And Just Like That... (TV Series) Alive! (2023) User Reviews

No respect for older women

[astonmatters · 5/10 · 7 July 2023]

I am torn about this episode. On the one hand, I liked that it overall felt more like the original Sex and the City, witty lunch table banter and all. I appreciated that.

On the other hand I hated how older/elderly women were portrayed. They are either mean old broads (Enid and Herbert's mom Eunice) or a laughing stock (Bitsy and most ladies at Enid's fundraiser). Gloria Steinem maybe being the only exception. I get that there needed to be contrast between Carrie and the women older than her, to illustrate her uneasiness with growing older. But the way the show handled it is appalling. There was simply no respect or compassion for elderly women. In the past, Sex and the City has approached the subject of generational differences and did a way better job. This is just disappointing.

Frankly, Eunice and Enid were probably my favorite characters of the episode. Because they called out the hubris of their main character counterparts. At this point, I'd be much more interested in watching a series about their lives than the entitled leading characters I am supposed to care about.

AJLT is bringing cringeworthy back

[professor_of_gamez · 5/10 · 18 September 2023]

I had been enjoying this series ... though not an 'lol" comedy.

Most of the characters aside from the 3 main characters are so unforgettable, that I didn't remember most of them when I started watching season 2. I had to look them up on here to see if they had been on season 1.

But this episode was SO cringeworthy as to be difficult to watch. I realize that they were TRYING to shock, but still. Jeez.

When I first spotted Candice, I thought to myself "Oh my god. I HOPE that's NOT Samantha." Hard to believe she is only 77 (from her appearance).

I have read a lot of negative feedback from the 3 leads about the negative feedback on their "degree of aging." It APPEARS as though Sarah and Kristin have both taken it to heart. Kristin appears to have "corrected" her "botched" lips. Sarah is looking better this season (though a "neck redraping" would probably help her to look less than her IMDB-listed age).

Almost Sex & The City Level.

[terrykennethbarber · 6 July 2023]

This was a very good episode. The return of Steve, Enid, and Bitsy made it feel very nostalgic and very similar to the original show. The raunchy dialog was also very welcome. This show really excels when it focuses on the three original actresses together, just as Sex and The City always did. The lunch scene with Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, and Anthony was peak Sex And The City.

Though there was one big flaw. Of course the scenes with Che are such a huge distraction that they really take you out of the show. Miranda is a completely different character when in scenes with Che, even just down to her mannerisms and dialogue. No matter how much this show tries to push Che, the character just does not fit with the show. The show needs to learn, and turn Che into another love interest that passes through. Just as many did during the original show.

SATC got its groove back!

[liamxconway · 9/10 · 12 July 2023]

I really feel after this episode and moments of the episode before that AJLT has found its groove and that we're back to the SATC days.

I do feel like this show gets so picked apart at every turn and moment that people just want it to fail at this point. Because people have such an emotional attachment to the original.

But in years to come it will be looked at with a warmer gaze from people.

I hope they keep going strong from this episode onwards and prove the haters wrong tbh. You all rag so hard on these women, if you take your emotions out of it, it is just a fun and silly show at the end of the day talking about different issues like the original.

What happened to these characters?

[brooksblueyez · 1/10 · 7 July 2023]

I had truly hoped that by season two, these characters would resemble who they used to be. But each episode, in my opinion, just gets worse. I do not recognize Miranda at all. I don't have a problem with her being involved in a lesbian relationship. But they have literally made her character stupid.

The idea that Bitsy VonMuffling would send a d*ck pic to Carrie (and that Carrie wouldn't have immediately deleted it) was beyond belief.

And the fact that Carrie would have immediately given money to the magazine based on her embarrassment over that picture... Also, unbelievable.

I think that the reason many people are excited about the upcoming, albeit short, cameo by Kim Cattrell as Samantha, is a result of her commitment to the character of Samantha and her unwillingness to continue with the beratement of that character (I speak specifically of the second movie, where they turned her character into a shrew due to menopause... Shame on all the female producers for that).

I was willing to give me a second season. I shot on the basis that sometimes the first season needs to find its way. Well, we're end of the fourth episode of the second season and I see absolutely no redeemable qualities.

