each other that much?

Really not a bad episode.

SJP looked beautiful in that yellow dress.

WILD CUNT! WILD CUNT! WILD CUNT! WILD CUNT!

R140 doesn't know how residential property taxes are levied in NYC. Usually quite reasonable.

R125 "Why are all the gay guys completely insufferable in this show". In the original they got the fags and hags the wrong way round. That frigid Karen cock-tease Charlotte would never hang out with that low-rent Jersey Mafia shopping-bottom - where he'd be perfect for Carrie!

The Aiden family blowup scene was pretty good. Whereas the Park Avenue family scene was ridiculous.

A 10M+ house in the Gramercy Park neighborhood has an annual property tax bill of $192,500, R145.

Ryan Serhant an actor now? A bit more than a cameo from last week. The show has jumped the shark. Seema has zippo in common with the others. The ex-wife going behind Aiden's back for Carrie to bring Adderall is another strange storyline. Harry is impotent. Charlotte soon to tell the ladies at their next coffee klatch. Lisa Todd Wexler tells her sleep deprived hubby her new editor is a guy but leaves out he looks like a guy Diddy would pay money to fuck Cassie at a freak off. I think it safe to say that the Emmy's will not be knocking on SJP's door with a bunch of nominations. Just lazy writing and leaves you wondering how it got to this. Will MAX give it a season 4? I would be really surprised if there is another.

There will be a season 4 as long as we keep watching the Hindenburg going down.

How much do they pay the New York Times to publish these recaps?

R148 put down the glass pipe…pleeze.

How much is it then R151? Are you in real estate?

The median annual residential property tax in NY County (that’s Manhattan for you yahoos in flyoverstan) is…~$17,000.

For the Manhattan Math Genius.

The median home sale price in Manhattan is 1.4 M.

“Harry is impotent. Charlotte soon to tell the ladies at their next coffee klatch.”

Charlotte has a way of turning off a man’s dick.

Ryan Serhant was an actor before he got into real estate. I think he did soaps. He's terrible. Way too smarmy. If they keep him around they can pair him up with Cantone.

R154 what’s your point me all the definition of median.

For the idiot on this thread who quoted a ridiculous amount of tax, not knowing that the “mansion” transfer tax is NOT the same as the property tax. The property tax on a $10mm Class 1 townhouse is very reasonable.

Is anyone watching this show besides us? They shouldn’t have changed the name. A lot of people will never even make the connection.

Please guys, go to Zillow. Find a mansion in Gramercy Park on the market and look at the tax. The one listed for $11M has an annual tax of $106,620. Carrie’s house on the park is at least $20M.

Zillow? Zillow! 🤣

Here’s a random Gramercy townhouse. You’re way off on the property tax.

Try harder

I don't know how they do it, the episodes just get worse and worse. LTW and Seema are not a substitute for Samantha. Carrie and Aiden have ZERO chemistry. I can't buy that they even like each other.

This episode was so horrifically bad that DL has resorted to discussing property taxes to avoid the actual content.

I really thought Carrie was sitting Aiden down to tell him, "The stars didn't align. Yes, you need to stay at the farm, but I know firsthand life is short and I can't wait five years." But, no! This unsatisfying and untenable arrangement will continue!!

I don't even like her much, but it's sad to see Carrie willfully ignore all the red flags in front of her. Boyfriend Bob flat out told her that it took four years for them to tolerate him and he's still not allowed to have an opinion.

Since they allowed Kristin Davis to keep her bra on during the sex/bedtime scene, they should have allowed Evan Handler to keep his undershirt on. No one needed to see that.

It's astonishing how fucking boring LTW's story is. The most interesting that she did was use mouthwash BEFORE brushing.

Why does Lisa sleep in her wig? R119

Yes she slept with a babushka last season.

As much as I loathe Cynthia Nixon I will say that she's aged the best and Miranda is back to being Miranda. Goofy, insecure and sabotaging potential relationships.

Is there a director on this series? Every episode has characters standing around saying lines to each other without an ounce of recognition. The only scene that was competently directed in episode 4 was the Wyatt blow-up scene and frankly, I couldn't care less of I ever saw that ugly-ass kid again. Naturally, with MPK at the helm, he'll probably disappear until the season finale. There is nothing going on in these episodes except people with too much fucking money behaving badly. I'm over all of them.

