From awkward sexual encounters to tone-deaf attempts at diversity, this series has made us cringe more times than we can count. Join us as we examine the most uncomfortable moments that had us watching through our fingers! Which scene made you want to hide behind a cushion?
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00:00Oh, well, there's probably a couple ratty bras from the 80s that are in there. You could have those.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the times we watched and
00:09just like that, and couldn't help but wonder, when did watching TV become a full-body cringing
00:14experience? Oh, excuse me, um, you're in my seat. It's assigned seating in front.
00:21Number 30. Charlotte's Wayward Body Positivity. Look, we have to give Charlotte a little slack
00:27here. After all, she grew up in an age when the ideal body type only existed in an airbrushed
00:32world. Still, you'd think that now, as a mother, she might want to avoid passing the body woes of
00:46her generation onto her kids. However, when Charlotte goes back to work to reclaim some
00:51identity outside of her domestic life, her biggest concern is her figure.
00:57Think about it. Ballerina? Gallerina? Anything that ends in Ina is teeny tiny.
01:05She's desperate to get back the body she had in her 30s, totally ignoring the very normal fact
01:10that bodies change all the time. It's only after meeting her new boss that she finally starts
01:15embracing her body exactly as it is.
01:18Lila, is there somewhere I could leave my coat? Right this way? Okay. Come on, girl. Make yourself comfortable.
01:32Number 29. Naya Drools Over the Michelin Chef. Losing a few brain cells in front of a crush is
01:38relatable. Watching Naya short-circuit around Michelin chef Toussaint Feldman is plain painful.
01:43Oh, bar tea, tea for Toussaint. Yes. Okay. And you were Rampart. You were using your purse as a Rampart.
01:51Plus, I had a giant purse and you said that. You said that to me. And you're married. I'm not now.
02:00Come on, Naya, you're smarter than this. She's working overtime to look smooth, but every line lands like
02:05something rehearsed in the mirror. The writers clearly think it's smoldering. It absolutely is not.
02:11Each forced, over-enunciated innuendo clangs like cutlery on China. Practically every interaction
02:17feels like a rom-com meet-cute nobody ordered.
02:20I licked the spoon after the black one. That's exactly what I want you to do.
02:31Oh, it exploded in my mouth. I wasn't expecting that.
02:36By the end, we were watching half-hid behind a cushion, silently begging her to quit the performance,
02:42eat the entree, thank the man, and call it a night. Still, Naya ends the evening with a lot
02:47more than a goodie bag of leftovers.
03:01Number 28. Charlotte Gets Down on One Knee.
03:04Sex and the City fans may recall a certain bedroom activity Charlotte wasn't a fan of.
03:09However, with the right guy, things can change.
03:11As long as you're down there, you want to maybe seal the deal?
03:16Do you think we have time?
03:18Yeah, there's time.
03:21Okay.
03:22Now, don't get us wrong. There is nothing wrong with how consenting adults choose to be intimate
03:27at any age, no matter what Charlotte's friends might say. But how it all goes down, pun probably
03:33intended, made us wonder if it was time to switch off for good. No one wants to imagine their parents
03:38that way, let alone accidentally almost walking in on them.
03:41You slammed the door into my head.
03:43Oh, baby. I'm so sorry. But I was, I was checking your daddy's penis for cancer.
03:52What?
03:52I didn't want to worry you.
03:54Charlotte's excuses are awful enough, but really, she could have just left it there.
03:58Let's hope the door hit Lily hard enough to erase this whole incident from her memory.
04:02You know what we were doing, right? Do you have anything that you want to ask me? And any questions?
04:11Did you find any cancer?
04:15No.
04:16Number 27. Charlotte's Flash Period
04:19Menopause rarely gets meaningful attention in film or television, often reduced to the change with
04:24little nuance. In this episode, Charlotte's experience with menopause feels like someone
04:29copied symptoms from a health site and slipped them into the script.
04:32Welcome to the club. Prepare to be sweaty.
04:35Actually, it's funny. I haven't gotten any hot flashes or breast tenderness or brain fog or any of
04:42those awful symptoms you guys had.
04:44Meanwhile, Charlotte also awkwardly guides Lily through using a tampon, a storyline that could
04:49have been far less cringeworthy. Anyway, back to Charlotte. It's great that they included her
04:54unexpected period, yet the moment is played out for humiliation.
04:57Wait, Mom! Enough is enough!
04:59No, really, Mom! Stop! Come back! I have to tell you something!
05:02Everyone has their limit and this is mine!
05:04Mom!
05:04For a show centered on women in their 50s, there's a real missed opportunity here.
05:09These are normal life experiences and the show should aim to normalize them.
05:13Instead, they quite literally make Charlotte the butt of the joke.
05:17I think you got a flash period.
05:19I did? What the hell is that?
05:21It happened to me once, months after I thought I was done. I was arguing a case in court and the
05:25opposing counsel literally signaled me to look at my ass.
05:29How have you never mentioned this?
05:31Repressed it as soon as it happened.
05:33Number 26. The Natasha Incident
05:35What makes this one so unbelievably and painfully cringe is that it proves Carrie still hasn't grown up,
05:42even after all this time. She finds out Big left Natasha something in his will.
05:46Yes, that Natasha. And while the executor offers a perfectly rational explanation,
05:51Carrie decides to spiral.
05:53Natasha?
05:54His ex-wife.
05:55What is this?
