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Even though we thought Carrie was horrible for cheating on Aiden, she hadn't taken vows and we could empathize with her long-standing strong feelings for Big. The bulk of Miranda's SATC arc was about her finding true love with Steve, and because he is such a good guy, it's especially galling to see her blow that up after everything we'd seen them go through together. And for a few orgasms with a crass, constantly baked podcaster? Who thought this storyline would be appealing??[/quote]

Yeah I think it's her new choice of mate that's the issue. If she fell in love with, say, her prof, and they had an affair, would be more understandable. Brilliant, represents social justice issues she aspires to etc.[/quote]

Nya is too smart for this dumpster fire version of Miranda. Plus her husband Andre is hawt[/quote]

Yes, they win the adorable couple award for sure. Worried they'll end up splitting because of the child issue though.

This version of Miranda is...not great. When did she become a fumbling idiot with no moral code? Makes ZERO sense.

I agree with this Pajiba write-up:
"When the first film had Steve cheat on Miranda, it was the first sign that these characters’ lives after the series were being needlessly set adrift by the showrunner. Now, in And Just Like That…, Steve is barely a character. We know nothing about his own life outside of the shell of a marriage he now has with Miranda. They haven’t had sex in years and he’s losing his hearing, a quality that seems to be his only defining trait in this new show.
Miranda, meanwhile, is going through her own journey with her sexuality following a passionate encounter with Che (Sara Ramirez.) Many fans have seen Miranda as something of a queer icon for years and imagined a plausible future where she found love with someone other than a man. The way this narrative is taking shape, however, is tedious and poorly drawn. Che has the dimension of a stick figure (they like comedy and weed and that’s kind of it?) and not much chemistry with Miranda, despite Ramirez and Cynthia Nixon’s best efforts. A show famous for its no-holds-barred approach to sex turned their scene together into a meme. Did it make sense for Miranda? Maybe, but I’m not sure that means much in this series, which feels so hopelessly lost.

There’s nothing theoretically wrong with the idea of Miranda and Steve drifting apart as she discovers a new side of herself in her 50s. Hell, that sounds like it could be fertile grounds for something really interesting. So, why is it so hard to watch? I think it’s because, in order to make this plot work, the writers have turned Miranda and Steve into children. The abject infantilizing of their characters in order to justify an infidelity plotline is cheap. These 50-somethings have been reduced to kids in terms of the way they approach everything. It’s as if it’s too complicated for the writers to create an honest, if prickly and emotionally tangled, portrait of two people who just stop loving one another like that. Instead, Steve has to be reduced to Grandpa Simpson, a yelling and seemingly inept Old Man who it’s totally okay to cheat on.

Why is Steve’s hearing loss a punchline? How has he suddenly totally forgotten how to have sex or talk to his wife like a man who’s loved her for decades? Did everyone forget that Steve’s defining characteristics in the original show were his supportiveness, wit, and f**k skills? Is it so implausible to imagine that Steve is struggling with things as much as Miranda? Apparently, it is. The series doesn’t seem to trust its audience to accept that Miranda can do something like cheat on her spouse without it being motivated by his regression into an exhausting stereotype."

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A lot people in their 40s, 50s, and 60s regress to teenage-like behavior. They've done 20-30 years of working and raising kids; they say "f#ck it" and start making lots of rash decisions. They quit jobs with no backup plan. They take up booze or pot. They find new "party friends" their own age and leave behind old friend groups. They have affairs. They abruptly file for divorce. They move to Florida.

It happens all the time. [/quote]

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