S03.E01: Outlook Good

[txhorns79]

10 hours ago, Pi237 said:

And they haven’t melded her into the group well.  When they cut to their scenes, It’s like you’re watching a completely different show. 

I feel like she is very much for Charlotte only, and she's written to be very in sync with Charlotte.  I don't feel that way with Seema, even though Seema is often just with Carrie.  I feel like Seema could mix it up with Miranda or Charlotte and it wouldn't feel weird.

[Cosmocrush]

5 minutes ago, txhorns79 said:

I feel like she is very much for Charlotte only, and she's written to be very in sync with Charlotte.  I don't feel that way with Seema, even though Seema is often just with Carrie.  I feel like Seema could mix it up with Miranda or Charlotte and it wouldn't feel weird.

Same.   I like Seema and think she is a good addition to the group.  She kind of takes the Samantha slot but does it in her own unique way.  And I admit I laughed out loud when she lit up a cigarette in bed and burned her mattress up.  And I love, love her clothes.  She's funny and fabulous with enough humanity to be one of the gang.  

[txhorns79]

1 hour ago, Cosmocrush said:

She kind of takes the Samantha slot but does it in her own unique way. 

Yes.  She's has some Samantha-type characteristics, but doesn't feel like a stand in for the character.   

[T Summer]

@MamaMax I was just about to post something very similar!

 

It continues to burn me up that they had Carrie marry Big and become obscenely wealthy when he died prematurely. The biggest thing SATC drew  criticism for after the friend group being basically all white was Carrie being able to attend fashion shows, live in such a great apartment (which she bought)  and afford $400-$600 shoes on a freelance writer's earnings. She bought designer clothes and seemed to browse thrift shops for fun and because she thought vintage fashions were kitchy... rather than  out of necessity. 

They've written themselves into a corner,  because what can they do with her character now? If they'd let Carrie's life choices go where they were going to go, her being unable to keep up with Miranda and Charlotte's lifestyles and ability to travel, shop, dine and attend events could've  introduced some much needed realism to the show. maybe she'd have been forced to move out of Manhattan? THAT would give her something to scream about! Or maybe she'd have to acquire a room mate?

All through the SATC shows, the shitty movies and now this reboot thing they never had Carrie admit to being a social climber or out to snag a really rich guy... it just spontaneously happened.🙄At what age? She was 38 when she was dating Petrovsky.

What was that thing that went around in  the 90's that according to stats a woman getting married in her late 30's was about  as likely as being in a terror attack? Some BS like that...

Even if that was grossly overstated... really, how likely is it that someone Carrie's age who's not even trying for a rich husband just lucks into  marrying one, and then  gets all of his wealth well before he grows old and  sickly?  In fact he was   pretty good looking.

Look at who Anna Nicole Smith had to marry, for money?

 

 

...and I've stated this over and over again, the chances of a woman being able to stay with a man who kept her on the back burner for 10 years while giving it a go with half the women of  Manhattan before settling for her are just about nil! How would one look across the breakfast table at him and not be  thinking about that?

[opus]

On 5/30/2025 at 3:52 PM, CarpeFelis said:

ETA: I kept expecting a boy who cried wolf scenario where Carrie goes downstairs to silence the kitchen door alarm and finds someone actually did break in.

That’s how I thought it was going to end, with a shadowy figure (who next week we would find out is someone we know, of course)

[Yeah No]

On 5/30/2025 at 1:03 PM, EtheltoTillie said:

I totally understand your frustration.  We have the same kind of MAX access.  We have a similar access with Watch TCM, which is even more annoying, requiring logging in again through the cable subscription every so often if you haven't used it lately.  Guard those user names!

I had to go through about 5 steps to finally get into my account because it had been a while.

On 5/30/2025 at 2:28 PM, tennisgurl said:

What is even going on with Carrie and Aiden, I do not get what their deal is now. I am not even sure what Aiden's son's issues are, which are so serious that Aiden has to have a long distance situationship with Carrie, its all so very odd. 

It IS very odd. Of course the show can't just makes them live happily ever after, there has to be some sort of snag. It seems all too familiar with Carrie waiting around for the love of her life to be ready to commit to her. I feel like this thing with his son is Aiden's excuse to unconsciously avoid full commitment with her. I've actually seen this before - divorced parents that suddenly find an excuse to feel like they have dedicate themselves fully their teenage or older kids and won't make themselves fully available for a new relationship. And then they proceed to throw themselves into it with codependent fervor. I don't doubt that the kid has problems and needs more parental attention but the business about 5 freaking years should have been a big red flag for Carrie. She should have sat Aidan's ass down and asked him why he couldn't do both somehow. And no phone calls? I mean, that's just proof right there that this is avoidance for him. And the fact that the show is making her just accept all of this goes against the Carrie we'd expect at age 60. Even when younger she might have put up with that for a few weeks or even months, but 5 freaking years? At her age? NFW!!! 

