Subj : Carrie Bradshaw should be thanking her lucky stars that And Just To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Mon Aug 04 2025 14:45:07 Carrie Bradshaw should be thanking her lucky stars that And Just Like That season 3 is ending its the only way she returns to Sex and the City glory Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:31:13 +0000 Description: Have we really enjoyed watching And Just Like That season 3? No. Are we invested until the end? You bet, and its high time Carrie Bradshaw had a U-turn. FULL STORY ====================================================================== If youre not including And Just Like That season 3 in your best HBO Max shows of 2025 list, I can hardly blame you. Since its debut in 2021, the Sex and the City ( SATC) sequel has had a rocky ride on screen, frequently being lambasted on social media for how its changed the core personalities of Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte (Kristen Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon). While Miranda left Steve (David Eigenberg) in the dust and transformed into a legal intern lesbian, Charlotte felt out of touch with her helicopter parenting of kids Rock (Alexa Swinton) and Lily (Cathy Ang). I couldnt even tell you who any of the middling replacements for Samantha (Kim Cattrall) are, with Cattrall herself making the career move of a lifetime by staying well away from this absolutely underwhelming car crash (well, all except for that excruciating season 2 finale cameo). The point is, none of our other stars come anywhere near her, but as much as we might want Samanthas miraculous return in the season 3 finale to scold everyone for making such terrible television, its not going to happen. So, what will happen, or perhaps the more important question is: what needs to happen? If youve been managing to stay awake while watching the HBO Max show, youll have noticed Carrie is slowly edging closer to the version of herself she used to be in Sex and the City . Shes easily the biggest stumbling block in And Just Like That ( ATLJ ), and if we have to watch two more episodes until its over, she better have the best damn fictional U-turn TV has ever seen. And Just Like That has been rough on everyone, but Carrie Bradshaw needs to come full circle Spoilers for And Just Like That season 3 episodes 9 and 10 ahead. If youre a seasoned SATC watcher like me, youll have probably thought Carrie was the worst of the quartet in the 90s too and youd be right. Never taking responsibility for her own actions and feelings, and instead placing the blame anywhere else, she was too frustrating to consistently warm to (even if she was dressed immaculately). Watching her make the same mistakes over again was relatable and somewhat charming for the first few seasons, but after six seasons, two standalone movies and now three seasons of a sequel series, it all wears awfully thin. That doesnt mean Carrie hasnt been through it in AJLT : shes been through the fictional death of husband Big (Ron Galotti), the real-life death of Willie Garson, who played BFF Stanford, and shes picked back up a tired-out situationship with Aidan (John Corbett). Weve got to have some kind of sympathy for her, right? Wrong! For the bulk of ATLJ , Carries been a burden on her friends, an even bigger burden on us, and the biggest burden of all to herself. All those years of living life in the city on screen, and she doesnt seem to have learned a single lesson from them. However, thats slowly started to change. Just before breaking up with Aidan (finally) and striking up a sexy new attraction to Duncan (Jonathan Clarke), we see Miranda confront Carrie about her evasive defences after Charlottes house party in season 3 episode 9. Miranda points out the amount of continued distrust between Carrie and Aidan, and for a split second, AJLT becomes the closest thing weve ever seen to a true SATC revival. Finally cutting ties with what isnt serving her is the healthiest move Carrie has made in years, but can she sustain it? Heres my pitch for the AJLT season 3 ending. Miranda stays with Joy (Dolly Wells) and continues to build a healthy relationship (nothing wrong with these two, so live and let live). Harrys (Evan Handler) prostate cancer is cleared, leaving Charlotte space to thrive as the good friend and mother we know her to be, and the others well, they can do whatever they like as we wont be paying attention. But Carrie needs to dump any and all men, work on herself in the therapeutic ways shed always dismissed in SATC , and actually start to be a good person. We cant bow out in good conscience if she still remains a threat to New York Citys female friendships, and there will truly be no evolution in her character if she leaves in an even worse state than when she started. In the most dramatic case, the best thing for Carrie would be to get out of New York completely, which could mean moving back to England with Duncan. Frankly, I dont care where in the world she ends up, both Carrie and AJLT need to not be insufferable the first time ever in its final moments. I know its hard, but pretty please? 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