Fans of And Just Like That… have turned on Carrie Bradshaw’s long-time love Aiden Shaw, embracing her new ‘hot gardener’ as a potential romantic interest following the second episode of Season 3.
Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, has been navigating a frustrating long-distance relationship with Aidan (John Corbett) in the Sex and the City sequel, after he asked for a five-year pause on their romance so that he can raise his troubled son.
After the premiere episode last week, many were left with an ‘ick’ following a scene that had Aiden licking his hand in his truck so that he could have phone sex with Carrie.
‘Aidan spitting on his hand was the worst moment of television I’ve ever seen,’ one wrote after the episode aired.
‘He was completely gross during this whole episode and that whole scene. Looked gross, sounded gross, was and is gross. Any of the appeal he used to have is completely gone. Also, Carrie looks way better than he does now.’
After episode two — titled ‘The Rat Race’ — aired on Thursday, fans continued to express their dislike for her lover, who was briefly reunited with Carrie before she bumped into her hunky landscaper.
Fans of And Just Like That … have turned on Carrie Bradshaw’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) lover Aiden Shaw (John Corbett), embracing her new ‘hot gardener’ instead
After the premiere episode last week, many were left with an ‘ick’ following a scene that had Aiden licking his hand in his truck so that he could have phone sex with Carrie
But in the latest episode, titled The Rat Race, Carrie meets a hunky new landscaper named Adam (Logan Marshall-Dean) who fans hope will be her new beau
‘Would a woman like Carrie really waste her time on a man like that?’ another questioned.
‘F**k Aiden. He’s such a bore. Carrie needs to hook up with the hot gardener.’
‘Oh great, Aidan’s here,’ another added with the eyeroll emoji.
‘I liked Aidan on the original series but idk. I’m tired of them together this time around.’
‘WTF is this Aidan storyline???’
‘All Aiden wants is a booty call,’ another added.
Meanwhile many were seen rooting for the gardener, with one writing, ‘The gardener though.’
‘Adam Gardens is cute,’ another added.
And Just Like That… follows the intertwined lives of friends Carrie, Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) in New York City.
Early in the episode Carrie is pictured typing away at her laptop while sitting in her garden, before she is overrun by a swarm of rats.
Screaming, she runs back into her home.
She then thinks about reaching out to Aidan.
The pair have put their relationship on an unexpected five-year pause after Aidan moved back to Virginia to focus on raising his son, Wyatt, in season two.
In the new episode Carrie begins texts Aidan about her rat ordeal. At the end she writes, ‘I really, really wish you were here.’
However after reading the text, she decides to delete it and not send.
The next day when she comes out into her backyard, she is horrified to find that her worker, Ernesto, uprooted her entire garden while getting rid of the rats, leaving just dirt behind.
‘Oh my God, Ernesto, it’s all gone!’ she exclaims.
He replies: ‘Yeah, when you said you wanted me to make sure I got all the places where the rats could hide, and they were nesting deep in everything out here, it was like a rat superhighway.’
After episode two aired on Thursday, fans continued to express their dislike for her lover, who was briefly reunited with Carrie before she bumped into her hunky landscaper
Amid their long-distance relationship Aiden shows up to Carrie’s home unannounced. He tells her he felt ‘weird’ about how he shut her down during their last conversation
Carrie had called him trying to have phone sex, but he told her his son was sleeping next to him. Embarrassed, she awkwardly apologized before hanging up
After spending the night together, Carrie confronts Aiden about their lack of communication
However he comforts her, and tells her she can reach out to him anytime
However, Carrie is left frustrated after she tests their new texting rule, asking him a question about a piece of furniture, and only gets thumbs down emoji in response
Fans called out Aiden for his ’embarrassing’ lick on the last episode
They continued to express their frustration with Aiden after the second episode on Thursday, with one writing: ‘F**k Aiden. He’s such a bore. Carrie needs to hook up with the hot gardener’
Other echoed the sentiment, pleading for Carrie and the gardener to end up together
A dismayed Carrie is then surprised by Aiden, who shows up to her home unannounced.
He tells her he felt ‘weird’ about how he shut her down during their last conversation.
Carrie had called him trying to have phone sex, but he told her his son was sleeping next to him. Embarrassed, she awkwardly apologized before hanging up.
‘You flew up for one night because you felt weird?’ she asks him.
‘Oh yeah, I could’ve called you, but then I wouldn’t be able to do this,’ he says, before kissing her.
After spending the night together, Carrie confronts Aiden about their lack of communication.
She says because they have a no-contact rule in place, that she feels like she cannot reach out to him.
‘Yeah, I’m kind of lost too,’ he tells her. ‘I was so upset and, I think, guilty for being up here the night of Wyatt’s accident. Maybe I went a little overboard.’
‘I still… I gotta stay fuc***g laser-focused with that situation at home,’ he adds. ‘But you can text me, you know, little stuff, big stuff. Call me, if it’s important.’
‘So, anytime?’ she asks. ‘Or doing business hours? Weekends?’
‘Yes, sure, fire away,’ he replies.
