SATC New Season - And Just Like That...

[Anonymous]

I get all that, but didn't understand why he wouldn't take her up on her offer to come down and visit him in VA instead of him traveling. It seemed like a reasonable compromise, if he was actually interested in trying to make the relationship work. Or if he isn't, that is totally fine too, but then just let her go, vs. doing a five year postponement.


I mean, you can view it as unrealistic or unfair, but these questions were answered in the scene.

When Carrie suggested that she just come visit him, he said that he'd be thinking about her when she wasn't there. His focus would be on her. His point is that right now, with his kid having serious issues that need to be addressed with his full attention, he can't have this relationship with Carrie that will draw his attention. I think what he was really saying was that the distance isn't even the main issue. Even if Carrie lived in Virginia full-time, he might feel that he needs to hold off on getting into a serious relationship with anyone while his kid is going through this. Wyatt is clearly a troubled kid and has always had issues (Kathy referred to him as their "little puzzle" and Aiden has repeatedly referred to him in ways that indicate he's a lot).

Basically they are positing that Wyatt is essentially a special needs kid (though it may not be clear what those needs are right now, which makes it even more critical, because there are few things more exhausting and frustrating than trying to figure that out with a kid who is obviously struggling but it's just not really clear why) and when you have a SN kid, you sometimes don't get to do things that other people might think are reasonable, like starting a new relationship or splitting time in another city. If it seems unfair and miserable, well... in some ways it is. For everyone.

Yes, I have a teen with a behavioral disability (the word SN is a yuck euphemism, IMO). I understand that it was explained in the scene, but I don't find it realistic, UNLESS he wasn't really feeling it anyway. Which may have been the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I really felt a dislike for Carrie in the last couple of episodes. She's just so self-centered. Like, the demands that Miranda attend the stupid "last supper." It's a MF'ing apartment, for god's sake. No room for considering her friends' feelings, whether you agree with them or not.

Carrie has been like this throughout the whole show IMO, so this absolutely fits her character.

Classic Carrie.

[Anonymous]

I just watched the finale. Samantha's cameo was dumb but damn Kim Cattrall looks like a million bucks. She was always my favorite lady; still love the show but would love it more with Samantha back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why wasn’t Steve at the last supper? I thought he was supposed to be there?

I think it would be out of character for Steve to be at a dinner that Che would be attending. Maybe we should assume she invited and he declined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are more educated about types of substances these days. I do think he would say psilocybin, especially after receiving a toxicology report and talking to doctors. Seems pretty nitpicky.

Also, Kathy is his ex and they share 3 kids, so maybe he’s a little resentful about her boyfriend—and that she was the parent in charge when the accident happened. They got divorced for a reason, after all. But I def wouldn’t call it a tirade.

+1, I don't find it weird that he would have some complaints about her given the situation. Wyatt took off after arguing with Kathy, and wound up in the hospital. I think you'd need to be close to a saint not to have some questions and possible resentments toward your co-parent in that situation, and Aiden actually expressed them in a fairly mild way.

I also get the sense from Aiden's behavior that he's the kind of parent who never really gets into arguments with his kid. Like he knows how to diffuse conflict so it doesn't get ramped up. If Kathy is the opposite, and engages more directly in conflict with boys, that is likely to be a huge source of disagreement between Aiden and Kathy. I say this as a parent who is like Aiden, but has a spouse who is like I'm supposing Kathy is. My kid would never storm out of the house during/after an argument with me, because I'd never let it get that far -- I have tools I'd used to take a break, cool it off, find something to agree on, etc. But I could see this happening with my DH, because he takes the hurtful things kids say when they are mad to heart, and he gets mad, and the whole thing amplifies. We're married, and this is a source of challenge for us. If we were divorced and one of our kids got really hurt after an argument that ramped up like that, you bet I'd be resentful towards him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why wasn’t Steve at the last supper? I thought he was supposed to be there?

I think it would be out of character for Steve to be at a dinner that Che would be attending. Maybe we should assume she invited and he declined.

I think Steve wouldn't want anything to do with the whole scene. He's not a fancy dinner guy. But yeah, the fact that Miranda and Che would be there would make it even less appealing to him. Either Carrie understood that and didn't invite him, or he read the tea leaves and declined.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get why people are acting like Aidan was belligerent toward his ex. It was barely anything, like mild frustration. I’m not even sure if it was that. He’s got to sell his dumb idea to Carrie, so maybe he’s laying it on a little thick. Like no no no—I’m the one he needs not her.