05:56I knew nothing about it.
05:58In my experience, when people have unfinished business, they tend to throw money at it.
06:02Naturally, she handles it with zero chill and goes full stalker mode.
06:06Natasha makes it crystal clear that she wants no part of this mess, but Carrie barrels ahead anyway.
06:11How dare she? She's not in Rome, she's in that building right there,
06:15three floors up. One, two, three.
06:19Oh my god, it's her.
06:20It's her.
06:21Oh my god!
06:22Then, in a ridiculous turn of events, she corners her, albeit accidentally.
06:27Natasha ends up being way more gracious than Carrie probably deserves.
06:31She shows up like an emotional wrecking ball and somehow still thinks she's owed closure.
06:36Exhausting.
06:36Why did he leave it to me anyway? I haven't spoken to him since the divorce.
06:43So neither of us knows?
06:45Because I just found out at the will reading.
06:50Oh.
06:51Well, that must have been hard.
06:55Number 25.
06:56Miranda and Mary
06:57You'd think the one thing a Sex and the City reboot could manage is writing about, you know, sex and dating.
07:04But much like Carrie and Aiden's long-distance debacle, we're left completely unsatisfied.
07:09You remember how you like me to touch you?
07:13I do.
07:16Touch yourself.
07:19Go ahead.
07:20And somehow, Miranda still ends up with the worst hand, even without Shay in the picture.
07:25It starts off cringe when she mistakes Brady's old babysitter for a flirt.
07:29Miranda, hi.
07:31Cassandra.
07:32Cassandra Walsh.
07:34Brady's old babysitter.
07:36Oh, I know.
07:38I just walked over here to say hey there, Cassandra Walsh.
07:42Just as Miranda's ready to crawl under a bar stool, she meets Mary, who's flattering and flirty enough to land in her bed.
07:49The only problem is that Mary skipped a few key facts.
07:53I'm a virgin.
07:54Well, I was a virgin.
07:57You were a virgin?
07:59Yes.
08:00I'm a nun.
08:01This turns into an aggressively awkward game of avoidance.
08:05Clingy.
08:06Uncomfortable.
08:07A total mess.
08:08And after watching that, we've been scarred for good.
08:11Because I knew you, I have been changed for good.
08:20Number 24.
08:21Lily's song.
08:22It's not just the adults having cringeworthy moments.
08:25Turns out cringe might be hereditary.
08:27In this episode, Lily wants a new electric keyboard.
08:31And when her parents say she has to pay for it herself, she sells off her designer clothes.
08:35I'm not everybody else.
08:37I'm a serious artist.
08:38Oh my god.
08:39Honey, you have a job playing for classes at ABT, so just save up.
08:44That'll take forever.
08:45I have something that I need to say now.
08:47So far, fine.
08:49But then she puts on a dramatic little recital for the family and Anthony about the power of privilege.
08:54It's giving performative rich kid rebellion, and it's super off-key.
08:58Not literally.
08:59Park Avenue streets, where do they lead?
09:02Stuck in the deep, god damn.
09:05The power of privilege.
09:07You should open that second pot.
09:09We've all seen the trope.
09:10The pampered teen popping their Park Avenue bubble.
09:13But these lyrics don't hit quite like she thinks they do.
09:16Wasn't she just mad at her parents for not buying her what she wanted, like, five minutes ago?
09:21No, I'm not allowed to be me.
09:26I'm a good girl, I'm a good girl.
09:29Number 23.
09:30Stanford's Funeral Fauxpas
09:32Some people seriously do not know how to read the room.
09:35And in terms of funeral faux pas, this one's rough.
09:39When Stanford and Anthony show up at Big's funeral, they spot his former secretary already sitting down.
09:44It's assigned seating in front.
09:47Oh.
09:49I see.
09:52Yeah, that's me.
09:53Right next to Carrie.
09:54Now, the normal move might be to offer condolences and find another seat.
09:58But Stanford makes a whole thing out of it and actually boots her so he can be closer to Carrie.
10:03Here, you can have my seat.
10:04I'll find a place in the back.
10:05No, no, it's fine.
10:08Thanks so much.
10:08I see plenty of chairs with names on them.
10:10I'm sure you're there.
10:12I'm sure I am.
10:13Which would seem sweet if he wasn't steamrolling another grieving person in the process.
10:18Even Anthony looks uncomfortable and tries to play Peacemaker.
10:21Meanwhile, Stanford doubles down.
10:24What?
10:24I'm sorry.
10:26I need to be at the side of my best friend during her husband's funeral.
10:29And I need my husband at my side on the other side.
10:31It's weirdly selfish, totally insensitive.
10:35And honestly, his behavior is just one big, ew.
10:37Miranda's speaking.
10:40I would have liked to have said a few words.
10:41It's a funeral, not the moth.
10:44Number 22.
10:46Aiden and Carrie break up.
10:47Again.
10:48If you were a Sex and the City fan, you were probably either Team Aiden or Team Big.
10:53No matter what side you fell on back then, you likely joined us all in a collective face palm
10:57when Aiden came back into Carrie's life and made her question everything about her relationship with Big.
11:02I've been asking myself.
11:08Was Big a big mistake?
11:10Sure, there's history, but wouldn't therapy have been cheaper than Carrie having to move to accommodate their messy history?
11:16We're not even sure the original Team Aiden crew backed this reunion.
