Dicks and the City
And Just Like That hit the dick jokes hard this week (but not as hard as Charlotte). Let's rate them!
Welp, no Aidan yet1, but this week’s And Just Like That has dick jokes aplenty. They didn’t work quite as well as last week’s truly comedic episode did, but the real injustice here was the fact the we didn’t get one week (just one week! Please!) off from Che Diaz. They have followed us back from Los Angeles. Ugh to this.
As many have lamented before me, one of the differences between Sex and the City and AJLT is that lack of cohesive theme running throughout each episode. Well, this one comes closest to having a theme, and the theme is dicks. There’s Harry’s dick (and pelvic floor), some octogenarian’s dick that pops up on Carrie’s phone, lots of discussion of fake dicks of bygone days, and of course, the presence of a dick in Che and Miranda’s previously dick-less bed.
Let’s break them down in terms of funny or not funny!
When Charlotte and Harry’s kids leave for summer camp (the parents cheering is an old but still-funny comedic beat), they race home to have sex, and we’re reminded how hilarious freak-in-the-sheets Charlotte is. Apparently, this girl likes jizz like a 4th of July fireworks show (relevant! And hopefully I will have scrubbed this reference from my brain by next 4th of July). It is a very odd take, I must say, but the back and forth of the brunch crew (including Miranda! MIRANDA IS BACK AT BRUNCH!) is reminiscent of the original show and the iconic “funky-tasting spunk” conversation. This storyline gets the most points for its throwback status with an older-person twist (or is it? forgive me for not googling if this is real—I’ll just take it from the very hungry doctor). And for Anthony calling it “dust balls",” which made me laugh out loud2.
Marlon Schaeffer’s tripod is likely the first time Sister Mary Carrie has been sent a dick pic, I’d wager. Bitsy von Muffling, who I guess is now a series regular, introduces it to her in a bawdy bit at a party for Enid’s new magazine. I laughed just because of Carrie’s face getting said dick pic and then immediately seeing Bitsy’s face after having sent it. This bit is mildly funny, including the fact that Marlon is Enid’s “beau,” but I wish Enid and Carrie had made some sort of reference to their swimming in the same dating pool, a la season six.
Lyle Lyle Crocodile and his ten rings show up in New York to help Che move back. I kind of liked Lyle3 and the idea of Che’s backstory, and for a second I thought Carrie and Lyle were going to hook up, but instead it’s an almost three-way among Miranda, Che, and Lyle. LOL to Miranda hesitating about having sex while Lyle sleeps—girl, you had an embolism-level orgasm while Carrie was in the next room—and if anyone didn’t see those rings coming in to play, well, you’re probably Carrie.4 This is fine for Miranda, but I bristled when Che sensitively came out because they missed Miranda. I would support a theory that Che and Lyle are actually still married on purpose and this is just their kink. Not really a funny storyline per se, but it happened.
I didn’t hate this episode, mainly over the Case of the Missing Jizz feeling like a return to form, but it was very mid. I liked seeing Enid again, but I thought the idea that Carrie being offended by her suggesting they’re in the same demo could have been explored a bit further. Yes, she’s in her 50s, not 70s, but society does lump women of a certain age into one certain age area, and Carrie is understandably put off by the idea and also cops to her own ageism over that fact. I also liked how Seemantha5 called herself and Carrie “sophomores not seniors,” and also counseled Carrie through being awkward about using Enid to promote her book. Networking is hard!
Oh, and yes to Charlotte getting a job offer and juicier storylines than, ew, should not have used the word juicy.
The internet has referred to him being in the second half of the season, and we are on episode 4 of an 11-episode season. Soooo could be as soon as next week or as late as three weeks from now?!
Anthony not having his own storyline while Che has multiple this season is a crime and I have reported it to the police.
Who’s coming up with the men’s names on this show? There are so many names in the world and so few that make my mouth feel icky while saying them.
Again with the the prude face! She can’t even hear a passing mention of pegging and strap-ons? This women once described herself as a sexual anthropologist.
I can’t be the first person to make this lame joke but I make it proudly!