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Sarah Jessica Parker gets 'weepy' as she responds to online support after final performance as Carrie Bradshaw was called 'a waste' by critics
Sarah Jessica Parker admitted she was 'weepy' as she responded to online support from fans after her last performance as Carrie Bradshaw was called 'a waste.'
Sex and the City reboot And Just Like That came to an end this week, with the actress concluding her journey as the iconic protagonist.
But critics weren't impressed by how her story came to a close with critics roasting the episode and claiming it 'ruined' the show's legacy.
As fans said 'farewell to our million dollar girl' on social media they showed their support and said no one could 'take away' what Carrie meant to them.
Influencer Evan Ross Katz, wrote on Instagram: 'It was her. It was always her. And no TikTok repudiation or retroactive thinkpiece can take that away. Single and fabulous exclamation point.
'"You're worth a million bucks, Bradshaw,' as Big once correctly noted. 'Carrie Bradshaw, you're a thing,' as Duncan proclaimed to her just a few episodes ago.'
Evan continued: 'As we say farewell to our million dollar girl (perhaps for forever or maybe just for now), single at long last thank God.
'I'll quote her in saying that it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart. Take care of that heart, Carrie. (And maybe sell the townhouse.) Ta ta for now.'
Sarah responded to the support and commented: 'Very weepy xxx.'
The 'cringe' and 'underwhelming' twelfth episode — titled 'Party of One' — didn't fare well with critics, who called it 'blasé' and described Carrie's ending as a 'literal pile of crap.'
In the episode, which runs for just over 32 minutes, Sarah's character comes to terms with the fact that she may end up being single for good, after years of romantic ups and downs, and following the death of her husband, Mr. Big (Chris Noth).
Carrie says that her single status is not 'a tragedy' but simply 'a fact', and the episode ends with her changing the epilogue of the book she's been working on to read: 'The woman realized she was not alone - she was on her own.'
It was not the glamorous ending many had envisioned for the beloved TV character's journey, which began with Sex and the City in 1998.
A large portion of the episode is spent with Carrie at an awkward Thanksgiving dinner party, surrounded by a number of rude new characters.
'It's an episode that doesn't feel like a finale, much less a series finale,' Mae Abdulbaki from Screen Rant wrote of the finale.
Critics and fans also took issue with a shockingly graphic toilet scene involving Victor Garber's character, art gallery specialist Mark Kasabian.
The scene shows the toilet overflowing with waste, with Lauren Sarner from the New York Post calling it 'a little too on the nose.'
'For a show that began as a fun examination of female empowerment and friendship to end on such a depressing note feels like a slap in the face,' she wrote, adding that while the show started as a 'comedy' it 'ended as a tragedy.'
Some also took issue with the fact that the finale doesn't have even one scene of Carrie together with both of her best friends, Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis).
'For a show that's long insisted that all you really need are your best girlfriends, it's disappointing that Carrie spends practically the entire episode in the company of strangers,' Patrick Ryan of USA TODAY wrote.
Robyn Bahr from The Hollywood Reporter said the season 'wasted potential and time' and saw Carrie 'go out with a whimper.'
The episode was also dubbed 'a sad, heavy-handed and far too faecal farewell' by Hannah J. Davies from The Guardian.
Many fans also expressed their displeasure with the last episode, which featured a number of bizarre scenes, including a farcical Thanksgiving with a lactose intolerant Zoomer named Epcot (Spike Einbinder) who clogs up Miranda's toilet.
The divisive show sparked controversy with several plot points, including Miranda cheating on husband Steve with non-binary comic Che Diaz, and Carrie bizarrely claiming 'love of her life' Mr. Big was a 'mistake.'
The previous episode dropped major clues about Carrie's ending, hinting that she might not get her happy ever after, following her split from on/off again boyfriend Aidan (John Corbett), and the end of her fling with neighbor Duncan (Jonathan Cake).
In the final episode, Carrie realizes that she may end up being single for good.
