Carrie on the Prairie | AJLT S3 E4 Recap

lots of unexpected bingo card spots in this one

This episode was my favorite of the entire season so far. Too long for email, so download the app or read on the web!

Carrie

Carrie is still in Virginia with Aidan and his children. She wakes up in the same clothes from the night before to see Aidan, Homer¹, and Wyatt painting the house. Homer is automatically warm and happy to see Carrie, and Wyatt is colder and standoffish. Carrie then rides an ATV into town to get new clothes. Why she couldn’t drive the car, I’ll never know. But I never thought I would see Carrie riding an ATV.

She then goes to this boutique that she calls “sister wives chic” or something like that. To her credit, she picks the cutest clothes she can find there. After having sex, Aidan asks her to spend a day with the boys. Not before she brings up that ugly ass table again that Aidan has no memory of. She decides to take the boys fishing, and when Wyatt is unamused, he suggests they go to the mall to “kill zombies.” Aidan initially protests but then gives in and goes to the mall with them.

Never in a million years would I have guessed that Carrie Bradshaw would be wearing a VR headset and killing zombies. Wyatt accidentally hits her in the end, ending their bonding time. Aidan asks her to stay a couple more days for his oldest son, Tate’s 21st birthday celebration. She obliges, and on the day of, she wears this really cute white dress.

Aidan’s ex-wife and her new boyfriend join the celebration. Bob, Aidan’s ex-wife’s boyfriend, confides in Carrie and tells him that he doesn’t fit into Aidan’s close-knit family. He also tells Carrie that Aidan isn’t comfortable with Wyatt taking Adderall. Carrie then tries to talk to Aidan about it, and he dismisses her and begins the birthday celebrations. In his defense, she picked a really bad time. The candles were already lit.

They cut the cake, open presents, and end the night playing a game of Apples to Apples.² Wyatt gets upset because no one is picking his cards and storms off and tries to play his switch. Once Aidan gets upset, Wyatt goes outside screaming curse words and then eventually breaks a window?!?! What in the white household is going on here? It was not that serious and if he were Black he would have gotten his ass whopped or worse.

Aidan goes for a swim to clear his head and then joins Carrie in the guest house. Carrie admits that when Aidan said that he needed to be there for his family, she didn’t believe him. Which is an insane thing to say because I’m pretty sure Wyatt tried to kill himself.³ She says that she realizes now that he really needs to be there and gives him a key to her apartment so he can come whenever he wants.

She flies back to NYC and tries to purchase that ugly table and realizes its sold out. Closing the door on that dream.

Miranda

Miranda is cat-sitting for Carrie while she is in Virginia. Joy gets her another spot on the BBC broadcast and she misspeaks trying to say “wild countryside” and becomes a meme that says “wild cunt.” She finds out while chopping celery. I am so confused about what she is making that only requires celery and hummus. Do people eat celery and hummus together? I don’t like hummus, so this is really confusing to me. Of course, she freaks out and calls Brady. This is the first time we’ve seen Brady all season. He tells her that it'll blow over and not to worry.

She doesn’t listen and thinks that the meme is the reason why Joy canceled on drinks. Carrie tells her to invite Joy’s friends to her house for drinks. Joy comes with her friends, who are gagging over Miranda being a meme. Joy doesn’t say much for the night, and Miranda confronts her about it. Joy says she shuts down when she realizes she likes someone. They kiss on the doorstep, and Carrie catches it on the ring camera.

Charlotte

For some reason, Harry is really upset with their neighbor who keeps asking for a banana. Rock is trying to tell them that building community is a good thing, but he won’t let it go. Harry’s father is visiting⁴ and they have dinner with Anthony, Giuseppe, the banana neighbor, and Lily’s new boyfriend, Diego. Diego reveals that he is poly and that he also has a boyfriend. The neighbor asks for BBQ sauce for the brisket that Charlotte made. Harry gets offended, which is weird because I would also have asked for BBQ sauce. It’s brisket!

Harry eventually tries to have sex with Charlotte, but he can’t get hard. That’s when he confides in her that he is scared of becoming his dad. Which seems like a weird fear. However, he was acting like an old, grouchy man for the entire episode. Once Harry finds out from Rock that he was trying to download porn on his Ipad and that he went to go have sex with the banana neighbor, his fears subside.

LTW

LTW is trying to find a new editor after her last one quit. She interviews this man named Marianne and is conflicted because her documentary is about unsung Black women. She is so stressed that she’s talking in her sleep, and Henry starts sleeping in the room. She keeps promising that she isn’t going to talk in her sleep anymore. Which is weird to me because that is not something you can control.

She is scared that if Henry starts sleeping in the other room, it will lead to divorce. Which is a wild jump considering she is keeping him up. A lot of people have said that separate rooms have saved their marriage. Nevertheless, she hires Marianne after taking Henry’s advice that he is still Black, so it’s fine.⁵ The verdict is still out on whether she stopped talking in her sleep.

Seema

Seema’s plotline was so boring to me. The new partner wants her to make a decision in a week instead of 30 days. She seems to choose to leave and tries to take the secretary with her. The secretary gags her and says her rent is 3k a month, so she can’t afford to take a chance on Seema’s new company. I wish we got more of Seema this episode, but there was much more to explore with other storylines.

All in all, I was entertained, and I really liked this episode. See you next week!

1. Why did Aidan name this child after the Simpsons character or the Greek poet?

2. I love this game and it’s much more fun than Cards Against Humanity.

3. Please correct me in the comments

4. Apparently, the actor who plays Harry’s father died recently RIP.

5. LOL