Was it me? I thought when they focused on Aiden in bed the way they made him act I almost expected the person next to him in bed to be another woman, not his son, LOL. 

[T Summer]

13 minutes ago, Yeah No said:

Was it me? I thought when they focused on Aiden in bed the way they made him act I almost expected the person next to him in bed to be another woman, not his son, LOL. 

Nope. Not just you.

[Yeah No]

On 5/30/2025 at 3:52 PM, CarpeFelis said:

ETA: I kept expecting a boy who cried wolf scenario where Carrie goes downstairs to silence the kitchen door alarm and finds someone actually did break in.

Yeah, me too. Or Aiden would be standing there. But of course not. The show would rather tease and annoy us all season. And then in the final scene at the end of the season it will be Aiden. One can hope, anyway.

On 5/30/2025 at 4:23 PM, EtheltoTillie said:

Also a break of the vow of chastity and, oh, yeah, lesbian sex. 

But I really enjoyed seeing Rosie.  I felt bad that they were making fun of her.

Yeah. What I found funny was Rosie as a nun from Winnipeg who just happens to have a Long Island accent, LOL..

On 6/2/2025 at 12:16 PM, Cosmocrush said:

Heh.  And all the while Carrie is repeatedly declaring, "Thirty five years in NYC and I've never been to [ popular tourist place].   Sorry Carrie, but my friends and I once included a SATC tour on a NYC trip, lol.  Maybe the writers need to take that tour to remind them of the old days.

~Sigh~, I took that tour once in the old days. I got to be a tourist in my home town. The bus passed by the church where Samantha met "Friar F*ck". That's actually the Church of the Transfiguration, an Episcopal church, and where I got married (and my parents too). I remember it was actually our anniversary on that date and when we mentioned it the entire bus swooned, LOL.

[Yeah No]

Just some observations:

I thought crazy-huge statement necklaces were out. The one in this episode was even bigger and more ridiculous than any worn by Miriam Shor in "Younger". And I thought those were ridiculous.

Two characters that never age on this show are Anthony and Harry.

Whenever I see Lincoln Center on TV shows, they're filming at the Opera House even though they're not using it for opera. That's because it's the most attractive theater at Lincoln Center in my opinion.

I'm seeing references to these women being in their '50s. When we blinked two of the actresses turned 60. And The other two are 58 and 59 already!

 

[Miss Bones]

On 5/30/2025 at 6:21 AM, EtheltoTillie said:

I was also not amused by the house technology fail and whatever it was supposed to symbolize about Carrie’s new life. And why would someone live in such a large space where you have to run down two flights to get to the kitchen to shut off the alarm?  Wouldn't such a house have switches on each floor?  

On 5/30/2025 at 3:52 PM, CarpeFelis said:

 

ETA: I kept expecting a boy who cried wolf scenario where Carrie goes downstairs to silence the kitchen door alarm and finds someone actually did break in.

Unless something else comes of the alarm issue, I see it as proof of how tired this franchise has become.  Wacky alarm hijinks? It's been done on so many old school sitcoms.  It was annoying back then, and it's still annoying now. It is not a fresh or interesting concept. 

On 5/30/2025 at 5:11 PM, JeanJean said:

Remember Carrie in her late 30s saying, "It's time for ladies my age to cover up"?

That always bothered me, because she was full of shit when she said it back then (in season 5 of SATC) too!!  In "Luck Be an Old Lady" she was wearing that silver belly shirt top when they first enter the casino in Atlantic City.  Then in the following episode "Cover Girl"-- when Samantha is styling Carrie for her book cover-- she says she sees Carrie dressing sexy all the time (paraphrasing), Carrie says "Not lately you haven't! It's time for ladies my age to cover up!".  It always bothered me because I'm like girl, last week you were wearing half a shirt!

 

9 hours ago, Yeah No said:

Just some observations:

I thought crazy-huge statement necklaces were out. The one in this episode was even bigger and more ridiculous than any worn by Miriam Shor in "Younger". And I thought those were ridiculous.

Haha! I immediately thought of Miriam Shor's character too! The difference is, her ridiculous necklaces were intentionally being played for laughs, I believe. I think AJLT wants us to think LTW's wreath necklace is chic.

[Shermie]

Refresh my memory, why does Aidan need 5 years to deal with his kid?

