SATC New Season - And Just Like That...

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just over here wondering what’s going on with Miranda’s drinking.

Also Bigs secretary?

And liking the return of Susan Sharon

See, a few posts back a poster mentioned the flowers were a dig at Kim. I actually took Susan Sharon’s ranting and Carrie being confused as the real shade towards Kim. Anyone else?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean... you all realize these aren't real people, right? The plan was to kill him off. Carrie could have called 911 and done CPR until the cows came home and the man would still be dead, because the writers wanted him dead. He could have stepped into an empty elevator shaft instead but the heart attack would provide a bit more drama. It's a TV show, not a PSA.

Obviously the plan was to kill him off. They could have done it far more believably and without making the main character look like a total nimrod if she had just come home to find him dead, or if the paramedics couldn’t save him. Way more effing beliveable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean... you all realize these aren't real people, right? The plan was to kill him off. Carrie could have called 911 and done CPR until the cows came home and the man would still be dead, because the writers wanted him dead. He could have stepped into an empty elevator shaft instead but the heart attack would provide a bit more drama. It's a TV show, not a PSA.

Obviously the plan was to kill him off. They could have done it far more believably and without making the main character look like a total nimrod if she had just come home to find him dead, or if the paramedics couldn’t save him. Way more effing beliveable.

Carrie IS a total nimrod.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just over here wondering what’s going on with Miranda’s drinking.

Also Bigs secretary?

And liking the return of Susan Sharon

See, a few posts back a poster mentioned the flowers were a dig at Kim. I actually took Susan Sharon’s ranting and Carrie being confused as the real shade towards Kim. Anyone else?

Wait, what was the reason they had a falling out? I don’t remember the storyline and I didn’t even recognize the Sharon Susan character. Did it have something to do with Samantha?

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Anonymous wrote:I always found it far-fetched that Big was longing for messy and broke (and let's be frank, not very pretty) Carrie so much that he divorced his wealthy heir young wife played by Bridget Moynahan. Bridget would have called 911.

Natasha was perfect on paper but cool whereas Carrie and Big had heat. Heat usually wins.

Exhibit A:

Prince Charles preferred Camilla over Diana

Wow I never thought of that comparison before, that’s good.

[Anonymous]

My take is that he was already dead and she was imagining the loving eye exchange.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean... you all realize these aren't real people, right? The plan was to kill him off. Carrie could have called 911 and done CPR until the cows came home and the man would still be dead, because the writers wanted him dead. He could have stepped into an empty elevator shaft instead but the heart attack would provide a bit more drama. It's a TV show, not a PSA.

Obviously the plan was to kill him off. They could have done it far more believably and without making the main character look like a total nimrod if she had just come home to find him dead, or if the paramedics couldn’t save him. Way more effing beliveable.

Carrie IS a total nimrod.

Fair point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A cardiologist weighs in
https://www.vulture.com/article/and-just-like-that-big-death-carrie-911-call.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&fbclid=IwAR3jciAiXLQo3Olnh-Sc3BlxNoApS-4hHGezqogpDqd67xM6kyMsCeturn0

I don’t know why the phrase “Jessica Sarah Parker” entertains me so much, but it does.

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Anonymous wrote:I loved SATC when I was in my 20s. Liked the first movie, loathed the second.

After reading this thread and some of the reviews, I very tentatively watched AJTL Ep 1. Like another PP said, I skipped forward through certain parts (Miranda’s class in Law school, the masturbation scene, maybe a couple others) that were just so cringey. But, while I’ll say it certainly wasn’t good, I wouldn’t say it was a complete waste of time. It was kind of nice to be back in that universe again, in the same way it was always escapist fluff. Miranda is embarrassing, and she was always my favorite.

I did like the podcast host telling Carrie she couldn’t just sit there and giggle the whole time. Sort of encapsulated the issue with the reboot — they’re not cute anymore.

I think SJP and her character CB both have chronically attempted to play cute, for years. I don't think it has ever played well because it seems compensatory, as if she ingratiates herself to garner the amount of attention and care she desires/requires. Or to balance her great needs for control and impression management. Both the actress and the character share this tendency. I think the moment of delayed response when she saw Big on the floor is one example of how emotionally she just gets it wrong sometimes. A lot of exaggerated affectation. I think the character thinks she is far more adorable than she is....and it's hard to play cute in your 50's.

+1M

Thanks for verbalizing everything I've been feeling. her shtick wasn't cute when she was in her 20s/30s, either.

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Anonymous wrote:Where did the 4 women go to college? I believe Charlotte went to ... Wellesley?

Ha! I have a great aunt Charlotte who went to Wellesley but I don’t think SATC Charlotte did because I think she mentioned that she was in a sorority. It was in the episode where Charlotte is too slutty for her old friends and Samantha has a friend that’s too slutty for even her.

Charlotte went to Smith; Samantha went to Studio 54. Miranda went to Harvard Law. Carrie went to....um...Brown?

A lot of things in Carrie's life require blind suspension of disbelief, but this is the worst one. Is anyone buying what the writers/SJP are selling?

[Anonymous]

Deluded post-menopausal plastic surgery addicts still trying to play "cute" is a spot on assessment. These characters are old enough to be grandmas, but they were too busy being "cute" and shoe shopping and sipping cosmos in their 20s and 30s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m just over here wondering what’s going on with Miranda’s drinking.

Also Bigs secretary?

And liking the return of Susan Sharon

Yeah, so about her secretary… What was the deal? Carrie said something like “she prefers to be called Gloria,” is she supposed to be trans? Am I missing some thing about what her actual name is? does she have information about how big a squandered all money or something that could devastate Carrie?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just over here wondering what’s going on with Miranda’s drinking.

Also Bigs secretary?

And liking the return of Susan Sharon

Yeah, so about her secretary… What was the deal? Carrie said something like “she prefers to be called Gloria,” is she supposed to be trans? Am I missing some thing about what her actual name is? does she have information about how big a squandered all money or something that could devastate Carrie?

I bet it’s something like he made a bad investment and lost most of their money. Now she has to hustle at her podcast again just like the old days 20 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Well this thread sure did blow up considering all of the people who swore they weren’t interested in the reboot! I just caught the first 2 episodes. Maybe my expectations were low, but I actually enjoyed it. They definitely surpassed the 2 movies (a low bar, I know) and possibly the tail end of Season 6. Kim Cattrall would have been a nice addition, but I wouldn’t say I missed Samantha’s character. I surprisingly found myself liking the new characters, especially Miranda’s professor. I’ll definitely be tuning in for the remaining episodes. Til next week

Tell us you're an HBO Max™ intern without telling us you're an HBO Max™ intern.

100%

Haha. This reminds me of one time on youbemom when someone tried desperately to convince us all that "Gypsy" on Netflix was really really good.

It was not, but I started to feel bad and suspect we were all mocking the writer who was trying to promote it.

Ok Kim

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m just over here wondering what’s going on with Miranda’s drinking.

Also Bigs secretary?

And liking the return of Susan Sharon

Yeah, so about her secretary… What was the deal? Carrie said something like “she prefers to be called Gloria,” is she supposed to be trans? Am I missing some thing about what her actual name is? does she have information about how big a squandered all money or something that could devastate Carrie?

It was the title that was the “issue,” not her name. Carrie said that Gloria preferred to be called a “secretary” vs the more PC “admin/executive assistant.”