17 Reasons Why Aidan Shaw Sucks

I cannot BELIEVE we are doing this again.

Hello from my Summer Roberts-style rage blackout after yet ANOTHER photo emerged of Carrie Bradshaw gallivanting around town in a romantic way with Aidan Shaw.

That’s right, ICYMI, And Just Like That is apparently going back to a relationship well we have visited MULTIPLE times before in its second season.

Now, of course, we don’t know the exact context of these photos but there are a lot of them at this point and I’m furious. This relationship hasn’t worked in any of its iterations and it’s wildly lazy storytelling. Period.

Does AJLT want to be Not SATC or what? Because it sure doesn’t seem like it when they choose Aidan instead of, I don’t know, writing something or someone new and interesting for Carrie in her post-Big world.

No explanation will make this right to me, but I will obviously hate-watch the fuck out of it. I mean, it’s not like this show worked all that well in S1 either. It was just fun to be back with some of our friends again.

And I KNOW Samantha Jones would have notes about this situation.

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Also, I hate Aidan. I’ve always hated Aidan. I will forever hate Aidan. I find the character to be incredibly lame and completely unsuited for Carrie, who is obviously messy…but that’s not the point. Even if you like this guy (ew), WHYYYYYYY would you want to see this again? It doesn’t make sense from a character or story perspective for either of them.

I would rather see Berger—complete with a lifetime supply of Post-Its—a thousand times over. But the show shouldn’t do that either when there’s a whole wide world to explore.

Don’t even get me started on whatever is happening with a cigarette here (see: #11). Ew, and those sunglasses (see: #4). I bet he ordered a deeply annoying cocktail too.

Through my seething anger, I have hastily compiled a non-exhaustive list of 17 (which coincidentally happens to be my favorite number) reasons why Aidan sucks…