Bob was a sad sack and from his words I kind of think Aidan isn't as nice as were supposed to think. No one else involved with the family is allowed to have an opinion or give advice. Red flag about this clan.

I always found Aiden passive-aggressive.

Aidan is a pussy. The fact that this Cunt of a girlfriend cheated on him, and he let her buy out the apartment that he owned with basically no upside for him? And he came over to fix the stupid fucking thing for her while she demanded that he would forgive her?

Fuck him

Aiden would have been a much more interesting character if their first choice, Aiden Quinn, had accepted the role. I have a feeling the writers made this Aiden a cornball because that's what Corbett is and you know he improvised a lot of Aiden's goofy remarks. Quinn would have been sexy and more believable as someone Carrie would be interested in.

I was the best choice for the role. Just shootin’ the shit here

Moar is betta

[quote] Everyone is horribly wrinkled and deflated. They are all so hard to look at. It’s worse than “The Conners.”

If aging bothers you so much, what the hell are you doing watching TV shows which are sequels to shows from the 1990s and 2000s with the same actors?

Evan Handler looks like a big old ugly infant. There's nothing sexy there unless youre into kiddies. Every time they get him undressed it's so awkward.

You should see what he looked like with hair.

quote]Every episode has characters standing around saying lines to each other without an ounce of recognition.

I loved the scene where Carrie goes into the kitchen to discuss the Adderall. It didn't even register to her that she was standing in front of a cake full of burning/melting candles. Yeah, "not tonight," you oblivious "cunt" (word of the episode! Everyone scream real loud!).

“You should see what he looked like with hair.”

I have thought for a long time that Evan handler is the guy in this blockbuster training video from the 90s. He first shows up clearly about1:30

R178 just see the Afterschool Special upthread. It will curl your toes

Also: you’re blind— that’s nothing like Handler, not in the least. Sad.

Evan Handler was diagnosed with a form of leukemia when he was 24. He's been in remission since the late 90s.

R167, I think the Keebler Elf wrote and directed last night's episode.

Yup, it's all down to Keebs.

Ryan Serhant is totally my physical type — fair, WASPy, green-eyed. I want to spank the smugness out of him until he begs me to fuck him (a scenario he’s probably not unfamiliar with).

While this is far from the best series streaming (and far from the best streaming on Max) I find it a very easy, entertaining watch. And this episode, which you’re all howling over, was the best of the season so far. The depiction of a family — blended and dysfunctional — that is nevertheless so tight that outsiders can never feel part of it, seemed credible. So did the way things played out with Aidan’s family during Carrie’s visit. And though Carrie should have broken it off then and there, at least she knows what she’s up against.

The other character arcs were given enough screen time to set up the rest of the season (and yes, the trailer for the upcoming episodes suggests that Steve makes at least one appearance). Honestly, you whiners are far worse and certainly more boringly predictable than the bitches on this series.

Are you into Greek? Ryan likes it Greek.

Carrie pouting “I feel like I’m not allowed to touch my head” like a small child makes me want to smack her.

She mostly seemed miffed to not be the center of Aiden’s attention.

Granted, it was fucked up for Aiden to tell her not to make the kid “feel bad” about smacking Carrie. It didn’t look accidental.

Aiden needs to deal with his fucked up family and stop trying to date. The kids don’t need the extra stress and he shouldn’t be dragging other people (dates) into his mess.

But he shouldn’t ask Carrie or anyone else to put their life on hold. He’s the worst combination— a clueless, bumbling oaf who is also controlling.

R185, Yes, I totally am. After I tan his hide beet red.

Get in line

The show is unwatchable, let’s write a list of people to blame:

1.) Michael Patrick King. He deserves the most blame.

2.) Sarah Jessica Parker. She has an army of yes men and fraus who tell her how fabulous she is, so I really don’t think she grasps how much she shot the legacy down the tubes.

3.) Cynthia Nixon. She demanded the show be diverse, she demanded that be sexually active with Che and demanded most of what has ruined the character and the show.

