And Just Like That… Season 2 Episode 3Chapter Three
Carrie conjures an excuse to get out of an emotional audiobook taping. Charlotte and Lisa try to get hold of a “MILF” list.
“Anyone who benefits from patriarchy is going to have a problem with Che Diaz,” actor Sara Ramírez insisted earlier this month, in the kind of interview that put automobile accidents to shame. Speaking to The Cut, Ramírez seemed to misunderstand that And Just Like That fans disliked Che because the character is morally questionable, chronically unfunny and exhausting to be around – yet gets spoken of with such reverence in the universe of the show that they seem like a psy-op experiment gone terribly awry. “It’s exciting to have Che be a disruption to the mainstream,” Ramírez said, before inexplicably comparing Che’s arrival on the show to “the mass mobilisation for anti-racism for George Floyd”, and saying how important it is to “wake people up from the sleep of their own comfort and privilege”.
I kept thinking about Ramírez’s stance while watching episode three of And Just Like That’s second season, which paints Che as such a broadly miserable, sociopathic monster that I had to double check the credits to see if I’d written it. Has this chronically erratic series done the unthinkable? Has it decided Che Diaz is evil?
‘If I cry, then it sends a signal that being non-binary is a tragedy!’
Che is unhappy. Their sitcom pilot continues to be a disaster, and Che is enraged by recent script changes. “I’m not allowed to call you my little cannoli anymore?” their on-screen dad asks. “Who am I offending now – pastry or cream?” It’s somehow funnier than Che’s stand-up material, which might be the problem. At a live taping of the pilot later on, and during filming of a scene in which Che is expected to cry, Miranda’s phone goes off – it’s Brady, who’s broken up with his girlfriend, is stranded in Amsterdam and feeling suicidal. Production is paused. Che is furious. Miranda flees the set.
When Miranda later explains to Che in detail what’s happened, Che enters peak narcissism: “You ruined the family scene!” they shout. Miranda breaks down in tears and says she’s headed back to New York to meet Brady, but Che is ambivalent. They sort of make up, but in a way that is just as tonally confused as the rest of their storyline.
And Just Like That…
Season Number: 2
Episode Number: 3
Episode Title: Chapter Three
Air Date: Jun 29, 2023
Language: English
Subtitle Language: English
Source: And.Just.Like.That.S02E03.1080p.WEB.h264-EDITH.
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