11:19You know why I never wanted to go back in there?
11:24Because you didn't want to feel that hurt.
11:27It was almost a relief when they broke up.
11:35Still, Carrie showed us that she hadn't outgrown making everything about her.
11:39Our eyes rolled so hard we saw the inside of our skulls.
11:43Are you not even going to be thinking about me?
11:46Of course.
11:48I've been thinking of nothing but you for all these years.
11:53I can't believe we're back here again.
11:55Number 21.
11:56Che roasts Miranda.
11:58No one was exactly heartbroken over Miranda and Che's breakup.
12:01It was probably the least cringy part of their entire relationship.
12:05But then Miranda shows up to Che's stand-up gig,
12:08only to find the set is basically a roast of their relationship.
12:11And it is brutal.
12:12Not funny, just mean.
12:14Wild, in fact.
12:16Yeah, she brought four people into our bed.
12:21Me, her, her husband, and her son.
12:24This won't be the last time we mention Che's aggressively unfunny comedy,
12:29but this one felt personal and painful.
12:31If it were a real club, we'd expect stampedes of tumbleweed.
12:35Yeah, my lady was very confused.
12:37Am I queer?
12:39Am I bi?
12:40Am I les?
12:41Am I...
12:42Just all over the LGBTQIA plus men.
12:46Just...
12:46I'll take queer.
12:48Uh, yeah, with a side of bi.
12:51Uh, hold the mayo.
12:52Che's excuses afterwards are ignorant at best,
12:55and the way they paint themselves as the victim is almost impressive.
12:58We can only hope this was finally the wake-up call Miranda has needed for,
13:02oh, the past two seasons.
13:03Person, why are you so surprised?
13:05I'm a stand-up comic.
13:06That's what I do.
13:08I get on stage and I make jokes about the bad things that happened in my life.
13:11I'm a bad thing that happened in your life?
13:13God, it's all bad, Miranda.
13:15Number 20.
13:16The MILF List
13:17Lisa and Charlotte are disturbingly excited to learn
13:20that a MILF list is being shared around their kid's school.
13:23We are totally getting that list.
13:25100%.
13:27Does someone have something to add?
13:33No.
13:34No?
13:34They're even more delighted when they get their hands on it,
13:37and they're both in the top three.
13:39For the record, I do think it's wrong that in this day and age,
13:42women are still being judged solely for the...
13:45Here it is.
13:47We're number two in three.
13:49If that doesn't already make you squirm,
13:53then check out their reaction when they see the kid behind it.
13:56Watching a group of middle-aged women swoon over the minor
13:59made us wonder how we would possibly make it through to the end of the episode.
14:03Who is that by the way?
14:04She's from her heart.
14:06The pair also feigns outrage over the whole debacle,
14:10and questions whether something like this should really stain the student's academic record.
14:14Not only is this storyline troubling on moral and ethical grounds,
14:18it's also just really icky.
14:20Isn't this an opportunity for us to demonstrate our commitment to restorative justice?
14:24Ha!
14:25You're just saying that because you're two and three on the list.
14:27Exactly.
14:28Are we?
14:29Come on, we all sell the list.
14:31Number 19.
14:32The Whole Thing With Che's Ex
14:34In this episode, we meet Che's not-ex-husband, Lyle.
14:38Yup, you heard that correctly.
14:40The couple call themselves poly-pioneers,
14:43and are clearly still on good terms.
14:45Really good terms.
14:46You said it was important for us to push our relationship boundaries, right?
14:51And if I was afraid to explore that, I wasn't for you.
14:56So I figured, well, happy life, happy wife.
15:00In fact, they're so close that Che has no problem getting it on with Miranda,
15:03even with Lyle sleeping right beside them.
15:06He sees their intimacy as an invitation to get involved.
15:09While Miranda tries to engage in their world,
15:12she quickly learns that threesomes might not be for her.
15:15My visceral reaction is no, but maybe that's just fear of the unknown,
15:19because, I mean, how will I ever know unless I try it?
15:23We're all here.
15:24It's kind of hot.
15:26It's getting less hot the more you talk.
15:28Hardcore Sex and the City fans might recall that this isn't the only time Miranda backed out of a three-way.
15:33Hey, we said it before and we'll say it again.
15:36However, consenting adults choose to express intimacy is their business.
15:39But Miranda was clearly uncomfortable, and we felt that in abundance.
15:44You know what, guys?
15:46This just isn't me, so just, just, just, you should, you should carry on.
15:52Seriously, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm good with it.
15:55Number 18.
15:56The writers clap back at the haters.
15:58Most of us will agree that some of the writers' choices throughout this series so far have been questionable,
16:04and more on those coming up.
16:06However, we want to address that focus group scene from season two, episode five,
16:10that almost felt like a dig at the critics.
16:12The crying sends a signal that it's sad to be non-binary.
16:16That is what I said.
16:18I knew the scene was too much, and I told him that.
16:20I told him that repeatedly.
16:22Repeatedly.
16:22Everyone from the writers to the cast is aware that Che didn't make the best first impression.
16:28Yet the creators seemingly tried to shift the blame onto misunderstanding or closed-minded audiences
16:33rather than take the criticism on board.
16:36The whole Che character was like a walking boomer joke that felt so fake to me.
16:42Just some phony, sanitized, performative, cheesy-ass dad joke.
16:50In fact, it almost felt like they were trying to hold a mirror up to the Che haters with this focus group.
