Are You A Charlotte? - New York Isn’t BIG Enough for the Both of Us: Season 2 Begins... (S2 E1 "Take Me Out to the Ballgame")

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, I'm Kristin Davis and I want to know, are you a Charlotte? Hi everybody. We are here. Today it's just me and we're going to recap episode 201, Take Me Out to the Ball Game. So this is a great episode. It is the first episode of season two. And it's really fun because we go to the Yankees game. And I remember, well, we go to a pretend Yankees game, if I'm being honest. So it wasn't really the Yankees game,

but I remember so much about shooting that. And I remember being so excited that we got picked up for season two because we really didn't know if we would be picked up. So I feel when you watch this episode, I can feel just us being excited to be there and us being kind of a little bit more relaxed, you know, than we might have been, at least myself.

I guess I'm just speaking for myself. More relaxed than I would have been season one, which is, I think, really nice to see just across the board. This is directed by the wonderful Alan Coulter, who I have so many memories of, and who is actually in the beginning of the episode on the street. He is standing and kind of bumps into Carrie,

or Carrie kind of bumps into him. That is Alan Coulter, our director, and he made a very, very big impression on all of us, at least myself, and I think on the show and the pacing of the show and the style of the show. He comes back many times throughout the end of the show. He's great and written by Michael Patrick King. Yay, yay, yay. The thing that I think about, what I want to say first about Michael is that there's going to be

a big storyline in here About how much we talk about men and I feel like Michael took that from the reviews of the first season Which that was a complaint was that all we talked about was men So he wrote it into the show which I love and I think is a is a classic classic moment coming up Okay, so we'll jump right in. Okay, the first thing we see is Carrie on the street. And anytime we've got any of us walking on the streets of New York, especially in the olden days,

I just love it because A, New York looks so quaint and adorable, and B, there's usually real people walking around and it's really just such a, you really feel the city, and I love that about it. So she's out there, she's walking around and it's really just such a, you really feel the city and I love that about it. So she's out there, she's walking around, she's talking about how she keeps imagining that she's gonna see Mr. Big on the street because they broke up as we know at the end of season one

and so now she's still in her breakup mode and obviously not really together and she is smoking her cigarettes. Oh my goodness, takes me back. I remember her and half the crew smoking all the time back in the day. Her voice over says that the city becomes an emotional battlefield because of the reminders of your ex. So she's seeing places they went and thinking about him and obviously we all know that's no fun. No fun at all

So that's how we begin then Charlotte Miranda show up at Carrie's apartment to get her out and this is when we start talking about our different opinions about how once you get through a breakup and Miranda basically wants her to cut her losses and get back in the game Charlotte says she thinks that it takes half the time that you are in a relationship to get over that relationship. And we learn then that Carrie and Big work together for a year, which makes sense. But also, I don't think we had been 100 percent clear about that the first season. So that's kind of a cool, cool fact to find out.

So, you know, Charlotte always has her her ideas and her rules or whatever. So here we've got one. And I think it's a pretty good rule, personally. But I also think that you can't really control these things. But the thing that I like about that rule is it's saying, take some time, feel bad, go through your different feelings, which I think is important, and then also have an end to it so that you're not just going on and on and on forever feeling bad and not wanting to leave your house, which is never healthy. Never healthy at all.

Okay, so I like Charlotte's rule. What do you guys think? Do you like her rule? I don't know. I don't know. What do people think about this? I have no idea. And I don't really know. I don't really know if it works. I do think that there's some people that are harder to get over than others or some relationships that are harder to get over than others or some relationships

that are harder to get over than others, for sure. But I do think it's good to try to get over them. And I always like to get outside. That's my idea. Get outside, walk around, walk around the city, hike if you're somewhere, you can hike. That's what I do. Okay, then we're on the street, we're gonna get a taxi.

Oh, we're all together. The girls are taking her out. You don't know where we're going yet, I don't think. Do we? No, I don't think we do. Carrie, this makes me laugh so hard. Carrie is too dressed up for where we're going, which really is like very important, you guys,

because this is gonna go on like even now in life. We're getting ready to go out and promote and dress like that. And I always have to check in with Sarah Jessica because I need to know what Sarah Jessica is gonna wear to our different events because she might be wearing something that is like way dressier than what I pictured in my mind.

And I hate to be out of sync with her. So this is a very important point. She basically says that she doesn't care if she's too dressed up because it's more important that she look good in case she runs into big. But in general, the important fact is she doesn't care if she's too dressed up. That is important to know for life and the show. And you know what? There's part of me, I mean, part of me, I was always like, oh my gosh, why do I have to dress up so much all the time? But on the other hand, it's fun to dress up. And in life, I really don't dress up at all.

