On And Just Like That, Charlotte York Goldenblatt battled a snowstorm to buy condoms so that her daughter Lily might lose her virginity safely, but not everyone in the writers’ room agreed with the scene.
Kristin Davis, 58, plays the sex-positive mom, who has gone a long way since the precursor series Sex and the City, where she was viewed as the most conventional in the friendship.
She would even criticise her pals Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), and Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) for being too frank about their bedroom woes. Now she’s fighting a New York weather warning to get condoms and bring them to Lily’s boyfriend’s residence, since the young pair each expected the other would handle it out.
According to creator Michael Patrick King, it became a “jury room” as they debated what would make it into the second season, and they finally opted to portray her progress.
‘We’ve been through this in the writing room and there’s a split, mothers who would get condoms and mothers who wouldn’t,’ Micheal explained.
‘The idea [is] exploring who Charlotte is now with so many changes and put as many obstacles in front of her as we always have.
‘But a bomb cyclone and condoms for her daughter losing her virginity? That’s a high bar for any mother.’
He added to People that the character ‘would not be fun if she hadn’t grown’.
Charlotte, who is also parenting non-binary kid Rox with her husband Harry, demonstrated her maturity when she sat down with Lily to discuss prioritising her own pleasure.
The youngster told her mum: ‘You’ve gone from sex-positive to sex-annoying!’ Well, you can’t win them all.
Lily notified her mother that if she did not supply the products, she would employ the pull-out approach. The demanding adolescent knew exactly how to get her mother, who doesn’t want to be a nanny just yet, feverishly hunting for contraceptives.
She goes to many businesses that are closed due to the terrible weather and even phones Carrie for help before finally obtaining a multi-pack.
‘There is classic, thin, ribbed – I would avoid using the warming one because you get a rash really easily down there,’ Charlotte tells Lily before handing them over.
Miranda divorced from Che Diaz (Sara Ramrez) in the episode, while Carrie emailed her ex-boyfriend Aidan Shaw, signalling that his return is coming.
He’s not the only character making a huge reappearance; Samantha will also make a cameo at the end of the episode, despite the fact that actress Kim was not originally a member of the franchise.
