WARNING – Spoilers!

Yes. After missing the first season, legendary publicist Samantha returned for Season 2 of And Just Like That... - appearing in the final episode.

Kim secretly shot a cameo in New York, and the news of her return delighted fans after her character went to London off-screen to run her PR business there, rather than joining Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte in America.

For more info on what Samantha’s return entailed, head to the bottom of this page where you can find our Episode 11 breakdown. But be warned, there are spoilers throughout!

We see Carrie evolving from her Sex and the City days where she used to store clothes in her oven because she’s (finally!) discovered what its main function is….cooking. Season two Carrie is trying to move on from the loss of Mr. Big, with the support of besties Miranda and Charlotte.

Charlotte, having spent years as a devoted stay-at-home-mum is seen deliberating whether a job offer will take her away from her children who need her more than ever. And the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Aidan and Carrie reuniting! We get our first glimpse at how they both reconnected after ten years and it was Carrie who made the first move. Keeping it old school, Carrie sends Aidan an email to see how he’s doing and cut to the next frame, they’re out at dinner.

Episode two begins with Carrie recording her podcast and she’s still battling her prudishness when asked to discuss vaginal products – much to the frustration of Chloe. During their weekly rendezvous, Franklyn helps Carrie rewrite the segment so that it is more ‘Carrie Bradshaw’. Elsewhere Charlotte is busy with her two teenagers and figuring out how to support them on their journey to adulthood.

Nya is continuing to deal with the breakdown of her relationship with Andre, after he reveals that he hasn’t cheated on her…yet. In LA, Miranda is facing her alcoholism head-on and attending her first AA meeting where she meets a friend who invites her to participate in a beach clean. Having lost her phone during the beach clean in turn making her late to dinner, Miranda gets picked up one of Che’s friends – Lyle – who reveals that he was previously married to Che.

Having finally figured out how to tackle difficult podcast topics, Carrie and Franklyn arrive at the studio to discover that their podcast has been cancelled with the studio selling up to a competitor. Franklyn uses this opportunity to end their working and romantic relationship.

In episode two, we meet Lyle (played by Oliver Hudson) when he, sent by Che, picks Miranda up from the side of the road after her beach clean. Within minutes of meeting, Miranda learns that Lyle was “technically” married to Che, whatever that means.

Despite her podcasting career having come to an abrupt end, Carrie is busy recording the audio version of her memoire book. On her way to the studio she bumps into her neighbour, Lisette, who invites Carrie to her upcoming jewellery show. In the studio Carrie struggles with having to read – and relive - the chapter which talks about the moment she returned home to find Big dying on the floor.

Whilst recording a segment for a documentary Lisa is working on, Nya has a flirty exchange with Brian, the sound technician. Later at lunch, Nya receives a text from Brian asking her out…could a new romance be on the cards?

Meanwhile Lisa and Charlotte are thrilled to discover that they’ve come second and third in a MILF list that has been created by a kid at their children’s school.

A surprise encounter with Bitsy and a shopping trip later, Carrie – still unable to read the lines about Big dying – decides that the only way she can get out of the recording is to lie and say she has covid.

Elsewhere, Miranda is still in LA playing the role of supportive girlfriend by rehearsing lines with Che and even finds herself toying with the idea of getting a tattoo. But a call from a heartbroken Brady, whose girlfriend has just broken up with him, threatens to burst her LA love bubble. After being called out by Brady for not picking up his phone calls, Miranda sneaks her phone onto the set of Che’s TV show. To her horror it goes off in the middle of Che and Tony’s big scene, ruining the take and upsetting Che. After a heated confrontation with Che, Miranda makes it back to NYC just in time for Brady to walk through the door.

At Lisette’s jewellery launch, Carrie comes face-to-face with a waiter who steals Lisette’s collection and even threatens to take her prized Carrie necklace before being scared off by Seema. After heading downstairs to a devasted Lisette’s apartment, Carrie whilst offering words of support comes to terms with Big’s death and is later able to record the chapter about Big.

Carrie is busy on her book tour, kicking things off with a Sunday morning interview with a journalist who is yet to read the book and knows little to nothing about Carrie’s life. Not the start Carrie was after.