4.) Kristin Davis. The lowest on the totem pole. She had the opportunity though to stand up for the fans and legacy and chose to be SJP’s instagram bestie instead.

5.) Mario Cantone. He shit all over his “friend” Kim Cattrall, even though he knew deep down they all did her dirty. He chose SJP as well.

6.) Darren Star. He should have swallowed his pride and stayed with the show. By leaving everything to MPK, he ruined his legacy also.

Why are all of the kids so strange? Wyatt, Brady, Rock? Poly boyfriend. Oddballs all around.

Poor Evan. You'd think someone in remission from cancer would do something about keeping his body in shape. He looks like he hasn't been to gym since Nicol Williamson whacked him on the ass.(1991)

R190 they are all touched by an angel. It’s a white people’s thing,

If MPK had any balls, they'd show Lily's boyfriend's boyfriend.

It was very nice of Wyatt to rake the windows. I’m glad to see him doing his chores without being asked.

[quote]Why are all of the kids so strange? Wyatt, Brady, Rock? Poly boyfriend. Oddballs all around.

No kidding. Even the gardener’s nephew, who appeared briefly in last week’s episode, appeared to be autistic.

FWIW, Brady isn’t strange; he’s just unfortunate looking.

I can't figure out if OP's pic of that hideous Marjorie Taylor Greene shows her looking a little better or worse than usual.

I have yet to hate watch this season

R197 Pretty much the same here. I watched the S3 premiere and decided I couldn’t even hate watch it any more. I’m enjoying these DL threads far more than I’ve ever enjoyed anything about AJLT.

SJP is just making things worse by pretending a) it’s art and b) there is nothing wrong with the product.

Carrie never mentions Big which is weird. It's unrealistic that he wouldn't be mentioned given how she's living off his money for the most part. No one cares about the annoying offspring.

There is nothing relatable or realistic about the LTW character. She just seems like a complete fantasy figure they included to have a POC.

R200

This season has not mentioned:

Samantha

Naya

Che

Big

Stanford

Charlotte will not let her child go to Stanford.

[quote] 3.) Cynthia Nixon. She demanded the show be diverse, she demanded that be sexually active with Che and demanded most of what has ruined the character and the show.

She’s one of most mentally ill women on television. Both her and her always loathsome character. She makes everyone’s life she touches miserable. Toxic as fuck. And ugly as a Mississippi ditch pig.

Which is the other problem.

Diversity didn’t ruin the show (although it certainly didn’t help as forced and awful as it’s been). It’s the high-school-level writing and the inclusion of the homeliest cast of performers in the history of television.

Bone-ugly actors covered in wrinkles, crepey, spray-tanned skin, awful bodies and ghastly faces. There is not one cast member who is even somewhat physically attractive. Charlotte’s husband may be the ugliest man to take his shirt off in television history. He should be forbidden from removing so much as a cufflink moving forward in any program.

“Sex and the City” was a fun, science-fiction fantasy of New York with mostly pretty people (the guest stars and Kim Cattrall, primarily). This is like a zombie version awash with homely monsters.

I’m liking Seema more and more. She’s the best and ought to be in a different show.

She kind of is in a different show, really r205.

There's only one reason to watch this season...

...and yes, it has to be a prosthetic...

I have a feeling they don't mention Big because they all cut ties with Chris Noth after allegations were made right around the time season 1 premiered. He's only now starting to work again.

R207 he's just average looking at best. Pleasant, unremarkable features.

So Harry has prostate cancer?

I called Charlotte “prostate cancer” too.

R205 = Sarita Choudhury.

Did SJP get breast implants? They look pretty big now.

R214 I agree. I have heard breasts can get bigger in menopause. I just watched Babygirl and Nicole Kidman definitely has implants. It seems strange to get them in your 50’s…

Nicole Kidman first got implants after Dead Calm in 1989 where she was flat chested but a year later in Days of Thunder she’s got a rack.

Just watched: I really enjoyed this episode.

I’m attracted to older out of shape guys but what the hell is going on with charlottes husband? His arms are so thin and girleen

Aidan's kid is 21 and yet the family does the whole birthday cake and opening presents ritual as if he's turning 5.

