It was a lukewarm temporary farewell, you might say. And Just Like That spent its second attempt explaining itself, adapting, and ends up leaving a future where Carrie asks us to: no expectations.

Carrie’s farewell dinner to her apartment of over 25 years had to be symbolic and special. Can I be boring? Okay, I warned. If I was as attached to my property as she was, the farewell had to have been intimate and only with the friends who shared everything in that space. But the new Carrie brings 15 guests, which isn’t necessarily petit committee because that’s what fits and turned the property into a restaurant. Her new friends and some who never ever stepped in that place before. Not exactly a well fit farewell. Also, are there only two apartments in the building? Because the neighbours certainly wouldn’t want to see their hallways taken over by waiters. There were about 5 that I identified.

But the farewell came with many “firsts”: it’s the first time we see Samantha in a cute scene, in which she apologizes for the canceled flight and the impossibility of being in New York. If in the first season Miranda and Charlotte were sympathetic to Carrie when they fought, it seems to be in the past because they are in equal contact with Samantha. It was fleeting, but important and respectful. It just creates a trap because now that there’s season three, are there going to be any other phone calls? It seems that European Samantha has already said goodbye to New York.

In a quick concluding pass, all characters braced themselves for something new. Che with new girlfriend and deciding what to do about his comedian career. Nya, the most suffering, shining professionally and now dating a chef who has a Michelin star. The winner of the season, if you ask me. Charlotte and Lisa are in a safe place because their mates might even skid, but they’re the ones every woman wanted. Anthony? Who knew that his love for Stanford was really so definitive. Opened up to the new. Seema has a famous and complicated boyfriend (no drama, what’s the fun?), Miranda is flirting with the BBC journalist, but Carrie? She is stuck in her merry-go-round. Or almost.

Aidan puts his kids first, as he should be, and he won’t be coming to New York anymore, not even every other day. If he was different, we wouldn’t have him as the best of all, would we? It is Carrie who is being adamant, who is not putting Aidan first. And it’s curious how the character, even on automatic, remains the same. We see Carrie having sex for the first time in 25 years (we had some moments, generally comic and quick, this time we see Carrie and Aidan’s intimacy – both without clothes – for the first time. Yes, die hard fans identified the “breaking off the walls). What we don’t see is Carrie never stopping to being selfish. A 30-year-old Carrie had a lot to discover in New York. A widowed Carrie, a millionaire and approaching 60, could already be open to temporarily living in the country, don’t you think? Therefore, it was a “temporarily happy ending” for everyone.

The new “unchanged” Carrie talks about not expecting anything anymore, but being open to whatever comes. That serenity takes some of the energy out of the series, but who knows? It can be fabulous.

PS: The wait for Season 3 might be longer than before. Actors and writers strikes are still going strong in Hollywood. The studios still have content that was ready, so they’re adamant. Reality will be set in check soon. In other words, we leave Carrie on a beach (which looks NOTHING like Greece) toasting with Seema, but we won’t see her again before 2025. According to Aidan’s interrupted snap of his fingers, it goes by so fast we won’t even feel it. It will be?

Pesquisar

Pesquisar