Is miranda gay in and just like that

So it felt really fun.

Yes and no.

You’re including Carrie as a single woman? 

I am. Her story is taut with tension, in breaking free from lifelong roles and fear of disappointing others,

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Cynthia Nixon's real-life queerness added authentic insight

Although the plot of the show is fictional, Nixon's actual life as a lesbian provided her with some context when playing Miranda.

The dynamic isn’t unlike the one Miranda shared with ex-husband Steve (David Eigenberg), except Miranda, now, is fully herself. Nixon spoke to Variety about Miranda’s dating journey and her journey so far in the series — including why the lighter plotline Miranda’s living out this season feels like “a breather.”

Miranda seems definitively post-Che as she takes forays into the dating scene — we haven’t seen her single as a queer woman.

Specifically, her ambiguous friendship with Che Diaz (Sara Ramírez) has been the talk of the town for a while. Coming out in one's fifties — after maybe decades of hetero marriage — is a different type of bargain with a different level of stakes than it might be for younger people. Instead, Che was intended to be a test — one who shakes Miranda out of her complacency.

Rather than concern about whether or not Miranda and Che are a good couple in And Just Like That, Nixon explained the emotional conflict the relationship creates.

Later, however, both of them have a civil conversation and acknowledge their mistakes after being introduced to each other by Carrie. She is a person with her own foibles and insecurities, and we get to see that she’s not a perfect person by any stretch of the imagination. It becomes obvious that they get along, and Miranda seems charmed when Che refers to her as “Rambo.”

In episode 3, Carrie takes Miranda and Charlotte to Che’s comedy special taping.

Nixon touched on it directly, calling the narrative a form of late-stage change.

Rather, they are expressions of larger freedoms, independence, and self-construction. SPOILERS AHEAD. Afterward, when Che realizes that Carrie is asleep and thus can’t do shots, Miranda enthusiastically offers to drink the tequila with them instead.

Thus, Che and Miranda get drunk in Carrie’s kitchen. As she says,

"I suppose a straight person could try to date an opposite-gender person and find out they’re gay, but that happens less.

But for Nixon, leaving characters frozen in the past would be a betrayal, especially because the rest of the world goes on.

The writers, she explained,

"The writers may choose to add elements of all of our experiences. Nixon feels that one must be uncomfortable to demonstrate actual change.

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Stretching the boundaries of beloved characters in And Just Like That

Nixon admitted that some of the fans of Sex and the City have been unable to balance the Miranda of their youth with the one that can be observed in And Just Like That.

As per Variety, she said,

"What’s wonderful is — when Miranda tries to date the guacamole girl [a Mexican restaurant server in this season’s second episode], and she just totally turns out to be straight."

And Just Like That takes Miranda's whirlwind dating life and identity crisis, and uses them to investigate themes of reinvention that are not always dealt with on mainstream TV.

Instead of being trapped in the familiar ways, Miranda is able to break out — even if it happens in a disappointing or painful way.

Nixon does not interpret Miranda's decisions as strictly sexual or romantic.