Sound Off: Carrie and Aidan Reunited on 'And Just Like That,' and I’m Not Rooting for Them
By Elizabeth RandolphJul. 27 2023, Published 12:05 p.m. ET
In Season 2 of And Just Like That, fanatics of Sex and the City have been delighted to look Aidan Shaw (performed by John Corbett) reunited with Carrie Bradshaw (performed by way of Sarah Jessica Parker) in a still photo.
Many was hoping this might lead to a rekindling in their dating. The Max streaming sequence didn't disappoint. Season 2, Episode 7, "February 14th," ended with Carrie and Aidan kissing, confirming they're together. The chemistry between them used to be obtrusive.
But for the ones folks, like myself, who've watched every unmarried episode of SATC and its movies, Carrie and Aidan getting back together in the end this time might not be the most productive idea.
That’s as a result of deep down, I don’t imagine Carrie ever deserved Aidan — even in the end twenty years.
Why Carrie never deserved Aidan — A look again at her ‘SATC’ treachery.
I need to get started this take on Carrie and Aidan’s dating through first saying I love Carrie’s persona, and I am simplest dragging her for her how extraordinarily she treated Aidan from the time they met. Aidan should also really feel particular as a result of caping for men isn’t precisely my forte, but he deserves it!
Carrie lied to Aidan from the start of their dating, a move now regarded as a large pink flag. First, she lies about smoking to provoke Aidan in S3, Ep. 5, “No Ifs, Ands, or Butts,” Aidan eventually reveals out, however nonetheless chooses to continue seeing her.
Throughout their courting, Carrie compares Aidan to her earlier love, Mr. Big (Chris Noth). After Aidan presented her to his folks, she used the type gesture to precise her want for Big to have presented her to his oldsters in a prior season. But without equal betrayal on Carrie’s finish came about in S3, Ep. 9, “Easy Come, Easy Go.”
During the episode, Carrie is going to a lodge. At the same time, a furnishings dressmaker, Aidan reupholsters her rental’s floors (I’m side-eyeing Carrie once more for no longer noticing how lucky she was once to have a live-in handyman in NYC, of all puts!). While she’s at the hotel, Big follows her and says he wants her back. Then, after a steamy elevator make-out consultation, Carrie and Big start an affair whilst she’s with Aidan, and he’s together with his spouse, Natasha (Bridget Moynahan).
Although I commend my woman Carrie for in the end confessing her and Big’s rendezvous to Aidan, it must’ve never happened because she used to be meant to be over Big, who used to be always thought to be the “bad boy” to Aidan’s “good man.”
Then, in Season 4, Carrie annoyed me once more after she emailed Aidan as a result of she “misses him” and tries to overlook that she broke his heart — till he reminds her by yelling it in the street. However, the couple in brief reconnected and even were given engaged. But again, Carrie’s betrayal ruined the connection, as Aidan admitted he had resorted to marriage, hoping she gained’t cheat on him again.
Carrie will most likely damage Aidan’s middle on ‘And Just Like That.’
As much as I favored seeing Carrie and Aidan reunite with out their “Big” downside in Season 4, I remember watching it and pondering Aidan shouldn’t have returned. I secretly hoped he would to find somebody else and would avoid Carrie at all costs.
Eventually, my want came true when Aidan revealed in SATC Season 6 that he married a woman named Kathy, who apparently sought after what he was on the lookout for with Carrie. However, and now Aidan is again for more heartbreak in AJLT since he and Kathy are divorced.
Yes, Carrie has long past via a vital loss with Big, but that doesn’t essentially imply she, as a personality, has developed. It in reality means she most definitely will have to proceed being by herself shifting forward.
We noticed a glimpse of Carrie’s post-Big single existence in the early episodes of AJLT Season 2. And let’s simply say it; single Carrie is slightly of an “A--h—.” I imply, she couldn’t even deal with seeing her informal fling Franklyn (Ivan Hernandez) outside of their routine.
Carrie also dumped some other love interest, George Campbell (played by Peter Hermann), as a result of he has a challenging process and an even more not easy business spouse. Name a middle-aged white man who doesn’t, Carebear!
With the entire proof of Carrie no longer getting relationship, it’s easy to suppose she needed a Prince Charming like Aidan. She had her prince and ruined it. What makes enthusiasts believe it's going to end smartly on And Just Like That? I don’t see it happening, however I will be able to be tuned in!
You can circulate new episodes of And Just Like That Thursdays on Max.
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