We are three-quarters of the way through And Just Like That… season three, and we don’t have too much to show for it. For nine episodes, the show has been coasting along, throwing in mostly inconsequential storylines to keep the characters busy for the week. Sometimes, that tactic proves to be more entertaining than others, but the past two episodes have felt so half-baked that one could argue maybe AJLT doesn’t need 12 episodes. And while last week’s “Happily Ever After” felt short at 32 minutes, “Present Tense” just seems downright fleeting at three less. I’m not complaining about the quick episodes, though, because really, only one thing of note happened this week, and it occurred in the final minutes, when Aidan and Carrie ended things on a West Village sidewalk.
I know I was just complaining about the length of the season, but the breakup means that, while there may only be three episodes left, it sort of feels like things are just getting started. And maybe I’m too optimistic, but we could be turning a corner here. Following her split, Carrie heads out to dinner with the girls as they show off their mismatched looks, and for a second, it feels like vintage Sex and the City (sans the Taylor Swift playing in the background, of course), clothes and all. Shop the styles (and everything else worn in the episode) below.
Despite it being weeks since her trip to Virginia, Carrie on the Prairie seems to live on, though, to be fair, the opening outfit of “Present Tense” is giving more Oktoberfest than Green Acres.
Really, though, Carrie should have been wearing a set of armor, because she gets bombarded when she finds Aidan in the courtyard (beautifully finished, by the way. Good job, Adam) with Duncan. Though Carrie asked Aidan not to engage with their downstairs neighbor, he ignores her request, and the result is the three sitting down for a tense conversation about the origins of Duncan’s pipe smoking. The conversation is overflowing with underlying meaning. Aidan, as a reminder, previously made Carrie quit smoking. He said he couldn’t date a smoker, and clearly, he can’t live above one either.
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