And just like that, the Sex and the City spin-off has rediscovered its zing
Ladies and gentlemen, I have not come to bury And Just Like That…, I have come to praise it. If you want a critical assessment of the Sex and the City spin-off, go elsewhere.
After two seasons, the show has finally found its feet – yes, they are still shod in Manolos – but they have cast off the grief of season one (RIP, Big), the ridiculousness of season two (bye, bye Che Diaz) and the shadow of the absent Samantha (Kim Cattrall). Now, for season three, it has found its rhythm in the joys and terrors of being a woman in her 50s, of managing teenagers and older parents, of finding meaning in work and lasting relationships.
Crucially, it's also rediscovered its zing. It's funny and flippant and light on its feet. Yes, it still probably has too many puns, but you know what, if you want serious drama, go elsewhere. We don't need your cynicism here.
Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) has a new address, having abandoned her West Village one bedder for a lush townhouse in the upscale Gramercy Park, but she is, essentially, unchanged. Character development be damned, when it comes to Carrie, we want the familiar. We want her in high heels, typing at her laptop, in love (even if that means accepting Jon Corbett's Aiden again) and surrounded by friends, old and new.
By shedding two of the new characters introduced in season one – Dr Nya Wallace (Karen Pittman) and Che (Sara Ramirez) – and beefing up the roles of real estate broker/Samantha substitute Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury) and documentary maker Lisa Todd Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker), the series has found renewed focus on friendship, which is what gave Sex and the City its strength.
Once upon a time, fans, critics and the curious may have come for Samantha detailing her latest sex-capade, or Miranda's cynicism or Charlotte's prudishness, but they stayed for the bond between the core four. Carrie, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Cattrall) revolutionised television in the late 1990s and early 2000s. By showing four single women in their 30s – who enjoyed sex, spoke openly about it and weren't ashamed of their choices – they paved a way for other women. Suddenly, you didn't have to be a desperate housewife or a mob wife, or just the girlfriend, instead, you could, just like Carrie, be the narrator of your own story.
And Just Like That… has finally remembered this.
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