Warning: This story contains spoilers from the series finale of And Just Like That…
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It’s a big moment for Sex and the City fans. The revival series And Just Like That… aired its series finale last night and fans had to bid farewell (again) to mainstays Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis).
It’s been a roller-coaster ride for viewers of this series, as the show comes to an end amid widespread criticism. Some people are relieved, others aren’t as happy, but everyone can agree, there’s a lot to say about the way this installment of the Sex and the City universe came to a close.
We’re breaking down the final episode, titled “Party for One,” and sharing how the main gals, plus Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury), Lisa Todd Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker) and Anthony Marentino (Mario Cantone) closed this chapter.
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Here are 51 things we need to talk about right now after the And Just Like That… series finale:
1. The concept of Carrie’s experience in the Asian restaurant — ordering from an iPad, being served by a robot waiter and being forced to sit across from a giant tomato plush — is comedy enough, but they really hit us over the head with the fact of her being alone.
2. Carrie seems to be confused about how to use an iPad, but as an iPhone user, there’s no way she doesn’t know how they work.
3. Honestly, what’s so bad about sitting across from a cute tomato plush? I wouldn’t mind.
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4. This snippet we see of LTW’s docuseries is the first time it hasn’t looked like a fancy PowerPoint presentation to me.
5. I am genuinely happy to have learned about Ann Lowe, the Black designer who created Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. Maybe that’s because I’m not a fashionista, but it’s still a super cool fact.
6. Getting Michelle Obama to narrate her docuseries has been the obvious solution in my head all season, so my yelling at the screen has finally been heard.
7. After so many name-drops this season, I’m a little miffed that Michelle didn’t pop up for even a super-brief cameo. She has her own podcast to promote, after all!
8. LTW’s insistence that she can’t get dinner or drinks with Marian (Mehcad Brooks) seems like an out-of-date trope perpetuating the idea that men and women can’t just be friends. Can’t they just be professional outside of the edit bay, too?
9. Also, is this the first we’ve heard of Marian being married? Perhaps I missed it, but I just thought he was some hunky single man LTW had a crush on. If he’s married, why does LTW just assume he’s ready to cross the line with her?
10. Marian treated the situation appropriately and maturely, despite LTW’s weirdness throughout the season.
11. I got sad when Steve Brady (David Eigenberg) said he wasn’t going to Thanksgiving dinner. I just want all my characters to be together.
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12. Miranda tells Steve she’s been putting condoms in Brady Hobbes’ (Niall Cunningham) Christmas stocking since he was 14, which is kinda weird.
13. Even weirder, Steve recalls how she once put a condom on a banana to show Brady how to use them, to which she says, “What a waste of a banana.” Umm, how? Did she take the peel off before putting it on? Because if not, the banana would be safe inside the peel.
14. I agree with Miranda, it was gross for Steve to ask if Mia (Ella Stiller) was pretty. First of all, why does that matter? Secondly, that’s your son’s friend with benefits who is carrying your grandchild.
15. I’d like to take this moment to nominate Adam’s (Logan Marshall-Green) nude scene for an Emmy. I don’t care what Emmy, I just really think it deserves one.
16. How long have Seema and Adam been together, because it feels impossible that they’re at the pee-in-front-of-each-other stage already.
17. Adam’s feelings on marriage are pretty strong, but Seema has always felt like a modern woman, making it surprising that she got so upset.
18. I love a good walk-and-talk moment, but Charlotte, LTW, Carrie and Seema all look like they’re dressed for very different events on their way to the bridal fashion show.
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19. Speaking of that fashion show, the setting is pretty, but the ladies barely even enjoy looking at the wedding dresses on display. This whole scene is just a setup to get them talking in pairs.
20. If I were sitting near any of these four women, I would have asked them to be quiet during the runway show.
21. Oh, good, Adam finished the garden — only for Carrie to then ask him to totally redo it and give her something more “wild and free.”