Rock’s Ralph Lauren ad is featured in the weekend papers, leaving Charlotte very excited and Lily feeling left out. Charlotte and Harry are shocked to hear that Lily is ready to lose her virginity.

Seema, looking for an escape from the city, asks Carrie to spend the summer with her in the Hamptons.

Che is still reeling from their failed TV sitcom and to keep money coming in, turns to recording video messages for fans on Cameo. A worried Miranda gets her head bitten off when encouraging Che to leave the house.

At a meeting with her book agent, Carrie learns she’s been booked for “Widow Con” and comes face-to-face with her old writing partner Karen Moore (who now goes by Karrie) who is now working for the widow convention Carrie will be speaking at. Having been booked for the main speaking spot, Carrie ropes in a reluctant Che to help her prepare.

Over a girl’s dinner Nya shares how she’s struggling to cut ties with her ex-husband, which raises the question of when Miranda and Steve will discuss divorce. With discussion turning to past relationships, Carrie’s relationship with Aidan comes up leaving her wondering what he’s up to. Curiosity takes over and when Carrie gets home she drafts an email to Aidan.

With New York blanketed in snow, a reluctant-to-leave-the-house Che tries to persuade Carrie to cancel her attendance at Widow Con. But not wanting to let Karrie down, Carrie wants to crack on. The snow brings Rose’s plans to lose her virginity forward, leaving an emotional Charlotte unsure of how to act. Later Charlotte receives a panicked phone call from Lily who reveals that Blake has forgotten to buy condoms, leaving Charlotte no choice but to head out in the snow to buy some for her. With all the pharmacies closed, Charlotte is left exploring the city in the snow to find somewhere that’s open.

A nervous Carrie asks Che for a joke she can tell on stage at Widow Con to get the crowd to warm up to her, but it falls flat. Despite this Carrie receives a resounding round of applause from the audience, giving Che some much needed perspective on her life.

Elsewhere Lisa speaks about her documentary at a panel. Despite initially saying he wasn’t able to make it, to Lisa’s surprise Herbert shows up to catch the final half of her talk. Charlotte manages to find condoms and delivers them across the city to a grateful Lily.

Steve reveals to Miranda that he has no plans to move out of the apartment, leading them to finally have the conversation argument about their relationship. An emotional Steve lays claim to the house and makes some heart-breaking comments leaving Miranda in floods of tears. Later, Miranda finds an empty condom wrapper in her and Steve’s bedroom and realises that Steve has, despite what everyone else told her, moved on. Frustrated at him for having played the victim, she decides to start the divorce process.

Miranda heads over to Che’s flat, where Che reveals that they should break up. With one relationship – two if you count Miranda’s divorce from Steve – ending, could a new one be about to flourish? Carrie, fresh from her speaking event, decides to bite the bullet and send Aidan her drafted email.

Karen Moore is Carrie’s former writing partner, who now works for Widow Con – a convention which Carrie is booked to speak at as part of her book tour. When the pair meet for the first time in years at Carrie’s agents office, Karen reveals she now goes by ‘Karrie’ with Carrie realising that they have differing recollections of their past ‘working’ relationship.

It’s bad news for all the Che and Miranda stans out there. At the end of AJLT S2E6, Miranda heads over to Che’s flat where a resigned Che reveals that they’ve been thinking about the future of their relationship. Having come to the realisation that things aren’t going to improve, Che and Miranda break up.

And just like that…Aidan’s replied. Charlotte is thrilled to hear that Aidan is coming to town and that he’s asked Carrie to go for dinner…on Valentine’s Day. The topic of Valentine’s Day leads Carrie and Charlotte to grill Miranda on what her plans are for V-Day now that she’s newly single.

Che reveals to Carrie that she is Airbnb-ing her flat to make some money and with the help of a stray dog, gets her old job at a veterinary clinic back.

Newly single Miranda struggles with the complexities of dating as a bisexual woman. Who knew there are so many apps? A chance encounter with her favourite audiobook narrator, Amelia, turns romantic with Miranda landing herself a Valentine’s Day date.

