{"id":43446,"date":"2021-12-16T13:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T13:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=43446"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:46:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:46:57","slug":"sex-and-the-city-natasha-and-just-like-that","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/sex-and-the-city-natasha-and-just-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of Natasha, Carrie, and Big on \u2018Sex and the City\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bridget
Bridget Moynahan on the set of And Just Like That…<\/i> (Photo: Gotham\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spoilers ahead for the third episode of <\/em>And Just Like That\u2026<\/p>\n

She\u2019s back! Well, they\u2019re all back, obviously, except for Samantha<\/a>. Alongside Carrie, Miranda<\/a> and Charlotte<\/a>, the folks behind And Just Like That\u2026<\/em><\/a> seem determined to trot out nearly every minor character ever to appear on Sex and the City<\/em>. Some have provided the opportunity for clunky exposition (Julie Halston\u2019s Bitzy von Muffling), others have made a certain amount of sense while also providing a much-needed counterpoint (Molly Price\u2019s Susan-Sharon at Mr. Big<\/a>\u2019s funeral). But in this week\u2019s episode, we get one of the new show\u2019s most baffling returns: Big\u2019s second ex-wife Natasha (Bridget Moynahan).<\/p>\n

The plot device that brings the former Mrs. Big back into Carrie\u2019s life strains credibility: Big has inexplicably left Natasha $1 million in his will, which throws Carrie into a tailspin and spurs her to track the poor woman down for an explanation. Classic Carrie! When the two women finally meet face-to-face, Natasha if understandably pissed. \u201cI\u2019ve already given you more minutes of my life than you ever deserved,\u201d she cries!<\/p>\n

Natasha may not want to think about their history, but since she\u2019s here, we<\/em> may as well revisit<\/a> some of those minutes.<\/p>\n

\"Bridget
Bridget Moynahan and Chris Noth in Season 2 of Sex and the City<\/i> (Image courtesy of HBO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cWho is <\/em>she?\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The character first appeared in a two-episode arch at the end of Season 2. Carrie runs into her with Mr. Big at a party in the Hamptons<\/a> and it\u2019s clear that they\u2019re together, which is devastating on a couple levels. Carrie had assumed that the primary reason she and Big had broken up was that he\u2019d moved to Paris. But here he was, back in New York, and with a significantly younger woman no less. And it gets worse: it turned out they were just dating; Natasha and Big were engaged. We see Natasha again briefly in the Season 2 finale when Carrie just shows up outside the Plaza as she and Big are leaving their engagement party. (You see the pattern developing here, right?)<\/p>\n

\"Moynahan
Moynahan in Season 3 of Sex and the City<\/i> (Image courtesy of HBO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s married. Where are my home fries?\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Natasha returns in the third episode of Season 3. She and Big are now married, and Carrie gets all fixated on the differences between herself and Natasha. Because, really, Natasha is kind of the anti-Carrie: tall, brunette, straight hair, with a penchant for minimalism and a job at Ralph Lauren. Carrie, meanwhile, is colorful clashing prints, downtown (despite her Upper East Side address), chaotic. \u201cShe\u2019s shiny hair, style section, Vera Wang, and I\u2019m the sex column they run next to ads for penile implants!\u201d she whines.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that at this point, Natasha actually seems kind of nice! When she runs into Carrie in a changing room, she seems sweet! Carrie, meanwhile, comes off as the neurotic, insecure one who once again stalks<\/em> this 20-something-year-old woman, this time to a fundraiser, just to prove something to herself.<\/p>\n

\"Moynahan
Moynahan in Season 3 of Sex and the City<\/i> (Image courtesy of HBO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll be holding forever.\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Then comes the affair. Carrie next encounters Big and Natasha months later at a furniture show. Their marriage is already on the rocks and soon, Carrie and Big are sleeping together. Carrie feels rotten about the whole thing, but it\u2019s not until Charlotte points out that Natasha is a real person, with real feelings, that Carrie starts thinking about how the affair might affect Big\u2019s wife. And then Natasha catches Carrie in the Bigs\u2019 apartment after a tryst. Carrie flees the scene, but Natasha pursues, falling and breaking a tooth in the stairwell. Carrie takes her to the hospital, where she ends her affair with Big.<\/p>\n

But, months later, Carrie is still perversely fixated on Natasha, who is now divorced. After the younger woman snubs her in a restaurant, Carrie begins hounding her, convinced that she needs to apologize, to explain herself. Ultimately, she\u2019s able to track Natasha down (again!) to a restaurant where she tries to make amends. But Natasha is having none of it. \u201cI\u2019m sorry too,\u201d she tells her. \u201cI\u2019m sorry that you felt the need to come down here. Now, not only have you ruined my marriage, you\u2019ve ruined my lunch.\u201d Mic drop. And that\u2019s the last we see of Natasha, until\u2026<\/p>\n

\"Moynahan
Moynahan with Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of And Just Like That…<\/i> (Photo: James Devaney\/GC Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cHow\u2019s the burn?\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n

This week. After finding out that Big has left Natasha $1M, Carrie once again starts hounding her, emailing her, stalking her on Instagram, and showing up unannounced at her office. Like\u2026can you imagine if your ex\u2019s wife started doing this to you? But thanks to a deus ex toilet, Carrie and Natasha end up sitting across a table from each other for what I hope and pray is the last time. Natasha has no idea why Big left her the money, but she does finally, begrudgingly give Carrie something like the absolution she denied her all those years ago. \u201cWe\u2019re okay. It\u2019s all in the past,\u201d she tells her, wearily. \u201cBut maybe we shouldn\u2019t follow each other on Instagram.\u201d<\/p>\n

And so, two decades later, maybe the story of Natasha and Big and Carrie has finally come to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29097,"featured_media":43501,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[38,16,3925],"yoast_head":"\nA Brief History of Natasha & Carrie & Big on \u2018Sex and the City\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week on And Just Like That..., we get one of the new show\u2019s most baffling returns: Mr. Big\u2019s second ex-wife Natasha (Bridget Moynahan). 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