What I remember - Aidan has three sons. In the last season of this show, something happened with one of his sons, a car accident? And Aidan said he needed to go back to deal with it?

Did his ex wife die? Because then he wouldn’t need 5 years to deal with one son; he’d need forever to now full time be with all 3 of his sons?

Or was his oldest son in a car accident? If that’s the case, why would he need 5 years to deal with it? His son is obviously not permanently injured.

I’m confused.

[Cosmocrush]

18 hours ago, Yeah No said:

I'm seeing references to these women being in their '50s. When we blinked two of the actresses turned 60. And The other two are 58 and 59 already!

 

I think the actresses are 58-60 but the characters are younger (50s).  

Edited Wednesday at 09:09 PM by Cosmocrush

[T Summer]

 Aiden's older kids were  17 and 20 and  Wyatt, the special needs one  was 15. He got in an accident at his mother's [with a  car there?] on magic mushrooms and beer and hitch hiked to his dad's farm.

He said he needed to be there with them and Carrie asked for how long? Aiden said until Wyatt is out of his teens. Carrie said she'd come visit and then he added the part about no contact.🙄 ...because he'd be too distracted.

It's at 32:00 in the s2 finale ep11

[ItCouldBeWorse]

21 hours ago, T Summer said:

What was that thing that went around in  the 90's that according to stats a woman getting married in her late 30's was about  as likely as being in a terror attack? Some BS like that...

Single, Female and Desperate No More https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/weekinreview/04yellin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU8.2lju.NAzi4F-_bV3e&smid=nytcore-android-share

[txhorns79]

On 6/4/2025 at 12:55 PM, Cosmocrush said:

I think the actresses are 58-60 but the characters are younger (50s). 

Carrie turned 35 in an episode that aired in 2001.  She'd be about 59 now.  I think Miranda is close in age to Carrie.  In the original series, she had a law school mug that put her in the Class of 1990, so presuming she was about 25 when she graduated law school, she'd be around 60 now.  I don't know if they ever confirmed Charlotte's age during the series.  I remember during the first movie, Samantha turned 50.  She'd be about 67 now.      

[chitowngirl]

8 minutes ago, txhorns79 said:

I don't know if they ever confirmed Charlotte's age during the series.

Charlotte turned 36 in 2002 (S5.E3: Luck Be an Old Lady). They went to Atlantic City.

Edited Thursday at 07:24 PM by chitowngirl

[RedHawk]

23 hours ago, txhorns79 said:

Carrie turned 35 in an episode that aired in 2001.  She'd be about 59 now.  I think Miranda is close in age to Carrie.  In the original series, she had a law school mug that put her in the Class of 1990, so presuming she was about 25 when she graduated law school, she'd be around 60 now.  I don't know if they ever confirmed Charlotte's age during the series.  I remember during the first movie, Samantha turned 50.  She'd be about 67 now.      

Yep, they are all knock knock knockin' on 60's door.

And they're trying to play it as the ladies are early 50s, mid at the latest. 

Edited Friday at 06:36 PM by RedHawk
ETA: added extra comment

[astrohip]

3 hours ago, RedHawk said:

Yep, they are all knock knock knockin' on 60's door.

And they're trying to play it as the ladies are early 50s, mid at the latest. 

SJP is 60 IRL. And there were a few scenes this week, where the camera caught her in a certain angle, in a certain light, and she looked every year of it.

I'm one of those that prefer my actors to age naturally, and like it when they look their years. The smooth skin of a 60+ yr old person is not natural. So I have no issue with her. But she doesn't look 50 on this show, plot & script  notwithstanding.

[Yeah No]

11 minutes ago, astrohip said:

SJP is 60 IRL. And there were a few scenes this week, where the camera caught her in a certain angle, in a certain light, and she looked every year of it.

I'm one of those that prefer my actors to age naturally, and like it when they look their years. The smooth skin of a 60+ yr old person is not natural. So I have no issue with her. But she doesn't look 50 on this show, plot & script  notwithstanding.

Don't hate me for saying this but I will be 67 in a couple of months and my skin is pretty smooth for my age and people are always floored when I tell them how old I am. They think I look at least 10 years younger. When I talk to 50 something women in public they all think I'm Gen X and I let them think it. That said, SJP in my opinion has not aged well. Meanwhile I think Kristin Davis looks great for her age as does Cynthia Nixon, but who knows what they have to do to look that way? We already know the disaster of Kristin's lip filler so she must do other things. Where I'm concerned all I can thank is good genes, taking care of myself, eating right, sleeping right, exercise taking the right supplements and Oil of Olay, LOL.