“Where do you find a single man these days?”
The age old question is top of mind for single gals Nya Wallace (Karen Pittman), Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury) in this week’s episode of “And Just Like That…” on Max.
“A sperm bank,” “A monastery,” and a “‘Marvel’ movie” are the only options the Ms. Lonelyhearts can come up with — perhaps explaining their bleak romantic prospects.
That is, until Seema comes up with a characteristically ingenious plan to whisk Carrie and Nya to a bar at a 5-star hotel — where they’ll hunt for classy men with deep pockets.
In order to put their plan in motion, the three fabulous singletons leave Charlotte York Goldenblatt’s (Kristin Davis) Halloween Party — Halloween already? — where Charlotte and husband Harry (Evan Handler) are adorably confused when no one recognizes that they’re dressed as Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys from “The Americans.”
To her credit, Charlotte isn’t wrong about her resemblance to Russell — and Harry has a toupée to boot, though his take comes off more Austin Powers than dashing double agent.
Catching up with our single ladies, both Seema and Nya are immediately snatched up by handsome strangers, while Carrie perches on her barstool and plays Wordle.
Nya revels in the next morning’s walk of shame — it’s her first sexy sleepover since she and her husband split — while Seema’s man reveals that he tends to have an issue getting things going in the bedroom.
That’s all fine with Seema — until he’s suddenly standing stark naked before her with a penis pump.
Seema decides to see this suitor again all the same — he is hot and wealthy, after all — but on round two of their one-night stand, he protests at her use of a vibrator after sex.
“Sir, do you seriously have the balls to say something about my device when I wake up to your freshly-washed penis pump drying in my dish rack?” she demands.
Needless to say, Seema says see-ya.
On the subject of doomed romance, Carrie finally gets a little action this week after standing in the bike lane and causing a man to crash and break his hand. (Our girl can’t help being a total knockout.)
After rushing the helmet-wearing George Campbell to the ER and sitting with him as he endures increasingly frantic calls from his partner, Paul — “business partner,” he clarifies, looking into Carrie’s eyes like she didn’t just send him to the hospital — Carrie delivers no less than three soups to Mr. Campbell, and ends up throwing in a smooch for good measure.
The episode concludes with Carrie tiring of partner Paul’s pestering — self-styled bachelor George is in a more committed relationship than he realizes, she says.
George insists it’s “more Lennon and McCartney” between him and Paul, but Carrie is out of there so fast, she might as well have one of those cartoon dust clouds coming from her stilettos.
“I wish you a long and happy marriage,” the unbothered Ms. Bradshaw calls over her shoulder.
Finally, in Mirandaland, this week’s most oddly emotional storyline begins with Mme. Hobbes, Esq. (Cynthia Nixon) burning the candle at both ends as she stays up late in the night with partner Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez) and wakes up at 5 a.m. to — hang out with her son across town?
Surely, teenaged Brady wouldn’t mind if Miranda didn’t play the early bird every morning in favor of catching up on her beauty sleep?
The real drama, however, is in the neighborhood of Mirandaland known as Che Town, when their unforgivably-titled sitcom, “Che Pasa,” is tanked by a focus group.
The critical blow is dealt when a non-binary Brooklynite participant pans Che’s character as a “walking Boomer joke” that felt “phony, sanitized, [and] performative.” Cancel culture strikes again!
It’s a criticism not dissimilar from Che’s own issues with the producers’ vision for the show — and not dissimilar from real-life critics’ take on the whole character of Che Diaz — but they’re still understandably crushed when ABC pulls the plug on the series.
Breaking down in front of Miranda that evening, Che asks for a few days to think about things — alone.
The already itinerant Miranda looks upset over being booted, but between Che’s lifelong aspirations being destroyed in an afternoon and a cushy new NYC apartment that they now have no way of paying for, our haggard Hobbes should understand that Che has bigger problems at the moment — and use the time to get some shut-eye as Nya’s new roommate.
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