So when we haven't worked for a while, then we go back to work and we get to get in all the clothes, it's just really, you know, I love it so much because I don't do it that much. And so I think it's a good thing to remember, like, it can make you feel good to dress up. So we go together in a cab and we pick up Samantha. And Samantha is standing there with this guy, James, that shockingly she's still with which I did not remember that he hung

around for so long and it's kind of amazing and he then calls her his princess which is really bizarre okay like I don't know who he thinks he's in a relationship with is super interesting but she kind of seems to enjoy it which is also interesting so she gets in the car and then again, she starts talking about her complaint with him, which is the Gherkin situation, which I'm not even going to say too many things about, but it's amazing that she's even hanging in. That's what I think, because we all know how she actually really feels. OK, then we go to what is the pretend Yankee Stadium.

It is actually where they used to hold the US Open in Flushing Queens, I think, right? And it was empty because there was no tennis happening and I think the Yankees might have used to actually be there and then moved to their big stadium. I'm not sure. I'm not a baseball person, as you know, you might guess. Now, Miranda is the big baseball person in this whole mix

and she's telling us, oh, all kinds of things about the Yankees and then there's this new Yankee and she knows his stats. And I do remember being in New York and people would just really, really have so many details about these guys who played for the Yankees. And I was always like, okay York and people would just really, really have so many details about these guys who played for the Yankees. And I was always like, okay, whatever, that's cool. You know, I'm glad you guys are happy and into it. But like if there's a new player, everyone would talk about it and whatever the drama

was going on with the Yankees, you know, it's a big deal in New York, big deal. So Carrie says that she's a big fan of anywhere that you can smoke and drink at 2pm without judgment, which seems very on character, on point for Carrie. So she's a big fan of anywhere that you can smoke and drink at 2 p.m. without judgment, which seems very on character, on point for Carrie. So she's happy. She's wearing her fur coat. Then Samantha goes back to her upset about her boyfriend, James, and she's got a hot dog to do a visual representation of, which is, you know, kind of funny, but also sad, kind of sad. So, Carrie makes lots of little kind of funny analogies

between baseball and her own dating stats. And then a fly ball comes up, which even I know that's a big deal, like when a ball comes to you in a game of baseball, basketball, football, I don't know if that ever happens. Probably not. Anyway, Carrie catches the fly't know if that ever happens. Probably not. Anyway, Carrie catches the fly ball, which is really cute, really cute.

And she's very excited. And I think Sarah has gone to probably more of the baseball games than possibly the rest of us combined. Matthew loves baseball. So she probably knows how truly exciting this is. Then cut to us somehow. Oh, she used her press pass to get us backstage, as I would call it, at the Yankees game.

We are standing outside their locker room, unembarrassed also, I might add, as though we're backstage of a theater production, which I find also really funny that we're there, standing there waiting for them to walk through back into their locker room. So then they meet the new Yankee who's very cute, and Miranda is acting a fool.

She's pretty excited, kind of over the top. She says things like, I'm a lawyer. She says her blurting out things, which if you watch Injust Like That, is the whole first episode of Injust Like That for Miranda, which everyone complained about, but I felt was very, very on character for her. She just blurt some stuff out when she gets nervous,

which is really cute because Miranda obviously is also often very not nervous and kind of cutting. So when she does get nervous and start acting kind of silly, it's cute, I think. So, Carrie gets her ball signed by the very adorable new Yankee, and then she gets very bold and she chases him down the hallway and she asks him out to the Dolce & Gabbana party,

and all of us are, like, kind of shocked and really impressed. Which, you know, yes, it kind of comes out of nowhere, but it is adorable. And then Miranda, well, yeah, she's not impressed. She's kind of displeased because she thinks that Carrie should be rebounding with a CPA or someone boring and not Rebounding with the new Yankee, but I think it's cute Samantha then tries to look at the guys

Through the door which I really it was such a funny and kind of long moment of her trying to look through that door and I thought that the thing that was nice about it was the kind of long moment of her trying to look through that door. And I thought that the thing that was nice about it was the kind of unabashed, unapologetic, you know, adoration of the male body from Samantha, especially obviously because she's in her situation. And I think it's like the thing about our show that everybody was so kind of shocked and like, ah, about in the beginning.

And I like that we're leaning into it. I think that's good, because why shouldn't we? You know, we should be allowed to do that, just like men are always oogling women, you know? Then, okay, Carrie's back at her apartment and she's writing and smoking, I believe. So a lot of smoking in this episode. And she's wondering, what are the breakup rules?