16:56We don't know if that was their intention, but it certainly felt pointed.
17:00Either way, it was bizarre.
17:01Did anyone else have anything negative to say about the character Che, played by Che Diaz?
17:11Okay, looks like we got a Yahtzee.
17:13Number 17.
17:14Carrie doesn't dial 911.
17:16Big suffers a fatal heart attack in an unexpected twist in the premiere episode.
17:21The lead-up to the tragedy is dramatic, to say the least,
17:24with Carrie calmly enjoying a music performance, unaware of the events unfolding back home.
17:29So when she finds Big slumped over in the bathroom,
17:43it takes her a beat to register the situation.
17:46She's so overwhelmed, shocked, and distraught that she has a major lapse in judgment.
17:51But as she cries over her dying husband,
18:05we couldn't help but repeatedly scream,
18:08in the hopes that she would hear us through the screen.
18:12But the writers had already sealed Big's fate,
18:15so Carrie could start a new chapter of her life.
18:17And just like that has been on the receiving end of much unfair ageist criticism.
18:37Almost as if some fans forgot that unlike the original series,
18:40the cast is no longer in their 30s or 40s.
18:43I just think the gray age is you.
18:45No, you think the gray age is you.
18:47Because if we're friends and I'm this age,
18:49you can't be whatever age you're pretending to be.
18:51I am not pretending to be any age.
18:53I am 55.
18:55What, you want a medal?
18:56Yes.
18:56That being said,
18:57it really doesn't help that they like to remind audiences of this at any given opportunity.
19:02We are thrilled that you found an archaeologist to saw your old carcass open
19:06and try to put those sanded down fossils inside you back together.
19:10Anthony.
19:11What? She laughed.
19:13Did the writers just have a
19:14what do middle-aged women talk about brainstorm and select keywords?
19:17And also,
19:18how is it that some characters seem to have aged so much more than others?
19:22We commend the show for defying showbiz's youth-obsessed culture,
19:25but there's more to a person than how many trips they've had around the sun.
19:30Yeah, people age.
19:31We get it.
19:31She wishes you were in her group.
19:33You're not.
19:34You're in my group.
19:34We're sophomores, not seniors.
19:36Number 15.
19:37Brady and Louisa need separate cold showers.
19:40Remember sweet little Brady from Sex and the City?
19:43Well, he's not so sweet anymore.
19:45Now, he's an amalgamation of almost every awful teen character cliche the writers could think of.
19:51He's obnoxious, messy, and bratty.
19:54Stop! You're embarrassing me.
19:55No, you have embarrassed yourself.
19:57To cap it all off,
19:58no one's parents want to hear their kids having sex?
20:01His girlfriend Louisa is no better.
20:03She acts all entitled,
20:04and she's pretty rude to Miranda and Steve, too.
20:08You know, whole milk is actually healthier than low fat,
20:10especially for aging bones.
20:13Excuse me?
20:14There's no way that this grounded couple could have raised such an unpleasant kid.
20:19There are just so many times you can play the raging hormones and teen rebellion card
20:24before it gets tiresome.
20:26I'm not caffeinated enough for this conversation.
20:29That being said,
20:30our hearts did go out to Brady after Louisa dumped him during their Europe trip.
20:33Are you crying?
20:35Brady, what's wrong?
20:37Louisa broke up with me.
20:38What?
20:40Why?
20:41I don't know.
20:41She just bolted to Florence.
20:43It's over.
20:43Number 14.
20:45The forced introduction of new characters.
20:47The revival of Sex and the City promised to address some of the original shortcomings.
20:52In fact, Cynthia Nixon told Elle that this was why she chose to return to the series.
20:57I knew that you were black when I signed up for this class.
21:00That was important to me.
21:02And sure, there is more diversity on camera and among the writers,
21:05yet it lacks authenticity.
21:07Instead, the new characters feel like they exist to tick a box,
21:11making them hard to watch.
21:13What up, sister, brother?
21:16That's right, because I'm both and neither.
21:18They're still just supporting players.
21:20And even when their stories are being told,
21:23it's from a white point of view.
21:25Things like this make us believe that this series should have stayed in the past,
21:29where it belongs.
21:31Number 13.
21:32Steve finally confronts Miranda.
21:34After Miranda cheated on Steve and ended their marriage,
21:37we felt like he deserved a more satisfying reckoning.
21:39And it's always like this.
21:43You don't think that I'm enough,
21:47that I'm kind of enough,
21:49and then I'm not enough again.
21:50And we thought he was finally about to get it in the season two episode Bomb Cyclone.
21:55During a disagreement over their living arrangements,
21:57Steve finally explodes.
21:59My house!
22:00My house.
22:02You never wanted to come here to Brooklyn.
22:05You never wanted me.
22:07And you,
22:08you never even wanted Brady!
22:10Sure, some of it was super harsh,
22:12but he had clearly harbored his resentment for a long time.
22:16However,
22:16as soon as she bursts into tears,
22:18somehow he's apologizing,
22:20and our eyes could not have rolled any harder.
22:23I did not mean what I said about Brady.
22:25It's just you caught me off guard, okay?
22:27Listen,
22:27this isn't us.
22:28This is not who we are, okay?
22:30It is not who we are.
22:32Later,
22:32she has the audacity to get annoyed at him after learning Steve has moved on.
22:37Hey, Miranda,
22:37you remember why your marriage broke up, right?