No mention of Aiden's Speedstick collection? I bet at least one is an original

The only reason to keep watching is to wait for Guiseppe fucking Lilly’s poly boyfriend.

R219 lots of families keep doing the birthday cake and Presents ritual forever

My family does it, R222. I'm 52. It's a tradition that everyone likes. And the little kids love it.

Another tradition is applying the board of correction to the seat of learning when a kid - like Wyatt - breaks a window in a temper tantrum.

Wyatt really needs his ass kicked.

Unpopular opinion - Miranda is uglier than Carrie.

Wyatt should be institutionalized.

I have a guide for that, r226!

Wyatt needs to spend a weekend with Seema to understand how bad things really could be.

I'd snap Wyatt's dick off with my pussy.

That I would watch! No hate.

I see no glamour, only paella. That’s not how you win slams.

R225 imo Carrie is uglier than Miranda and Joy is uglier than both

Yes, r231. Miranda has a face like dropped paella

I am warming up to Seema. Hope she gets the gardener. And crushes Serhant.

Miranda is well dressed though.

I think Wyatt is Asperger’s and not ADHD.

I believe Nya took a job with the American Law Institute and Che I think moved on with that fellow non-binary creature.

Everyone on this production hates Kim Cattrall so of course they’re going to say as little as possible about Samantha. It is strange that there’ve been zero mentions of Big this season. I guess Carrie really has moved on.

[QUOTE] I guess Carrie really has moved on.

They all have.

Wonder how SJP feels about the fact that neither she nor the show are considered even long shots for Emmy noms.

Says a lot about the show’s quality.

She is laughing all the way to the bank.

Carrie throwing Southern phrases here and there because she was in Virginia seems ridiculous. She was not visiting Aiden in Tupelo Mississippi where the southern drawl is still a thing.

I knew MPK must have written this episode - packed to the rafters with trite references and outdated dialogue.

They could have dedicated it to Harris Yulin - a respected actor.

I imagine ole Harris would prefer his involvement with this stinker not receive much notice.

For all we know, it killed him.

No Steve mentions or appearances so far this season.

Steve was always dead weight. The fact that someone, *anyone*, would pick him over Dr. Robert (Blair Underwood) is within the realm of sci-fi.

Steve had already fucked a baby in my guts which muddled the math.

[quote] Everyone on this production hates Kim Cattrall so of course they’re going to say as little as possible about Samantha. It is strange that there’ve been zero mentions of Big this season. I guess Carrie really has moved on.

And all of that is a big problem. The needs and whims and opinions of the lead actors are everything, and the characters just kind of evaporate. Cynthia Nixon wanted to play herself and explore her sexuality in all its complex glory, so Che got inflicted on the universe, and everybody was ordered to love and adore Che until finally everybody realized this shit ain't working and "they" were mercifully dropped but now everybody has to pretend they never existed at all. And Chris Noth turned out to not be a saint, so even though Big was the love of Carrie's life until the day he died and she would normally at least mention the dead hubby now and again, maybe even wonder if she was kinda cheating on him like normal widows do, but now everybody has to send him down the memory hole, cause, um, you guys, we all like hate Chris now. And of course the same horseshit with Kim Catrell. She was our bestest, bestest, OMG bestest friend in the world and we were the four musketeers but now, um, Who?

I miss Mawanda.

I miss Steve.

Imagine getting pregnant and the father is a dud. I wouldn’t keep a baby unless the dad was a fine specimen

I miss the public.

The ratings are great!

I miss Steve.

I miss Steve

I Miss Steve.

I'll honestly be shocked if this gets renewed for a fourth season. There's no critical or audience love or awards and the ratings continue to decline with each season.

The wokest show on Earth of course is going to kill off all the white men. Looks like Harry has cancer.

“Looks like Harry has cancer.”

Its name is Charlotte.

R254 R255 R256 I Mist Eve

Was Skipper ever brought back?

We miss Skipper!!!

What happened to the actor who portrayed him?

Harry getting cancer is just a smidge insensitive if true given that Evan Handler, who plays Harry, is a long term leukemia survivor.

Maybe he couldn’t get it up because he’s getting old. It happens.

R261. He is still working.

