Goodbye And Just Like That & How I Met Your Father


With announcements that And Just Like That, the love-hate Sex n The City return to TV, limping to an end, I'm not surprised.

I watched some of the first season on a longhaul flight back to Australia, and the online lacklustre for it over the years reflects my impressions of those episodes I saw. 

Was it ever going to work without Kim Cattrall? 

I've just finished watching How I Met Your Father, and whilst it took a little while for me and the actors to settle in, it is a show I wish had continued beyond it's two seasons because Kim Cattrall and Hillary Duff were such a joy. 

The main character is an aspiring photographer, which resonated with me and the last few years where I've experimented with my camera, carrying it around instead of a notebook and pen. 

Leighton Meister was in it too which was a cool surprise. The episodes where cast from HIMYM featured were massive stand outs. 

Spoiler also - Aidan from Sex n The City (John Corbett) is in HIMYF!!!

Reflecting now on why I feel the need to write this post, it's clear I've missed a simple fluffy modern comedy, and this show nailed it for me in the end. It had a healthy mix of nostalgia, familiarity, freshness, romance and sass. 

I can understand all the initial criticism of HIMYF, and to an extent, I agree with some of it. The writers and cast took it all on board and by the finale, the show had the makings of something which could have reached super-series greatness. 

Here's a snippet from the finale. Don't watch it if you love the wild ride of the unknown. I write my novels enjoying the journey, not the destination!


So if you're looking for a laugh, nothing laugh out loud outrageously hilarious, but a decent no brainer, I think this will be a classic we will look back on. I've enjoyed it so much that I'm tempted to start rewatching it from the beginning again. That never happens! 

Here's a walk down memory lane for SATC fans.

One other thing to add is I love SJP's IG post, and the nod to poetry. I will always adore that Carrie was a writer. 




So goodbye And Just Like That, which I never started; and farewell How I Met Your Father, Kim Cattrall, Hillary Duff and the cast, who felt like new friends which have gone too soon. 

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