After Carrie’s gardener Ernesto rips out her entire backyard to get rid of rats, she seeks the help of hunky gardener Adam to restore the space
Adam arrives in a T-shirt that highlights his muscular build, leading fans to believe he might catch Carrie’s eye
After looking at her garden he sarcastically quips, ‘Well, I don’t think you need much. What the f**k happened here?’
He then asks her about her ultimate vision for her garden. ‘I loved everything as it was, but now that’s all changed. So, I don’t know what comes next,’ she says
‘I think that’s exciting, not knowing. ‘Cause then, what is meant to be has the space to show up,’ he replies. They then share a tender look
Earlier in the episode Carrie is seen escaping a horde of rats in a pair of heels
‘Good, I feel better,’ Carrie states.
After Aiden leaves, Carrie decides to test their new texting rule.
She writes him about a coffee table she is thinking of buying for their home, and asks him what he thinks of it.
In the next scene she is seen at lunch with her friends, as she complains that Aiden’s only response to the table was a thumbs down emoji.
Elsewhere in the episode Carrie meets a hunky new landscaper named Adam (Logan Marshall-Dean).
After Carrie’s gardener Ernesto rips out her entire backyard to get rid of the rats, she seeks Adam’s help to restore the space.
Adam arrives in a T-shirt that highlights his muscular build, leading fans to believe he might catch Carrie’s eye.
After looking at her garden he sarcastically quips, ‘Well, I don’t think you need much. What the f**k happened here?’
He then asks her about her ultimate vision for her garden.
Nicole Ari Parker and Sarita Choudhury returned as the group’s new besties Lisa and Seema. Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Lisa team up as they navigate trying to get their kids into Ivy League collages
They find out that other parents at their children’s school are using a special college admissions consultant called Lois Fingerhood. Lisa and Charlotte eventually get Lois to have a talk with their kids, but decide to ditch her after she criticizes their cliché hobbies
Charlotte later catches her daughter making out with a boy at ballet rehearsal
Meanwhile Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) gets sucked into watching a reality TV show about dating that she initially made fun of at work
Elsewhere Seema gets the help of a matchmaker as she starts dating again following her recent breakup
‘What do you think?’ she asks him, before he turns the question back to her again.
‘Adam, I have no idea,’ she replies, before adding in what is seemingly a foreshadowing statement: ‘I loved everything as it was, but now that’s all changed. So, I don’t know what comes next.’
‘I think that’s exciting, not knowing. ‘Cause then, what is meant to be has the space to show up,’ he replies.
They then share a tender look.
The episode starts out with Carrie meeting her old downstairs neighbor Lisette Alee (played by Katerina Tannenbaum) at a bar.
Lisette now lives in Carrie’s former apartment.
In one sentimental scene she gifts Carrie a silver necklace that she made for her, featuring the number of the old apartment engraved on it.
Nicole Ari Parker and Sarita Choudhury returned as the group’s new besties Lisa and Seema.
Charlotte and Lisa team up as they navigate trying to get their kids into Ivy League collages.
They find out that other parents at their children’s school are using a special college admissions consultant called Lois Fingerhood, also known as ‘The Finger.’
When they bring it up to the school principal, he does not appear concerned, assuring them that it’s okay that parents are breaking the school’s rule by reaching out to other consultants.
There will be 12 episodes in And Just Like That… season 3, with the last premiering on August 14
Lisa and Charlotte eventually get Lois to have a talk with their kids, but decide to ditch her after she criticizes their cliché hobbies.
Charlotte later catches her daughter making out with a boy at ballet rehearsal.
Meanwhile Miranda gets sucked into watching a reality TV show about dating that she initially made fun of at work.
Elsewhere Seema gets the help of a matchmaker as she starts dating again following her recent breakup.
The show picks up 11 years after the events of the 2010 film Sex and the City 2, and follows three of the four original main characters.
Following the success of Kim Cattrall’s cameo in the second season, it’s been widely reported Samantha will return for at least part of the third season.
Sara Ramirez will not be returning as controversial non-binary comedian Che Diaz (there’s some disagreement as to whether this was because of their political posts, because of the end of the character’s relationship with Miranda, or because viewers just found them so annoying).
Karen Pittman also won’t return as Columbia law professor Nya Wallace because of scheduling conflicts.
Meanwhile The OC’s Logan Marshall-Green and the one and only Patti LuPone will all make appearances in the new series.
Since starting in December 2021, the Sex And The City spin-off has seen Carrie, Samantha and Charlotte grapple with sexuality, gender identity, death, grief, divorce, drug use, and pretty much every other hot issue in Western society.
The original Sex and the City ran for six seasons, airing on HBO from 1998 until 2004; Cynthia, Kristin, Sarah and Kim pictured in a promotional photo from 1999
The original Sex and the City ran for six seasons, airing on HBO from 1998 until 2004.
The story continued with two feature films: Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010).
The first season of And Just Like That… premiered in 2021.
There will be 12 episodes in And Just Like That… season 3, with the last premiering on August 14.