And Just Like That Finally Understands What It Should Be
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And Just Like That has been a disappointment to Sex and the City fans since the beginning, but as it nears a second finale… is the show finally starting to get its magic back?! Through two seasons, we kept hate-watching, hoping that maybe it would start to feel something like the old show we knew and loved. After a season and a half, we started to lose faith… but then, somewhere in the middle of season two, the show started giving off sparks that evoked old Sex and The City magic! Old characters are feeling more like themselves, new characters are becoming more relatable, and Aidan Shaw has returned once again. So, we couldn’t help but wonder… is And Just Like That finally getting its mojo back?!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Is And Just Like That finally getting better?
01:19 The characters feel like themselves for once
05:30 AG1
06:47 The return of Aidan
09:42 How the show got its groove
CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah McCullough
Associate Producer: Tyler Allen
Writer: Abigail Barr
Narrator: Charly Bivona
Video Editor: Dan Wolff - Zábava
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Aidan is going to leave Carrie... After she sells him the house
When Carrie finally said "Was Big a big mistake?" I was literally screaming "Yes!" at my television.
20 years of happy marriage and now a millionaire....How stupid are you???
me too!
Thank God. I wasn't alone.
Me too, girl
And then, when she's talking to the character played by Victor Garber, it's all "I had a wonderful marriage to a wonderful man that ended too soon"...WTF? Total 180 much?!
With Aidan, I was like ugh, not again.
But I like how they wrote them maturely in the show. I also liked how Carrie changed so far with him. She listens to him about his fears and does not judge him. She also takes it slow with him. She does not push anything with him.
I also love that she is excited to be with him and their kitchen gadget store date was adorable and shows that couples can have fun in these little moments.
I hope they stay on this route. I don’t want them to be ruined again.
I don't know. I never really liked Aidan for her or even by himself. Guess only time will tell.
Carrie will NEVER CHANGE
@@Sami-cv5je don’t hate me, but still hoping for the best.
@@gabrielleduplessis7388 let's hope she really does change. just like Samantha I'm tired of her lack of accountability and just she's just manipulative
idk about going slow
*Im so hoping Nina Katz shows up and gives Aidan and Carrie the Face!*
ahahahahahahaha i totally forgot about thaaaaat
Ha, that would be amazing!!!
We need this! Someone put Aidan into witness protection already!
Yes!!!
Pleaseeeee!! With Heather Graham!❤
S2E8 was honestly the first time AJLT felt and sounded like the old SATC for several reasons for me personally:
1) Seema and Carrie were able to have that difficult but realistic and honest talk about Seema not wanting to be a third wheel to Carrie and Aidan in the Hamptons.
2) Carrie admitting that Big may have been a mistake shows that all the online commentary from therapists and psychologists about Big being a classic textbook narcissist have finally reached the ears of the show writers.
3) Aidan was always the emotionally healthy guy and finally Carrie sees it and gets it.
4) Miranda is getting closer to her old, rational professional self with razor-sharp intelligence
5) The song which they used to close out the episode has the exact same vibes and energy as the music from the old series.
The scene with Seema really hits home for many people who are older and never found love... The fact that she was so self aware of it, was striking to me. Its getting better the show...
Regarding #2-I think when you get away from the narcissist for any length of time, you start realizing the many ways life is so much nicer without them and suddenly, or gradually, you start to see the truth.
@@Forgoneconclusion.and that was all down to Seema. I like her - she's honest and upfront. Fierce. Carrie doesn't deserve her!
I disagree on point 3 was him being so emotionally healthy. He's always been mr passive aggressive.
Season 2 is better than Season 1 for sure.
The last 2 episodes feel more like SATC
I haven't been able to get to the first season. I actually had to turn it off. It was getting on my nerves. And it was real boring. I'll have to give it a try and maybe just skip to the second season.
I agree
Agreed.
I have to defend Steve!
After years of abuse by Miranda, he finally stood up to her. I loved how he brought up that there are more things that make up a house than paying the mortgage. He literally made that house. He rebuilt it. He stayed at home with Marta and the kids. Considering Miranda broke up their marriage and was a hypocrite about the cheating, he has every right to stay in the house. Miranda needs to find her own place.
Absolutely agree. I had forgotten that she wanted to kick him out but now that I read your comment, I get angry at her. He deserves better. I liked that she called it "all my fault divorce" because it is.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one.
