funnygirl

Thank goodness that's over (for now?). Carrie should've always had her own podcast. I don't love that it's named Sex and the City if only because I don't want any part of this associated with my beloved series. As far as I'm concerned, it's a fever dream. The kiss at the end was somewhat abrupt, but on par with this revival's lack of build up for anything and the tendency to just throw things together. I'd begrudgingly be okay with a season 2 so long as Miranda and her rom-com stay in Los Angeles never to be seen again. Samantha's texts are more exciting than ten episodes of The Character Assassination of Miranda Hobbes. I don't care that she went back to being a redhead, the damage has been done and she's dead to me.

Wow, tptb really want to curry good favor with viewers so that it will gain better press if there's a season 2. The damage is done, as far as I'm concerned. ETA: Someone in the Youtube comments said This is like watching the Captain of the Titanic high fiving his crew after hitting the iceberg.

It's not fair how hot her and her husband (Boris Kodjoe) are.

If the "comedian" was a man, he would've been Me Too'd and Times Up'd by social media and every other media outlet. I saw a clip of Cynthia on WWHL and she mentioned Miranda having a midlife crisis. I guess that's her way of trying to answer for Miranda's behavior, because I feel like the show is trying to tell us that hers feelings for the "comedian" are very real and very right and everything she went through with Steve could not hold a candle to being fingerbanged in her ailing friends kitchen.

An episode featuring a Holocaust denier for laughs released on the same day as Holocaust Remembrance Day. This shitshow has impeccable timing.

God Bless teachers. This show keeps getting better and better.

I knew it. I knew that the overall story setup would have Joe eventually endgame with Jenny in all of the timelines, like it is some sort of fixed destiny no matter the choice he makes. This would be fleshed out if there are more seasons, of course. But I'm good with this being one and done. Contrived at best. Please don't tell me NBC canceled Zoey's Playlist for this...

It looks like he's helping out with Nya's project that the ladies are all there to help paint and restore - going off of Carrie's outfit in the preview, she's wearing the same thing by the food truck with the ladies as she is inside with Steve. In which case, another testament to the type of man Steve is, helping his (ex)wife's former professor now friend with her restoration project even after what she did to him. Miranda was pissy about moving to Brooklyn in the first place so fuck her, Steve deserves the house and anything else he wants. Miranda can go find her new exciting rom-com apartment with exciting rom-com furniture that she'll apparently never sit on because she'll be out living her exciting rom-com life.

I hate to break it to ya's, but I really think that the writers are being very sincere with Miranda and the "comedian". The "comedian" is now in love with her, too. I think they expect us viewers to think that this a big, sweeping, passionate romance and we're supposed to be rooting for Miranda to go be truly happy, her husband's feelings and character assassination be damned. I think Miranda's comment about being in a romcom was genuine and the writers way of telling us this is how Miranda's story is meant to be presented and digested. It's psychotic. Miranda's behavior has been nothing but abhorrent, there is no spark between Miranda and the "comedian", it's all thrown together very quick and sloppy. I'd be thrilled if Miranda got handed a big slice of humble pie and that this ends up blowing up in her face, but I just don't think that it will. I haven't, and will never, listen to the writers podcast, but from what I've read they seem to be defending their choices at every turn.

Steve. 💔 Miranda is a fucking asshole and she never ever deserved him.

Patricia Field would never.

I thought Fuller House did a good job. It wasn't necessarily a reboot, more like an extension of Full House since it was the same characters, same family, just everyone is older. Not so different than AJLT since they are using the same characters and they're older. Except the Fuller House tptb have more integrity for their characters and the original show than MPK. MPK was trying to have his cake and eat it too. Bring back the characters and built in fanbase of Sex And The City but change nearly everything to make it a new show. Why not just use all new characters and tell a new story instead of taking a big dump on the beloved and pop culture favorite SATC of the past? Oh, that's right, money and ego. No one asked for everything we loved about Sex And The City to be demolished. But congratulations to MPK, SJP, Cynthia, and Kristen for succeeding in that.

According to a recent Vanity Fair interview with two of the And Just Like That writers, David Eigenberg has some hearing loss. For starters, Steve is partially deaf because David Eigenberg is actually battling hearing loss in real life. “When [showrunner] Michael Patrick [King] reconnected with David Eigenberg about the show, the very first thing that David said was, ‘I got hearing aids.’ It was literally what he led with,” said Zuritsky. “That actually wound up being Steve’s tone about his aging [in the show].” However, they didn't have to make it part of Steve's character and even if they did, they didn't have to write it like they are. David operates just fine on Chicago Fire as I'm sure in his every day life. They've made Steve being hard of hearing a negative thing and it's all to service their storyline for Miranda's switcheroo.

Never mind.

Steve is cute. And had the grace to wash his hands beforehand. Miranda is terrible. She barely tried. She actually didn't even try at all. Wanting to reenact what you did with your mistress is not even close to trying to rekindle spark in your marriage.

I love the addition of Remy Ma to the show.

Sorry not sorry, but cheating doesn't get to be hand-waved away because it's a gay awakening. Cheating is cheating, and the way they are writing Miranda as so detached and uncaring is gross. She's a pod person compared to the actual Miranda Hobbes from the Sex And The City universe. Six seasons and two movies of character development down the drain for this garbage execution. MPK, Cynthia, and the writers at the very least could've had Miranda and Steve already divorced at the start of this revival if they really wanted to go this route.

I don't think joy is even on the menu here. - Carrie, in her storage unit That about sums up this unnecessary revival.

Oh that's rich of Miranda. Not me. Team Steve.

Supposedly, talks for season 2 have been stalled. They're blaming the Chris Noth situation but I call bull💩 because Big was killed off before that came to light. I think (I hope!) that the valid criticism is hard for them, their egos, and the money bags at HBOMax to ignore and that is the real reason season 2 isn't a guarantee.

Let's remember that the timeline jumped three months at the end of the episode, so if Carrie's still doing the podcast after this point then she clearly didn't say anything about her boss being inappropriate in her home. And if Miranda is still carrying on without ending her marriage, then she's very much having an affair which is much worse than Steve's one night stand cheating in the first movie.

New post-it: I'm sorry. I can't. I hate this.

If you can't say something nice, come sit next to me!

Never mind. I realize I don't care enough. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all!

Whew. The Youngs really really loved Brandon. Of course at the end of the day, Michelle's happiness is the most important thing to them, but I know that they had a second of disappointment when he wasn't her Final 1. Sure, Nayte was nervous or overwhelmed or whatever when meeting the parents and that is why he fumbled a lot, a far cry from Mr. Confident who strutted around all season. But it was weird how Michelle had to constantly lead him into conversation and answering questions, whether in their one on ones or with her parents. Like she'd give him this look like "please say what I want to hear!" I wish her the best, she deserves true happiness. But she fell hard and fast early on and I still get the vibe that she is more in love with him than he is her. Best of luck to them!