“Forget About the Boy”

And Just Like That...The Writers Room

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After Shows, Tv & Film

4.1 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Executive producers Michael Patrick King and Julie Rottenberg are joined by executive story editors Lucas Froehlich and Rachel Palmer to discuss the first Thanksgiving we’ve ever seen of Carrie and the gang. Michael divulges the monologue he wrote with actress Jackie Hoffman in mind and the emotional scene that Kristin Davis nailed without a rehearsal. And Julie shares why she was initially opposed to having Carrie return to her old apartment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It is just so warm and cozy in here now.
0:05.0	I was getting a little concerned before.
0:10.0	Concerned about what?
0:12.0	It was just so big and empty when there was nothing in here,
0:15.0	like a museum or a house on a historical walking tour.
0:23.3	Hello, lovers, and welcome back to End Just Like That, The Writers' Room.
0:27.6	The official companion podcast of An Just Like That from Max.
0:31.0	I'm Michael Patrick King, writer-director and executive producer of In Just Like That,
0:34.9	and I'm here with executive producer of writer Julie Rotenberg.
0:38.2	Hi.
0:38.8	Executive Story Editor and writer Lucas Frolic.
0:41.4	Hey, hey.
0:41.9	And executive story editor and writer Rachel Palmer.
0:45.0	Hi.
0:45.7	Okay.
0:46.2	It's time for us to get into episode 11, what they call the Penn Ultimate episode, which
0:52.6	means what, anyone, any writer, what does that mean? Julie, you have to know that. I believe it is the second to the last episode. What does it mean, though? You put your pen down, pen ultimate? I, oh, wow, like breaking down the Latin. What's the Latin? I'm going to need, I'm going to need someone smarter than I am. To the Google. We don't need to Google on this.
1:11.6	We're writers.
1:12.6	We'll just make it up.
1:13.6	It means you put your pen down and get ready to write the ultimate episode, which is next.
1:17.6	Okay.
1:18.6	This one is written by Michael Patrick King and Susan Fails Hill.
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