And Just Like That was supposed to be the glamorous comeback of Sex and the City and yet it ended its three- season run without ever reaching the magic that the original had. The fans were looking forward to a nostalgic reunion with Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and hopefully Samantha but the fact that Kim Cattrall is not a part of the sequel season left the sequel series extremely incomplete at its very onset.
The characters too were a big disappointment. Miranda, who as a sharp and ambitious woman was reduced to a clumsy and perplexed person. Charlotte was depicted as being too much, the storyline with her motherhood has become close to a parody. Meanwhile, Carrie the outspoken sex columnist of the past seemed all the more prudish on her new podcast and even more self-centered, especially after Big killed in episode one in his Peloton.
Although a quick appearance in season two of Samantha, the original friendship was never quite the same. The creator of the show, Michael Patrick King, confirmed in his social media post that it finally seemed time to say goodbye, and Sarah Jessica Parker, having played her most well-known character nearly thirty years ago, did so, too.
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Ultimately, And Just Like That failed to defy the magic, zest, or snugness that Sex and the City managed to be a cultural lodestone. The sequel has similarly left its women compromised instead of empowered and was right in why crowds and viewers alike could never justify the series.