That is her big question of the episode. Then we go through a montage of real people, I believe. It doesn't say, but it says montage, so I think that's what it means. And they say different things. They say, don't cry. Don't call for three months, which is interesting. Like, why don't call for three months, which is interesting. Like, why don't call for three months,

but why are you calling? Interesting. Then it says, don't sign a thing, which I mean, who wants you to sign something? That's interesting. And then change your name, your phone number, and your job. That's rough. That's someone who like, probably did something wrong,

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, so then this is so cute. This is Carrie rushing to get ready and she finds this picture of her Mr. Big Bud. The thing I think is so cute about it is the apartment that we know so well now after all these years, but it's so early days and she's at the, you know, we apartment that we know so well now after all these years, but it's so early days. And she's at the, you know, we have the camera kind of in her bedroom shooting down the closet hallway, and you can just see her running back and forth in the cute little bathroom, which is so realistic. That bathroom is so realistic to old New York apartments. It's got the black and white tile. It's really cool. And she's like, like, ah! She's very girly and getting ready. It's cute. It's really cute. I thought it was so cute.

So she decides that her first breakup rule is to destroy all the pictures, which I would say in this early pre, you know, eye photo situation, no, don't destroy the pictures because if you have them in film, then you don't want to have to go find them, the negatives, and get the reprinted. So don't destroy the pictures. That's what I say. But now we don't really have to worry about that because we them the negatives and get the reprinted. So don't destroy the pictures. That's what I say. But now we don't really have to worry about that because we, the pictures follow us around everywhere we go.

So we go to this party. It's adorable. Carrie has taken the new Yankee, which is also very cute. And you see Charlotte and she is dating this guy, Paul, who's a VP at a recording label and is trying to sing the phrases of Miles Davis, which is hysterical. Like, who hasn't listened to Miles Davis? Oh my gosh. Like, if there's any young people right now who haven't listened to Miles Davis, please go out and listen to Miles Davis immediately. Oh my gosh. So he's trying to talk about how great Miles Davis is, which is entertaining. But also he has this weird habit where he continually kind

of adjusts himself, his private parts. And Carrie's looking at it and kind of rolling her eyes and, and Charlotte eventually grabs his hand to kind of like distract him from his own private parts, which is, you know, interesting. Poor Carrie thinks she sees big across the party, which actually makes total sense because I could completely see that he would be there. And, you know, that's just the worst feeling when you're in a breakup and you think you see the people or you're gonna see the people

and you have so much kind of anticipation and, you know, blah, blah feeling or I guess nerves really, you know? Then I asked, Charlotte asked Carrie how she feels and Carrie comes up with breakup rule number two, lie. Lie about how you're feeling, because it's easier than telling the truth about how you feel to your friends, which is kind of sad. So then she goes out walking with the new Yankee Joe

on the streets of New York, looking so beautiful. They're downtown, I think, and it just looks so quaint. And we're, you know, in those days where we were shooting on the Super 16 and the light flares are so beautiful and they kiss and it's adorable. Then cut to breakfast and page six has Carrie and the new Yankee and Charlotte's super excited about it. I feel like I'm always very excited

when anyone is in the paper. There are many circumstances through the years where I get myself in the paper with Trey. I'm very excited, very excited. I'm always very excited. I'm reporting what's in that paper all the time, very on to the different papers. Not even just Page Six, the New York Times, all the different papers. Charlotte's into the papers. And Charlotte thinks that this is the best thing because Big is going to see it, and Carrie looks fantastic

and she's with a new guy, isn't that great? Miranda asks, and this is the crazy part. Miranda wants us to stop talking about guys and or sex. It's unclear to me. And so everyone is silent for a little while. clear to me. And so everyone is silent for a little while. And then I think Charlotte, not unlike myself, has trouble with silence. So she starts talking about her new problem, which is that her boyfriend keeps touching his private parts. And then Samantha makes jokes that maybe his certain parts of his private parts are too long.

And then Miranda is like, has a whole breakdown and says that all we talk about is big or balls or small things. I can't even go down the list. And then she says, it's like seventh grade with bank accounts, which is really funny. And then she gets up and she leaves,

which is also insane. Like just because gets up and she leaves, which is also insane. Like, just because of what the show is, right? But I do think this is when Michael Patrick was taking some criticism of the show and using it in the writing, which, you know, hallelujah. So now, we... Carrie decides after this breakfast with the girls that she's gonna go shopping.

And we come up with break of rule number three, until emotionally stabilized, enter no store. I think that's excellent. The problem now is that you can shop online. So that's really hard. Like what do you do with your phone and everything, right? So cut to Samantha. And this is very sweet.

I mean, Samantha's so sweet here. She's trying to coach James in all these different sex positions. And you can tell that she's a little annoyed, but she's doing her best. You know, she's just like in there trying to make it work. And in the end, she gets her vibrator and then James asks her to put it away, which is so bad. Really bad.

