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21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'And Just Like That…' Season 3 Starts with a Twist You Probably Missed
The day has finally arrived. And Just Like That… season three is officially here, with the premiere episode hitting HBO Max last night. First things first, hats off to the AJLT team for giving us another season in under a year. (Looking at you, other streamers. Take notes.) Now, let's get into it. I watched the season opener and I have thoughts. Overall, the first episode moves at a slow pace—but not necessarily in a bad way. It feels like the writers may be gently setting the stage for everything to come. We pick up right where we left off. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) is settling into a stunning new brownstone, living solo with the hope that Aidan will return (sooner than later) and they'll eventually share it together. In the meantime, Carrie and Aidan attempt phone sex—twice. And let's just say… neither attempt quite hits the mark. Craig Blankenhorn/Max Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), single and settling into her queer identity, is out at a gay bar when she meets Mary (Rosie O'Donnell), a confident woman her age. Sparks fly, they hook up and only after does Miranda find out that Mary was a virgin nun. Yep, you read that right. Seema (Sarita Choudhury) nearly sets her mattress on fire while smoking a cigarette in bed, waiting for a call from her Hollywood director boyfriend that never comes. Although they do reconnect later in the episode, she ultimately decides to call it quits and break things off for good. Craig Blankenhorn/Max Charlotte's (Kristin Davis) storyline hasn't fully taken shape yet. She's mostly preoccupied defending her dog after it's (falsely) accused of attacking another dog. Turns out, the accuser just has terrible eyesight and mistook her pooch for another. There's also a budding plot around her daughter, Lily, who's crushing hard on a very fit ballet dancer. Meanwhile, Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker) is in full creative mode, working on a PBS docuseries about overlooked Black women, while her husband stresses over whether running for city comptroller is 'cool.' Her response? 'Herbert, you are running for city comptroller—there is nothing cool about that.' Iconic. The biggest twist? At the end of the episode, Carrie can't sleep. She heads to her laptop and begins typing—but for the first time, it's not in the first person. She writes, 'The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into.' And just like that, season three is officially underway. One episode down, nine more to go. Catch new episodes of And Just Like That… Thursdays at 9 PM ET on HBO Max through July 31. Want all the latest entertainment news sent right to your inbox? Click here. Sarah Jessica Parker Nearly Quit 'Sex and the City' After Filming the First Episode
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a day ago
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Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall's character Samantha Jones returns to spin-off show for brief exchange
Fan-favourite Kim Cattrall may have left the Sex and the City franchise years ago, but to the surprise of fans, her character Samantha Jones made an off-screen cameo for the third season of spin-off show, And Just Like That. Cattrall officially parted ways with the franchise in 2010, after filming wrapped on the second movie based on the popular Noughties series, which follows a group of single New York women as they undergo the trials and tribulations of dating. The departure came amid rumours of a feud with lead star Sarah Jessica Parker, however fans have missed her character's unapologetic sexuality and honesty. Viewers were treated to a little dose of Samantha on Thursday night's episode (26 June) of And Just Like That, as Carrie (Parker) reached out to Jones for some help. Asking for some information on her neighbour Duncan Reeves (Jonathan Cake), Carrie contacted Samantha via text. 'What do you know about Duncan Reeves?' she asked, as Samantha responded: 'They say he's a lot of fun. Why?' Carrie told her friend, 'He's living under me.' To which Samantha quipped: 'I wish he was under me.' Viewers had mixed reactions to the scene, as one person wrote: 'Damn I wish could at least get a lil Samantha Jones voice note or something instead of this weak ass text.' Another added: 'Not another Samantha texting scene UGH #AndJustLikeThat.' Some were left frustrated by the teasing, writing: 'Booooo! We don't want to see no damn text messages with Samantha!! It's either she comes on or leave her character be! This is lame!' 'CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS SHOW WE NEED A SAMANTHA JONES SPIN OFF SHOW' added another impatient fan. However, others were grateful for any reference at all, saying: 'Even just literal texts from Samantha make this show better.' One viewer posted that the character's role has taken something substantial from the show, saying: 'I miss Samantha. Even though I watch every new episode it's just not giving the same energy as the original show. I love the original even with how outdated, appalling, and annoying it can get. I just wish it had more to it.' In a three-star review of the third season for The Independent, chief TV critic Nick Hilton called the writing 'clunky' but said the show was beginning to 'find its groove' and would 'please hardcore fans'.