If you look back at the original show and one of the movies, Steve was pretty terrible to Miranda, I mean the guy got angry when she offer to buy a suit for him. He also felt threatened by her job because she made more money than him. Let's also not forget that he cheated on Miranda and everyone around her convinced her to give him another chance when she wanted to divorce Steve. Even when he apologized for cheating, he chose to cheat on her instead of talking to her about the problems in their marriage, he only sucked therapy when he realized that Miranda was about to leave him.
@@indiigo14completely agree. I’m over the Steve worship already!
@@indiigo14 do agree on the cheating. I just hate the hypocrisy of how at that time she cheated, she didn’t even care how he would feel after they went strong many years later. I think how much time passed between his and hers made me a little mad, but understand your point.
For the suit, I am in the middle. I hate people trying to buy stuff for me because I feel guilty about the price. I am in a part time position and I never like feeling I owe people when I may not afford it. It stinks that I am financially dependent on my parents and it is hard paying them back for things because of that so I can see where Steve is coming from on that one. Also, he did not even want the suit in the first place and Miranda was tryin to make him more presentable for her crowd. I see your point on this too.
I still stand by how he was a big part of their family and the work he put into that house though.
I was so proud of him for calling her out
Carries luxurious lifestyle that she has been able to maintain into her mid 50's is largely due to big and everything she inherited after his death. When she was writing her column she was not earning a lot of money- modest earnings by standards today and then. Her apartment was rent controlled which is how she had money to buy shoes and party. She got money from book sales but nothing in comparison to big's wealth. And buy her own addmittance in IJLT season 1 - publishing has largely died which is why she no longer needed Samantha as her publicist. Carrie has always been a very materialistic character - high lifestyle and material things are very important to her. Those things play into her infatuation with Big. To say he was a 'big mistake' just seems wrong - when the caliber of her lifestyle since their marraige/ and basically for the rest of her life was due to her relationship with big. Money isnt everything to everyone - but it is very important to Carrie. He gave her the material high life she had always wanted.
EXACTLY, though I also think their chemistry/banter brought that fire. He having money obviously made it much more convenient to like him even more.
Well, she's only interested jn Aidan because he's rich from selling his company...really, Carrie, get some respect (for yourself)
Plus Carrie enjoys the emotional turmoil that Big brought. Auden also brought emotional turmoil in SATC after she cheated and then in IJLT. Ppl don't see it because instead of being red flags they're pink flags...but yeah
I'm so glad they finally addressed that Big was a mistake. When the show aired I wanted Big to be the one but now I feel very differently
Agreed. We've grown up, too!
But you can turn on a dime like this. He's the one...he was a big mistake (but I got all his money, except for that one mil he left to Natasha). So was marriage a sham, or are you just an eternal flighty teenager?
@@lenawagenfuehr53 Exactly. It's disingenuous for the character they forced us to care about.
Lastly, I have to give a shout out to Anthony. I liked that he fired the new guy because he did not want to abuse his power and break boundaries. That is huge. I also like how the new guy (forgot his name) revealed his feelings which creates a conversation between the two.
That is nice to see in this day and age where abuse of power with bosses and employees are constantly being exploited.
Giuseppe
@@thefriesofLockeLamora thanks.
It’s not that deep, he just believes that people shouldn’t shit where they eat.
@@Gemmarose9012 which is more than some do. I guess after seeing this advice not being followed in the media numerous times, I was happy with the bare minimum.
@@gabrielleduplessis7388It was about Anthony not wanting to jeopardize his business if it didn’t work out between them, he was looking out for HIMSELF.
They just needed to get rid of Che and stop Cinthya Nixon from directing any episode
Thank you!!!
I said I hope Che accidentally gets shipped to Timbuktu ! Maybe gender roles don’t matter as much there!
Carrie seems to be the real prude. I do get a real kick out of Charlotte and Harry.
i've been saying this forever!
I don't understand how people are upset with Carrie questioning her choice to stay with Big. It makes sense to look back on relationships that we once saw through rose-colored glasses in a different light. Especially after some time of separation. Carrie was use to toxicity and the push/pull of her's and Big's relationship. Now that's she dealt with grief, loss, and trying to carve out her own life being newly single and older, she's more than likely have had time to reflect on her own behaviors. Her forming this new relationship with Aiden without Big gives her space and time to reconsider that maybe what she wanted with Big was indicative of who she was at that time. Carrie was a mess then. Now she seems much more established, assured, and grounded. She is now realizing that she may in fact want a relationship that isn't complicated, messy, and just honest.
She's still a mess and she's no good for Aidan.
