And Just Like That’s Writers Need to Kill Off This Character, or We’ll Riot

Cynthia Nixon may believe that she is “like Miranda in every single way” (as she said in a recent interview with The Times), but the fandom is not having it. Miranda Hobbes was once a feminist icon of the early 2000s – a strong and independent career woman, a fearless mother and wife, and an all-around successful woman. At least, that’s what audiences saw and enjoyed throughout Sex and the City ’s run.

And Just Like That… has introduced the viewers to a different side of Miranda (a previously non-existent one, that is). In the revival show, the redheaded lawyer is nothing like her old self. No, it’s not even that she is suddenly a lesbian. What rubbed most fans the wrong way is that Miranda has become a needy, clingy extension of Che Diaz.

Miranda grew tired of her marriage, her solution? Resort to cheating, of course, which is not at all out of character for her – you know, if you don’t consider that whole Steve cheating storyline. In season 1, Miranda was already a mere carbon copy of herself. Season 2 just amplified all that, making her become more pathetic with each episode (and there’s still room for her to get worse).

Sex and the City’s fans have been disappointed with And Just Like That… practically from the beginning, but the show has truly outdone itself with season 2. Now that people don’t see Miranda reverting to her original personality, they actually want the writers to kill her off altogether. Michael Patrick King, just put us out of our misery, will you?

There are still seven more episodes to go in season 2. What happens after that is unclear – an unknown road lies ahead. Hopefully, the creators will either see the error of their ways and miraculously fix the series in season 3, or, which is more likely, And Just Like That… will simply be canceled. Either way works for us.

Source: The Times