22:40Well, uh,
22:42you enjoy
22:43your locally sourced organic sex,
22:47and, uh,
22:49I'll start writing up the divorce papers.
22:51And,
22:52don't worry about me.
22:54I will not be crying on the subway tonight.
22:56At least Che is there to make it all better.
22:58Oh, wait.
22:59Two back-to-back breakups.
23:01I'm killing it over here.
23:03Number 12.
23:04Miranda's Beach Cleanup Kerfuffle
23:06Miranda and some other members of her AA group
23:09join an environmentalist's beach cleanup effort.
23:11Sure,
23:11the beach looks cleaner,
23:13but Miranda ends up in quite a mess.
23:15Naya,
23:15I can't talk now.
23:16I'm saving the planet.
23:17You're welcome.
23:18She realizes she's lost her phone,
23:20and since her ride had to check out earlier,
23:22she's now stranded.
23:24Oh, my God.
23:25Oh,
23:25oh,
23:26oh,
23:26oh,
23:27I lost my phone.
23:29Did anybody see a phone?
23:30Oh,
23:30my God.
23:31Um,
23:31I,
23:32I don't have my phone,
23:33and I needed to call Uber.
23:35Eventually,
23:35she comes across a group of beachgoers
23:37who let her borrow a phone.
23:38Che's reaction to the SOS call
23:40left us wide-eyed.
23:42Trust them to make Miranda's lousy luck
23:44all about them.
23:45Can you come and get me?
23:46At the beach?
23:48It's rush hour.
23:50It'll take me like an hour and a half
23:51to get there.
23:52We have dinner with Tony Danz
23:53in an hour.
23:54We so wanted to shake Miranda
23:56until she woke up
23:57and noticed the major relationship red flag.
24:00At least Che is kind enough
24:02to send someone else to rescue her.
24:04And just like that,
24:05Miranda learns that Che is married.
24:08And, uh,
24:08how do you know Che?
24:10We were married.
24:13Technically,
24:13still hard.
24:15Number 11.
24:16Che's ill-timed phone calls.
24:18Fans were split over Che and Miranda's relationship,
24:20and moments like this
24:21did not win them any new fans.
24:23In Metcute,
24:25Miranda struggles with a new accessory
24:26to help spice up
24:27her and Che's physical relationship.
24:29And, well,
24:30when you're trying to get intimate,
24:31the last thing you probably want to hear is
24:33Can we move this along?
24:34I've got to set it at the comedy store at 9.
24:36Or for your significant other
24:37to make a phone call.
24:39Thought that was bad?
24:40In the following episode,
24:41Che answers a call
24:42to help them get ahead
24:43in their sitcom career
24:44while Miranda is,
24:45um,
24:46doing the same in the bedroom.
24:48Because the network hates new pages.
24:49Can you be here by 10?
24:52Um,
24:53okay,
24:53in an hour?
24:54Oh,
24:5510 o'clock tonight.
24:56We don't know how Miranda
24:57was so blasé about the interruption
24:59because we were mortified.
25:01Surely taking calls
25:02at such a time
25:03is a universal faux pas.
25:05So weird.
25:07The writer can't seem
25:08to wrap their head
25:09around my few realism notes,
25:10but can wrap their head
25:11around Tony Danza's
25:12My Mexican Father.
25:13Number 10.
25:13The whole Met Ball storyline.
25:16After season one,
25:17many of us already felt
25:18that some of these characters
25:19and their stories
25:20were very out of touch.
25:22So,
25:22if the writers wanted
25:23to remedy that,
25:24we probably wouldn't have gone
25:26with the ostentatious
25:27Met Gala storyline
25:28to kick off season two.
25:29No,
25:30your daddy hates
25:31these kind of things.
25:32Well,
25:32he just came home
25:33all excited about his outfit.
25:36What outfit?
25:37Cheerio,
25:38old chaps.
25:40So many moments
25:41left us closing our eyes
25:42and exhaling
25:43that it was hard
25:44to pick just one offender.
25:45There's that whole kerfuffle
25:46over whether or not
25:47Anthony gets to be
25:47someone's plus one.
25:49You'll get over it.
25:50You're a man.
25:51Says who?
25:52Says you.
25:53You okay?
25:54When did my life
25:55become seventh grade
25:56gym class again?
25:57Don't have fun.
25:58How about Carrie
25:59using her Vivian Westwood
26:00wedding dress,
26:01yes,
26:01that one,
26:02as a backup outfit
26:03for the event?
26:04And what about
26:05Charlotte and Lisa
26:06complaining about
26:07their poor privileged lives?
26:09At least Anthony
26:09was there to call them out.
26:10Until one morning,
26:12he doesn't have
26:12his everything bagel,
26:13and then it's like,
26:15this house is falling apart.
26:16Hey,
26:17I'm really enjoying
26:18listening to your podcast,
26:19Rich People's Problems.
26:20Number nine,
26:21Samantha Deserved Better.
26:23And where's
26:24the fourth musketeer?
26:25Where's Samantha?
26:27Oh,
26:27she's no longer with us.
26:30No,
26:31no,
26:31no,
26:31no,
26:31she didn't die.
26:32Oh,
26:32no,
26:33no,
26:33no,
26:33I'm so sorry,
26:34no.
26:34I just meant
26:35she's not with us.
26:37She's in London.