Seriously I can kinda relate to that actually
@@lenawagenfuehr53I don't think it's going to end well
Mirandas arc makes sense to me, I've witness peoples first lesbian relationship later in life & they can be pretty intense
It makes sense to me though it was an unpopular storyline. Looking back she was never happy with ANY guy. The character always gave off that bi/lesbian vibe. Not how she dressed etc but just the general energy there. I think they were always teasing that without coming out about it at the time. We know all know the real story of her personal life ( after the show was over) but they were playing on the reality.
Agreed; I'm full on board about watching women pursuing theirs careers, Miranda is amazingly competent and has to re learn to be unapologetic for it and Charlotte inserting herself in the art scenario is inspirational, hope we see more of her actually working.
And, as a sidenote, I love Seema, she's by far the more consistently well-written character; she's faithful to herself and at the same time we can see her in more vulnerable situations as admitting to Carrie the burden of hearing all the time her stories of "true real love".
well written, what crack are you smoking???
I got to admit l like the new characters even more than the old ( don't hate me!!)
@@susanleatherbarrow2495 I don't hate you but they seem rather unimportant actually. People are not really tuning in to see the new cast members. There is just not the history or character development there.
"Look we listened!..Please clap.." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I laughed too hard at that.
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I really would love to see a Take video on rage watching. Something dissecting the psychology of it but how it also affects what shows get renewed and why.
Not just AJLT, but other shows like The Idol, lots of Marvel shows--- basically, on many streaming services----, a lot of tv shows arent actually watched because they're good, but because people wanna know if the trainwreck is just gonna keep on going, or wanna make vlogs dissecting the crapness of it, or complain about them in comment sections.
I just think itd be a really great thing to discuss, because its certainly a more common thing these days.
Here for it! Hate-watch now feels like a genre of its own
I mean, the writers/producers are laughing all the way to the bank, but doesn't it hurt to know so many people are just here for the snark?
Why would he go back for more?!🤨😵💫
If they had to bring him back why not only for closure's sake by having a deep conversation and saying goodbye for good, that would have been a better path moving forward, healing the open wounds left over from the past and let him be happy with someone who isnt so screwed up like Carrie.
The only place I would send her to is a nuthouse to finally get the treatment for her many many issues, because for the love of God the woman is a MESS😵💫😵💫😵💫
Why is it non of the characters has ever pointed out she would benefit from therapy, arent they her friends? What kind of friends see their trainwreck friend and dont tell her "hey girl I love you with all my heart but you need counseling, I'm really worried about you😔"
They did! In second season SATC. They told her she needed help they couldn’t provide and Miranda suggested therapy. Carrie even reluctantly went to two therapy sessions but stopped because she slept with another client ( bon jovi).
I guess the writers thought it would be more entertaining to have a messy character 🤷🏻♀️
Carrie is Aiden’s Big.
I agree that last week’s episode was a nice step back toward the show I loved. When it ended, I said out loud,”ok, now that was good. Finally!”
I don't have a problem with the wealth of these older women who have worked for 20 plus years and found career success...why shouldn't they have money in their 50's and enjoy it? If you're invited to the Met Ball, you're supposed to dress over the top and have fun.
Honestly everyone being upset by their wealth is kind of missing the point that they are now older women who are successful dealing with age and a world they don’t fit into like they used to
My take on this… I think the writers are slowly writing Che’s character out. Sara Ramirez is great but their character felt so unnecessary to the overall story.
Lisa Wexler, I feel a spin off coming.
Seema. I love the actress but I feel her character is just a glamorized personal assistant to Carrie.
As for Aidan, I am just wondering when HE will wake up a realized that Carrie was his Mr Big. Carrie didn’t make 1 mistakes. She made 3 or more.
Let’s not forget Carrie was always the Anti Hero.
Still on team Steve bc Miranda really did do him dirty.
Samantha character gave the best advice on dating.
agree on everything
Che will be back with Miranda unfortunately...🤦🏻♀️. Which is good, because Steve deserves freedom!
The thing I didn’t get about Che was they had a chance to make all of us “normies” understand what the hell a “non binary” is and flopped. Apparently non binary means you don’t care about the worlds rules as far as fashion goes and you don’t dress like a man or woman? So if Che didn’t care about the opinions of the world why did she have a whole breakdown over the commentary made about her show by the test audience!? 😂 The show really just gave us a woke parody of SATC and a character who was not only a blatant narcissist but seemed like they needed a safe space when confronted with the truth that they are unbearable and unlikeable !
