Top Ten Things I Hate About And Just Like That

The last episode of And Just Like That was SH&T, literal sh&t. I hate-watched it every episode of all three seasons but especially this last one. I can’t believe I am saying this BUT, and I’m thrilled it’s over… though I will miss the clothes.

1. Every forced trope imaginable From Miranda’s abrupt “I’m a lesbian now” storyline to Rose being non-binary, the show shoehorned every modern checkbox into the script—subtlety be damned.

2. A bloated cast of pointless extras Too many new characters, and almost none of them moved the plot forward in any meaningful way. Seriously, how many characters and plot lines came and went so easily (and ridiculously) over the last three years. Do we remotely care about Herbert’s losing an election or needing to go on Ozempic? No I think NOT.

3. Over-exaggerated character rewrites Charlotte is now a caricature of Charlotte. It’s like someone took her personality traits, cranked the dial to 11, and threw in some pearls. Steve is just a strange voice – that he was not in the regular seasons.

4. Carrie leaving her apartment That rent-controlled Upper East Side apartment was practically a fifth character. Why abandon it?  So, another stupid plot line character could move in and then divide the already small abode into two small abodes. Or she could wander aimlessly around her civil war era mansion - well i guess that is the only way she meets Duncan.

5. Aidan came back Once was enough. Twice was too much. Three times is just cruel. I cheered when Carrie finally grew a pair and told him she was done.  WTF took her so long.

6. Aidan’s ridiculous “five-year wait” request… followed by not waiting Make it make sense.  He slept with his ex-wife because they both shared their horrible, entitled bratty kid – well I guess if I had him as a kid, I would do the same.

7. The smelly gardener + Sema storyline I have no words. Well, maybe: Why? Just… why?  She ends up in jeans at a hipster Thanksgiving with tofu turkey.

8. Sema as the “replacement Samantha” They tried so hard to make her “all that” and it never landed. Samantha was lightning in a bottle—you can’t clone that.

9. Anthony’s boy toy and the fake Italian mother I LOVE Patti Lupone and what they did trying to make her a fake Italian whose Brooklyn accent only comes out when she is pissed is just – well what’s an Italian word for stupid – ala her fake accent – es stupido.

10. Pretty much the entire show It was a train wreck that I couldn’t stop watching. Hate-watching has rarely been this consistent and painful.

Final verdict: Glad it’s done. Well… until it is picked up by another streaming service – God Help Us ALL.

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