And Just Like That Boss Explains Why The Finale Had To Include That 1 Gross-Out Scene
This article contains spoilers for the And Just Like That finale.
Since it premiered in 2021, And Just Like That has given us some unforgettable scenes that no one could have predicted back when we were watching Sex And The City.
We’re talking Carrie wetting the bed, and vomiting in the street. We’re talking Miranda walking naked around Carrie’s house and calling her friend while sitting on the toilet. And yes, we’re talking about Charlotte putting Harry through intense physical training in a quest to bring back his lost ejaculate.
And that’s without getting into all of the puppet masturbation, nun sex, penis pumping, botched threesomes, uncomfortable phone sex and prosthetic genitals we got along the way.
It’s fitting, then, that in And Just Like That’s final outing, showrunner Michael Patrick King gave us one of the most jaw-dropping sequences ever, when Miranda’s toilet began to overflow after a chaotic Thanksgiving dinner, flooding her bathroom floor with a near-stranger’s poo.
When asked about the scene during an interview with Variety, Michael Patrick said it was part of a long-standing tradition of not letting the show get too big for its boots.
He explained: “Whenever anyone in this universe, Sex And The City or And Just Like That, stands on a soapbox to make a speech, the soapbox breaks. We cannot take ourselves too seriously.”
Michael Patrick continued: “For the gorgeousness of Carrie’s pink, sparkly top and tulle skirt – that’s the high – the low is a toilet filled up with shit. Because guess what? Being single, there’s a lot of shit, and relationships are a lot of shit.
“It’s the comedy, with the drama, with the romance, with the fairytale. I guess it’s a response to the fairytale.”
And Just Like That’s last outing has already had the thumbs down from both critics and viewers for a number of reasons.
Earlier this week, Sarah Jessica Parker defended one of the most controversial parts of the finale – having already given an impassioned answer in support of her character during an interview with HuffPost UK earlier this year.