Shows growth to think his late husband was a mistake? Please! They were married 11 years! (do the math) and they seem pretty happy in the first AJLT episode, so no, he was no mistake. I thought that was an awful statement. And I can imagine the writers trying to figure out "how can we make Che a likeable character?... puppies!!, we are geniuses!"
Let alone that she only NOW considers big a mistake because Aiden is good in bed now.
I think this goes back to the writers trying to appease younger Gen Z and/or Millennial viewers...again 🙄
absofuckinlutely 🙉
Che is a flop. A raging selfish narcissist who claims to not care about the “binary” then has a mental breakdown and needs a safe space when confronted with a test audiences opinions on her! Nuts! 😂
I agree with you 💯% someone with a realistic take on Carrie and Big. Mistake? My ass....do writers really think the audience is brain-dead😢she was having her hubby masterbate for her 1st episode they were made for each other so Big had to die for Carrie to have an awakening that Aiden was the right man after all. Please DO NOT insult us this way. We remember what you have forgot. C.B. +J.J.P ❤true love forever
Why is Che still there since they broke up?
Yea, it’s getting better and better. But Seema is great since day one ❤️
I totally agree! I love Seema!
Seema fan club right here!
Love how they dress Seema. I notice it’s very monochromatic. Like one color. If she’s in white it’s all white, bag shoes, everything white. Leopard print the same. She looks fabulous! Even love that her Benz is tan and not the usual black! Lol!
I never loved Aidan's character and I still don't tbh. To me, he was and remains self-pitying and passive aggressive. Like, over two decades after their breakup and he's still so traumatised that he can't even enter Carrie's apartment despite them literally just having a pleasant dinner together. What a toxic dynamic to rekindle a relationship in! But I get a sense that I'm in the minority with this.
Carrie broke Aiden's heart twice. They have a ton of history in that apt. I understand where Aiden is coming from...new beginnings.
They were def TOXIC. ugh
Idk why they suddenly jumped into Loveland like nothing happened.
Because Carrie is on the rebound and terrified of being alone!
Aiden’s outfit tramatized me.
I don’t know why Carrie just threw away her whole (toxic) love story with John. If he had not died, she wouldn’t have called Aidan. The things with Chris Noth IRL are pretty messed up. But that’s no reason to throw the whole thing away. Also, why is Aidan acting like a broken, self absorbed boy? What I liked most about him, was that he was real, and a healthy man. Now he’s more insecure. Why?
Because the writers in this show are crap. I think SAG is holding a strike against them
it’s like you guys read my mind! the pros and the cons!! i love that we’re getting back to the satc vibe and i love seeing the core girls focusing on their true wants! charlotte finding herself again with the gallery and confidence, carrie finally learning from her past relationship mistakes and being more empathetic especially with aiden and even seema, and miranda finally getting back to her career and choosing herself over che!
i saw a tweet that said 'carrie was aidan's big' and yeah, thats pretty accurate thats why i cant enjoy his comeback
How could Carrie say Big was a mistake? She loved him more than she loved Aiden.
That’s disrespectful to his memory
Cause she's just annoying!!!
@@mayln163 Exactly. And the ogles of money he left her that will allow her to live like royalty for the rest of her life.
Writers probably wanted to make the viewers that criticized their relationship happy. It wasn't the way to go.
Don't worry, she flip flops on that too. The woman needs therapy, not a relationship.
I was hoping Che would be gone after they broke up with Miranda.
I think it’s pretty awful to have Carrie ask whether her dead husband of a decade was a mistake. And honestly, why is she still referring to him as Big? Surely she called him John all through their marriage, so why would she revert to calling him Big after his death? It makes no sense.
yeah it's not like she's just reflecting on a guy who jerked her around for years, she's reflecting on a guy who finally got his act together and committed to a decade long happy marriage. It's weird for the writers to make her question that. She can love Aiden without erasing what she had with Big
Don't worry, she's inconsistent about that, too. RUN, Aidan, RUN!!
@@rebecca9949ya if I met someone who said that about their deceased spouse I would find that a major red flag. He made a nice life with her , a life she was very excited about at the time so it seems very disingenuous
I didn’t like Carrie saying Big was a mistake they had something real otherwise Carrie wouldn’t have mourned for him.
There is also a part of me that likes Carrie and Aiden having another shot but I don’t think it will last since her house brings him the trauma and I can’t see Carrie New York is my number one love moving to Virginia. It is nice that there happy in the moment. I am glad Steve yelled at Miranda she deserved it
I 100% disagree the fact that aiden won’t go into Carrie’s apartment is a huge red flag and categorizing big as a mistake means she spent two decades with the wrong person. They were legitimately happy and If big was still alive she would not be thinking about Aiden at all.