Lily, who has been left broken-hearted after Blake decided to break up with her two weeks before V-Day, decides to throw a “F Boys” anti-Valentines Day party at home leaving Charlotte and Harry with no choice but to book a 5.30pm dinner just to get out of the house. Nothing says romance like an early dinner reservation!

Anthony ropes in Charlotte to help him with sourcing a ‘hot fella’ ahead of his appearance on Drew Barrymore’s chat show to promote his bakery. As luck would have it Charlotte spots the perfect man whilst out card shopping and 300 dollars later manages to get Giuseppe onboard for Drew’s show. Dressed in a very tight and rather revealing Hot Fella’s uniform, all eyes – including Drew’s – are on Giuseppe’s baked goods. With orders flying in after the TV appearance, Anthony hires Giuseppe for another week.

Charlotte accompanies Rock for her modelling agency auditions but to Charlotte’s complete shock and disappointment, Rock reveals that she doesn’t want to model anymore. At their Valentine’s dinner, Charlotte spends the evening moaning about her kids before a sudden dizzy spell leaves her worrying she’s having a stroke and whisked away to hospital.

Lisa is worried her son is going to sleep with his girlfriend in her bed, so before leaving for her Valentine’s dinner with Herbert she booby-traps her bed so that she can know if any funny business has gone down.

Miranda gets ready to head out for her Valentine’s date, which after a last-minute change of plans is now happening at Amelia’s apartment. Across the city, Carrie heads off for her dinner with Aidan but as it gets later and later she begins to worry he’s a no-show.

Charlotte’s hospital results come back and turns it out it wasn’t a stroke that caused her dizzy spell but one of Lily’s friends weed-brownies that she ate before heading out for dinner. Despite it not being the near-death experience she originally thought, Charlotte has an eye-opening realisation and tells Harry that she’s going to call Marcus Kasabian and ask him if the job offer is still on the table.

Miranda arrives at Amelia’s place where she’s disappointed to discover that dating in your 50s is just like in your 30s, leaving her no choice but to make an Irish exit whilst Amelia is downstairs washing her bed sheets. Lisa comes home to find her son’s girlfriend in her closet – a much worse situation than if they had been in her bed.

Carrie, having realised that she was in the wrong restaurant, heads outside where she comes face-to-face with Aidan for the first time in years. With the pair both single, for once it seems as though they’re on the same page. Later in the evening Aidan is thrown off by the fact that Carrie still lives in the same flat that holds so many memories – both good and bad – from their old relationship and reveals he can never step foot in her flat again. And just when it seems as though the promise of a Carrie and Aidan part two is over, Aidan remembers that a hotel room is always an option. Who said romance is dead?

Amelia Carcy is Miranda’s favourite audiobook narrator who she bumps into in a NYC bookshop. With sparks flying, Miranda asks Amelia out for a Valentine’s Day dinner which ends in disaster after Amelia steps in her cat’s litter box and forgets to wash her bedding.

Yes, Drew Barrymore plays herself in Season 2 when Anthony appears on her chat show to promote his bakery Hot Fellas.

Carrie and Aidan head to Coney Island to check out the new bar Steve has bought, a first for Carrie who has never been there despite having lived in the city for years.

And the moment we’ve all been waiting for…Sam’s appearance. Nope, not Samantha - that’s next week - but Sam Smith. We were teased back in February 2023 that Sam Smith would be making a guest appearance, but little was known about what this would entail. Rocking a head-to-toe blue number, Sam is being shown around the art gallery by Charlotte but it’s not long before she’s interrupted by Rock calling with an “emergency” – they’ve forgotten their notebook at home.

Carrie decides to use her raffle prize of a Michelin-star chef for the evening to host a ‘last supper’ at her old apartment before she moves out. Miranda is flying in her job but struggles when she hears that Carrie spending time with her ex’s, Steve and Che, and knows more about their life then she does.

Lisa tells Charlotte that she’s pregnant and confesses that she doesn’t know how to juggle having a newborn and trying to build her career. Elsewhere, Anthony and Giuseppe are spending more time together but are struggling to define their relationship.

Seema and Ravi are going strong, with Seema confessing her love just three weeks in. Lisa is struggling to come to terms with her pregnancy and voices her concerns to Herbert.

