"Carrie Golightly"

And Just Like That...The Writers Room

HBO Max Podcasts

After Shows, Tv & Film

4.1 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Executive producers Michael Patrick King and Elisa Zuritsky are joined by co-executive producer Samantha Irby and executive story editor Lucas Froehlich to break down Carrie’s attempt at an easy-breezy trip to Virginia. They delve into everything from that awkward phone call with Aidan’s ex-wife to the risk of filming episodes out of town. Plus, they explain the back-and-forth in the writing room over Charlotte’s return to clubbing and why the writers decided they wanted more of Lisa Todd Wexley’s editor, Grace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Did you not hear the other more seductive destinations?
0:08.6	Well, what's wrong with Virginia?
0:11.0	I guess we're going to find out.
0:13.8	Hello, lovers.
0:15.0	Welcome back to End Just Like That, the Writers' Room, the official companion podcast of In Just Like That from Max.
0:21.2	I'm Michael Patrick King, writer, director, and executive producer of In Just Like That.
0:25.3	Today I'm here at the writing table with executive producer writer Lisa Zeritsky.
0:30.3	Hi.
0:30.8	Co-executive producer, writer Samantha Irby.
0:33.4	Hi.
0:34.3	And executive story editor and writer Lucas Frolic. Hi, guys. Hi, hi, everybody. Today we are going to
0:41.8	discuss the very exciting episode three, Carrie Go Lightly, written by Samantha Irby and directed by me,
0:49.9	Michael Patrick King. Now, before we get any further, I want to remind you, if you haven't seen episodes
0:54.7	one or two or three, please stop listening to us now and go and watch and come back because we'll
0:59.7	be spoiling some alerts as well. Okay, let's talk about the title, first of all. The title,
1:06.1	Carrie Go Lightly, is an homage to Holly Go Light lightly from Breakfast at Tiffany's.
1:12.2	Correct, Samantha?
1:13.4	Yes.
1:14.2	And what it really implies is that Karen...
1:16.9	You've never seen it.
1:20.5	I'm trying to sound convincing.
1:23.7	Yes.
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