Before the episode of the week, the penultimate of the season of And Just Like That aired, I reviewed the 7th episode of Season 4 of Sex and the City, the one in which Carrie apologizes to Aidan after her first betrayal with Big. It was the episode where she created her email on AOL for the first time and sent a message to her ex (as she did in And Just Like That later on), in which they explained what the Internet was, that Charlotte gives up working and where we hear Aidan’s classic cry: “you broke my heart“. After almost 25 years have passed between them, it is very emotional for fans to see where the couple has come, even though the road has been so painful. It was a good episode.

I have always cited how this season has been one of the direct responses to the fandom and it continues like that. The characters that sounded so distant in the previous season literally came back to who they were when we met them and there’s a comfort in finding them again. If we didn’t know the surprise of Samantha’s ‘return’, the teaser they give here would be even more exciting when it happens.

It was an episode that could be the closest to the original formula and it’s good to appreciate that. I remain suspicious that we are witnessing the “really” final chapter of the franchise and it is good to see them again in a more serene and current place. We talk about wanting something new and moving forward, but it’s sewing (finally) to a more rounded place.

Carrie asks us, via Miranda, if the perfection and balance she has with Aidan doesn’t show that he was always the best and if she made a big mistake choosing Big. Come on, Carrie: no. And yes. Women of our time – yours and mine – grew up with the conviction that the right man would change when he found true love, therefore the side effects of the path were life’s obstacles to full happiness. 25 years ago it was what we wanted, today we know it’s not like that. Big was toxic, he was wrong and the one we met early on didn’t deserve 6 seasons like he had in Sex and The City (plus two more films) which helped to immortalize this wrong romantic ideal. But, as I mentioned here on the blog several times, his personality changed 180o when he decided that he really wanted to be with Carrie and only Carrie. He was a wonderful husband, exactly the Gen Xer fantasy that millennials know is unrealistic. His death was providential to close that chapter. The question Carrie should be asking is whether Aidan is making a mistake in throwing himself on the third try with her. And if she, this time is really going to change. The series suggests yes, and okay for both of them. Aidan’s ideal would have been to be her friend but never her lover again, but life goes around, we all learn and yes, everyone deserves a happy ending. Everyone knows where happiness is.

Here’s a tip: it’s worth reviewing the episodes in a row, they are sewn together and prove why we love the franchise so much!

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