Recap: While out and about near Bryant Park, Carrie runs into her neighbor Lisette, who's watching a crew of workmen set up the big tent for her upcoming jewelry pop-up market. Carrie assures Lisette that she'll definitely be in attendance at her jewelry party/sale, then says she's off to the studio to record the audio version of her latest book. A few seconds after Seema exits her building, she's so distracted by her phone that a purse snatcher takes the opportunity to grab her yellow Birkin and race off. Seema yells for someone/anyone to stop the thief - but no one who's nearby does anything...and in the next scene, Seema is slouched in the back of her car, railing to Carrie on the phone about just being robbed, and that her driver is circling the block in case her purse is still in the vicinity. While attending a parents' meeting at The Arbor School, Lisa tells Charlotte she'd like to get Miranda a thank you gift for connecting her with Nya, who has agreed to be interviewed for her documentary [and Lisa says all this as though the two didn't already connect in last season's No Strings Attached episode]. From the podium at the front of the auditorium, the principal grimly informs the parents that a student has put together a MILF list...and an intrigued Lisa covertly tells Charlotte that they're going to need to see that list, and an equally as intrigued Charlotte 100% agrees. Over in the audio studio, Carrie proves herself to be too emotional to read Chapter 3 of her book, aka the part where Big died in the shower while she uselessly stared at him in dumbfounded horror. Over in Los Angeles, Miranda is helping Che run lines for their pilot. The scene features Che and TV dad Tony Danza, discussing their non-binary status...and Che objects to the part where they're supposed to cry, 'cause in real life they're positively delighted to be non-binary. Che complains that the script is not representing them at all, and Miranda assures them they'll be great, then changes the subject by grumbling about how much she hates her new phone 'cause she keeps missing calls.
Nya gives an interview about her journey becoming a law professor for Lisa's documentary. At one point she needs help fixing her mic...and when the hot mic guy (Brian), has to reach under into her blouse to make the adjustment, both he and Nya look undeniably smitten with each other. Lisa sees what's happening and discreetly urges Nya to give the hottie her number. While out for lunch, Carrie tells Charlotte that the recording of the audiobook version of her book is not going well. Charlotte sympathetically points out that it can't be easy rehashing Big's death, then wankingly adds that both she and Miranda are sooooo proud of her for being able to move on so seamlessly from his passing. A few seconds later, Lisa arrives at the restaurant, with Nya in tow, and excitedly tells Charlotte that she got a copy of the MILF list (!), but is sworn to secrecy about exactly how she got it. The two then scan the list and squeal joyously at their rankings: Lisa - 2; Charlotte - 3...and note that the number 1 spot was awarded to a stepmom, who one could argue is invalid to be considered a MILF in the true sense of the acronym. Charlotte laughingly assures Nya that their lunchtime chatter isn't usually "this low brow", to which Carrie mutters, "Who have you been eating with?" (LOL), so then Nya checks her phone and giddily announces that the hot mic guy from earlier just sent her a text...and she and Lisa squeal in girlish delight. Carrie is back in the recording studio, once more struggling with her personal account of Big's death. She soon gets emotional and tears up, and the technicians suggest skipping Chapter 3 for now. While ambling along the street, Carrie happens to spot Bitsy Von Muffling in the waiting area of a face hair removal salon. She tells Bitsy about how badly the recording of her audiobook is going, and that she embarrassingly falls apart every time she tries to read Chapter 3. Bitsy says that in her experience, the second year of grief is far worse than the first...and that when she feels overwhelmed by the loss of her Bobby, she simply fakes a happy mood. She then recommends to Carrie that when she's feeling grief-stricken, do whatever she needs to make herself feel better. In the next scene, Carrie returns home loaded down with a large number of shopping bags from Bergdorf Goodman. As she surrounds herself with the mountain of new shoes she just bought, she calls the studio technician to fib that she has Covid and so they'll need to hire an actress to record her audiobook. Miranda is wandering the streets of L.A. when she comes upon a tattoo parlor. She tells the tattoo artist (Ricky) she's interested in celebrating this moment in her life so that she's never tempted to slide back into being the [employed, financially self-sufficient] person she once was. When she jokingly describes her former lawyer self as "a little robot", Ricky shows her some sample cartoon robot tattoos...and she chuckles at their whimsy, but says she should prolly choose one she can more personally connect to. Miranda calls Carrie to report that she's contemplating getting a tattoo...and when Carrie wryly retorts that it's time for her to get back to real life in New York, she argues that she's loving her "pretend life" in L.A. and never wants the fun to end. Carrie tells her she wormed her way out of recording her audiobook 'cause [she's pretending] she has Covid...and after the call, she's trying on a ridiculous pair of shoes with red ball things on it when Charlotte calls and offers to have a variety of soothing foods couriered to her apartment.
