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Scorchio84 · 16/07/2025 16:07

Actually if memory serves that whole season was very good.. might have to have a binge rather than just a token one & done later

PicturePuzzle · 16/07/2025 16:07

Scorchio84 · 16/07/2025 16:01

A stranger being kind is more likely to reduce me to tears at times like that, I don't know if it's because you don't feel you have to front it out or hold it together for others? but yeah that was a powerful scene & the others you mentioned too

Samantha to the nun before she knew ".. & I blew him" about Jagger 😂😂

For me, it's when someone who doesn't know you is just being a kind human and you know it's ok to breakdown..

It happened me when a waitress at a cafe I go to noticed I was upset and was so concerned, I just blubbered it all out. Poor woman, got the whole story, tears and snot! 😁

PurplebeadedFendi · 16/07/2025 16:13

Scorchio84 · 16/07/2025 16:01

A stranger being kind is more likely to reduce me to tears at times like that, I don't know if it's because you don't feel you have to front it out or hold it together for others? but yeah that was a powerful scene & the others you mentioned too

Samantha to the nun before she knew ".. & I blew him" about Jagger 😂😂

Yes, I think it's just uncomplicated kindness (no obligation, no ulterior motive kindness, nothing expected in return) and an uncomplicated reaction, when you don't feel bound by the other's feelings on the matter.

The chemo episode is one of my absolute favourites. Samantha has so many great comedy one liners juxtaposed with the absolute awfulness of the situation, begging for treatment. And Kim's brilliant acting when revealing all to Smith, who ended up saving the day. I love Julia Sweeney who plays the nun, such a great comedy/character actor - and she was a script consultant on SATC, which is probably why the writing was so good then and not now!

Lottapianos · 16/07/2025 16:20

'You know, I never made that connection that they were showing the viewers he was still virile and sprightly'

The word 'sprightly' makes me laugh - it's only used about old folks! Never heard a 25 year old described as 'sprightly' 🤣

Another awful thing about the Russian - he asked her to meet him for dinner in some club at frigging MIDNIGHT! Fuck that shit. Only one place I want to be at midnight and it's not at some random club with Mr Mysterious who is expecting me to be satisfied with black cherries and listen to his tedious rambling

Netaporter · 16/07/2025 16:22

PurplebeadedFendi · 16/07/2025 13:13

Aiden and Carrie were never suited. Carrie wants Manhattan, fancy restaurants and It Girl lifestyle, not hill-billy country life, not even with a rich furniture maker. He wants a trad wife. The only man Carrie ever really cared about was Big. Every other guy she was with was in some way being compared with Big, but it always came down to what Big wasn't giving her and those men were, as opposed to a pure interest in those men.

Aiden: The rebound after Big's marriage. Devoted to her, and put her on a pedestal, unlike Big. She ignored all their fundamental incompatibilities because she couldn't be alone while Big had Natasha. She looked at Aiden through the frame of how he was different to Big, not who the man actually was. And she ended up cheating on him because she was more attracted to Big and what he had to offer, even more so when it was forbidden fruit.

Aiden part 2: After Big left for LA. Carrie alone again. Aiden not interested and acting rather Big like, with his Big cigar and Big money invested in Steve's bar and his Big aloofness. She wanted him when he was being like this. Not so much when he reverted to his old ways of eating KFC in his tighty whities.

Berger: She was at her most lonely (and arguable most vulnerable) when she got together with him. But she was still speaking to Big constantly and there was phone sex, which she had to put an end to, but not until she was already romantically involved with Berger. His main purpose was as a male reflection in the mirror - a writer, a trendy guy about town, a glittering male counterpart to her, just as she went from column writer to book author. Went to shit as soon as his career went to shit, because his ego was as fragile as hers.

Petrovsky: The older man who offered her all the things that Big didn't: romance, keys to his apartment and the grand life that she'd wanted from Big. But all entirely hollow, because she was running away from her feelings for Big again the whole time, not seeing Alex for who he was - a selfish, self important, snobbish prick who, once again, was wholly incompatible with her.

Aiden Part 3: Once again on the rebound (from Big). Once again it's all about comparing him to Big, and deciding she made a mistake with Big, rather than looking at the man in front of her and how their relationship might work now as mature people with different histories. That 20 years together line in the last episode shows you her mindset. She's not seeing Aiden now, she's rewriting the past. Shoehorning herself into his marriage and kids, including not caring he slept with Cathy because she's more or less in a polygamous relationship with all of them.

Big was a complete arse, but Carrie was always pushing him for more than he wanted to give and trying to break down his barriers, like a stalker. He was older and had been previously married, and made it clear he needed to do things in his own time and they were not in the same relationship place. It would not surprise me if his going to Paris and marrying Natasha was an escape from Carrie's intensity. He did come good for Carrie in the end, and I agree that the "jilting" was more to do with Carrie once again pushing him and not listening to him (his not wanting a third, 3 ring circus of a marriage). He gave her many years of faithfulness and made her massively wealthy. I find Carrie's erasure of him now beyond distasteful.