He was a mistake. He was so dismissive of Carrie, hid her, married another woman. They were not a healthy couple they were just emotionally enmeshed.
It takes seperation to see how unhealthy a relationship is.
@@kgomotsomokoana5278 But look at how Carrie treated Aiden. Just as bad. Might as well say she was a big mistake for Aiden. And he keeps showing up for more much like Carrie did with Big,
@@kgomotsomokoana5278Um, they did three more seasons and two movies after the season you seem to be stuck on. Carrie and Big's relationship grew since season 3.
Well let’s see if their relationship was sane in the movies:
First movie: after 10 years together , big would not give her the big wedding she wanted. He kept being focused on “how it would make him look”. Instead of thinking who cares about people, I’m marrying the love of my life.
Then he jilted her! A fifty y.o. Man. There is no excuse for that. It’s extremely cruel. Also he did nothing to get back to her. No flowers, no coming at her door, nothing.
Second movie: she’s still insecure with him. He flirts with Penelope Cruz and propose two days of off her in order to solve their problems. And like it happened in the first movie, they are apart for the whole movie and only reconcile at the end.
Ajlt: they are happy for 5 mn before his death. But even in that short time, big refuse to go to lili’s recital ( all the husbands were presents except for him) so again he’s not making an effort to be part of her life and compromise for her.
Also he leaves $1 million to an ex wife he married over Carrie in the past. No explanation to Carrie when he knows she would be crushed by it. Again, it’s all about him and their communication still sucked.
I know they seem so glamorous and in love but if we look at his actions , a husband like that is a recipe for a lot of tears.
I don’t buy their happiness. I believe however that she was head over heels for him and have low self esteem and severe abandonment issues.
However, it doesn’t me
@@cannellecinnamon5504 In the first movie, Carrie was preoccupied over the wedding and not being with Big, who had already been married twice. It became lavish, over-the-top and a superficial display when Big understood his and Carrie's relationship, despite all its drama, was more than theatrics. They had a simple chemistry only they could understand in spite of their ups and downs, and it wasn't something for the world TO understand, let alone see on display or put on a pedestal. It was for them and their close friends, not everyone else. Carrie got "carried away" and lost sight of what really mattered.
He DID try getting back to her, first, the day of the wedding when he thought, "What the fuck am I doing?" Then, he sent her email after email during their time apart. So, Big, in spite of his mistakes, didn't do "nothing" as you've said.
In the second movie, they hit a stride that all married couples face, which is the "what's next?" phase, or the "terrible twos," but it was clear they were alike and still "got" each other - as far as not wanting children at their age and being a couple trying to figure out what works best for them "and not what society thinks" (the movie it asks, "can we really expect anyone on the outside to understand what goes on between two other people?").
As for AJLT, he gave Natasha the 1 million in his will to make amends for hurting her during and after the affair, and it was still apparently pennies compared to what Carrie received in the end.
You don't have to "buy their happiness" because another couple's dynamic isn't for us to buy, emulate, or understand. Every relationship has a different journey to "happiness", and there will always work needing to be done - together or individually - regardless. We've shamed, labeled, judged Carrie and women in general too much, too long for their choices and doing what works for them. It's sad how we as a society still feel entitled to have a say in how women, real or not, should live their lives.
Love Carrie. Love Aidan. But Carrie does not deserve Aidan. Aidan is an idiot for taking her back.
Carrie was in a toxic relationship with Big. The only reason they had a happy marriage in AJLT Season One was because writers wrote it that way.
Ninty-nine percent of the time, that doesn't happen IRL.
But for writers to have Carrie say her relationship with Big may have been a mistake? Wasn't growth. It was a huge mistake. Because they had a happy marriage. Why would she say that now? Maybe that would have made sense at the end of Season 6, or the movie when Big jilted her at the altar. But not as a grieving widow who was happily married. It doesn't make sense? It also changes everything. It changes everything if we rewatch SATC knowing now she may think it was all a mistake. Although, it would have been different if Carrie came to that realization after Big jilted her at the wedding. Then that would have been growth. And you could look back feeling good that she finally got it. But now? Carrie doesn't have to think it was a mistake in order to get back with Aidan. Someone said, maybe she needed to tell herself to move forward? Unless they address later, it doesn't feel right.