Daily Tribune
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Tribune
Sarah Jessica Parker has struggled with ‘mean' comments about her appearance
Bang Showbiz | Los Angeles Sarah Jessica Parker struggled to cope with 'mean' comments about her appearance. The 60-year-old actress noticed a shift in how people spoke about her after she landed the role of Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City back in, and she admitted the sudden attention was 'a real test of my coping mechanisms'. Asked what she struggled with most, she told the Call Her Daddy podcast: 'Just discussions of my physical person. 'Like stuff that I couldn't change, and wouldn't change, and had never considered changing, or even still after hearing something that was like, 'What? Somebody would say that?' 'Even still… no interest in changing it.' The actress, who has reprised the role of Carrie in spin-off series And Just Like That star, noted that the initial backlash was tough in a time before social media without a chance to response. She added: 'I didn't feel like I could sit in a room, and someone would say to me, 'You're really unattractive.' 'And then I could say, 'Wow, um, well first of all, that's hard to hear. But second of all, why do you seem angry about it?' 'Or, 'Why do you feel it's necessary to say it?' ' Sarah recalled ringing her friends in tears after one unnamed magazine made a 'really meal' comment about her appearance. She said: 'It was like a kick in the rubber parts. 'I was just like, 'Why is this a problem? Why is this deserving of your time? And why do you seem to delight in saying it?' 'I was sobbing because it felt so purposeful. And I think that's the only time I really cried about it.' Meanwhile, Jessica has opened up about the double stand in the way people judge female characters like Carrie.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Fans left stunned by Miranda's full frontal nudity while Samantha makes surprise return to And Just Like That
Fans of Max's And Just Like That... saw a whole lot more of Cynthia Nixon 's Miranda Hobbes than they likely expected in Thursday's new Season 3 episode. Thursday's fifth episode of Season 3 - entitled Under the Table - found Miranda temporarily moving in with Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), after being confronted by a nude male neighbor wielding a cleaver. Things get awkward when Carrie kicks her cat Shoe out of the bedroom, only to find Miranda going back to her guest room, fully nude! Aside from the double-dose of full frontal nudity, fans were also quite stunned to get a surprise (digital) cameo from Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall). Unfortunately, fans didn't get to see Samantha in the flesh, but she did share a racy opinion with Carrie when asked. Fans didn't hesitate to take to social media to express their shock at tonight's episode on Max. The Miranda nude scene was a shock to Carrie, not because she saw her old friend in the buff, but because she thought she wasn't there in the first place. Miranda had planned to spend the night at her new potential love interest Joy (Dolly Wells), though Joy's Italian greyhound dogs won't stop whining, ending the tryst early. After gently placing Shoe in the hall, Carrie is stunned to find a nude Miranda in the hall, walking back to her guest room. 'I thought you were at Joy's?' Carrie asked, as Miranda responded, 'Her dogs wouldn't stop whining, so...' The episode also reveals that Carrie has a new downstairs neighbor, a British writer named Duncan Reeves (Jonathan Cake), who her friends are big fans of. Their stint as neighbors gets off to a rocky start as they first meet when Duncan complains about Carrie walking around in heels all day, keeping him awake since he works nights, writing his new book. After learning that her friends all know who he is - and that Miranda is a huge fan - Carrie decides to text her old friend Samantha Jones, though we never see Samantha in the flesh. Carrie asks, 'What do you know about Duncan Reeves?' Samantha responds, 'They say he's a lot of fun. Why?' Carrie responds, 'He's living under me,' and Samantha fires back, 'I wish he was under me,' which makes Carrie chuckle. Carrie tells Miranda that, 'Samantha says that Duncan Reeves is known to be fun,' as Miranda adds, 'Well, he's like 6'5", so that's her kind of fun.' Many fans were stunned to see Miranda in the buff, like @xomakiyah, who said in all caps, 'MA'AM ????? WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES.' Others like @sagevalentine used a GIF of Dan Levy from Schitt's Creek saying, 'OH MY GOD,' adding 'Miranda! #andjustlikethat #AJLT.' The nude encounter was just the first awkward one between Carrie and Miranda, with Carrie waking up the next morning, finding a fully-clothed Miranda eating her last yogurt and last banana, which some, like @jspagano, found to be quite rude. 'Miranda is such a thoughtless gross woman. Walking nude around the house? Eating Carrie's food and being so dismissive. Ugh. She's the worst character on this show from the get go,' the X user said. Others like @mzcaramelbunni were shocked at the male full frontal nudity, tweeting, 'Really?!! Wtf a naked man wielding a s**t is comical but so not funny.' Many were also shocked at Samantha's digital cameo, especially after the Max X account teased it by showing Samantha's contact in Carrie's phone on Thursday. 