In episodes 7 to 9 of HBO’s “Sex and the City” reboot “And Just Like That…”, the mid-life crisis season, the crises continue apace. Carrie writes her grief memoir and goes on a tragic date. Charlotte discovers her 15-year-old daughter knows about thirst traps. Miranda has an affair AND a divorce without ever having an on-screen conversation with her teenage son. These three episodes offer only slight attention to details like “plot continuity” and “the number of seasons that pass in three months,” but they’re distractingly action-packed and full of eye candy (hello, Carrie’s old Versace ballgown), as well as some classic scenes of the besties joking about their sex lives. As episode 9 wraps, Miranda and Carrie are in completely different places than they were when the series opened, and Charlotte — well, Charlotte, for now, is on top at last.
And with that, “And Just Like That…” has careened, like a glittering rollercoaster, into its home stretch. Only the …