26:38After learning
26:39that Kim Cattrall
26:40wouldn't be returning,
26:41fans were intrigued
26:42to see how the show
26:43would handle
26:43Samantha's absence.
26:45Needless to say,
26:46many of us
26:47were left unimpressed
26:48with what was done
26:48in season one.
26:49I told her that
26:50because of,
26:51you know,
26:51what the book business is now,
26:52it just didn't make sense
26:54for me to keep her on
26:55as a publicist.
26:56She said fine
26:57and then fired me
26:58as a friend.
26:58She didn't fire you.
27:00Nothing about
27:00their explanation
27:01suited the character
27:02we know at all.
27:04Like,
27:04do we really think
27:05Samantha is so fragile
27:07as to drop
27:08all her friends
27:09because of a
27:10professional interaction?
27:12Sidebar,
27:12why would Carrie
27:14need a PR rep
27:14on Retainer anyway?
27:16To add insult
27:17to injury,
27:18it often feels
27:19like they're trying
27:19to make Anthony
27:20or even Seema
27:21the new Samantha.
27:22Wait,
27:23please,
27:23there's so many
27:24more gems.
27:25How many dating apps
27:27are you on?
27:27How much time
27:28have you got?
27:29And we're simply
27:29not buying it.
27:31When Willie Garson
27:32sadly passed away
27:33in September 2021,
27:35they used the
27:35moved abroad tactic
27:37to explain
27:38his absence as well.
27:39By the time
27:40you read this,
27:41I'll be in Tokyo.
27:42I mean,
27:43who is he?
27:44The lost Bronte sister?
27:45He said he couldn't
27:46bring himself
27:46to tell you
27:47he was leaving
27:47face to face
27:48after Big died.
27:49Right,
27:49and a note
27:50is so much
27:51more compassionate.
27:52The notes
27:52he leaves Carrie
27:53and Anthony
27:54felt rather reminiscent
27:55of a certain
27:56infamous,
27:57cringeworthy
27:58post-it note.
27:59These characters
28:00deserved better,
28:01as did we.
28:03Number 8,
28:04Justice for Steve.
28:05Hey, hey, hey,
28:06Steve-O,
28:07long time now,
28:07see?
28:08What's new?
28:08Hey, I got hearing
28:09age,
28:10I'm an old timer now.
28:11No, you're not!
28:12You only have
28:1260% hearing loss
28:14in one ear
28:14and 40% in the other.
28:15Yeah,
28:16because I'm old.
28:16Look,
28:17we get it,
28:18but how is it
28:19that Steve
28:20seems to have aged
28:21so much more
28:22than everyone else?
28:23Not looks-wise,
28:24but everything else.
28:25Although, granted,
28:26his hearing loss
28:27is reflective
28:27of David Eigenberg's
28:29real-life condition,
28:30but in general,
28:31Steve's portrayed
28:32as a confused
28:33and awkward shell
28:34of his former self.
28:35You know,
28:35you got me
28:36so freaking distracted
28:38when you're yelling
28:38at me about
28:39the squash guy
28:40I left my wallet
28:42over with a pickle guy
28:43who used to be
28:43over in that corner.
28:45While Miranda's
28:46going through
28:46a sexual awakening
28:47and struggling
28:47with substance use disorder,
28:49he's picking
28:50chia seeds
28:50out of his teeth.
28:51That certainly
28:52doesn't sound like
28:53the witty wisecracker
28:54we remember.
28:55The writers responded
28:56to the backlash
28:56by insisting
28:57that they love Steve
28:58and his Steve-ness.
29:00We just hope
29:01that future episodes
29:02prove it.
29:03Hey,
29:04what's...
29:05I come over you.
29:06I'm...
29:06I'm just in the mood.
29:08It's been too long
29:09for me.
29:10Number seven,
29:11Charlotte tries
29:12to diversify her circle.
29:14It is unacceptable
29:15that we do not
29:16have a more diverse
29:17friendship circle,
29:17so tonight,
29:18bring your A game.
29:20While planning
29:20a dinner party,
29:21Charlotte worries
29:22that cool mom
29:23Lisa Todd Wexley
29:24will be the only
29:25person of color there.
29:26Her solution?
29:28Forcibly try
29:28to befriend
29:29other people of color.
29:30Maybe you and David
29:31could pop in
29:32before your dinner
29:33for drinks,
29:34you know,
29:34just pop in,
29:35say hi.
29:36We'll do it another time.
29:37Oh,
29:37but we always say
29:39we'll do it another time.
29:40Let's just
29:40get her done.
29:42She hounds
29:43her poor neighbor
29:44and even asks Anthony
29:45to help her get in touch
29:46with one of his black friends.
29:48The insensitive faux pas
29:49don't end there either.
29:51Charlotte commits
29:52the first blunder
29:53at Herbert's birthday party
29:54by mistaking a guest
29:56for another black woman
29:57she knows.
30:08Meanwhile,
30:08Harry overcompensates
30:09for his awkwardness
30:10by embarrassingly
30:12name-dropping
30:13black celebrities.
30:15It took all of our might
30:16not to cover our ears
30:18and hum loudly
30:19over the agonizing dialogue.
30:22Number six,
30:23Carrie wakes up
30:23to Miranda and Che
30:24getting it on.
30:26Fans were divided.
30:27over whether or not
30:28Miranda's chemistry
30:29and subsequent affair
30:30with Che felt forced.