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Netaporter · 16/07/2025 16:38

Carrie to me was always the girl at School who wanted to be 'cool and different' and that meant she was a social climber/chameleon - drawn to whatever man brought her kudos/access even though they were not suited at all. We never see much of Carrie's background which in my mind means she has reinvented her roots/prefers to forget them. We all know someone like that..in fact at a school reunion recently the girl in the class who wanted to 'be in music' is still trying to 'be in music'. And was doing the rounds of everyone trying to establish who she would get the most connections from rather than just enjoy catching up. We are in our mid fifties....

I think the interesting dynamic is between Carrie and Miranda - in AJLT S1 Carrie did exactly what Miranda did in the last episode and probed what Miranda was up to with her relationship with Steve/Che and Miranda immediately became defensive. Miranda can't be surprised that Carrie is doing the same, surely? It was Miranda who got Big to come to brunch that time before sending him to collect Carrie from Paris wasn't it? She can't have forgotten that she knows her really well?

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nopiesleftinthisvehicle · 16/07/2025 16:43

Didntask · 16/07/2025 10:50

And the bra fitting 😢

Oh, the Bra fitting never fails to make me bawl 😢
It's just so simply done and perfectly acted.

CN is in many of my favourite moments, the comedy and the tragedy.
I long for the old Miranda 😞

Lavenderandbrown · 16/07/2025 17:12

Really enjoyed this tread. SATC lives in my head…and apparently for many others. I don’t remember the clothes as much as some of the scenes that really landed at the time. Absolutely the bra fitting…the saleswoman bustling into the dressing room and annoying Miranda then telling Miranda she has the wrong size and then hugging her when Miranda is crying in her “bosomy loving way”. And Miranda at the end while wiping her nose says something about her “36 c(?) being just right Think of this anytime I try on bras.

Lavenderandbrown · 16/07/2025 17:27

Edited to add: 34 B and she says you’re right this is perfect. I must admit I loved Aiden and Steve standing together at the funeral too

Didntask · 16/07/2025 17:40

Lavenderandbrown · 16/07/2025 17:27

Edited to add: 34 B and she says you’re right this is perfect. I must admit I loved Aiden and Steve standing together at the funeral too

That was so lovely 🥹

PurplebeadedFendi · 16/07/2025 17:43

Lottapianos · 16/07/2025 16:20

'You know, I never made that connection that they were showing the viewers he was still virile and sprightly'

The word 'sprightly' makes me laugh - it's only used about old folks! Never heard a 25 year old described as 'sprightly' 🤣

Another awful thing about the Russian - he asked her to meet him for dinner in some club at frigging MIDNIGHT! Fuck that shit. Only one place I want to be at midnight and it's not at some random club with Mr Mysterious who is expecting me to be satisfied with black cherries and listen to his tedious rambling

We really do need the laughing reaction back. He lost me at meat jello! 😱

Scorchio84 · 16/07/2025 17:46

Lottapianos · 16/07/2025 14:10

'SJP and CN played off each other clearly created that buzz'

Agree, they were great together

I had the ick with the Russian too. I remember on their first date she leaves her handbag in the cab like an idiot and he goes SPRINTING down the street after it! It was so contrived just to show us that he might have been (a lot) older than her but he wasn't ready for the nursing home just yet 😁 still ick

😆

In fairness Mikail Baryshnikov was an amazing Ballet dancer 😍He was a needy, slfish pig but I liked him sometimes.. more than Burger that's for sure 🙄

Scorchio84 · 16/07/2025 17:51

Doubleraspberry · 16/07/2025 15:55

Carrie as the central character is a big issue now they've made her just so silent, emotionless and withdrawn. Old Carrie would instantly have told her friends that Aidan had slept with Cathy. She would have said how annoyed by the whole (insane) five years situation she was. She'd have told them about Wyatt! What is interesting about watching someone absorb all this with a still face? I don't care if this is how some people do age - that's not entertaining viewing. We'd better be heading towards the most almighty explosion here as a pay off. If I thought that was guaranteed I could get on board slightly at watching it build but I'm afraid I just don't trust the writers to give us any sort of climax on this.

I can just imagine Carrie of old spilling all at the table in the coffee shop like she did so many times or even discreetly saying it like she did with Samantha about the affair with Big, you're right, it's almost as if she's above her friends now & even a bit grossed out by them (Miranda)

Scorchio84 · 16/07/2025 17:54

I loved Smith @PurplebeadedFendi he was one of the good ones.. better than Fucking Richard!

