'And Just Like That…' Season 3 Starts with a Twist You Probably Missed

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And Just Like That Season Three
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The day has finally arrived. And Just Like That… season three is officially here, with the premiere episode hitting HBO Max last night. First things first, hats off to the AJLT team for giving us another season in under a year. (Looking at you, other streamers. Take notes.) Now, let’s get into it. I watched the season opener and I have thoughts.

Overall, the first episode moves at a slow pace—but not necessarily in a bad way. It feels like the writers may be gently setting the stage for everything to come. We pick up right where we left off. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) is settling into a stunning new brownstone, living solo with the hope that Aidan will return (sooner than later) and they'll eventually share it together. In the meantime, Carrie and Aidan attempt phone sex—twice. And let’s just say… neither attempt quite hits the mark.

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Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), single and settling into her queer identity, is out at a gay bar when she meets Mary (Rosie O’Donnell), a confident woman her age. Sparks fly, they hook up and only after does Miranda find out that Mary was a virgin nun. Yep, you read that right.

Seema (Sarita Choudhury) nearly sets her mattress on fire while smoking a cigarette in bed, waiting for a call from her Hollywood director boyfriend that never comes. Although they do reconnect later in the episode, she ultimately decides to call it quits and break things off for good.

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Charlotte’s (Kristin Davis) storyline hasn’t fully taken shape yet. She’s mostly preoccupied defending her dog after it’s (falsely) accused of attacking another dog. Turns out, the accuser just has terrible eyesight and mistook her pooch for another. There’s also a budding plot around her daughter, Lily, who's crushing hard on a very fit ballet dancer.

Meanwhile, Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker) is in full creative mode, working on a PBS docuseries about overlooked Black women, while her husband stresses over whether running for city comptroller is “cool.” Her response? “Herbert, you are running for city comptroller—there is nothing cool about that.” Iconic.

The biggest twist? At the end of the episode, Carrie can't sleep. She heads to her laptop and begins typing—but for the first time, it's not in the first person. She writes, “The woman wondered what she had gotten herself into.”

And just like that, season three is officially underway. One episode down, nine more to go.

Catch new episodes of And Just Like That… Thursdays at 9 PM ET on HBO Max through July 31.

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