30:31But scenes like this
30:33weren't exactly
30:34winning them any favors.
30:35No,
30:36no,
30:36what are you doing?
30:40What was that
30:41in my kitchen?
30:41What is going on with you?
30:43Che visits Carrie
30:44who's recuperating
30:45from surgery.
30:46But since she's fast asleep,
30:48Che and Miranda
30:49share a bottle of tequila
30:50in the kitchen.
30:51And just like that,
30:52things get rather intimate.
30:53Tell me I like it,
30:54tell me not to stop.
30:55I like it.
30:57Oh, please.
30:58Okay.
30:58Please don't stop.
31:01The scene is one
31:03long, continuous cringe fest.
31:05Whether it's Carrie
31:06catching her friend
31:07and boss going at it,
31:08or the accident she has
31:09when there's no one
31:10to help her to the bathroom.
31:12It's one of those scenes
31:13where you want to look away,
31:15but you simply can't.
31:16I only took half a pill
31:17because I was so out
31:20of it yesterday.
31:21I should have taken
31:21the whole bottle
31:22so I didn't have to witness
31:23any of that.
31:25Number five,
31:25Charlotte tells Anthony
31:27about Rock.
31:28Sex and the City
31:28approached their LGBTQIA plus
31:31characters through
31:32a very heteronormative lens.
31:34But now they had
31:34a second chance
31:35to get it right.
31:36Or so we hoped.
31:38I don't feel like a girl.
31:41Oh.
31:44Well?
31:46Sometimes I don't feel
31:48like a girl either.
31:49After Charlotte's younger child
31:50tries to come out,
31:52Charlotte attempts to explain
31:53what happened to Anthony.
31:54We were left completely aghast
31:57by his dismissive attitude
31:58and recoiled in horror
32:00as he essentially told Charlotte
32:02to ignore it.
32:03I'm her mother.
32:04I can't ignore it.
32:05Says who?
32:06Everyone.
32:07Well, fuck everyone.
32:08Nothing is worse
32:10than when he compares
32:10the situation to a six-year-old kid
32:12wanting to be a dog.
32:14This could have been
32:14such a poignant moment
32:15about acceptance
32:16for Charlotte and Rock.
32:18But instead,
32:19we were left wide-eyed
32:20by this totally
32:21tone-deaf conversation.
32:22I want to do the right thing.
32:24And you will
32:25when and if
32:26the time comes.
32:28And I will be there
32:29with you and Rose
32:29every step of the way.
32:31But right now,
32:32she's just a little
32:32sourdough starter.
32:33Who knows what she's
32:34going to grow into?
32:35Number four.
32:36Charlotte goes from
32:37sex positive
32:37to sex annoying.
32:39We were all taken
32:40by surprise
32:40when Lily announced
32:41her intentions
32:42to get intimate
32:43with her boyfriend
32:44for the first time.
32:45Excuse me?
32:46I'm ready to lose
32:47my virginity.
32:48I'm ready to lose
32:49my hearing.
32:50And now,
32:51it won't be the perfect day
32:52that I had planned.
32:53And we applaud the show
32:54for promoting
32:55sex positivity.
32:56But come on,
32:57none of us want to hear
32:58about the stuff
32:59from our parents.
33:00We're glad Lily stopped
33:01Charlotte before we were
33:02forced to switch it off.
33:03It is important
33:04that you take care
33:06of your own needs.
33:07Stop, stop, stop.
33:08You have gone
33:09from sex positive
33:10to sex annoying.
33:11That being said,
33:12that scene where Lily
33:13realizes she and her boyfriend
33:15don't have protection
33:16made us pinch the end
33:17of our noses
33:18and wonder if she'd
33:19perhaps cut off
33:20Charlotte's safe sex talk
33:21too soon.
33:22I'm not about to go out
33:24in the middle of a blizzard
33:25to get you guys condoms.
33:26Okay, okay, never mind.
33:28Blake Googled
33:28how to pull out.
33:29We can just try that.
33:30Okay, bye.
33:31Lily!
33:33Lily!
33:33And who sends their mom
33:35out in a blizzard like that?
33:36Charlotte's commitment
33:37to her daughter's well-being
33:38might be the only
33:39redeeming part
33:40of this plot.
33:41I would avoid
33:41using the warming one
33:43because you get a rush
33:44really easily down there,
33:45remember?
33:45It's cold and the snow
33:46is blowing in.
33:47Okay.
33:51Number 3.
33:52Miranda Hobbes,
33:53White Savior.
33:55Miranda was often
33:56the forward-thinking,
33:57outspoken advocate
33:58of the group.
33:59So we guess they wanted
34:00to show that anyone
34:01can misfire
34:02when it comes
34:02to the subject of race.
34:03Did you have to say something?
34:05Oh,
34:06one of the important
34:08takeaways I got
34:09from how to be
34:10an anti-racist
34:11is if you see something,
34:12you have to speak on it.
34:13You have to call it out.
34:15Well,
34:15that's very noble of you
34:16even if a tad bit
34:17White Savior complex.
34:18Even so,
34:19that scene from
34:20her first day in class
34:21should be locked away
34:22in some vault
34:23to save us
34:23from the second-hand
34:24embarrassment.
34:25Please just forget
34:27that I ever said
34:28anything about your hair.
34:30Hair has nothing
34:32whatsoever to do
34:33with appropriateness
34:35or intelligence
34:36or gravitas,
34:37obviously.
