For many who’ve watched And Simply Like That for the reason that very first episode, you most likely did a double take when Lisa Todd Wexley’s (Nicole Ari Parker) father died within the July 3 episode… as a result of he already died, proper? Viewers instantly recalled LTW speaking about her dad’s loss of life when Massive (Chris Noth) died within the first season.
Whereas followers took to social media to name out what they thought was a continuity “mistake” made by the writers, the And Simply Like That manufacturing group revealed that’s not the case in any respect. There’s a easy clarification — and Lisa Todd’s dad positively didn’t die twice.
The group instructed The Hollywood Reporter that the deceased father Lisa Todd was speaking about in Season 1 was her stepfather. “I used to be precisely the identical when my father died final yr,” Lisa instructed Charlotte (Kristin Davis) within the first season. Her organic father, performed by Billy Dee Williams in Season 2, was the one who died in Season 3.
Lisa Todd’s father died after a stroke. At his Pippin-themed funeral, Lisa Todd gave an emotional eulogy for her father. Parker revealed how the loss of life of Lisa Todd’s dad will impression her shifting ahead within the third season of the Intercourse and the Metropolis spinoff.
“It comes as a shock, and like several human, shedding somebody you’re keen on is earth-shattering, regardless of how outdated you’re,” she instructed Selection. “It does shake her floor in a approach that makes her somewhat bit extra centered — perhaps somewhat hyper-focused. And now her marriage is, you already know, not in bother, however another person can get her consideration on this weak place. So I believe the loss of life made her unsteady in a approach that she may not even understand.”
And Simply Like That, Season 3, Thursdays, 9/8c, HBO Max