And just like that, HBO Max’s Sex and the City sequel series returns for its third season. And Just Like That… brings back our long-time New Yorkers Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis), as well as relative newcomers Seema (Sarita Choudhury) and Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker), to our televisions and laptops. What is summer without our gals talking candidly about sex, making bad puns, and dining and drinking around the city?
Like previous seasons, Eater will be tracking where the gang is eating across New York City, from brunch sessions to romantic dinners to cocktail dates. This guide will be updated weekly when each episode airs on Thursdays at 9 p.m., leading up to the finale. And we’re saying it now: there will be spoilers ahead.
Episode 10, “Better Than Sex”
Are emotional and mental connections better than sex? That’s what Carrie is wondering. She’s considering whether she wants to date Duncan or whether that would ruin the writing relationship they have. It feels like the crux of her issues is self-confidence rather than her dating life. All a girl wants is affirmation that she’s a good writer. And she gets that and much more.
Brady fancies himself a chef after working the trenches at his dad Steve’s restaurant, Scout. He preps a dinner of black cod, carrot puree, and sauteed Swiss chard for his parents and drops two bombshells: he wants to attend the Institute for Culinary Education, and he got a hookup pregnant. Later on, Miranda finds him asleep while reading a copy of Anthony Bourdain’s A Cook’s Tour.
And while Herbert lost his election, his family at least gets pizza with goat cheese.
283 West 12th Street at West Fourth Street, Greenwich Village
This is the second time Seema has gone to the fancy French restaurant this season (remember her series of bad dates?). This time, she and Carrie are seated at a prime table in the corner by the windowfront, where they drink martinis and talk about Seema’s hottie gardener’s love for his late mother and Carrie’s thrill at being seen as smart by a man. “Duncan respects my thoughts,” she says. “He sees my me-ness.” Ever the writer.
142 West 65th Street, Upper West Side
Carrie is wearing a hot dress, walking along Lincoln Center to attend a publishing party at the Italian restaurant, invited by Duncan himself. She meets his agent, who also happens to be his ex-wife, and Carrie learns more about her writing partner. Duncan wants to leave to eat somewhere else.