34:37Pro tip,
34:38don't take a shot
34:39after every microaggression
34:41because you will not
34:42make it out of the
34:43scene conscious.
34:44But even if we ignore
34:45that scene,
34:46we'd still be left
34:46with her White Savior
34:47complex.
34:48Surely Miranda
34:49understands the difference
34:51between getting annoyed
34:52at a security guard
34:53who's just asking for ID
34:54and what to do
34:55when someone's getting
34:56mugged in front of you.
34:57It's very clear
35:03that these women
35:04have nothing in common,
35:06so their budding
35:06friendship feels
35:07painfully forced, too.
35:09Number 2
35:10Did you hear that
35:11the show's woke now?
35:12As we've mentioned,
35:13Sex and the City
35:14had its problems.
35:15And they're vintage.
35:17Right.
35:17From a time
35:18when that was okay.
35:19I'm embarrassed
35:19when friends come over.
35:21And just like that
35:22was here to prove
35:22that the series
35:23could get with the times.
35:24Only it really couldn't.
35:27Like, oh, he, she,
35:28they, them,
35:29oh, please tell me
35:29which box to check!
35:31Rather than focus
35:31on a couple of social issues
35:33and really do them justice,
35:35they tried to tackle
35:35a bit of everything
35:36and fell short
35:38at almost every step.
35:40As if that isn't bad enough.
35:42Much of the dialogue
35:42points at how woke
35:44the show thinks it's being.
35:45Woke moment!
35:46And yes,
35:47I know that no one person
35:48can represent
35:49all the genders
35:50and sexual orientations
35:52or an entire race.
35:53And I fully acknowledge
35:54that we are
35:55complicated,
35:56diverse beings.
35:57This was a major turnoff
35:59for many fans
36:00and had plenty
36:01of us facepalming throughout.
36:03Remember when your teacher
36:04would say,
36:05show, don't tell?
36:06Well, this is why.
36:08Before we unveil
36:09our top pick,
36:10here are some
36:10honorable mentions.
36:12Carrie watches big.
36:14This is where
36:15a cutaway
36:15would have been appreciated.
36:16Are you going to join me?
36:18Mm-mm.
36:19I just want to watch.
36:22With or without my glasses?
36:24Carrie patronizes Seema.
36:26If we were Seema,
36:27we'd have clicked
36:28our designer heels
36:28straight out of there.
36:30Good for you, Seema,
36:30trying to find yourself
36:31a man to marry
36:32after all those years
36:33of no luck.
36:34No, no,
36:35that's not the way
36:36I meant it.
36:36No, I'm sure,
36:37but that's how I heard it.
36:38Samantha's cameo.
36:40Nope,
36:40we're not buying it.
36:41Thank you for everything.
36:43You f***ing fabulous,
36:45fabulous flot.
36:47I, Samantha,
36:48do you have a British accent?
36:50Who's Samantha?
36:52This is Annabelle Bronstein.
36:54I'm from Injong.
36:56Ta and cheerio.
36:57Anthony's new position.
36:59This storyline
37:00was handled so poorly.
37:02No ifs,
37:02ands,
37:03or buts.
37:03Jesus Christ,
37:04because I'm not the woman,
37:05okay?
37:06So I'm the woman.
37:07No.
37:08Look.
37:09I'm looking.
37:11Gay men of my generation
37:12see things differently.
37:13The roles are more defined.
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37:31Number 1.
37:32Che.
37:33Just Che.
37:34Che symbolizes
37:35a lot of the show's pitfalls.
37:38Their introduction was lacking
37:39and their entire personality
37:41is steeped in tokenism.
37:43Their awful podcast
37:44voiced the show's
37:45most combative woke-ism.
37:47And it's hard to forget
37:48that stand-up special.
37:49And just because
37:50my family loves me
37:51does not mean
37:53that they're not confused.
37:55Okay.
37:56I am like an episode
37:57of Unsolved Mysteries.
37:59They're so confused.
38:00For a show that claims
38:01to be aware of the lack
38:02of representative
38:03non-binary characters
38:04in the media,
38:05and just like that
38:06does a pretty decent job
38:08of turning Che
38:08into a cringe-worthy caricature.
38:11They could have been
38:12such a positive force
38:13in Miranda's sexual awakening
38:14rather than just
38:15your host
38:16and queer non-binary
38:18Mexican-Irish diva
38:19representing everyone else
38:21outside these two boring genders.
38:22Then there's how
38:23they turned Miranda
38:24into the very thing
38:25she couldn't stand.
38:26It's just one time.
38:27Anyone can have a slip.
38:29You know,
38:29even if I could get my mind
38:30around that justification,
38:31it's the cheating part.
38:33The behind-my-back part.
38:34The violation of the trust.
38:36That's what's killing me.
38:37Just imagine
38:37what impact they could have had
38:39on the coming-out journey
38:40of Charlotte's youngest, too.
38:41Che's character
38:42had so much potential,
38:44but their scenes
38:44are just so hard to watch.
38:46Okay, do me a favor.
38:48Stop talking.
38:50And just breathe.
38:52And just like that,
38:53we want to know
38:53which moments
38:54made you cringe so hard
38:55you'd actually consider
38:56breaking up with the show
38:57on a post-it.
38:58Let us know in the comments.
39:00Look at me.
39:01I forgive you.
39:02It's over
39:03in the past.