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Kim Cattrall last played the iconic Samantha Jones in Sex and the City 2 in 2010. Now, 13 years later, she returned for her first cameo in And Just Like That.
And Just Like That, the Sex and the City revival series, just wrapped up its second season, and just like Season 1, it was honestly must-watch TV if you love over the top storylines and Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker).
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Set 11 years after the second Sex and the City film, the new revival series finds Carrie (Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) still living it up in NYC, still being best friends, and still getting into some of the most wild situations that we all can't help but love.
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While And Just Like That has moments that are reminiscent of the old Sex and the City, it often feels like it's missing that one spark of what made the original show great. And, honestly, that spark is Kim Cattrall as the iconic Samantha Jones.
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Kim's absence from the revival series came after years of reported tension between Kim and the rest of the cast, namely with Sarah Jessica Parker. Kim has described her former costars as "toxic," and alleged off-screen tension started around the time of a reported third Sex and the City movie, which Kim turned down in 2017.
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Kim and SJP have gone back and forth for years, with Kim saying she and the other women were "never friends, just colleagues," while SJP said hearing that was "very upsetting."
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That all leads us to And Just Like That, and Kim revealing to Variety that she was "never asked to be part of the reboot." With the show electing to write out Samantha in the beginning of Season 1, as Carrie revealed that the once best friends had a falling out over a book deal and Samantha now lives in London.
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However, in the Season 1 finale, while in Paris, Carrie decided to text Samantha, and it seemed like the duo were on a path to becoming friends again.
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This all leads to Kim agreeing to come back for a cameo in Season 2, after HBO reaching out asking what they could do to get her back. Kim requested that she would return only if SATC costume designer Patricia Field could come back and dress Samantha for the scene.
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Both Kim and Pat did not return for And Just Like That, but have remained good friends and recently worked together on Kim's Netflix series Glamorous.
Okay, now cut to the recent And Just Like That Season 2 finale, which picks up with Carrie preparing to say goodbye to her ICONIC apartment with one final goodbye party. A few episodes ago, Carrie decided to buy a new apartment, one that she and Aidan (John Corbett) could live in together.
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The Season 2 finale literally ends with Aidan telling Carrie he can't move to NYC and needs to be in Virginia with his children while they grow up. Aidan tells Carrie to wait for him for 5 years, until his youngest boy isn't a teenager anymore. And Carrie still moves into the new apartment.
With preparations underway for what they are calling "the last supper" (LOL), her phone suddenly rings and it's Samantha. And unlike in the Season 1 finale, we actually see Kim as Samantha having a conversation with Carrie.
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Samantha is devastated that she's not going to make it for the party and delivers the news in the most quintessential Samantha Jones way.
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Also, she was only coming to NYC for one day for the party. I mean, a little odd she didn't come after Big's sudden death, but I'll roll with it.
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I love that having Samantha and Carrie talk on the phone was the way to get them in a scene together without Kim and SJP having to actually film together. LOL.
Anyway, Kim's big return as Samantha ends with her bidding farewell to Carrie's apartment, and she signs off with a fake British accent — aka the return of Annabelle Bronstein — in the most perfect way.
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Of course, many devoted Sex and the City fans immediatly took to Twitter to share their excitement for Kim's return as Samantha in this amazing, but brief, scene:
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My expectations for her cameo weren't that big, like I loved this scene, but I was expecting she appeared on the last second to surprise Carrie. Like they could've recorded in different rooms - but like Carrie opening the door and Samantha standing there. 💜 #AndJustLikeThat pic.twitter.com/b5sIN9WAHS
— Marcio D'Astrain (@marciodastrain) August 24, 2023@marciodastrain / Max / Via Twitter: @marciodastrain
God, I missed Samantha Jones so much.
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