--- title: Samantha on 'And Just Like That' Finale: Peak SATC Nostalgia description: Kim Cattrall’s cameo as the fabulous Samantha Jones on 'And Just Like That' was the perfect callback to her time on 'Sex and the City.' canonical: https://time.com/6307927/kim-cattrall-and-just-like-that-finale-2023/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-08-24T10:30:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T16:19:26.633Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Kim Cattrall on 'And Just Like That' Is Peak SATC Nostalgia og:description: Kim Cattrall’s cameo as the fabulous Samantha Jones on 'And Just Like That' was the perfect callback to her time on 'Sex and the City.' og:url: https://time.com/6307927/kim-cattrall-and-just-like-that-finale-2023/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0d8d777df6971f7/698a3fc4b3fce346bf0cac5a/kim-cattrall_0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1707 og:image:height: 960 og:image:alt: kim-cattrall_0 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kim Cattrall on 'And Just Like That' Is Peak SATC Nostalgia twitter:description: Kim Cattrall’s cameo as the fabulous Samantha Jones on 'And Just Like That' was the perfect callback to her time on 'Sex and the City.' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0d8d777df6971f7/698a3fc4b3fce346bf0cac5a/kim-cattrall_0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Samantha's Return to _And Just Like That_ Was the Perfect Callback to Sex and the City > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 24, 2023 10:30 AM UTC  Max/Warner Bros. Discovery  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 24, 2023 10:30 AM UTC Kim Cattrall’s [long-awaited cameo on _And Just Like That_](https://time.com/6284151/kim-cattrall-and-just-like-that-season-2-samantha-jones/) finally took place in the opening moments of the show’s season 2 finale—and it may have given us the show’s best callback to [_Sex and the City_](https://time.com/collection-post/3103783/sex-and-the-city/)yet. Cattrall, as the [glamorous PR maven Samantha Jones](https://time.com/5928535/sex-and-the-city-revival-samantha/), appears on a surprise phone call opposite Sarah Jessica Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw, expressing regret that she won’t be able to make Carrie’s final dinner party in her iconic Upper East Side apartment. In the scene, Samantha, who has since moved to London, had planned to surprise Carrie at the event after Charlotte and Miranda told her that [Carrie was moving out of her longtime home](https://time.com/6303369/carrie-selling-apartment-aidan-and-just-like-that/), but due to a three hour flight delay, she was unable to make the flight at all. As a consolation, she asks Carrie to put her on speaker phone so that she can “pay her respects” to the apartment. “Thank you for everything you f-cking fabulous, fabulous flat,” she says with slight British accent. **Read More:** [Sex and the City _Is Nothing Without Samantha Jones_](https://time.com/5928535/sex-and-the-city-revival-samantha/) When Carrie teases her about her accent, Samantha cheekily jokes that she’s actually Annabelle Bronstein, an identity she memorably assumed in season 6, episode 10 of _SATC_. In that episode, Samantha impersonates Bronstein, a British woman whose membership card she finds in the bathroom of the Soho House, the members-only club with a pool that Samantha, despite her PR connections, can’t secure access to. The ruse, along with Samantha’s British accent, goes swimmingly until the real Annabel Bronstein informs the club that she’s been in London for the week and not in New York City. Cattrall’s reprisal of her role from _SATC_ has been one of the most anticipated moments of _AJLT_’s second season and came as a surprise to many fans of the two shows because of [the longtime feud Cattrall is rumored to have with Parker and the rest of the _SATC_ cast](https://time.com/5285685/sarah-jessica-parker-kim-cattrall-fallout-sex-and-the-city/). This alleged real-life tension was written into the first season of _AJLT_, in which an estrangement between Carrie and Samantha was one of the show’s largest storylines, a seeming way to address the absence of Samantha, whose outrageous and sex positive escapades were often the comedic heart of _SATC_. While Cattrall’s appearance on _AJLT_ was brief, it was a charming moment for nostalgia for the original series, a sentiment that the show has returned to again and again by reviving other past characters like [John Corbett’s Aidan Shaw](https://time.com/6301380/carrie-aidan-relationship-and-just-like-that/). 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