No, it was the Peloton effect.
King recalls, unable to stop himself from laughing.
“We want [SJP] to wear Gucci.
‘And Just Like That’ season 2 is back, and so are the fashions.Craig Blankenhorn, HBO Max
‘How is she gonna wear it?
Nothing bad’s gonna happen to our product, is it?'”
The concern stemmed fromAnd Just Like Thatseason 1, specifically whenChris Noth’s John James Preston/Mr.
Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker), Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and Nya (Karen Pittman) enjoy the city on ‘And Just Like That’.Craig Blankenhorn, HBO Max
Bigkeeled over from a fatal heart attackafter riding his Peloton bike.
Real-world Peloton stocks dipped when the episode aired, sending the fitness company into crisis mode.
Today, King is far enough removed from the situation to laugh it off.
Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Harry (Evan Handler) still in the throes of love in season 2 of ‘And Just Like That’.Craig Blankenhorn, HBO Max
“Look, I was on my Peloton yesterday.
I’m alive,” he says.
“It was a story point!”
Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) enjoys life with Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez) in ‘And Just Like That’.Craig Blankenhorn, HBO Max
The seismic reaction to Big’s death was a telling sign for King at the time.
“It means we didn’t do the same thing,” he says.
It wouldn’t have been anything to argue about.
Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez) hits the town with girlfriend Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) in ‘And Just Like That’ season 2.Craig Blankenhorn, HBO Max
There wouldn’t have been a change to debate."
Even so, the man was aware of the weekly discourse surrounding each season 1 episode as they aired.
‘Oh, it’s dark.
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) reunites with Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) in ‘And Just Like That’ season 2.Craig Blankenhorn, HBO Max
That’s necessary because the opposite of dark is light, so this [season] is light.
And if that was winter, this is spring.'"
He doesn’t mean adirectreaction to specific criticism.
“It’s a zeitgeist feeling.”
One could say the friend King is talking about is the show itself.
In the literal sense, “There’s sex and there’s city…
There’s so many restaurants and there’s so much New York.
It’s really morecitythan I’ve ever seen in the show,” he says.
That’s what we’re doing now with even more characters."
King describes season 2 as “a big feast of a story” with many different entrees.
It’s so tart and sweet and wrong, in a comedy way," King teases.
They’re both trying to grow or be happy and it’s substantial, it’s enough."
Will the pilot take off for Che?
“They’re back in New York at some point,” King promises.
“Don’t worry, everybody.
TV pilots are an iffy business.”
“It’s a big entree in our feast,” King confirms of that arc.
“I personally knew I was killing Big in season 1.
I knew that when I started and I felt very strongly about that,” King continues.
“I started season 2 knowing I was bringing Aidan back, and I felt very strongly about that.
The last time we saw Aidan was in the movie sequelSex and the City 2.
Is that a suggestion of how he comes back into Carrie’s life inAnd Just Like That?
“Yes,” King says.
“I would not make Carrie Bradshaw a home-wrecker.
That’s the biggest leak I can give you.
That’s not the story.
The story is [they’re] open for business.
They’re both single.
You know how she’s single.
You don’t know how Aidan’s single.”
