And Just Like That... Season 2 Is Good, But It Needs To Fix 4 Problems

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CAUTION: Spoilers for And Just Like That... Season 1

In And Just Like That season 1, the show took some big swings with its plot, characters, and themes. From its premiere episode, in which Big, one of Sex and the City’s most memorable characters unceremoniously died in Carrie Bradshaw’s arms, to its open-ended, unresolved finale, And Just Like That never shied away from controversy. However, some of these artistically big swings often turned into big misses. As the show develops its second season, And Just Like That needs to reexamine some of its biggest problems.

Following up on the original Sex and the City series, And Just Like That continues to focus on New York columnist Carrie Bradshaw, as well as her close friends Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York-Goldenblatt. One noticeable exception marred the reboot series from the get-go, as Kim Cattrall, famous for playing larger-than-life public relations titan Samantha Jones, declined to return to the series. So, after Carrie’s husband John James Preston (née “Big”) died from a heart attack in the series’ first episode, And Just Like That decided to begin exploring what Carrie’s life would look like post-Big and post-Samantha.

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However, in exploring Carrie’s life as a widow, and addressing the hole left by Samantha’s absence (mainly by filling it with a myriad of new additions to the series cast), And Just Like That often stumbled. Between rushed wrap-ups for previously beloved characters (Miranda’s husband Steve, for example), and an overall failure to embrace what made the original Sex and the City so great, And Just Like That could use some serious overhaul in its sophomore season. Here are