SATC New Season - And Just Like That...

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Anonymous wrote:It was wild seeing Dolly Wells turn up. I wonder if it was just a tiny cameo or if she and Miranda could end up dating. She was AMAZING in Inside Man.

I saw it more like she was going to hire her to replace the boss returning from mat leave.

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Why was the thing with Stanford handled so terribly? If they needed to refer to a reason he's not coming back, how about saying his is just loving his life in Japan? The character would never randomly become a monk, that is not believable at all.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have had LTW get an abortion. Such a missed opportunity for meaningful storytelling, especially in the current political climate.

We already had two main characters—Carrie and Samantha—talk about their abortion experiences. We don’t need a third main character to go through that. I think a lot more women of LTW’s age related to getting unexpectedly pregnant at an advanced maternal age, feeling conflicted but deciding to keep it, then losing it. In fact, there have been numerous threads about that on DCUM.

It is probably the most realist outcome, at her age.

99% of unwanted pregnancies on TV shows magically end in miscarriage rather than abortion. It's such a cowardly and tired storyline.

Agree. That was especially weak for a show that’s been extra blatant about addressing all things gender.

An abortion or her having the baby with reservations and the impending doom on her life and career would have made more sense here.

You are crazy if you think a character played by a 52-year-old actress was not extremely likely to miscarry an unplanned pregnancy.

Your charm is persuasive but her real age is irrelevant. Her character seems to be in her 40s.

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Anonymous wrote:Why was the thing with Stanford handled so terribly? If they needed to refer to a reason he's not coming back, how about saying his is just loving his life in Japan? The character would never randomly become a monk, that is not believable at all.

It was silly but they wanted something of a whimsical as well as permanent ending for Stany's character. Nothing open-ended suggesting the possibility of return a la Samantha.

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Anonymous wrote:New ep is meh. Really don’t like Carrie giving up her apartment, but I suppose she’ll sell or rent to Lisette. The new apt is OTT.

If Rosemarie DeWitte is playing Aidan’s ex, no way is it a one-minute one-off.

Carrie really doesn’t seem like the Gramercy Park type, and neither does Aidan. Agree Lisette will be in the apartment until Carrie inevitably moves back in. I really hate the Aidan storyline, so obviously rushed and headed for disaster ugh.

Ok, prediction for finale: Aidan has a troubled son, who starts acting out, ends up in crisis, and he has to choose between his family and Carrie (obvious choice). While he is struggling and torn, Carrie is in pain reaches out to Samantha, who bestows upon her whatever words of wisdom. They break up, amicably. But where will Carrie live??

Nailed it! But not sure if Samantha phone call will be about Aidan or the end-of-the-era apartment goodbye. I know KC and SJP don’t want to be in the same room but no way RL Samantha would have missed the big goodbye dinner. She would gave hopped on a plane for sure.

Yes, it was more intense than I expected. Shocking, actually. Obviously Aidan is going to have put the kibosh on the NYC trips and it would be awkward for Carrie to spend too much time in "Norfolk" with a troubled kid who hates her. Pretty obvious outcome here, but they'll leave open Caidan as the end game for the finale.

It had to be intense for it to be believable that Aidan would break up with her when he pined for her for so long.

Agree. As some of us have been saying, it will be amicable but very sad.

I wonder if writers will succeed in making her dating life interesting after this. The pre-Aidan scene when Naya and Seema were being hit on at a bar and Carrie pulled out her book was pretty funny.

It’s just annoying that they brought Aiden back for things to end again. I ge that this is an opportunity for them to end on good terms, but it feels inauthentic to what actually happened between Carrie and Aiden. He was perfect on paper, but she couldn’t imagine her future with him. She tried and failed several times. That was real. That was what I loved about the original sex and the city. To now repaint their relationship as a missed opportunity feels disingenuous. At best, it’s only possible for their relationship to work now because of where they both are in life- there is no big compare to Aiden, and Aiden has done the traditional marriage, kids, and moving out of the city things he wanted to do. The show has done a poor job painting the picture of why Carrie and Aiden would actually work as a couple now, and instead it just feels like fan-fare and opp to draw viewers in. For them to now end the relationship based on external circumstances feels like a cop out. But I guess no one wants to see “married and the city” especially since the whole point of Carrie and aidens relationship is how conventional it is.

