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“Loose Threads” will return next week.

We’re one one-third of the way through the third season of And Just Like That and the plot is finally kind of advancing — albeit at the pace of that ATV Carrie had to ride to the dress shop. Yes, I typed “one-third” because this season spans a whole 12 (!) episodes. That helps explain why the story has felt dragged out. The first season had 10 episodes, the second 11, and this season will have an astonishing one dozen — the number of eggs Aidan probably makes his son Wyatt collect each morning from the chickens that live on the guest house stairs so that he doesn’t go to the mall to play virtual reality zombie games. I realize this show is one of the most popular on Max, but still — editing is a dying art.

While the writers have been determined to make the recurring men on this show as cringe as possible, they finally introduced one who isn’t embarrassing to watch at every turn: LTW’s new editor, played by Mehcad Brooks, a relief for the universe these characters occupy. (Maybe there’s hope for Charlotte’s daughter Lily yet if she, too, wants to have relationships with men.)

This week, I’m doing the recap couple by couple.

Carrie and Aidan