Seema is smoking while surfing the web for any second hand Birkins for sale that look like her yellow one. When the loss of her overpriced purse becomes too overwhelming, she cries, "Motherfucker!" The next day at lunch, Seema tells Anthony that her stolen bag had deep sentimental value, then remarks that it looks as though Carrie's a no-show for their lunch date. Carrie, meanwhile, is eating takeout in her apartment...and when she gets a text from Seema, she mutters, "Oh shit.." and texts back that she can't meet them for lunch 'cause she has Covid. A group of moms are gathered in a hallway of The Arbor School, gabbling about how the MILF list culprit has been caught...and is rumored to be a well developed teenage boy named Milo H. A few seconds later, Milo H. exits the office and gazes smoulderingly at the intrigued moms, who - quite incredibly - stare back at this underage boy in lustful fascination. One mom actually mutters, "He's hot" and makes a horny "Grrrrrr..." noise, while a hot and bothered Lisa rhetorically asks, "Why do I feel like Blanche DuBois?" [Not sure, Lisa...but if you do happen to figure out, you should prolly keep it to yourself.] Over in the auditorium, The Arbor School principal tells the parents that misogyny won't be tolerated, and that Milo H. is going to have this stain on his permanent record. Charlotte argues that this punishment is far too extreme, then points out that Milo H. is very young and had benign intentions when he wrote up the MILF list. When Lisa concurs, the other moms accuse them of defending the boy 'cause of the top MILF rankings she and Lisa received, and they both widen their eyes and pretend they have no idea that they were ranked 2 and 3. The principal is then handed a report, which accuses some of the mothers of objectifying Milo H. in the hallway, and they look suitably sheepish while Charlotte and Lisa continue to look faux shocked. Miranda is in line at the Warner Bros studio to attend the taping of Che's pilot when an extremely distressed Brady calls from Amsterdam to tearfully report that Luisa dumped him. He sobs that he's aimlessly wandering around Amsterdam in a state of hysterical discombobulatedness, so a concerned Miranda tells him to get to the hostel safely and then call her back. A few seconds later, the Warner Bros security guard orders everyone in line to turn their phones off before surrendering them prior to the pilot's taping, and Miranda hides her phone inside her pants and fibs that she doesn't have a phone...and that after recently losing it, she's never felt so free and liberated.
Carrie is lounging in her apartment wearing face cream and noshing on bon bons when her publisher calls to happily inform her that she arranged an extra week of studio time to record her audiobook because she strongly feels that it needs the authenticity of the writer's voice. During the pilot taping of 'Let's Talk Endlessly About Che's Non-binary Status', the studio audience is getting lost in the tenderness of the loving father/child moment between Che and Tony Danza when Miranda's cell phone suddenly goes off. The head writer glares in the direction of the audience and snaps, "Are you fucking kidding me?!!" as a mortified Miranda fumbles to retrieve her phone to answer Brady's call (a rude interruption to the filming that she had every reason to anticipate). Che glances over at Miranda with an unmistakably pissed off expression, and the head writer snarls that no way in hell will Che be able to replicate the emotion that was just so perfectly captured on film. As Miranda scrambles to leave the studio, she comes face to face with the security guard she lied to earlier, and the guard disgustedly tells Miranda that she had believed her liberation bullcack about being phone-less. Miranda calls Charlotte to tell her she's jumping on the next available New York flight to meet up with her heartbroken son and give him the kind of motherly comfort he so desperately needs right now. Seema drops by Carrie's apartment with a bag of food, and Carrie finally admits that she's been lying about having Covid 'cause she's not up to recording Chapter 3 of her audiobook. She adds that she no longer wants to burden her friends by droning on and on about her Big grief - but Seema says that since she missed the first part of all that droning, she's willing to be all ears whenever she needs a sounding board. She reminds Carrie that she's allowed to feel sorry for herself as much as she wants to, and that she doesn't have to go out into the world if she doesn't feel up to it. Miranda apologizes to Che for ruining the pilot's filming, then explains that Brady sounded positively suicidal when he called, and that it really scared her. An unmoved Che cries, "You ruined the family scene!", to which Miranda retorts that her family scene is real...and that she's off to New York to personally coddle Brady. Che breezily retorts that boys getting dumped is a normal part of life (fair point), says they have to get to hair and makeup now, and flippantly adds, "Do what you gotta do." Miranda cries, "I'm really sorrrrrrry!" and wankingly adds that she's sure the TV show is going to be a huge hit [though: not]. That evening, Carrie and Seema are at Lisette's jewelry pop-up market when they notice one of the caterer waiters brazenly stealing all of the merchandise. The thief then makes a beeline over to Carrie and Seema and orders them to hand over their jewelry, and Seema's like, "Seriously? Is this happening?" A few seconds later, Lisette finally notices what the waiter has been doing, stares at him in disbelief, and shriekingly calls for security to stop him from stealing all her stuff. Carrie somehow decides it'd be helpful to yell, "I have Covid!" right at that moment...and during the chaos of everyone stampeding for the nearest exit, Seems pulls a lighter gun on the thief, who thinks it's a real firearm and runs off into the night.
Miranda has returned to New York and is studying her new MH wrist tattoo when Brady enters the apartment and falls into his mother's arms while squeaking, "Everyone's breaking up." Miranda cooingly assures him she's not going anywhere. Seema is walking home when she kneels down to pet a cute dog...and in the process spots her stolen Birkin in the nearby shrubbery. She hastily retrieves it and hugs it tightly. Carrie drops by Lisette's apartment with a box of chocolates...and when Lisette fails to answer the door, she lets herself in with her "emergency" key and finds a listless Lisette laying atop her bed. She dully tells Carrie that every piece of jewelry she made was stolen by the caterer waiter, and that she's going to have to start all over again...and Carrie joins her atop the bed, offers her a chocolate, and says that at some point they'll have to get up and face the world - but not right now. Later at the recording studio, Carrie is finally able to get through reading Chapter 3 of her book...and as her publisher smiles approvingly, Carrie proudly says, "I did it" and looks contemplatively happy with her accomplishment. That evening, Carrie and Seema go out to dinner and are sitting at a huge communal table with cute rugby players from Australia at the other end. The players tell the gals they're in New York for two more days, would looooove to hang out with them for the evening, and offer to buy them a round of drinks. Soon the group is happily chatting and chortling amongst each other as Carrie voice-overs, "And just like that...I got Covid." Womp womp. Thanks for reading! If you are enjoying TVofYore's recaps, consider thanking me by buying me a "coffee"!
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