Autumn is here, and Carrie is writing her way through the pain inside her (finally) fully furnished apartment. Executive producers Michael Patrick King and Julie Rottenberg, along with co-executive producer Samantha Irby and executive story editor Rachel Palmer, dive into “Better Than Sex.” The writers discuss the significance of Duncan broaching the castle wall and coming upstairs. They also get into Herbert’s election woes, Brady’s bombshell reveal, and the making of that eyebrow-raising Giuseppe puppet.

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