‘And Just Like That ...' it's ending with Season 3: ‘A wonderful place to stop'
The current third season of the 'Sex and the City' sequel will be its last, showrunner, writer and director Michael Patrick King said in a statement on social media Friday. And it'll wrap in exaggerated fashion that would suit Carrie's style: a two-part finale on HBO Max, taking the season's original 10 episodes to 12. Episodes 11 and 12 will air on Aug. 7 and 14, respectively, according to an HBO Max spokesperson.
'While I was writing the last episode of 'And Just Like That ...' Season 3, it became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop,' he wrote on X, formerly Twitter. 'SJP [Sarah Jessica Parker] and I held off announcing the news until now because we didn't want the word 'final' to overshadow the fun of watching the season. It's with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years.'
The original 'Sex and the City' series, which followed the lives of four friends — Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) and Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) — premiered on HBO in 1998, ran for six seasons and was the springboard for two subsequent theatrical films. The sequel series reunited Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte and let viewers tag along on their midlife adventures in New York City.
But from its premiere in December 2021, the sequel to the popular HBO series was like a situationship viewers could never fully get a handle on. A crucial member of the friend group was absent (Samantha) and some viewers questioned the cast additions — ahem, Che Diaz — and changes to the characters' personalities that felt inconsistent to fans who had journeyed alongside them .
Parker, who is also an executive producer of 'And Just Like That ...,' posted a lengthy, poem-like tribute to Carrie and the show on her Instagram account.
'Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years,' she wrote. ' I think I have loved her most of all ... MPK and I together recognized, as we have in the past, this chapter complete. AJLT was all joy, adventure, the greatest kind of hard work alongside the most extraordinary talent of 380 that includes all the brilliant actors who joined us. I am better for every single day I spent with you. It will be forever before I forget. The whole thing. Thank you all. I love you so. I hope you love these final two episodes as much as we all do.'
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