I couldn’t assist however surprise … is that this actually the final time we’ll see Carrie Bradshaw?
The Intercourse and the Metropolis revival sequence, And Simply Like That…, got here to an finish final evening after three seasons. The controversial reboot, which premiered on HBO Max in 2021, was hardly good — and was typically criticized by O.G. SATC followers, whilst they continued to tune in.
Nonetheless, bidding adieu to Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her besties, Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), is bittersweet. The AJLT sequence finale marks the top of our collective witnessing of those enduring feminine friendships. It truly is the top of an period. Once more.
“Farewell to And Simply Like That. You have been a present that ought to have by no means been made however I’d’ve watched 20 extra seasons of you. Why am I crying?” one fan requested on TikTok, whereas one other declared, “Was AJLT good? No. Did I cry over the ending? Abso-f****ng-lutely. The tip of an period.”
One fan mourned on X, “I do know the storylines haven’t all the time been nice & among the further characters have been weird, however I’m going to overlook the top of my Thursday evening Carrie repair, particularly after it began getting attention-grabbing.”
Forward of Thursday evening’s finale, a lot of the fandom was left questioning what would occur to our favourite Manolo Blahnik-loving fashionista. Would Bradshaw, who’d damaged up with Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) for the third time, stay single? Or would she open herself as much as the opportunity of love along with her downstairs neighbor, Duncan Reeves (Jonathan Cake)?
Author, director and showrunner of And Simply Like That… Michael Patrick King opted for the previous: Bradshaw chooses herself. It was an ending — and determination — that King felt was acceptable for a protagonist who’s had her justifiable share of tumultuous romances over the past 27 years.
“The final line: The Girl realized she wasn’t alone. She was on her personal. That’s it,” King lately instructed Hollywood Reporter. “That’s what I needed to say as an echo and a callback and a response to the finale of Intercourse and the Metropolis.”
Parker, herself, can be happy with the place Bradshaw finally ends up, telling the New York Occasions in a narrative printed Friday, “She’s wiser. She’s way more snug with the questions that had been uncomfortable. She had, after the lack of a husband, a type of the Aristocracy that I didn’t know she would possess. She carries her years along with her, and it doesn’t imply that she’s cynical or ruined or bitter or indignant. She continues to be spirited and enthusiastic and curious.”
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Sarah Jessica Parker in And Simply Like That… (Craig Blankenhorn/HBO Max)
King and Parker aren’t the one ones proud of the place we left Bradshaw — loads of followers are too.
“Watching a lady consistently form of like, tow the road between being unbiased and utterly codependent, and like, form of all the time needing a person to be OK, has been informative to my expertise as a lady, I imagine,” a loyal Intercourse and the Metropolis viewer stated of Bradshaw on TikTok. “Carrie ending up on her personal, and being joyful and being OK. You guys, I’m not kidding… I’m not searching for a person ever once more… Carrie Bradshaw made being single OK.”
One other fan shared a equally joyous sentiment on X, writing, “I’m glad Carrie is on her personal. She doesn’t want a person to be joyful. She’s acquired herself, her buddies, her exceptional clothes, her brownstone, and her lovable cat. Appears like a superb life to me.”
Earlier this month, Parker shared an emotional tribute to her onscreen alter ego, whom she started portraying in 1998.
“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my skilled heartbeat for 27 years,” Parker wrote on Instagram. “I feel I’ve liked her most of all. I do know others have liked her simply as I’ve. Been pissed off, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all these feelings has been the best soundtrack and most consequential companion. Due to this fact probably the most sentimental and profound gratitude and lifelong of debt. To you all.”
