If the premiere of And Just Like That… hit us like a truck (literally, for one character), Episode 3 is the hangover. The shock has worn off. The funeral is over. And now, the women of Manhattan are left standing in the rubble of their old lives, trying to figure out who they are in a city that refuses to stop spinning.
It happens in the kitchen. A quiet, devastating fight. Steve is tired. Miranda is angry. He says she looks at him with "pity." She snaps back that she’s tired of being the only one who worries about money, about the future, about everything. The scene ends with Steve walking out to walk the dog. It’s not a slammed door. It’s a slow leak. You realize these two have been drifting apart for years, and this tragedy with Big just ripped off the bandage. Grade: B+ and just like that… s01e03 ppv
Episode 3 finally feels like And Just Like That… is finding its footing. The first two episodes were traumatic chaos. This one is mournful, awkward, and sometimes darkly funny—which is exactly what grief looks like. If the premiere of And Just Like That…
The episode highlights Charlotte’s exhausting journey: she wants to be the perfect progressive mom, but her instincts are still firmly Park Avenue Princess. When Rock declares they want to wear a suit to the recital, Charlotte’s eye twitches. But in a sweet moment, Harry talks her down. "She doesn't want to be a boy," Harry says. "She wants to be herself." Charlotte finally gets it—mostly. She buys Rock a gorgeous suit. Progress, not perfection. Cynthia Nixon continues to play Miranda as a ticking time bomb. After the disastrous Zoom funeral where she accidentally flashed the camera (yes, that happened), she’s mortified. But the real story is her marriage to Steve. And now, the women of Manhattan are left
And just like that… things got real. This episode belongs to Sarah Jessica Parker. Carrie Bradshaw is not okay. We knew that, but "When in Rome..." takes us inside the suffocating prison of early grief. She can’t sleep in the apartment. She can’t look at the closet. She ends up lying on the floor of the foyer because the bedroom "smells like him."
And just like that… we keep watching. What did you think of the Big memorial? Did you cringe at the PPV invite? Drop your thoughts in the comments.
"When in Rome..." – Episode 103