And Just Like That, nothing seems to have changed in season 3 and we're here for it!

Whether 'And Just Like That' intends to or not, it leaves me wanting to stick a Post-it on my desk that says - Don't take yourself or life too seriously; romanticize everything!

And Just Like That Season 3 Episode 1 review: I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of a chic flick, even one as done and dusted as Sex and the City or its new variant And Just Like That. After innumerable seasons, two movies and two seasons of the new series, we’re back with season 3 of the now 50 something best friends living it up in New York City sans Samantha Jones. We also have three new additions to this girl gang - Seema Patel, Lisa Todd Wexley and Dr. Nya Wallace.

Released 2 years after the last season, there’s absolutely nothing new to this tale we know all too well and that’s probably what makes it so wholesome. It sticks to what it knows best - giving us a sneak peek into the lives of these very done-up women while keeping their issues as real as possible. Maybe that's why, even with a 20-year age gap, I find their stories so relatable. Carrie's in a long distance relationship without a capital R with Aiden, yes he's the same furniture designer from the Sex and the City franchise. Miranda's at a lesbian bar practicing her come-hither smile; she sleeps with a woman who thinks that the sun shines out of Miranda's bum, only to find out the following morning that said woman in a virgin nun! Yeah, you read that right! Charlotte's spent the entire episode proving that her dog, Richard Burton, isn't a violent beast and Seema, our dear Seema does what she does best - walk out of relationships. Tell me this isn't a page out of your girl gang's Whatsapp chat and I'll tell you in 10 different ways how you're wrong!

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While the world takes home Carrie Bradshaw’s fashion and glamorous life, I revel in the realism, in watching these fictional women struggle with relationships, themselves and with life at every age, at every turn. Who knew you'd be faking orgasms even at 50! But Carrie shows you that sometimes a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do! The scene where she comes clean to Aiden the following night and initiates some gold old phone sex but he can't entertain it because his son's sleeping next to him - it doesn't get more real than that! Miranda's self discovery at 50 doesn't look that different from Lily's at 15, Seema finally puts herself out there with this new relationship by fighting her own instincts only to eventually call it off because she wasn't being prioritised; Lisa is perpetually stretched thin between her work, children and husband but refuses to quit on any and Anthony's finally allowed himself to be vulnerable enough to take productive criticism from a partner and works on learning not to be too himself sometimes. These characters are deeply flawed, sometimes full of red flags but so authentic that you cannot stop watching them.

They also show me just what I'd want my adult friendships to look like - raw, vulnerable, brutally honest conversations, prioritizing each other even when it's hard and ultimately becoming family. This series pretty much portrays that life sucks at every age but it's also beautiful through and through. It's liberating in the best way; it helps me feel free, understood and, most importantly, it shows me that timelines mean nothing! Whether 'And Just Like That' intends to or not, it leaves me wanting to stick a Post-it on my desk that says - Don't take yourself or life too seriously; romanticize everything!

And Just Like That season 3 will be streaming a new episode every Friday on Jio Hotstar, starting today!

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