The Carrie Diaries

The Carrie Diaries is an American television series, ”Sex and the city” prequel. Also based on Bushnells book. It follows 16-year-old Carrie, in year 1984,  who is in her junior year of high school and gets new internship in New York. As well her developing and experiencing new things before she becomes that popular Carrie from Sex and The City. Carrie lives with her occassionally overprotective and loving dad and her little sister Dorrit with whom she is struggling. They have for real sensitive relationship. Dorrit is pretty much Carrie`s opposite.  Their mom passed away and they have to ”start new life” without mom.

My friend was very exited about this show and recommended it for me. It didn´t run on  TV anymore and I couldn´t find episodes with subtitles so I wasn´t sure whether watch it or not. But then I decided to try and really loved it. I don´t often watch series or TV but this was so good that I had to watch at least one episode every day. There are two seasons of this show and it didn´t take so long to watch them all.

Carrie is friendly, curly-haired, lovely and she loves fashion. I really liked her personality and how she growed during the show. She had the same problems as the normal teenagers so it was interesting to follow her life and find out how she solves the problems. Carrie did care about the other people too and she was always there for her best friends Maggie, Walt and Mouse.Her sister Dorrit had  become difficult after their mothers death. Carrie had to, alongside with her father, took over the same things as her mom has done, like cooking, organizing… I personally liked the thanks giving episode where Carrie tried to make turkey by following her mothers old recip. Everything went wrong but Carrie tried to stay calm and in a good mood. In my opinnion the show was fun to watch and some scenes were absolutely hilarious.

The show also gets the twentieth century details mostly right. The clothes were colourful and gorgerous (they could also be worn nowadays ), hair was big, the cars and the music. However sometimes I forgot that it was year 1984 and it was a little bit weird and at the same time nice that they didn´t have iPones and all that modern stuff. There were landlines and in my opinnion it is cool to watch how people lived earlier, though it wasn´t so long time ago, but still it is stunning how many things have changed.

At the same time as there are all this issues going on, Carrie is falling hard for Sebastian. The new kid who is new for everyone else but Carrie who knows him from swimming club. Sebastian is handsome, sweet, complaisant and kind. Their relationship is really complicated. When everything starts going perfectly there is something or someone who ruin it. Toward the end in episode two, when they finally move in together they notice that their aims are not so similar as they assumed and Carrie startsto think maybe they are not so perfect couple. I was a little bit dissapointed when they didn´t stay together and their goodbye in last episode was so sad…

All in all I can say that the series were teachful, which could be predictable because it tells about teenagers, realistic and I just liked all the colours, cafes, the actors and ofcouse New York. There were also many good quotes. Here are some examples: ” Who am I supposed to be again? Just be yourself. But who am I?”   ” Sometimes to chase after your future, you have to stop running and plant yourself in one place. Take a stand and fight for what you want. And know that even after the darkest of night, the dawn will come. And you will find a Place where you don´t have to hide. A Place to call home. ”   ” I love you so much my heart hurt. Is that what love is supposed to feel like? Pain?

At the end I would like to say that series were totally worth watching. I really enjoyed every single episode. It taught me how important the friends and family really are. Happiness is something that doesn´t feel the same if you heve nobody to share it with. Parents are always here supporting you but you have to learn to do decisions by yourself. Ofcource they can give good advices but eventually you are the one who are charge with your own life. I would recommend the Carrie diaries for those who like girly and fun series.