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On rewatch, 20+ years on, I am really blown away by how absolutely awful Carrie is and how much they teased Samantha with the terrible things they said to her character that she just shrugged off. Kim Cattrall was outstanding in her role and really was the breakout star of the show. She was wise to stay away from this mess.

Why Carrie Bradshaw is the most toxic narcissistic on TV: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12338383/And-Just-Like-Carrie-Bradshaw-biggest-gaslighting-gold-digging-narcissist-TV-wrong-Sex-City-days.html And now we’ve said it!! (c. Camille)

That’s true but I’m going on the assumption that’s not where Aidan lives and while DC is metropolitan, Northern Virginia is historically bedroom and the entire population of the state is only slightly higher than the population of New York City, depending on your Google source.

I didn’t say any of that. I just didn’t expect to see Aidan in that type of style because it looked completely different from the way he dressed in the series and the second movie. He wore ponchos and turquoise jewelry when we first met him and evolved to global traveler chic. I didn’t expect him to look like a Sprocket when he came back the third time.

I didn't hate Aidan's jacket. I actually kind of liked it - it was modern and pretty cool. But not something I'd expect for Aidan who now lives in Virginia, which is not a state with a major metropolitan area like New York. I would have expected him to be wearing something sportier like a high end outdoor type of jacket or a simple mens wool coat. I live in New England and that's how the guys dress here.

1) I’m single, never married and I love Valentine’s Day. I love the decorations and the idea of a special dinner, even though I don’t really ever have one, and all of the trappings that go with it. The cards, flowers, fancy candy. I love seeing the kids walking home with their boxes. I guess I have really fond childhood memories of Valentine’s Day at school so I’ve always loved it. Seeing all the decorations and the celebratory things makes me happy even though none of it is ever for me. 2) But I also totally get Seema’s stance that why are couples always celebrated?? I kind of resent that we’ve been “celebrating” my married sister and brother for 25 odd years total, but my middle unmarried sister and I get ONE holiday and that’s our birthdays. They get anniversaries and their birthdays and their spouses/kids birthdays, graduations, and Mothers/Fathers Day. F that man. It’s kind of how I feel about all the shower, wedding and baby gifts I’ve had to get for people who won’t be there for me because that wave is long over and I’m still (happily) single. 3) Anyhow I don’t really like how AJLT has represented LGBTQ++ people like caricatures. Why did Amelia have to live in a crowded dirty litter box apartment? Why was Amelia’s character inconsiderate and flaky and why the cat trope? Why does Che have to be insufferable, except I loved the insight to their former life as a rescuer and caregiver of animals. That’s an awesome quality, please let us see more of it. The HotFellas are officially overdone. It was cute at first but Giuseppe and the Great Loaf was a bridge too far. As a side note I really can’t stand Miss Brooks coming out in Miranda’s voice all the time. F’ing aliens. 4) I get Aidan resisting going into Carrie’s apartment. Golden rule: you can’t reheat the soup. I tried to reheat the soup a couple times and it never worked out. Going into a former boyfriend’s home after someone else was there in between felt really icky and I couldn’t get over it. I don’t buy that Aidan and Carrie are really on the same page. 5) I can’t even get started with Lily and Rock.

I admit I am excited to see Aidan on tonight's episode. That being said, I would love to have seen the Justin Theroux character return or even the Bradley Cooper character or Power Lad just for fun. We just watched S2 The Freak Show last night 😄 S3 Hot Child in the City was a favorite (and I still can't believe a 14-year old Jane Siegel Sterling was one of Jenny Brier's friends).

We are re-watching the original series now and the chemistry between the four women was just so great to see on-screen. S1 and all of the 90s color bedsheets! Ahhh!! I don't know that we've seen that kind of cohesiveness since or if we will ever again. I surely don't feel it with AJLT or even the movies. I love Anthony's role though, he's probably the most true to his original character.

My assumption when I read the headline above is that Tammy got in a fight with Amanda and went for her, and Amanda defended herself. Amanda suffers no fools but I couldn’t see her raising a hand to a sibling.

Crackers come with. *clicks pen

I was irrationally annoyed by Rock jumping on the trampoline and doing the same pose every single time. That is super nit-picky, but here we are.

Oh, one more thing before I go 😊 Miranda starting her day by saying f*ck into the bathroom mirror is me every morning. I’m glad we could connect on that one thing.

I get what you're saying and I agree with the level of the bar and societal expectations, but I didn't see George that way. I saw a nice enough guy who just had his wrist broken in a bike accident that Carrie caused, who was mostly out of it because he was on opioid pain medication. I didn't think they were going to be lights, camera, relationship. She could have at least tried it out for a couple of dates until his wrist healed and he was off the meds, if not for the soul purpose of delivering eye candy to us as viewers. ETA: The other thing is he didn't ask her to come over when he was in that condition. He didn't ask her to take care of him. She just showed up on her own and it went from there. I mean Percocet made my sister hallucinate and ask to return to the hospital so the doctor could reverse the surgery she'd just had. That stuff has a really wacky effect on people. I thought the FaceTime scene on the bed was pretty funny 😁

My perspective is in the original run of the show the women were in their 30s (maybe except for Samantha, but it didn't matter) and dating in your 30s is exponentially different than dating in your 50s and beyond. It's way different even as you transition into dating your 40s. Let me tell you, the pool is SMALL or completely non-existent (just ask Enid). There's no one left and in your early 50s you're still kinda early for the divorcees to start breaking out into a normal life after they've recovered from the divorce. Recent divorcees are no picnic. Especially if the kids are younger. Meeting a George David who's emotionally available and actually into you (meaning me) would be like winning Power Ball and never having to work again.