HARD AGREE!!!!
I was one of the few that felt Aiden was the BEST man for Carrie back then. People said he wasn’t enough for her and that he was a horrible choice of guy for her from the beginning, but I loved how he loved her. A good, decent honest man who truly loved her. Then Carrie found a way to lose him because she couldn’t walk away from Big.
Even his cameo in the film felt odd and I felt some payback to Big by Aiden just kissing Carrie in Dubai.
Now this return on AJLT seems just too awkward as they both have aged so much. I’m feeling that boat sailed away long ago between them, but who knows…?
Yes Aidan was the best 💚💯
As guy who never watched the SITC
i enjoy these take videos 😂.
Okay, all fairness, that’s life when you get to your 50’s. You tended to lose who you once were and finding yourself again isn’t easy.
It shouldn’t have taken this long for things to pick up. I had the same problem with the Gossip Girl reboot. You don’t get to build an extremely slow burn with the assumption fans of the original IP will stick around. It’s a slap in the face to viewers.
if season two actually does get a bit better i may have the heart to watch it again. the first season was just soooo painful
it does not get better, at all.
This last episode actually felt straight out of SATC
well that's just patently false.@@NFTProductions
People are delusional because Aidan showed up so they feel like it’s sex and the city. It’s not remotely better.
@@Gemmarose9012 It is. The writers have let thier "We're so woke now" signaling go and finally let the characters be themselves and let things develop
Lol! It took her six seasons of the old show, two movies and one season of the new show to finally ask herself if Big was a mistake. Still, better late than never!
Glad to see The Take be a little more kind to the SATC franchise. Because the emphasis on the show being “completely different,” made me feel like The Take had a disconnect to the reality that this is a NEW show with the SAME characters & just like with life, people evolve!
I have never stopped watching this franchise & never will! Lol
I completely agree with you on The Take being "disconnected" at times when it comes to criticizing the SATC franchise. They can only analyze, dissect, and do but so much social commentary (and from a narrow albeit well-intentioned critical lens) that they lose perspective and can get caught up in their own viewpoints at times.
I feel Carrie and Aiden moved way too fast. I wish they showed her exploring her grief
Predicting Samantha sweetly informs Carrie she is peacefully living out her days on her own gracefully with the return of her breast cancer. Sad Carrie respect her wishes.❤
"PLLLLEEEASE my daughter needs condoms!!!" That should be on a T shirt!😂💀💀💀💀
We need a t shirt that reads "if your mommy has to get you condoms, you're not ready for sex"
Yessss!! Finally! Episode 8 felt like old SatC and I liked everyone, even Seema and Che. And I was so happy that old Miranda was back.
Bringing aiden back is a cheap plot so unearned. I just still can not. The thing about the show was how realistic it was (for tv) please in what universe would aiden even possibly date Carrie again!?
In the world of Bennifer IMO.
@@reflectsonlife 😂 good one. But let’s be clear Ben was the problem. Jen didn’t trash Ben like carries did aiden 😂
@@toriyt2714 I believe Ben used Jennifer to revitalize his celebrity clout. It was not necessary -- he does pretty well as a director -- but it's a form of insurance in the world of Hollywood, where mere talent no longer gets you as far. They are no more suited for each other than Aidan and Carrie. And if they last 5 more years, I'm a Jersey girl.
@@reflectsonlife😂🤣
@@tanyafrida7380I think it’s the other way around.
It’s funny cos I have the opposite opinion and I feel like they spent 10 years getting us to buy into big and Carrie and in one fell swoop they’ve decimated all that work. It actually made me hate it even more
Idk. The show is so bad that every time it has even one scene that feels like SATC used to we give it a pat on the back. Just because the most recent episodes are kinda less bad is still a long way short of the magic of the original
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Carrie saying that maybe Big was a big mistake is baffling. It’s a middle-finger to the viewers who followed this woman through her many ups and downs with him. MPK just basically told loyal viewers that nothing from before ever mattered now.
I think that’s one way of looking at it or a nod to how the show was supposed to end with Carrie and big not ending up together
i thought it was pretty shitty, since she's pretty well off now that he's dead, and come to think of it, had he not married carrie he would probably still be alive.
This show is ridiculous
@@sinnombrenemo4169Lol
It has not been a disappointment to me. I think they are doing a great job. I do miss Samatha though.
stopped by just to check out the footage of Aidan. it felt like i’ve watched everything i needed to see already.
