And Just Like That has come to an end and it’s time to say goodbye to Sarah Jessica Parker‘s beloved character Carrie Bradshaw.
We were first introduced to Carrie and her friends in the HBO series Sex and the City, which ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004. She returned in two feature films that were released in theaters in 2008 and 2010. The revival series And Just Like That then premiered in late 2021 and ran for three seasons on the streaming service HBO Max.
Series creator and showrunner Michael Patrick King explained that he didn’t intend on ending the show when he began writing the third season, but as time went by in the writers room, it became evident that the ending was near.
King told Variety, “Well, I always like the fact that you wish you were getting more. The idea of leaving a party while it’s still happening is the most elegant thing you can say for a TV series. I never wanted to be like, Oh, that storyline again — which is the one rule we’ve had in the writing room: Don’t repeat. And we’ve done a lot.”
“It’s an odd decision to make, but I feel like it’s the right decision for the world that we created,” he said in an interview with TheWrap.
So, how did the show end?
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The series ends with Carrie single and okay with being “on her own”
In the series finale, Carrie Bradshaw is single again and she’s finally accepted that this is okay. She previously broke up with Aidan (John Corbett) for the third time in a recent episode.
“The woman realized she was not alone. She was on her own,” Carrie says as the final line of the series.
King told Deadline, “The ending told us to stop when we were writing, and that sentence, the woman realized she was not alone. She was on her own. It was so important for me to hear, and it just sort of appeared. I was like, well, that’s the ending, especially since it is a response and a callback to Carrie at the end of Sex and the City when she says, ‘the most significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And then if you find someone to love, love you, love, that’s fabulous.’ She’s saying that voiceover while Mr. Big is calling to say, ‘I’m coming to town.’ So the growth and the evolution and the resonance of her saying a new version of that when maybe no one is coming is the most significant addition we could add to this whole Carrie Bradshaw universe. I knew then that I wanted her to stop there because I believe that’s her message to everyone who’s been watching for many, many years. It’s for the women who have someone or the people who have someone. More importantly, it’s for the people who don’t have someone. If you can feel good about the life you create, it’s great.”
Sarah Jessica Parker recently shared a touching letter about the show’s cancellation.
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