63 Thoughts I Had While Watching ‘And Just Like That…’ Season 3, Episode 4

I’m going to warn you guys in advance that this particular installment of And Just Like That… is, well, not exactly a thrill ride. I mean, it’s hard to top the fun of episodes past, not to mention the original Sex and the City canon (I just rewatched the episodes where the girls go to LA, and man, I miss Samantha), but do things really have to be this dry and Aidan-centric?

Nonetheless we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into Michael Patrick King’s intellectual property. Below, find (literally) every thought I had about the fourth episode of And Just Like That…’s third season:

1. I very much thought they were using Lorde’s “What Was That” to open this episode, and realizing they weren’t was a crushing blow.
2. I never, ever want to wake up to the sound of a rooster crowing and a man calling his son “Buddy.”
3. Poor Carrie!
4. She looks happy, though.
5. And quite glowing. Drop the skincare routine!
6. Girl, spike heels? For a family farm outing in Virginia?
7. Much like Carrie thee Bradshaw, I cannot currently find my deodorant.
8. I hate the fact that one of Aidan’s sons is named Homer.
9. Aw, it’s Miranda and Shoe having a sleepover!
10. Hey, whatever happened to Miranda’s cat Fatty?
11. Ozempic, I fear.
12. Lisa’s bob continues to bob.
13. God, I do not care about this Lisa-needs-a-new-editor subplot.
14. I miss living near a Gristedes.
15. Finally, Lily’s sweet little ballet boyfriend is invited to family dinner!
16. Jesus, Carrie has to stay in Virginia a whole week?
17. I hate to say this, but Wyatt has possible-incel-school-shooter-from-The Pitt vibes.
18. ATV-ing to a vintage store sounds like my kind of vacation, actually.
19. On second thought, I feel like this vintage store has racist figurines in it 🙁
20. Ooh, Miranda/Joy intrigue!
21. Jesus, Carrie can’t even sleep in Aidan’s bed?
22. I am growing to hate this man and his weird, pseudo-kid-influenced decision-making more with each passing day.
23. Lisa’s aversion to letting her husband sleep peacefully, though, I love and deeply relate to.
24. Ooh, sleep divorce discourse!
25. Let go and let God, Lisa!
26. Carrie serving Batsheva realness; I love it.
27. Sorry, so Carrie and Aidan can be gross and romantic in front of Wyatt but they can’t share a bed?
28. Miranda is down so hilariously bad for Joy.
29. Carrie said “And just like that!” Everybody drink!
30. Carrie, stop debasing yourself to entertain this dick teen. He doesn’t need to play VR games! He needs to sit around and sulk in the sunshine!
31. LOL, Miranda is Memeranda.
32. This VR game is giving me hives.
33. Ooh, brisket! Made by Charlotte!
34. “And my sister said you’d never be a real Jew.” Harry’s dad’s got jokes!
35. “She wants, you have. Be nice.” As clear a distillation of what should be Jewish values as I’ve ever heard.
36. Aw, Harry’s dad’s love of cream soda is making me miss my 70-year-old Jewish dad.
37. Ooh, are Morris (Harry’s dad) and this banana-seeking (heh) neighbor going to hook up?
38. Barbecue sauce? On brisket? Shandeh!
39. Not Lily’s ballet boyfriend being bi and poly!
40. Oh my God, Morris is correctly using Rock’s new name! I assumed this was going to be a deadnaming/misgendering/big-fight-over-brisket situation, so that’s on me.
41. Do zoomers really not know Jerry Maguire?
42. Aw, Aidan’s oldest son, Tate, is home!
43. Twenty-one, and carrying beer to prove it. What a lad.
44. I remember Carrie meeting this guy when he was a baby in a Snugli on his dad’s chest. Time flies!
45. There’s my wife/Aidan’s ex-wife, Kathy!
46. And she’s got a boyfriend in tow!
47. This man’s mustache and pink shirt are screaming “Virginia asshole.”
48. I love that Miranda’s concern regarding her inappropriate meme isn’t about her nascent TV career or the unfolding crisis in Central Africa, but her potential hookup with Joy.
49. Hmm, Aidan doesn’t want Wyatt to take the Adderall Kathy asked Carrie to bring from New York?
50. Wow, the old “Cut right before the actual singing of ‘Happy Birthday’ so you don’t have to pay for it because it’s not in the public domain” move. Classic!
51. Obsessed with one of Joy’s pals essentially being an Emily Mortimer doppelganger.
52. Wow, did not really need to know that Harry is having erection issues, or that Morris’s iPad is clogged with Pornhub links.
53. Morris confirmed dawg!
54. A homophobic border guard in Kabul? Likely place for him to be!
55. Sorry, but how come Aidan has to hide Carrie while Kathy can boyfriend it up all over the place?
56. Speaking of bobs that are bobbing…go off, Kathy!
57. Oh, no! Wyatt broke a window! With a rake!
58. Damn, Joy really does not seem to be all that into Miranda. Hope the tide changes soon!
59. Ooh, spoke too soon!
60. The tide’s a-changin’, baby, and these girls are kissing.
61. Not Carrie watching Miranda lez out on the Nest cam!
62. My boyfriend, watching SJP onscreen: “She’s so little.”
63. Bummer episode!