Such a great review. I've been enjoying this season so much more the season half! I agree too on the Big comment you said about Carrie
I love AJLT. They keep getting better with every episode. 💙
Missing Samantha.. big time!!
Season 2 was so good. I think reducing the side characters and realistic drama is what made the turn.
I am such an Aidan fan, but because in the last episode everything is SOOO perfectly set up between the two of them.. I think that they set it up so perfectly just to break them up again... I hope I'm not right.
Of course you are. Carrie is a drama queen, and think about it...if they couldn't make it work two times before, how in hell is the third time the charm?
Exactly. What has changed for Carrie to finally see him worthy of her ? ( beside Big’s death).
They didn’t even have a conversation or anything, she just pressed “send” to her email and before she even saw him she was ready to be serious with him.
Rebound.
That and the fact that she is terrified of being alone.
I actually stopped watching but this makes me want to binge season 2 to catch up! So thanks!
I love Aiden but Carrie does not deserve him
I so disagree with a lot of this: I think the fashion is awful. They're dressing Carrie like an upper west side bag lady. That coat just looked like an old comforter hastily sewn together. 😏
I could also care less about the new characters, especially Che.
Also: RUN, AIDAN, RUN!!!
Agree, 100%! I’ve noted she’s especially dressed down when Seema is with her possibly so that all eyes will be on her.
Are you me?! I could have written your comment (and probably have!)
I’ve been saying to my friends that season 2 has been so much better then season 1 and to give it another chance lol
I love that Aiden and Carrie get together again - the chemistry is so strong between them and the timing is right. This happened to me just like that!
Can we have a Samantha Jones in London show....with good writers!?
With good NON WOKE writers
I'm soo desinterested in the new characters.
Charly! I'd missed your voice. I agree, the show seemed to be getting its stride. However, I'm not a fan of Carrie's reunion with Aiden. I know people hate Che but I like their friendship with Carrie
Omg... you mean she couldn't commit to aidan because of Big???? Surely you jest!!!!
Unpopular opinion but I was never a huge Aiden fan. He was...fine...but all the time Carrie spent figuring out who she was just evaporated every time he was in the picture. Here's hoping they don't do the same old song and dance with him this time around.
I despised him but honestly I feel like they've been renovated pretty well as a couple. Carrie seems much more centered now and so does he.
No, no its not getting its magic back. Its just embarrassing at this point with Sarah Jessica Parker and Michael Patrick King running this into the ground in the name of having to be right. They've called detractors who are long time viewers homophobic and jealous of Che amongst other things. Imagine...SATC fand homophobic after qll these years with the LGBTQ+ storylines AND wedding in the 2nd movie.
Right!? Carrie was hooking up with a bisexual man in the first season of the show! If anything we were the ones who were championing for change! Now it’s just too woke and a turn off !?
What BS. Carrie was happy with Big last year. She was as much a jerk as he was. This writing is as bad as last year.
I'm really enjoying this! As much as I always wanted Carrie and Aidan to get back together, I'm not sure how she'll fare when meeting his teenage boys. She never wanted kids, or has that changed greatly all of a sudden? I would love for this to be a happily ever after, but I think it'll be another growth experience for her that leads her back on the dating scene. And Miranda's story mirrors Cynthia Nixon's - I'm really convinced this has all been to help herself find herself again too. That's what they're all doing, and that's why in the beginning they were barely recognisable - it's just executed very slowly.
I really like Aidan, I don't think he'd break Carrie's heart, and I can't watch his heart get broken again.
Sorry...
Michael Patrick King didn’t create SATC. Darren Starr did.
Girls, we want a video of the sex and the city movies 💖
MPK was never the creator of Sex And the City...no one remembers Darren Star?
I blame MPK for the bad writing
Miriam Shor!!! That's the only reason why I *would* consider watching a bit of this new season... but nothing more.
Well you can start directly at season 2 episode 8. The first episode are atrocious .
10:42 “creator Michael Patrick King” - the show was created by Darren Star. I thought you researched these…? MPK is an exec producer.
Honestly people talk about Big being toxic....but no one ever talks about how Aiden was toxic, and I think they should.
Carrie was the toxic one
I actually love all of it. Charlotte losing her identity to motherhood is totally relatable. Carrie being old and kind of boring makes sense after settling down and being married for several years. Miranda being a mess is nothing new. I think its normal to want some of the hype of sex in the city but the characters had to get a bit mature for it to be realistic. Do we really want to see 50 somethings having sex nonstop or see them deal with real problems like death or their teenager wanting to be non binary?
