If you’re anything like us, you’ve been keeping up with And Just Like That… since its premiere. And if you’re even more like us, you’ve been wondering why, week after week, you’ve continued doing so. (Why even tease Aidan’s return if he didn’t show up until Episode 7? His arc better be damn good.)
If you’re nearly indistinguishable from us, you’ve also started rewatching Sex and the City. But if you aren’t that much like us (and we hope for your sake you’re not), heed this warning: do not rewatch Sex and the City in the midst of watching And Just Like That…
And Just Like That… is Worse Than We Thought
As much as it pains us to write, we were never taken with And Just Like That…. Season 2 has so far proven to be better than Season 1, but the shortcomings are still glaring. Thankfully the writers have stopped trying to address every social issue possible within the confines of one episode and have instead focused more on the characters’ lives and embedded social commentary into the script more naturally (keyword: more), but there are still far too many characters we’re supposed to invest in. The multitude of replacements for Samantha has given us too many people to follow, making everyone’s character development feel incomplete.
The saving grace is that the three original women have fallen back into their characters effortlessly, and the fashion is just as good as before (dare we say better as the women are older and thus have bigger budgets).
Rewatching Sex and the City is a Painful Reminder of What Once Was
While it’s not all bad, And Just Like That… is nothing close to the show Sex and the City was, and unfortunately, rewatching the latter doesn’t soften the blow, especially while in the midst of a new season of the former. A Sex and the City rewatch is just a reminder of everything it was that its reboot is not: cleverly written, effortlessly progressive, and wryly humorous at the best and worst times.
Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Cynthia Nixon
Not much can be done to save And Just Like That…. We’re simply watching it out of obligation now – and we’d guess many are doing the same – which does nothing but give HBO statistics to warrant a third season. While we’ll always be invested in Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte’s stories, we’d rather be left to our own imaginations to write their endings than be further disappointed by what we’re seeing on screen. It would be best if we banded together and chose not to watch any more episodes of And Just Like That… so HBO has no choice but to cancel the show (we don’t normally wish cancellation on a show, but Sex and the City is sacred).
Despite what we know is best, we’ll finish watching Season 2 of And Just Like That… (all the while hoping for its cancellation). And if we can bring ourselves to it, we’ll finish bingeing Sex and the City all the way through.
Sex and the City and And Just Like That… are streaming now on Max.