Scorchio84 · 16/07/2025 17:57

The word 'sprightly' makes me laugh - it's only used about old folks! Never heard a 25 year old described as 'sprightly'

@Lottapianos dying 😂😂

StillCreatingAName · 16/07/2025 18:21

Lottapianos · 16/07/2025 16:20

'You know, I never made that connection that they were showing the viewers he was still virile and sprightly'

The word 'sprightly' makes me laugh - it's only used about old folks! Never heard a 25 year old described as 'sprightly' 🤣

Another awful thing about the Russian - he asked her to meet him for dinner in some club at frigging MIDNIGHT! Fuck that shit. Only one place I want to be at midnight and it's not at some random club with Mr Mysterious who is expecting me to be satisfied with black cherries and listen to his tedious rambling

This made me laugh, because yes the black cherry bit!!! The way he’d set up the private dining- massive red flags if you turned up AT MIDNIGHT to a dimly lit room to a man giving off Hannibal vibes. That and the creepy dusting breakfast pancakes with all his assistants around him. Breakfast ick.

Blondeshavemorefun · 16/07/2025 18:38

Scorchio84 · 15/07/2025 18:35

Like a Woody Allen & Mia Farrow agreement!

If I was ever mega mega rich I would definitely want this policy, I think Helena B C & Tim Burton had this set up too

And Helen b carter and Tim burton

tho not together now

Gowlett · 16/07/2025 19:57

OMG… AJLT is SUCH hard work! I’m still watching.
It’s the storylines, the writing. The characters are there!

BrianWankum · 16/07/2025 21:58

The best thing about AJLT is this thread 😁

Lottapianos · 16/07/2025 22:31

'The way he’d set up the private dining- massive red flags if you turned up AT MIDNIGHT to a dimly lit room to a man giving off Hannibal vibes.'

Hannibal vibes! Spot on 👍 you'd be out that door immediately and off to your nice warm bed

BlueTongueSkink · 16/07/2025 22:47

Lottapianos · 16/07/2025 10:23

'I love it too, but more for the scene with the bra fitting lady comforting Miranda'

Ah yes, that's lovely 😊

Yes, I always cry at the bra fitting scene!

PurplebeadedFendi · 16/07/2025 23:13

@Netaporter I think the interesting dynamic is between Carrie and Miranda - in AJLT S1 Carrie did exactly what Miranda did in the last episode and probed what Miranda was up to with her relationship with Steve/Che and Miranda immediately became defensive. Miranda can't be surprised that Carrie is doing the same, surely? It was Miranda who got Big to come to brunch that time before sending him to collect Carrie from Paris wasn't it? She can't have forgotten that she knows her really well?

Are you thinking of when Che and Miranda did the deed in Carrie's kitchen while she peed the bed post operation?

I think it's really interesting to compare those two situations. Carrie was really angry, and it was very much the selfish Carrie type of anger about he needs not being met (even if it had justification this time). Miranda was a bit drunk and pretty much "taken" by the much more dominant Che. She was exploring some newly awoken sexuality, vulnerable, confused, excited and a bit pissed. She tried to make light of it when Carrie was angry about the pee incident. Carrie was pretty withering when she asked Miranda what she was doing, leading a chastened Miranda to break down and cry about how unhappy she was with Steve. And she was also angry and defensive, but also properly distressed and I thought a bit scared - of what was happening in her life or of Carrie's disapproval I am not sure.

Miranda's comment to Carrie was light hearted and actually seemed supportive of the flirtation she was witnessing between her and Duncan. No judgement, more curiosity. Nothing Carrie of old wouldn't have said around the breakfast table to one of the others. And Carrie flew off the handle with a completely over the top reaction, turning her - guilt? anger? frustration? - onto Miranda so she ends up begging not to be iced out of her friendship. Not to mention her utterly ridiculous claim about her 20 year history with Aiden (2 years tops, Carrie), and completely forgetting her own rule that she doesn't have to stay faithful. So I think she was angry about being caught out, and she hasn't really talked at all to her friends about what's going on with Aiden - just vagaries - because she doesn't know herself what she's doing with him, but can't accept his life is not for her. And actually Duncan - sophisticated, feted writer, a grown up Berger if you will, is much more her bag.

Also remember her little spat with Anthony in a previous episode, who was actually protecting her in asking what the 5 year deal was all about and voicing his disapproval? He also ended up begging Carrie not to drop him. Which lady bountiful agreed to, but with barely a smile. She's become quite monstrous.

PurplebeadedFendi · 16/07/2025 23:22

SATC "Women's Right To Shoes" on now on Sky Comedy (where Miranda and hot Dr Robert meet), followed by one of my favourites, "Boy, Interrupted", where Carrie revisits her high school romance with Jeremy/David Duchovny and wears some incredible outfits; and Samantha inveigles her way into Soho House and I fast forward Geri Halliwell because she is too cringe! Bliss!

Fernticket · 16/07/2025 23:24

BlueTongueSkink · 16/07/2025 22:47

Yes, I always cry at the bra fitting scene!

For me, it's Samantha at the cancer benefit
'Oh fuck it, she's me' and then everyone taking their wigs off. I miss Samantha. None of the new characters are a patch on her.

Blondeshavemorefun · 17/07/2025 00:56

foxlover47 · 16/07/2025 12:10

I have enjoyed this season so much more but god I want Aidan gone

Ditto

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