They should do a twist where Lilly falls for brady
It’s coming. Next episode!
I like Aiden but I think they should have given Carrie a new love interest. There's too much baggage between them.
I wasn’t watching it because I was so letdown by season 1, I thought I would catch up with it on ‘HBO on Demand, on my TV but its not even in there. I suppose I have to watch them on my phone😪
Seeing Aiden back kinda makes me wish Mr. Big hadn’t died. I get that’s part of the point of the series, but I would’ve loved for Carrie to have to choose between the two of them again and this time choosing Aiden. It would have really shown her maturity. As it is though, Aiden’s reintroduction has brought the most mature and thoughtful relationship so far in the series. Not only with Carrie’s new insights, but how it effects other characters, such as Seema, as well.
Carrie wouldn’t even think of Aidan if Big were still alive. She’s using Aidan to get over Big. AGAIN.
no way, we could not see another Big and Aiden things again. Painful storyline. He was too much of a good guy for her. Don't get why he's so set on her, she's nothing great.
@@twixotic04I know, right?
I honestly personally loved it since s1 in AJLT i only dislike that they give so much screen time to the side characters
9:00 Ok, I remember this chanel posted a video prasing that exact same moment and framing it as good?🤨 I guess the denial ran deep 😳
How could Anthony not know Giuseppe didn’t need a green card!!! His the employer !! That mean he has Acces to his file and should know that Anthony was legal and had already his American nationality and security number. How dumb can those writers be? 😅
It still sucks_a lost cause!!!!
I hate it all - they ABSOLUTLY DESTROYED Mirandas characters, Carrie is insufferable as always, they wont stop making old jokes - and no matter how much they try, Samantha is missing and you can feel it. SATC was iconic and original - why ruin it?
I have never watched SATC or this and i don't plan to, but i like watching YT channels dissect the characters and stuff. Watching this even though I've not seen all the history, i'd say the only reason now that Carrie has "grown" and is now happy/comfortable with Aidan is because Big is no longer there...if Big were alive and they were having issues again and Aidan was back, it'd be a repeat of SATC with her freaking out around Aidan and running back to Big even though Aidan was better for her....she can't back out now and use Big as an excuse like "it'll always be Big"...he's gone, she's moving on, and so there's technically no excuse for her to get skittish with Aidan because he's the only one there now, no one else she can pretend is much better and run to instead (if that makes sense?)
Totally agree!
She tried dating but found it too hard to build a real connection so she went back to Aiden.
Now she will do anything for it to work because big is dead and Carrie doesn’t want to be alone. That’s her worst fear.
Change, adapt, identity and then there's development....That's what was missing.
I've been highly critical of this series, but I do agree, the characters are starting to hit their stride finally. It's still not great, but it's not cringeworthy awful like all the previous episodes have been. I still have an issue with Charlotte though. I feel like she's taken her character to this weird cartoonish/Lucille Ball type place with the odd pauses and exaggerated high-pitched, wide-eyed exclamations. I can't take this version of Charlotte seriously when I think of how she was in the series. Maybe she needs to dial it down a little?
I’m just hoping they bring Bo Derek in to steal Aiden away. They keep reminding us how old they are, she’s older yet. I’m sure John could talk her into it, he got her to marry him.
Please can u do one about Scream Queens?
I don't like Aiden and Carrie together. I'm a huge Big fan. But we can't have him because they killed him off. It's a long long way from what it has been or could be. Mainly because Samantha is not there. Things cannot be great without her. It was always about the four of them, The show is too woke. There are so many things wrong with it I would have to write a book. But what little ground it has covered, it seems to have hit sort of a stride with some cringes along the way.
I loved AJLT all the way thru S one. So disagree with ust about everything you way. Looking forward to watching S two
It’s finding it’s footing but my note for S3 would be to bring back the storytelling style of the original. Each episode focusing on one of the core women as the MAIN storyline of that episode. It would give Seema, LTW and Nya much needed character development.
Really think the show could thrive if they focus on Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, LTW and Seema as the core group of the show. And have Nya and Che be supporting cast members. Anthony doesn’t need so much screen time I have to say.
I loved the movies 😊❤
Agreed!
Nice try The Take. There's no way on this planet this new series can compete with the original series. And the fact they brought Aiden back so Carrie can abuse shows how desperate the writers are to try to rekindle the magic as a patch to their bad writing
My thoughts exactly! 🙌🏼
"Interiority" 😂
sure after Big is dead, now Carrie has doubts, it invalidates the whole story of many of the first season great stories