‘And Just Like That …' Season 3 Premiere Recap: Outlook Good
My jaw is bruised from hitting the floor when Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) tells her gal pals that her boyfriend, Aidan (John Corbett), asked for 'no communication' while he deals with family issues — and that she is just fine with giving it to him. No communication. For five full years. And this is supposed to be love?
Let's review how we got here. At the end of Season 2 of 'And Just Like That …,' the on-again lovers Carrie and Aidan found themselves at an impasse when Aidan's son, Wyatt, hit hard times. Wyatt needed paternal supervision — so much so, apparently, that Aidan felt compelled to devote himself to it entirely back home in Virginia. The Gramercy palace Carrie had just purchased for the two of them became a reluctant bachelorette pad, and their love was relegated to a long-distance situationship.
At that point, we knew Carrie and Aidan were going to hold onto their love connection but weren't going to visit each other — as implausible as that seemed alone. What was less apparent until the first few moments of Season 3 was that they weren't going to speak, period. No texting, no FaceTime, not even the occasional Instagram like. The only hellos they're exchanging are blank postcards, which they're each sending back and forth between Virginia and New York, and for Carrie, this is apparently enough. Right.
This no-contact-but-stay-together setup was never realistic — even if we suspended every possible disbelief. It is even more absurd that Carrie plays along.
It doesn't take long for Aidan to break his own rule, though. All he needed were three beers and a good, old-fashioned 'ache.' He buzz-dials Carrie out of nowhere and lures her into one-sided, rather frantic phone sex. (Carrie may have been more enthusiastic if not for the beady eyes of her kitty-cat, Shoe, who was watching from the edge of the bed. But between that, Aidan's intoxicated grunts, and a disruptive horn-blare, she just couldn't quite get there.)
Not long after, Carrie calls up Aidan for Round 2, but the time is no good for Aidan. He is back on Wyatt patrol, lying in bed beside his sleeping son. Carrie hangs up in shame.
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