The 'And Just Like That' Finale Wasn’t The Goodbye We Wanted

HBO MaxHoly shit, I thought as the credits crept across the screen during And Just Like That’s next-to-last episode. They did it — they finally recaptured some of the magic we’ve all been craving. For a brief moment in time, it felt like we were back in New York City circa 2002, hanging out with our favorite fictional TV foursome: Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, and Samantha Jones.Of course, this isn’t the early aughts, and Samantha Jones didn’t make it to the sequel series. But still, if I squinted, I could almost convince myself And Just Like That had, at long la