Sharp-eyed viewers are calling out HBO Max’s “And Just Like That…” for what seems to be a significant plot gap involving one of many present’s principal characters ― regardless that a supply near the present claims that isn’t the case.
Final week’s episode of the “Sex and the City” revival sequence ― titled “Silent Mode” ― discovered Lisa Todd Wexley (performed by Nicole Ari Parker) studying that her father, Lawrence Todd, has died of a stroke. For a lot of the episode, Lisa grapples along with her guilt at not spending extra time along with her father previous to his loss of life whereas at odds along with her dad’s longtime pal and colleague, Lucille Highwater (Jenifer Lewis), over plans for the funeral.
Some followers, nevertheless, shortly identified that Lisa had already addressed her father’s passing on a Season 1 episode whereas discussing the loss of life of Mr. Massive (Chris Noth).
“I was the exact same way when I lost my dad last year. I could see my rings literally shaking on my hands while I was trying to be strong,” Lisa tells Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) within the scene, clips of which have been extensively circulating on social media.
Maybe much more confusingly, Lawrence Todd appeared on-screen in Season 2 of “And Just Like That…,” the place he was memorably portrayed by “Star Wars” icon Billy Dee Williams.
Not surprisingly, the web backlash was swift. Though some have advised that the creators supposed for Lisa to have two dads, many felt it was extra possible a writers’ room gaffe.
“This show lacks basic continuity. Do they get new writers for every episode? Don’t the actors pick up on it?” one particular person wrote on TikTok.
One other wrote on X: “Maybe it’s a Mamma Mia situation and she has three dads? You don’t know.”
By Monday night, nevertheless, a member of the “And Just Like That…” manufacturing staff clarified to The Hollywood Reporter and Entertainment Weekly, amongst different shops, that the “dad” Lisa referred to in Season 1 was really her stepfather, not her organic father.
Whether or not such a head-scratching rationalization will probably be sufficient to quell the criticism of “Silent Mode” stays to be seen, and equally, solely time will inform if Lisa’s father or stepfather will probably be talked about on “And Just Like That…” sooner or later. Nevertheless, the present ― already divisive amongst longtime SATC devotees ― has been known as out on earlier events for continuity errors.
In Season 2, Charlotte’s husband Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler) alluded to his mom having “been dead for 10 years.” This assertion contradicts Harry’s earlier remarks about his mom on a 2003 episode of “Sex and the City,” throughout which he recalled promising his mom on her deathbed that he’d marry a Jewish girl, prompting Charlotte to transform to Judaism.
Watch an E! Information report on the “And Just Like That…” plot gap under.