A lot of men would have a hard time getting it up for charlotte in this era

Didn’t Harry have a cancer scare or some other penis/balls situation in another season?

If it’s just sixtysomething impotence then I can feel a whole “Charlotte shops for Viagra on the UES” not at all hilarious storyline coming along.

I think SJP looks great when she’s not dressed like an idiot.

In a snowstorm, R266.

I Honestly forget about skipper a lot of the time. The losers Miranda dated all seem to melt Together

Or maybe a tasteful semi-regid inner penile erectile pump? The comic possibilities are endless.

Skipper pioneered the Geico Cavemen commercial.

Is there a petition I can sign to bring him back in a cameo? Like Miranda’s Uber driver?

Btw., Skipper has a 9 inch schlong, which is the reason why Miranda kept him around for a while.

Why not have Carrie and Aiden open up a Christmas tree farm and have the finale with their world class tree on the flatbed to Rock Center and call it a very long, and just like that, day.

It’s going to end in a cliffhanger that guarantees a 4th season: “Who shot Seema?”

Not me, R274. I didn't shoot semen.

I'm actually rewatching the series for the first time in decades. Is there a thread about it?

No. Thank God

Hopefully that is the last we’ll see of ‘We need to talk about Wyatt’ for a while.

"The third season of And Just Like That is off to a decent start, holding 90% of where S2 was performing two years ago ... the fact that it is the top show among recent originals - essentially on par with the buzzier The Pitt - is impressive."

“And just like that, we have twice the audience of Emmy-darling Hacks”.

Just because you hate a TV show that you think lacks quality, doesn’t mean it’s going to get cancelled.

One can hope can’t one?

Keep hope alive!

R272 Big deal, mine’s over 10” and now I’m gone, too.

What the fuck did I just watch?

It is mind blowing that this show gets so many asses in chairs to watch. I admit it, I watch but really can't say why at this point in time. Charlotte still acting like a pre-teen with her childlike expressions but turned gansta to get Adderall. Only in TVland could this happen so easily, and of course Anthony landing a monogamous relationship with a hot Italian with a porn star dick. Does Mario Cantone have enough pull to demand a storyline like this? He isn't Cynthia Nixon.

Where to start? None of the stories have anything to do with each other or are terribly interesting. Now we see why Wyatt is such a problem--he probably should be in residential treatment. There's no chemistry between Carrie and Aiden. Harry's father seemed like an excuse to run some old one liners. Seema is both sad and repellant. Miranda's gaffe seemed un-necessary--at least she has potential for some English Breakfast tea.

Next week looks awful except may if Seema hooks up with the hunky gardener.

We already know it was Wyatt r274

The show jumped the shark by everyone getting their fantasy.

Carrie got super rich and got Aiden

Miranda got to be a tv star and have tons of lesbian sex

Charlotte got to be a rich, super mom

Anthony got a hot, young Italian stud with a huge dick.

Shows crash and burn when the stars no longer need anything

Samantha would never have guessed that it would be Anthony with the hottest man.

Yes, she would have.

Agreed, older days, especially go for beauty

Everybody I know watches the show, but not a single one likes it. Closest comparison I can remember is Smash.

I enjoy it especially this season. They’re slowly getting things right.

Way late since I'm just watching episode 4 now, but Aiden is just so cringe this episode.

Mechad Brooks bottoming for Christ Jackson (or vice versa) after blowing each other would spice things up.

We have our friend over to watch every week. It's hot here so we had bruschetta. We then spend an hour trashing it. Considering there is no monoculture anymore it's a good enough reason to get together and have a communal experience.

Aiden is the worst.

Wyatt reminds me of Jackie Earle Haley in his greasy hair days. Except Haley is a much better actor.

It would be interesting if this miserable season ended with a “Who Killed Miranda?” cliffhanger. Every citizen of NYC would be a suspect with a legitimate motive.

The funeral could be Brady dumping her Ziploc bag of ashes into a trash can on the street. The bag falls out onto the ground then a dog walks by and pisses on it. Carrie walks by in her latest pair of $1,000 shoes and Miranda’s pasty piss ash remains gets stuck on her shoe. She and Miranda are then together forever.

The audience would love it.