The 5 years thing is stupid. Maybe 3-6 months while you get him in therapy or something.

[Anonymous]

I’m going to get tons of hatred for this BUT I’m not a fan of all the new girls and their stories. It takes away from characters like Steve and Harry. Steve absolutely should have been at the last supper. I mean maybe it would have been ok to introduce a few characters but their storylines are all over the place and are distracting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m going to get tons of hatred for this BUT I’m not a fan of all the new girls and their stories. It takes away from characters like Steve and Harry. Steve absolutely should have been at the last supper. I mean maybe it would have been ok to introduce a few characters but their storylines are all over the place and are distracting.

I don't think you'll get hate for this. I think in many ways the reboot would be better without so many new cast members. Some, but not this many and not into central roles.

The problem is that they obviously felt a lot of pressure to right the original choice to focus the show almost exclusively on white characters. And they didn't want to tokenize anyone, so just adding a WOC to replace Samantha wasn't enough. But the result is unwieldy and doesn't really serve the show in terms of cohesion or storytelling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m going to get tons of hatred for this BUT I’m not a fan of all the new girls and their stories. It takes away from characters like Steve and Harry. Steve absolutely should have been at the last supper. I mean maybe it would have been ok to introduce a few characters but their storylines are all over the place and are distracting.

I don't think you'll get hate for this. I think in many ways the reboot would be better without so many new cast members. Some, but not this many and not into central roles.

The problem is that they obviously felt a lot of pressure to right the original choice to focus the show almost exclusively on white characters. And they didn't want to tokenize anyone, so just adding a WOC to replace Samantha wasn't enough. But the result is unwieldy and doesn't really serve the show in terms of cohesion or storytelling.

+1 The real problem is the writing for the new characters is just not interesting. The actors are all good, just boring storylines that, yes, don't cohere with the OG 3.

[Anonymous]

Seema is the worst now. She’s incredibly boring and one dimensional. Whining about a man and saying “I love you” and fretting - this doesn’t sound like her at all. She’s now being written as low self esteem and low confidence with men. And sorry but she’s too old for that guy - no one that age would go for Seema. He’s already in love with her? Yeah right. I’m not feeling it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seema is the worst now. She’s incredibly boring and one dimensional. Whining about a man and saying “I love you” and fretting - this doesn’t sound like her at all. She’s now being written as low self esteem and low confidence with men. And sorry but she’s too old for that guy -no one that age would go for Seema. He’s already in love with her? Yeah right. I’m not feeling it.

Agreed. There is zero chance in real life that he would go for her.

[Anonymous]

Seema was definitely acting like an insecure 20yr old. Way too old for that nonsense.

The entire Last Supper was a self-indulgent, self-focused, privileged mess.

Samantha's cameo was super lame.


That said, I think this season turned out to be a lot better than the first and I will definitely be signing up for Season 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seema was definitely acting like an insecure 20yr old. Way too old for that nonsense.

The entire Last Supper was a self-indulgent, self-focused, privileged mess.

Samantha's cameo was super lame.


That said, I think this season turned out to be a lot better than the first and I will definitely be signing up for Season 3.

Agree all around.

If I'm honest with myself, my standards for this show aren't that high because a major part of the appeal is enjoying the ridiculous fashion, NYC locations, and even the totally unrealistic and sometimes stupid plot lines. The original show was a much better show and if it were possible to recapture that, I'd be game. But I don't think you could make Season 1/2 SATC now even if you wanted to. I watch AJLT as a guilty pleasure and just don't get that worked up about any of it even when it's aggressively bad. The worst thing about last season for me was Miranda, but they fixed that by the end of this season and now I don't care about all the plot holes and inconsistencies writing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seema was definitely acting like an insecure 20yr old. Way too old for that nonsense.

The entire Last Supper was a self-indulgent, self-focused, privileged mess.

Samantha's cameo was super lame.


That said, I think this season turned out to be a lot better than the first and I will definitely be signing up for Season 3.

Totally agree with all of this, especially the self-indulgent last supper.

There was one line though about a stain on the ceiling, and Carrie said "not my problem now." Was anybody else waiting for something more to develop out of that, like the ceiling collapsing on everything from a leak?