Carrie meets with Anthony where she reveals that Stanford has decided to stay in Japan and having been fired by his TikTok client has decided to become a Shinto monk. In an effort to let go of everything that no longer serves him, Stanford has left everything – including their New York apartment – to Anthony.

Charlotte’s team at the art gallery persuade her to join them for a drink to celebrate her having sold a hundred-thousand-dollar painting to Sam Smith. After receiving a text from Lily and fed up of her kids contacting her, Charlotte chucks her phone in a pitcher full of margaritas. Across town, Miranda decides to join Carrie and Aidan at Che’s comedy night but is upset when the whole routine is about her relationship with Che.

Charlotte makes it home slightly worse for wear after a night on the town with her co-workers. Aidan gets a call from Kathy to tell him that Wyatt is in the ER with a broken collar bone after driving his truck into a tree, leaving him racing to get on the next flight.

Lisa wakes up in the middle of the night bleeding and fears she’s already lost the pregnancy. Carrie visits her new apartment in New York where she gets a call from Miranda who says she no longer feels comfortable going to the last supper if Che is going to be there. But Carrie stands her ground managing to persuade her otherwise. Aidan calls Carrie from the hospital and breaks down over his guilt of not being there for Wyatt – believing that had he been in Virginia he could have prevented the accident from happening. This admission leaves Carrie, for the first-time, worried for the future of her and Aidan’s relationship…

Sam Smith doesn’t disappoint with their role on And Just Like That… Appearing in episode ten, Sam plays themself in a scene with Charlotte where she’s helping them buy a painting from the art gallery she’s working at. Wearing a striking blue outfit, Sam’s cameo is nothing short of fabulous!

And Just Like That…we’ve made it to the final episode of Season Two. For those who are tuning in to see Kim Cattrall back in her role as Samantha, you’re in luck as she makes her appearance in the opening scenes. With Carrie preparing for her ‘last supper’, Samantha calls from the back of her cab to say that she won’t be able to make it due to fog in London. But that doesn’t stop her saying her own farewell to the flat via speakerphone.

Charlotte wakes up feeling fragile after her night out with her new work colleagues. And to her surprise, Anthony is over as he needs advice on his relationship with Giuseppe. But a hungover Charlotte tells Harry that she needs more support around the house and in their relationship, starting with Harry telling Anthony she is not free.

Miranda finally heads down to visit Steve’s new bar, where she tells him that she doesn’t want to be a stranger in his life. Elsewhere, Nya finds out she’s been elected to the prestigious American Law Institute but the good news makes her realise she has no one to share it with.

Carrie’s last supper begins, with all of Carrie’s nearest and dearest arriving to reminisce on all the memories they’ve shared in the flat. Arriving at Carrie’s apartment, Nya bumps into Toussaint (remember him?) who, it turns out, is the Michelin star chef that is cooking for them that evening.

Che and Miranda come face-to-face, with Che apologising about upsetting her with their stand-up routine. Giuseppe reveals that he’s going back to Rome, with no concrete plans to come back to NYC. Seema is struggling with her recent proclamation of love to Ravi and Lisa is dealing with guilt over her miscarriage, wondering if she ‘wished the baby away’.

Toussaint begins serving his dinner, with Nya boldly flirting with him in front of the whole table. Ravi keeps getting pulled away from the table to answer his phone and deal with problems with his upcoming film. Carrie goes around the table asking everyone to reveal the one thing they would like to let go of, with positive realisations and revelations being made. And with that, the last supper is over with Miranda rushing out to appear on the BBC.

Back at her apartment, Carrie is blowing out the candles now that all the guests have left when Aidan surprises her. Despite saying he’d never step foot in her apartment again, Aidan comes inside where he reveals that he won’t be coming back to New York as Wyatt needs him in Virginia. Carrie offers to spend more time in Virginia but Aidan shuts the idea down asking for time - five years to be exact.

Whilst Carrie’s world is crumbling, her friends’ romantic relationships are seemingly blossoming. After a night together, Carrie says goodbye to Aidan and the countdown clock to five years’ time starts. With Ravi gone to Egypt to work on his film for the next five months, Seema calls Carrie and invites her to Greece where they bond over how they’re both waiting for their significant others to return.