The warmer months cannot come quickly enough. Despite some coyness around whether it would be a one-off or not, And Just Like That … is definitely coming back this summer. Although the first season ended with a neatness that could have wrapped it up for good (for Carrie, at least, who said goodbye to Big in Paris, ready for her life without him), it left plenty of questions still to be answered, such as: what happened to Miranda’s drinking problem? Is everyone a podcaster now? Will Charlotte ever wear white again?
Filming for the second season is currently taking place, and with it, a steady trickle of reports as to which familiar faces will be joining from the Sex and the City-verse. It is worth being cautious of whatever titbits of gossip are out there, because before And Just Like That … arrived for its first season, we were told that nobody would die, and then Peloton came calling for Mr Big’s soul. Actor John Corbett also hinted that the second most important love interest, his character Aidan, would be back, and there was no sign of him. (Although executive producer Michael Patrick King did claim that “We never said anything about Aidan,” in an interview with Deadline last February). Here, however, is what we know about season two so far.
Aidan is back
Corbett will be in season two, and it’s all over the show’s official Instagram. There he is with Carrie, kissing in the middle of the road! Holding hands, in the middle of the road! What’s love, if not a wilful disregard for road traffic safety? Some fans have speculated that it could be a dream sequence, although Deadline reports that he really is back back back. What about his wife and kids? Does Carrie deserve him this time?
Not much time has passed
In a profile of Sara Ramírez, who plays Che Díaz, Variety revealed last year that the action would take place just three weeks after the first season ended. Carrie is back from Paris, presenting a Sex and the City podcast and snogging her producer, Miranda has followed Che to LA, and Charlotte is just getting on with being Charlotte.
Sam Smith is up to something unholy on set
According to their Instagram, noted pop star and cultural flashpoint generator Sam Smith will appear in season two. “Up to something unholy on set,” they posted, flashing a peace sign from behind the door of a trailer, and sitting outside a trailer. Presumably the unholiness is happening elsewhere, unless God really hates trailers.
Miranda’s hair is still old-school Miranda
Cynthia Nixon is returning to the show in her double capacity, and will be directing again this season. Behind-the-scenes shots of her in the director’s chair show that Nixon still has red hair, a colour Miranda, of course, returned to in the finale. Hopefully this means that Miranda will return to being a bit more like the character she was throughout the entirety of Sex and the City, too.
Let’s not even think about Samantha
It is now built into the Sex and the City publicity cycle to speculate that Kim Cattrall may be back as Samantha, before Cattrall says something lightly crushing about moving on. Carrie and Samantha texted in season one (so many full stops and yet it wasn’t supposed to be passive aggressive?), and presumably met up for a Cosmopolitan off-camera in Paris. While stranger things have happened, the return of Samantha does seem about as likely as the Smiths reforming.
To Che, or not to Che
Finally, it had to be Che. TV’s most divisive character was last seen jetting off to LA to further their career, with Miranda in tow, but they will certainly be back. “The first season was judging a book by its cover, and season two is about reading the book,” Ramírez told Variety. (In the same interview, King said: “I want to show the dimension of Che that people didn’t see, for whatever reason – because they were blinded, out of fear or terror.”) Other Che news: the legendary Tony Danza has joined the cast, and is rumoured to be playing an actor playing a version of Che’s father in their sitcom about their life. God, I love this messy show.
