The Max 'Sex and the City' spinoff series is back for a second season.
Spoilers ahead! If you haven't seen the season 2 premiere of And Just Like That on Max, proceed with caution.
And Just Like That, we're back! Whether you love it or love to hate watch it, Max's Sex and the City spinoff series, And Just Like That, has returned for a second season after the much-discussed first season in 2021.
On Thursday, the streaming service released the first two episodes, and while there was no Big death or traumatic funerals, there were still plenty of gasp-worthy moments -- almost entirely centered around Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Che Diaz's (Sara Ramirez) relationship.
The show's premiere episode opened with a sexy montage of all of our favorite characters, old and new, getting it on to the soundtrack of Elton John and Britney Spears' "Hold Me Closer."
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is hooking up with her podcast producer, Franklyn (Iva Hernandez), Miranda is California dreamin' with Che while the nonbinary comedian is filming their pilot, Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) is keeping the spark alive with her husband, Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler), as are Lisa Todd Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker) and her husband, Herbert Wexley (Chris Jackson). Even serial single realtor Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury) has found a special someone. Only Dr. Nya Wallace (Karen Pittman) is alone after her separation from husband Andre Rashad (LeRoy McClain).
After ending her marriage to Steve Brady (David Eigenberg) and bypassing an internship opportunity, Miranda is embracing her freedom, declaring, "new me, best me ever!"
The former high-powered lawyer is going nude in sensory deprivation tanks and slipping on strap-ons as she explores her sexuality with Che. The formerly corporate boss is now a Real Housewife of Los Angeles and, apart from a few feminist-positive comments, doesn't seem to have even a glimmer of her old spark.
However, Nixon is fearless when it comes to showing skin, giving arguably the most physically revealing performance of anyone on the show.
"I feel like I was always fairly game for it," Nixon recently told ET of showing skin. "It's just one of the main subjects of the show is sex — people having sex and people having great sex and people having terrible sex and people having hilarious sex."
But more so than stripping down, Carrie and the Manhattan crew are focused on dressing up for the Met Gala, which they've all mysteriously and inexplicably scored invitations to.
"You, me and Rihanna!" Harry excitedly declares.
Carrie agrees to wear a new designer, the wife of a friend, to the Met ball but of course the fitting doesn't go right and she's left with a fabulous turquoise cape and no gown.
Luckily, she decides to "repurpose" her pain and rewear the Vivienne Westwood wedding dress she wore to her failed wedding to Mr. Big (Chris Noth) in the first Sex and the City movie.
There's also a funny back and forth with pal Anthony Marantino (Mario Cantone) getting invited, uninvited, and re-invited to the iconic New York fashion event. Tragically, we don't get to see our girls on the Met steps, but the glitz and glamor is still there -- honorable mention to LTW's extreme red feathered headdress.
Compared to season 1, the show's sophomore season is off to a relatively tame start. Despite Carrie texting her estranged friend, Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), and agreeing to meet up in the season 1 finale, there's barely a mention of the PR queen in the premiere. Charlotte makes a quip about the size of the manhood of Carrie's hookup, saying she's channeling Samantha, but otherwise, she's absent. However, fans know that Samantha will be returning, in the flesh, in the season 2 finale for a brief cameo.
Showrunner Michael Patrick King previously opened up to ET about securing Cattrall for the special moment.
"Even to the point where Kim was finished playing her for a while I wanted to keep Samantha alive because she's a big part of the Sex and the City brand," he explains. "So here it is the 25th anniversary, and I guess magic happened. Some showbiz emotional fan magic happened where all of a sudden Kim is like, 'All right, let's show up for this special treat.' And it was fun. I mean, it was always fun to write Samantha, and it was great to have the chance to take her from text to face."
New episodes of And Just Like That stream Thursdays on Max.
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