Or R299 she dumps them in Shoe’s litter box.

R299: That would be more interesting than anything this season.

Is Patti Lupone coming on to play Anthony's mom or the Italian hunk's mom?

⬆️ La Lupone is playing Giuseppe’s (Italian hunk’s) mother.

The whole thing with Miranda (and yes, I will use the word) is so fucking inauthentic. Yes, there are people late in life who come out, but generally they’ve been in the closet. Miranda is in NY, interacting with people who would accept her if she were gay. Yet, she showed not an iota of being attracted to women. Didn’t her boss set her up with a woman in the original series because she thought Miranda was a lesbian? And Miranda even tried kissing her before saying, “yup, not a lesbian.”

Cynthia Nixon said she wants them to bring back the lesbian that they tried to set her up with… they should

The problem definitely comes down to stakes. All they needed to do was find a way to reset the women back a little bit so that life in New York City proved to be a bit of a struggle. That was always part of the original series, as it’s a part of living in New York. It would be interesting to see it through the lens of the characters in their late 50s, not being able to use sex appeal as currency as much as they could in their 30s. And it would’ve been really easy to do this. They could’ve had Big die with a massive financial debt, thus leaving Carrie broke. Even Charlotte, they could’ve had her kids being kicked out of school or something and watching her try to grovel her way back into UES society. Or whatever it is. Instead, they carved out way too easy paths for all of the characters.

Why don't the producers just hire an ugly-ass actor who looks like Cynthia's real wife?

Agreed, R304. Miranda was decidedly not a lesbian. Not only that, but people loved Miranda and Steve together. Splitting them apart was another mistake.

R306, I totally get your point. My biggest issue with the show is it’s so unrealistic. Who dresses like them? Who lives like them? Very few women. But Sex and the City was always a fantasy anyway. It was never realist. And I think people watched because of that. Putting them in positions of real hardship would be realist, but also a bummer. I don’t believe people would watch it.

They could still have a fun, witty show by toning down the extravagances for one, but that would take very talented writers.

[quote]It is mind blowing that this show gets so many asses in chairs to watch. I admit it, I watch but really can't say why at this point in time.

Is it really though? There's so little else to watch that appeals to the people this show would appeal to. I'm not defending it, but it's sort or... well, how much else is there? Some, but not a lot.

[quote]Skipper pioneered the Geico Cavemen commercial. Is there a petition I can sign to bring him back in a cameo? Like Miranda’s Uber driver?

I always wanted to do an episode like A Christmas Carol, where ghosts force the women to confront the men of their pasts (at this point, played by Miss Cattrell.)

Except instead of being redeemed, they all go straight to hell, burdened and cursed by an awareness of what cunts they've been for fifty years.

R307 no doubt Bonadouchebag’s available.

“ Except instead of being redeemed, they all go straight to hell,”

And, of course, I tried to fuck Charlotte. And, of course, no erection…

I forgot that fug Lupone is going to be in this season. Why does she keep getting cast in shit when she so hard to look at?

They should have had Miranda SLOWLY discover she was a lesbian. She could have said she truly loved Steve and that’s what kept her from exploring it until now.

SJP had some microdermabrasion or Botox because she has been looking better in the last few episodes. Kristin Davis needs to Botox her forehead. Every time she raises her eyebrows then lowers them these thick lines stay. Her lips finally settled then she stopped doing the Botox.

I can’t wait to hear Patti‘s accent

Good comment, R304. Nixon just wanted that storyline SO bad as to reflect her own life - even if it didn't match Miranda to a large degree.

I agree R306. And it wouldn't even have to be massive stakes - like Big dying with massive debts. It could simply be Big dying and Carrie ended up getting much less than expected -- maybe a small sum - but not enough for her not have to worry about money at all and being able to buy that huge new place, and not enough so that she can work "for fun." Instead, like she really needs to work to maintain some of the lifestyle she enjoyed. And, as you point out, there's a ton of options for "stakes" with Charlotte.

Seema’s rivalry with Serhant has some potential for fun.

SJP just posted on Seagram a video of her trying to put a bed frame together because you just KNOW her and Matthew wore out the old one with all of the hot sex!! 🙄