The HBO Max series “And Just Like That…” has concluded, with a finale that left fans of Carrie Bradshaw reflecting on an ending far removed from the glamour of her “Sex and the City” days.
After relationships with Aidan and Duncan end, Carrie spends Thanksgiving among strangers, pie deliveries replacing celebrations with close friends.
The final episode sees Carrie navigating life alone. “I have to stop thinking, ‘Maybe a man,’ and start accepting maybe just me,” she tells Charlotte. While the show acknowledges that almost half of women over 65 are single, according to Pew Research, it frames her solitude more as pity than empowerment.
Carrie’s holiday features awkward encounters, including a restaurant giving her a plush doll “so you don’t have to eat alone,” and a Thanksgiving dinner disrupted by unwelcome guests.
The episode ends with her eating dessert alone before dancing to Barry White’s “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” in her kitchen — a gesture toward self-love, though some viewers found it too sudden to feel genuine.
Over its three seasons, the series struggled to recapture the original’s balance of humour and emotional depth.
Sarah Jessica Parker marked the show’s end with a tribute on social media: “Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all.”
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