'Miranda is such a thoughtless gross woman. Walking nude around the house? Eating Carrie's food and being so dismissive. Ugh. She's the worst character on this show from the get go,' the X user said. X user @J_adoreDiDi quote-retweeted and said, 'My heart skipped a beat. #AndJustLikeThat.' Another fan - @pinsleric - admitted, 'Even just literal texts from Samantha make this show better #andjustlikethat.' Ladybug Lizzie (@sagevalentine) tweeted an OMG GIF, adding, 'Carrie is texting with Samantha. #andjustlikethat #AJLT.' Elsewhere in the episode, Charlotte (Kristin Davis) started freaking out after her husband Harry (Evan Handler) revealed he has prostate cancer, which explained why he had trouble in bed and why he peed himself at the club earlier this season. Harry insisted he would survive - since prostate cancer has a 98% survival rate - but made Charlotte promise not to tell anybody, for fear of becoming, 'the cancer guy.' Charlotte managed to keep her promise, though it was tested during a 'glamping' trip with Lisa Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker) and her husband (Chris Jackson) and their kids. Seema (Sarita Choudhury) - after learning she was essentially forced out of her real estate company - took the first step to branching out on her own. She approached a bank for a loan to pay for a space for her new business, and despite her best pitch to the lady loan clerk, she was rejected. After a tense start to their neighborship, Carrie rushed into action after a smoke alarm went off in his unit, which he did not hear through headphones, immersed in his work. Since his dinner was ruined, they went out to eat and got to know each other and what types of books they write. While Carrie took Duncan's simple suggestion of not wearing heels in her apartment as a major affront to her fashionable sensibilities, the dinner seemed to change her tune. The episode ends with Carrie getting home from the dinner, and, seemingly for the first time in ages, she takes her heels off, for him. And Just Like That returns with the sixth episode of the third season on Thursday, July 3 at 9 PM ET/6 PM ET on Max.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
And Just Like That's new teaser sparks conspiracy theory that Samantha Jones is BACK after Kim Cattrall season 2 cameo
SEX and the City fans are convinced that Samantha Jones might make her long-awaited return in an upcoming episode. After Kim Cattrall's bombshell cameo in the Season 2 finale, a teaser from HBO Max has reignited hopes that Samantha might appear in another episode — despite the feud between the lead actresses. 4 4 4 Ahead of Thursday night's episode, Max (soon to be HBO Max) posted a hint at Samantha's comeback with an out-of-context picture from the show. The picture shows someone going to text Samantha Jones. The streaming service simply captioned the post with an eyes emoji, leaving fans to their own devices in the comments. "WE WANT HER. WE NEED HER," one Instagram user wrote. Another added, "Wait is she coming back? i'd start watching the show again." "You guys keep messing up with our hearts like that…," a third wrote, referencing the Season 2 cameo. Cattrall's appearance in last season's finale shocked viewers as the actress had previously said she wasn't interested in starring on the show due to her fallout with lead actress Sarah Jessica Parker. SJP has continued to film the show with the other leads, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis, but fans of the iconic '90s series have persistently lamented the absence of the original foursome. The fans' complaints paid off when Samantha took a phone call from Carrie, SJP's character, in the episode that aired in 2023. However, Cattrall didn't have to be in the same room as the other stars to film the short scene — which was likely on purpose. And Just Like That fans are 'crying' over Samantha Jones' cameo on season finale and claim Kim Cattrall 'saved the show' The actress said on The View in 2023 that the show bosses called her and begged her to make a cameo. "It's very interesting to get a call from the head of HBO saying, 'What can we do?'" Cattrall said on the talk show. She said that she responded, "'Hmm, let me get creative.'" One of Cattrall's requirements was that Pat Field, the original costume designer for Sex and the City, work on her outfit for the cameo. Field, who declined to work on AJLT, agreed to dress Samantha again. "I just thought that if I'm going to come back, I gotta come back with that Samantha style. I gotta push it. And we did,' Cattrall said on The View. Cattrall reportedly filmed the scene without seeing or speaking to any of the show's other stars, and she didn't interact with the show's creator, Michael Patrick King, Variety reported at the time. SJP and Cattrall's feud reportedly started when Cattrall found out that the actress was making more per episode than her. The feud came to a head in 2018 when SJP expressed her sympathy after Cattrall's brother died. Cattrall slammed her on X at the time, saying, "My Mom asked me today 'When will that @sarahjessicaparker, that hypocrite, leave you alone?' "Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now. 'You are not my family. You are not my friend. 'Stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore your 'nice girl' persona." She later publicly said that SJP was never her friend, only her colleague. Parker has denied any bad blood between the two. Fans have yet to see if Parker and Cattrall come face to face in AJLT this season. The Season 3 finale is currently slated for August 14, 2025. 4
