{"id":35442,"date":"2023-08-03T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1867525"},"modified":"2023-08-03T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T14:46:33","slug":"and-just-like-that-big-became-a-big-mistake","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/and-just-like-that-big-became-a-big-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"And Just Like That, Big became a big mistake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In season 2 episode 8, Carrie made a big admission. <\/p>

By Meg Walters\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 03 August 2023 at 11:06 AM<\/p>

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The long-awaited Aidan arc is well and truly underway<\/a> in And Just Like That season 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In episode 8, the series dives headfirst into his loved-up reunion with Carrie. They are, it seems, right where we left them a week ago \u2013 head over heels and, apparently, one week into bed rotting in a hotel room together.<\/p>\n

Carrie couldn\u2019t be happier. She\u2019s giggling constantly at Aidan\u2019s jokes and regaling her increasingly uneasy friends with tales of their reunion. She even manages to laugh off the news that he has a domesticated chicken who lives on his bed at his farmhouse in Virginia.<\/p>\n

And things get even weirder when Carrie makes a confession to Miranda. \u201cI think maybe I was always holding a piece of myself back because of Big,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I couldn\u2019t or I wouldn\u2019t allow myself to fully go there, just feel\u2026 I\u2019m just wondering, was it always there and I just didn\u2019t want to accept it? Miranda\u2026 I\u2019ve been asking myself\u2026 was Big a big mistake?\u201d<\/p>\n

Miranda, like the audience, is dumbfounded: \u201cI still don\u2019t know what to say.\u201d<\/p>\n

As if that wasn\u2019t enough, the point is hit home once again when the pair are playing house as they buy all-new kitchenware for Che\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy did this not work out the first time?\u201d they ask the giddy couple.<\/p>\n

A solemn Carrie replies, \u201c\u2018Cause I made a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chris Noth and Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex And The City 2.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

It\u2019s a giant revelation from Carrie \u2013 and a bold move from the writers.<\/p>\n

Big\u2019s death in the pilot was a massive shock to fans. Many felt let down by the writers \u2013 how could they kill off Big, the love of Carrie\u2019s life?<\/p>\n

Was the show simply trying to rewrite its past mistakes? After all, since the original show\u2019s finale, countless articles have emerged about the red flags and toxic signs in Big and Carrie\u2019s relationship<\/a>, and even the show\u2019s creator, Darren Star, hated the decision<\/a> to give them the happily-ever-after treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show initially was going off-script from the romantic comedies that had come before it,\u201d he said on a podcast. \u201cThat\u2019s what had made women so attached. At the end, it became a conventional romantic comedy.\u201d<\/p>