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Anonymous wrote:New ep is meh. Really don’t like Carrie giving up her apartment, but I suppose she’ll sell or rent to Lisette. The new apt is OTT.

If Rosemarie DeWitte is playing Aidan’s ex, no way is it a one-minute one-off.

Carrie really doesn’t seem like the Gramercy Park type, and neither does Aidan. Agree Lisette will be in the apartment until Carrie inevitably moves back in. I really hate the Aidan storyline, so obviously rushed and headed for disaster ugh.

Ok, prediction for finale: Aidan has a troubled son, who starts acting out, ends up in crisis, and he has to choose between his family and Carrie (obvious choice). While he is struggling and torn, Carrie is in pain reaches out to Samantha, who bestows upon her whatever words of wisdom. They break up, amicably. But where will Carrie live??

Nailed it! But not sure if Samantha phone call will be about Aidan or the end-of-the-era apartment goodbye. I know KC and SJP don’t want to be in the same room but no way RL Samantha would have missed the big goodbye dinner. She would gave hopped on a plane for sure.

Yes, it was more intense than I expected. Shocking, actually. Obviously Aidan is going to have put the kibosh on the NYC trips and it would be awkward for Carrie to spend too much time in "Norfolk" with a troubled kid who hates her. Pretty obvious outcome here, but they'll leave open Caidan as the end game for the finale.

It had to be intense for it to be believable that Aidan would break up with her when he pined for her for so long.

Agree. As some of us have been saying, it will be amicable but very sad.

I wonder if writers will succeed in making her dating life interesting after this. The pre-Aidan scene when Naya and Seema were being hit on at a bar and Carrie pulled out her book was pretty funny.

It’s just annoying that they brought Aiden back for things to end again. I ge that this is an opportunity for them to end on good terms, but it feels inauthentic to what actually happened between Carrie and Aiden. He was perfect on paper, but she couldn’t imagine her future with him. She tried and failed several times. That was real. That was what I loved about the original sex and the city. To now repaint their relationship as a missed opportunity feels disingenuous. At best, it’s only possible for their relationship to work now because of where they both are in life- there is no big compare to Aiden, and Aiden has done the traditional marriage, kids, and moving out of the city things he wanted to do. The show has done a poor job painting the picture of why Carrie and Aiden would actually work as a couple now, and instead it just feels like fan-fare and opp to draw viewers in. For them to now end the relationship based on external circumstances feels like a cop out. But I guess no one wants to see “married and the city” especially since the whole point of Carrie and aidens relationship is how conventional it is.

It's possible they wouldn't work as a couple now - but they won't even really get the chance to try. They are in a bubble of newness and excitement, but real life is bearing down.

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Anonymous wrote:It was wild seeing Dolly Wells turn up. I wonder if it was just a tiny cameo or if she and Miranda could end up dating. She was AMAZING in Inside Man.

I saw it more like she was going to hire her to replace the boss returning from mat leave.

Ooh I would love this!

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Anonymous wrote:Why was the thing with Stanford handled so terribly? If they needed to refer to a reason he's not coming back, how about saying his is just loving his life in Japan? The character would never randomly become a monk, that is not believable at all.

It was silly but they wanted something of a whimsical as well as permanent ending for Stany's character. Nothing open-ended suggesting the possibility of return a la Samantha.

No one would have expected him to return. We know that’s not possible.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have had LTW get an abortion. Such a missed opportunity for meaningful storytelling, especially in the current political climate.

