The instant each Sexual intercourse and the City enthusiast had been waiting around months for has lastly arrived. At the commencing of the And Just Like That Time 2 finale, Samantha Jones designed her extensive-awaited return to the SATC universe. Despite the fact that her cameo was short, it delivered the actual blunt and brazen electrical power that Samantha followers had been craving at any time because AJLT commenced.

The moment-and-a-fifty percent scene worked on a meta degree, as Samantha known as Carrie to convey to her that she would not be coming to her apartment farewell bash. Seemingly, she was preparing on stunning her distant good friend by showing up, but couldn’t make the trip function thanks to flight delays. The And Just Like That pilot explained that Samantha had relocated to London soon after Carrie stopped utilizing her as a publicist — but of system, serious followers know that the actual reason Kim Cattrall turned down the sequel sequence was her public feud with Sarah Jessica Parker. So this tiny second with Samantha and Carrie is a thing admirers didn’t think would at any time transpire, which just provides to the enjoyment even extra.

The scene even incorporated a throwback joke for superfans, as Samantha puts on a British accent and tells Carrie that she’s Annabelle Bronstein, the alter-moi she invented back again in Year 6 to get into an exclusive social club. Showrunner Michael Patrick King also unveiled that Cattrall improvised Samantha’s remaining instant, in which she kisses her phone following ending the phone with Carrie. “Then the phone call’s more than and some thing incredible occurs just after they say goodbye,” King explained on the And Just Like That… The Writers Area podcast, “which is Samantha kisses the cell phone … Not in the script. It’s just completely a second of an actor playing the moment and it is definitely pleasant.”

These little moments make Samantha’s return unbelievably exclusive for followers.

Just after the episode aired on Aug. 24, social media exploded with Samantha stans celebrating the icon’s comeback… even if it was a quite short just one.

Though And Just Like That has been renewed for Period 3, this will mark Samantha’s a person and only appearance on the sequence. Cattrall informed Today back again in June that she will retire the character following the Season 2 cameo. “This is as significantly as I’m likely to go,” she verified.