What does that even mean? That seems like such a dumb thing for them to say. Viewers have issues with Che entirely regardless of their personal belief systems. The character's relationship with Miranda is terrible and Cynthia Nixon opposite Sara Ramirez is even worse. I think Sara Ramirez does subtleties really well and they seem very natural on camera whereas Cynthia Nixon has become a blithering theater kid in high school trying to make lead in the spring musical. Her voice is so warble-y now, very much like the way she performs her role on The Gilded Age. I can't even get started on the cheerleading. That's SO not Miranda. It's infuriating. Aliens, please come back, save the show. All that being said, her townhouse is so beautiful. I don't even want to know how many millions of dollars it would be valued at today. Le sigh. Anthony and Lisa dancing was the most fun! Also Sex and the Single Girl is a great read. I have the hardcover but my dog ate the dustjacket. Helen Gurley Brown was way ahead of her time. Carrie needs to get over herself big time. George My David was a catch. Seemingly normal, never married, no kids, good job, great home? Check please. Oh, fun fact. In my previous job I was in charge of the location for a marketing video and one of the actors we hired was guy who had a lesser role on The Americans. It was kind of funny, everyone was making such a big deal over him and he was a total s***. I'm pretty certain he was doing coke in the bathroom.

I need to defend the pineapple bed. That’s what that type of carved finial was. People have lost all respect for natural solid wood furniture. My guestroom is a solid maple set from a used furniture store and I love it. An in-law who is an idiot took a beautiful cherry cannon ball bed that had been in our family since childhood and had it painted BLUE. I would never buy a used mattress, but furniture just isn’t made it like it was 50 years ago. It’s all veneers that de-laminate and fall apart like Che’s couch. I just said 50 years ago not realizing that I am 48. But you catch my drift.

Sort Of is an entire show based on non-binary/trans characters and its thoughtful, tragic, hilarious and heartwarming all at the same time. It's also on Max! I watched the first season four times and the second season twice. If MPK and Co. were going to introduce non-binary, mixed race, brown/black, trans or all of the above characters on AJLT, they could have taken some notes from Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo. I have this distinct recollection of Molly Dodd standing on a street corner and the narrator saying "Molly doesn't know it, but she's just conceived" and being like OH MY GOD. Am I remembering that correctly or am I losing my mind? When I read about Che staying up late and playing video games all I could think of was Jules Kirby (nightmare) on High Society. Kids, ask your parents. Or watch this early aughts disaster on YouTube.

"My David" 😄

I’m late to watching this episode but here are a few of my thoughts: - I really hated how Enid was speaking s o s l o w l y. I feel like it was a lame attempt to make her seem elderly when she’s really not. She’s freakin Enid. She even listed some of her major accomplishments. - I also hated how once again there was a man conflict with Carrie and Enid and Carrie’s the Pop Tart with the implied upper hand. The writers need to keep Carrie out of that pond. - I still would have told Enid to F right off with the ask for $100k. - I really wish Mother Wexley wasn’t so abrasive and mean all the time. - Miranda looked like her old self but her soul is still in the possession of the aliens. - I really wish Lexi hadn’t fallen out of that window in Season 6.

The thing that kills me is Steve didn’t have an affair. He had a one night stand and was consumed with guilt over it. Miranda’s having a full blown affair, she ditched her entire family and she thinks she’s entitled to it.

Where are our super shoe sleuths? In the scene where Carrie visits her downstairs neighbor, is she wearing the same pair of shoes or are they different? They have done this before - on the day of the Big wedding Carrie had on different shoes when she left the apartment building to when she bashed Big with her bouquet.

Come on now, that wouldn’t serve Miranda/CN’s narrative! That’s a dig at the writers, not you ✌

That was the Miranda we used to know. She wanted their son to have her name, and she named him Brady to honor Steve. My cousin hyphenated and they took each other’s names legally. So did Paul and Bessy on Sort Of. I like that.

I think reaction to the Che/Miranda scene depends a lot on viewer backgrounds, and I’m referring specifically to mine. I’ve cried like that over breakups, and I learned how to deal with disappointments like that on my own. My parents never coddled me over relationships and they sure as hell wouldn’t race to my side to console me. The point of that scene for me was that Miranda should have been at home in New York in the first place, not chasing her lover with whom she had a full blown extra marital affair. I agree that the relationship is toxic and onscreen it just doesn’t work. Che’s reaction was harsh, but I felt the same frustration with Miranda that Che did. Miranda ruined the taping. If she needed to mom, she should have stayed outside to mom. I think Che would have understood that. To me Brady doesn’t get to be a complete and total shithead manchild in Season 1 and a blubbering mama’s boy in Season 2. For me the overarching issue is that this new abducted by aliens Miranda is a complete flake with a total inability to set boundaries. Brady is a monster child she (and MPK) created. Maybe being walked all over by her child in her own home is what fueled the dissatisfaction with her life because I know a woman or two who would be delighted by an ice cream sundae and tv ritual with a spouse. I can’t relate to Miranda and I can’t relate to Brady, but I can relate to Che’s annoyance and frustration because I am annoyed and frustrated. Miranda’s the worst.

I would too! LTW/NAP has some comedic chops - she kind of curled up her lips and mumbled something like Tyler Perry (in the sound guy scene) and it was really funny the way she did it. I like that she can be serious and funny. I think Che could be serious and funny and it would be SO much better if their character wasn’t playing opposite frigging Miranda who we all agree has been taken over by aliens. I think Sara Ramirez is a good actor and so much better than CN who is actually a terrible actor. The chemistry is non-existent. It was harsh but I remain team Che after the sound studio incident. Miranda should not have snuck her phone into the studio. If she was choosing her child which was a perfectly fine thing to do, she should have stayed outside. And OF COURSE Miranda chose a typeface with serifs for her tattoo.