22. Totally random thought, but where did Charlotte’s vertigo go?
23. The loudness to which Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler) exclaims that he is aroused was wild considering Lily (Cathy Ang) is in the next room. TMI, dad!
24. I have never felt more seen than Jackie Hoffman declaring, “I’m so f—ing exhausted.” Give her an Emmy, you cowards!
25. Carrie’s pie-delivery circuit is fun, but it makes me wish everyone were together for the finale.
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26. Carrie declares mashed potatoes as her favorite food, which is something we have in common.
27. Carrie advises Miranda not to overreact when Joy (Dolly Wells) texts her that her dog was sick and Miranda jumps to conclusions before talking to Joy about it. That’s rich coming from someone who got upset at her partner over an emoji reaction to an ugly table earlier this season.
28. Epcot (Spike Einbinder) explaining their name (calling their parents “Disney freaks”) was funny the first time, but it happened again and again and again…
29. Silvio (Paulo Hernandez-Farella) immediately being rude to Brady when he arrived rubbed me the wrong way. He said “eww” regarding him being a redhead and also called him “strawberry shortcake.” I would have kicked him out of the apartment.
30. The second Mark Kasabian (Victor Garber) showed up, I just knew it wasn’t going to be a good thing. Why would Charlotte try to set Carrie up with someone so soon?
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31. As a dog owner, seeing Joy crying about her dog almost made me tear up.
32. Joy’s reasoning that she hates children because her dog ate a LEGO at the park is kind of wild.
33. My one chuckle of the episode happened when Charlotte asked who the people were with Mia, to which Carrie responded, “Her backup singers.” Ha!
34. Charlotte said that Carrie should date Mark just because he has a plane. Would she date someone just for that reason? She barely got on a plane to visit her out-of-state boyfriend… she’s not going many places.
35. Do the writers want us to hate Silvio? Him dancing around the living room and being snarky with Miranda made him even more annoying.
36. Mia said she once had a puppy, but that someone left the door open and it ran away. Is it just me or is anyone else really worrying about that unborn baby?
37. Just when I was starting to warm up to Mia, she was so mean to Brady after he went around the city looking for her cucumbers, brown rice and seaweed when she said it was all she ate. She told him it’s not her problem he was running around trying to find those things after she said it’s all she ate. Brady, you’re too good for her.
38. I desperately need to know why Mia’s mom blocked her on Facebook.
39. At their ages, how do Carrie and Mark not know that you should check the turkey’s internal temperature before taking it out of the oven?
40. I cannot believe that we are ending this show with a toilet overflowing with actual poop after Epcot kept using the bathroom.
41. The one good thing about it is that it makes Mark leave, though.
42. Raise your hand if you also screamed when Miranda hugged Joy while she was wearing the gloves she was just cleaning a toilet with. I sure did.
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43. I know this episode is just another day for the characters, but for us it’s a big deal. I hate how Carrie just quietly leaves Miranda’s apartment without saying goodbye.
44. Carrie plays “You’re The First, The Last, My Everything” by Barry White on the karaoke machine, but we hear singing. Aren’t karaoke machines only supposed to have the song without singing?
45. I counted on the screen, and Carrie’s karaoke machine only has 46 songs on it. That seems like a crazily low number of songs.
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46. We finally see Shoe, the true star of And Just Like That…
47. It’s funny that Giuseppe (Sebastiano Pigazzi) throws a pie in Anthony’s face, but I could only think about how yummy that chocolate cream pie would have tasted.
48. Herbert Wexley (Christopher Jackson) offering to clean up after Thanksgiving dinner is literally the bare minimum, but you’d think he really saved the day with how LTW reacts.
49. Carrie finally finished her novel — and the thoughts I have about her new epilogue require their own article.
50. Okay, so Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) didn’t return. That I can live with. But we didn’t even get a scene of Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte together this episode.
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51. I’m going to soak up that last scene of Carrie strutting down the hallway in that tutu. I need a nice image to remember this show by.
And Just Like That… and Sex and the City are streaming in their entirety on HBO Max.