Warning! SPOILERS For And Just Like That Season 3, Episode 4, “Apples To Apples”
Sex and the City’srevival show is making Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury) more like Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) inAnd Just Like Thatseason 3, better replacing the role that Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) former gal pal played in her life. Seema has had a robust story inAnd Just Like Thatseason 3, with Choudhury’s character experiencing a plethora of life changes in the first couple of episodes. InAnd Just Like Thatseason 3’s premiere, Seema dumped Ravi (Armin Amiri), a movie producer she was dating in season 2.
After Seema dumped Ravi in episode 1, Patel was subsequently shut out by her employer. InAnd Just Like Thatseason 3, episode 3, Elliot (John Glover) announced to his business partner that he was retiring. Patel had planned to buy her partner out in the next few years, but the option is now off the table, as Elliot has informed Seema that he has sold his shares of their company to Ryan Serhant. With Seema continuing to chart a new course inAnd Just Like Thatseason 3, episode 4,Patel is looking even more like Samantha Jones.
Seema Working To Start Her Own Firm In And Just Like That Season 3 Makes Her More Like Samantha Jones
Samantha Jones Was A Self-Employed Businesswoman In Sex And The City
After Elliot’s announcement inAnd Just Like Thatseason 3, episode 3,Seema is looking to chart her own path. While her employer gave Seema the option to stay, it’d have meant a significant change to Patel’s future, having to accept that she wouldn’t be a partner or owner of the real estate group she’d spent years building. However, Seema’s misfortunes have a bright side. In episode 3, Seema takes some vacation time, and Patel tells Carrie, while vacationing in Virginia, that she wants to start her own venture.
Knowing that the real estate agent is taking her career into her own hands and starting a business makes her even more like Samantha Jones.
In episode 4, Patel is resolute in creating a new future, refusing Serhant’s offer to work for him. While we don’t see the development of Seema’s business yet, knowing that the real estate agent is taking her career into her own hands and starting a business makes her even more like Samantha Jones, another entrepreneurial powerhouse.InSex and the City,Samantha ran a PR firmthroughout the show’s six seasons and had one of the most impressive careers. By making herreplacement inAnd Just Like Thatself-employed, there are more elements of Samantha’s appeal in Seema’s story.
Sarita Choudhury, who plays Seema, realizes the development is right for her character. Choudhury said thatSeema’s changes in season 3“should have been in season 1, episode 1.”The actor wondered aloud why the changes hadn’t been designed for the character sooner, Choudhury understanding that Seema being her own boss better suited Patel. The change better reflects Samantha’s legacy, andPatel has the same potential for entrepreneurial prowess in New York Cityas one of its top real estate brokers.
Seema Is Finally Being Given One Of And Just Like That’s Most Intriguing Storylines
Seema’s Story In And Just Like That Improves The Show
InAnd Just Like Thatseason 3, Seema’s improved storylines enhance the series as a whole. In fact, with the latest outing,Sex and the City’s revival has finally broken a four-year trend. The first couple of seasons ofAnd Just Like Thatdidn’t impress audiences much, with seasons 1 and 2 scoring 48% and 63% onRotten Tomatoes,respectively.The revival’s third season is the first to achieve critical acclaim, with its 76%Rotten Tomatoesranking makingSex and the City’s continuation certified fresh. New stories like Seema’s development certainly add to the appeal.
With more development for Seema, it gives the entireAnd Just Like Thatcastmore opportunities to lean into what the original series was about. Seema is one of the revival’s single characters, so showing more of her story allows for more scenes about dating, bringing about the refreshingly frank conversations about love for which the original series is known. With a few characters not returning forAnd Just Like Thatseason 3, Seema has more room to shine, both personally and professionally, and watching her navigate her career will doubtlessly be one of season 3’s most intriguing stories.