GLORIA STEINEM AND OLIVER HUDSON

[rich-fouts · 9/10 · 11 August 2023]

First off, anytime you get Oliver Hudson involved you're in for a treat. In this case, he plays Lyle, the ex-husband of Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez). The sex-talk the two share is really funny, definitely sexy and tres interesting as they recall various sexual episodes which embarrasses Carrie. ("How am I still in this room?"). But, the three-way they share (Miranda, Che and Lyle), is really well done and it's actually the best I've seen Sara Ramirez because she's so relaxed and not her character's usual uptight self dealing with Hollywood challenges and pressures. The scene is intriguing and hilarious thanks to Cynthia Nixon's comic delivery and superb timing.

Eind Frick, Carrie's former boss at Vogue, played by the great Candice Bergman shows up which was delightful as she delivers her usual acidic lines. This time, Carrie gets the last word even if Enid takes advantage of Carries "deep pockets."

As usual Bergman is really funny, great timing, and when Gloria Steinem shows up at her new launch party, it's simply divine.

I mean, come on, it's Gloria Steinem! Victor Garber, who is always good, shows up in this episode as well as an art-dealer-museum-owner-manager type and offers Charlotte a job. But the real treat is Betsy's appearance at Enid's launch party, played by the really wonderful Julie Halston who just gets better and better.

Overall, a fun episode.

IMDb needs to start allowing negative ratings for this review to be accurate

[Phillippa_me-me-me · 1/10 · 14 July 2023]

God, what a booooooooring episode! I found myself doing a million other things half way through, just so that I could cope with this episode's induced boredom. Stop showing us stuff we don't want to see! This is so bland, so unremarkable, so uninspiring! And stop with the cringefest, for god's sake! And please stop with the over-the-top unrealistic accessorizing - that's not what SATC fashion was all about. It was about creativity, not tacky ostentation for its own sake. Just stop, stop, stop! This is embarrassing!!!

And on a side note, all those faces distorted by plastic surgery and other cosmetic interventions are such an awful sight to see. Ugh, how come nobody tells it to these women?! It's disgusting, not to mention that they are at odds with the anti-ageism message the episode tries to deliver.

Just another awful episode

[mauri_merino · 1/10 · 14 July 2023]

For a big fan of SATC, "And just like that" is just garbage,so disappointed one episode after another such a tragedy. Writers killed Miranda's awesome character,no even the amazing Samantha can fix this.

Please make disappear CHE the worse character in history.

For a big fan of SATC, "And just like that" is just garbage,so disappointed one episode after another such a tragedy. Writers killed Miranda's awesome character,no even the amazing Samantha can fix this.

For a big fan of SATC, "And just like that" is just garbage,so disappointed one episode after another such a tragedy. Writers killed Miranda's awesome character,no even the amazing Samantha can fix this.

old characters were great, but new character sex was appalling.

[MidoriAi · 3/10 · 7 August 2023]

Don't like the new friend replacement for Carrie.. the asian guy. I don't think he's funny or anything. Stanny was irreplaceable.

Enid. I was looking for old characters. She was there and portrayed her like before.

It is great that Steve is back, but.. they portrayed him like he was an old stupid men.. and now he has muscles?? And she booked family therapy?? Why???? Like every parent go to therapy because their kid went to the first break up??!! Come on!!!

It is like nobody cares about Miranda, not the insufferable Che, Steve or Brady.

The chit chat over lunch with the 3 of them + Anthony. Was like old and gold SATC.

But it was followed by 2 non requited side characters that writers want to throw down our throats... and IT ISN'T WORKING. FAST FORWARDING.... and as Anthony says: NEXT!!!!

But next scene they are talking about kegel exercises. Why a doctor recommend doing them if there's little scientific evidence to prove they work?? Harry is ugly AF. Fast forwarding that scene.

Miranda and Steve spent 3 weeks in family therapy with a therapist that looks like a 20 year old girl talking about Brady's break up??? Really¡¡¡????!! Really??"!"#irqwru90r3u2.

And then cut to Che and Miranda fkng while Carrie and Che's ex are talking on the kitchen. I don't believe in that sex drive. Come on. And it is disgusting. Lesbosex is disgusting.

The part with the failed aniversary dinner was kinda entertaining, but still I don't care about side new characters and their dilemas.

And we are hit with not only more lesbosex, but a trio. Uncalled for. If I want sex I would watch p0rn. Internet is full of it. So stop it.