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The season premiere of the third season of And Just Like That was so painfully cringe that we can never look at Aidan or the actor who plays him, John Corbett, the same ever again. And the second episode was so painfully just bad that I’m not sure I can look at, well, any of these characters the same ever again. If the first episode gave me some small hope that the writing would improve this season, the second episode had the second Sex and the City movie cheering from beyond the grave.

For the sake of this franchise and the Sex and the City brand, this show should stop after this season. It’s OK, (HBO) Max — you can let it go.

That said, I will always have fondness for Sarah Jessica Parker. Her dual commitment to books/libraries and fashion is unmatched! She executive produces a documentary about the horrors of book-banning by day, and goes home to cuddle her complete archive of Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe from Sex and the City (she has every. single. piece.) at night. She deserves better than to appear on a streaming service making cracks to Miranda about a “guacamole beard” wearing a denim skirt with pleats more dramatic than Charlotte trying to get her kid into Princeton.

You know who else deserves better?