We already had two main characters—Carrie and Samantha—talk about their abortion experiences. We don’t need a third main character to go through that. I think a lot more women of LTW’s age related to getting unexpectedly pregnant at an advanced maternal age, feeling conflicted but deciding to keep it, then losing it. In fact, there have been numerous threads about that on DCUM.

It is probably the most realist outcome, at her age.

99% of unwanted pregnancies on TV shows magically end in miscarriage rather than abortion. It's such a cowardly and tired storyline.

Agree. That was especially weak for a show that’s been extra blatant about addressing all things gender.

An abortion or her having the baby with reservations and the impending doom on her life and career would have made more sense here.

You are crazy if you think a character played by a 52-year-old actress was not extremely likely to miscarry an unplanned pregnancy.

Your charm is persuasive but her real age is irrelevant. Her character seems to be in her 40s.

The character has to be at least mid-40s. Not impossible to carry a pregnancy to term at that age, but still rare.

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Anonymous wrote:Why was the thing with Stanford handled so terribly? If they needed to refer to a reason he's not coming back, how about saying his is just loving his life in Japan? The character would never randomly become a monk, that is not believable at all.

I think just to make it permanent. If Stanford moved to Japan it would be weird that he would never come to New York to visit, or no one would go see him in Japan.

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Why does Che have such selective empathy?

I like them minus when they won’t offer compassion for others.

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Anonymous wrote:Why does Che have such selective empathy?

I like them minus when they won’t offer compassion for others.

Che is so unlikeable. They’re immature and self centered.

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Anonymous wrote:Why was the thing with Stanford handled so terribly? If they needed to refer to a reason he's not coming back, how about saying his is just loving his life in Japan? The character would never randomly become a monk, that is not believable at all.

I think just to make it permanent. If Stanford moved to Japan it would be weird that he would never come to New York to visit, or no one would go see him in Japan.

I know it would have been difficult, but they needed to do justice to his character by having his character pass away. It could have been a condition that would have “explained” his erratic behavior, as people sometimes do before they die, from brain tumors and such. They could have had an off-screen sister or something be with him in Japan for his final months, and pass on the news to Carrie and Anthony. It would have been a better ending for the character and for Willie Garson.

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Anonymous wrote:They should have had LTW get an abortion. Such a missed opportunity for meaningful storytelling, especially in the current political climate.

We already had two main characters—Carrie and Samantha—talk about their abortion experiences. We don’t need a third main character to go through that. I think a lot more women of LTW’s age related to getting unexpectedly pregnant at an advanced maternal age, feeling conflicted but deciding to keep it, then losing it. In fact, there have been numerous threads about that on DCUM.

It is probably the most realist outcome, at her age.

99% of unwanted pregnancies on TV shows magically end in miscarriage rather than abortion. It's such a cowardly and tired storyline.

Agree. That was especially weak for a show that’s been extra blatant about addressing all things gender.

An abortion or her having the baby with reservations and the impending doom on her life and career would have made more sense here.

You are crazy if you think a character played by a 52-year-old actress was not extremely likely to miscarry an unplanned pregnancy.

Your charm is persuasive but her real age is irrelevant. Her character seems to be in her 40s.

“Seems to be” to who? She is a direct contemporary of Charlottes, and we know Charlotte to be in her 50s.

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Anonymous wrote:Why was the thing with Stanford handled so terribly? If they needed to refer to a reason he's not coming back, how about saying his is just loving his life in Japan? The character would never randomly become a monk, that is not believable at all.

I think just to make it permanent. If Stanford moved to Japan it would be weird that he would never come to New York to visit, or no one would go see him in Japan.

I know it would have been difficult, but they needed to do justice to his character by having his character pass away. It could have been a condition that would have “explained” his erratic behavior, as people sometimes do before they die, from brain tumors and such. They could have had an off-screen sister or something be with him in Japan for his final months, and pass on the news to Carrie and Anthony. It would have been a better ending for the character and for Willie Garson.

No it wouldn’t have as Garson specifically asked them not to make his character die.