Men do not do this. I don't know if there are any men listening, but if you are, do not do this to any women. And women don't do it to any other women, but I don't know if there are any men listening, but if you are, do not do this to any women. And women don't do it to any other women, but I don't think you would. Anyway, just my advice. Then we cut to Charlotte, and she's gone out, and I feel like there might be a scene that got cut out where either I talk to Carrie about this,

or I go shopping, or there's some, I feel like there was a piece missing Where I come up with this plan that to get this new boyfriend to stop touching his private parts I'm gonna buy him different underwear, but maybe I just made that up in my head. I don't know so cut to Charlotte is in her really cute white bedroom with her white hallway, which is really all she has at this point of her apartment and with her white hallway, which is really all she has at this point of her apartment. And she is giving Paul his present, and he gets very upset with her

because they haven't even had sex, and she's giving him a gift, which is such a weird overreaction. And I don't even... He doesn't seem to have any feelings that it's underwear, which is the thing that I would have thought he might have thought was weird. Like, what a weird first gift.

But Charlotte's all like, it's supposed to be the best. The person at the store talked about the pocket. Is that what she says? Something like the pocket. That's what I say, right? It's pretty funny. But anyway, this guy huffs off, huffs off over getting a gift.

Also interesting and weird. Then this is all the best sequence in the world. So here's Miranda. Previously, she's been wearing this green turtleneck, which I own. I used to get Miranda's clothes at the end of the season because they're very wearable. They're everyday clothes, you know, often. So it's a green sweater she was wearing before.

I wear that sweater still. Now she's on the street. She's gone on her really famous, what's now become a Halloween Miranda outfit, office, where she's got overalls and like a puffer on and a baseball cap. And she's out walking on the street and she sees her ex, which we have referred to earlier with his wife, who is the woman that he left her for and she hides

and then she runs away. And it's really great because she's been kind of on her high horse about how Carrie should or shouldn't feel about her breakup. And then I think she's a bit surprised by her own feelings about running into him. And she's wearing this truly iconic outfit, iconic possibly for bizarre reasons, but also like so adorable and funny.

And whenever I see people wearing that for Halloween, I really, really love it. I think it's so great. All right, so now Carrie's out at a bar with the new Yankee. And now she finally sees Mr. Big. And he walks over to her and she feels calm because it's the perfect first meeting. Break up rule number four,

never stop thinking about him even for a moment because that's the moment he'll appear. I do find this to be true, yes, for sure. So he comes over in slow-mo. It's very good. I love how they filmed it. It's really a good moment. And he touches her shoulder and she looks at his hand.

And I mean, you just can tell that she's a goner. You know what I'm saying? Like, obviously we know what happens with this relationship, but it's all very present, even way back in the beginning. So he touches her shoulder and he tells her that she looks great, something like that. But anyway, it's like, you know, it's not gonna end well for the Yankee guy,

let's put it that way. So she's walking home with Joe, the Yankee guy, and she's distracted. He kisses her, and she starts crying. And she says she's not ready, and she asks him to leave. And he doesn't. And then she says, OK, then I'll go. She's interesting here. I think Carrie's so interesting.

And then she's on the phone. She goes to the phone, and it's an adorable old phone booth, you guys. Like these actually used to work, it's so cute. And she calls someone and she's kind of dramatic and she says, like, can you meet me at our place? And then they do this really adorable reveal of Miranda sitting in the coffee shop. And we now have our coffee shop set, our first coffee shop set, which really takes me back to look at that set. And it's so sweet that Miranda's who Carrie called and that Miranda's there. And really every time I see these two together, I'm really just so impressed by the writing of their relationship throughout the years because I love it. It's so interesting. And

I don't know that I really realized it at the time how interestingly they wrote them and how they're almost like a couple. You know, there are elements of Carrie and Miranda that are kind of coupling, like you know, in terms of their like emotion together. I don't know how to put it, but you know, it's like she's got to like touch her touchstone. That's not really well put, but she's got to like check in with her touchstone about her feelings. So Carrie sees her, she sees Miranda, she explains that she fell apart after seeing Big and then Miranda says that she ran into Eric and that she hid and that she forgot how hard it is and she tells her to take all the time she needs. And then the most important breakup

rule, you'll never get through it without your friends, which is so nice and like very also much relevant to where the show goes and the movies and all of it in terms of us being each other's soulmates and maybe we're the ones for each other. And I love that part of the show. I don't know in the beginning if we really realized how important that would become,

but I'm 100% down with it. I love it. And I think that's part of the longevity of the whole, the whole thing really. And part of why the fans connect to it so much. And I feel like it's an awesome, awesome point And I feel like it's an awesome, awesome point in terms of how important friendships are in general and women to women relationships.

And I feel in the olden days, especially, I don't feel like friends were really thought of as being that important. I feel like maybe now friendships are really, people are aware of how important it is to have your girlfriends around do you feel that way? Yeah sometimes I like I like to get yes yes I mean I feel that way I'd love to know what you guys think Yo Kebabs is your boy BomHAN and I'm bringing you something epic.

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