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Did ‘And Just Like That’ Film Alternate Endings for the Series Finale Like ‘Sex and the City’?

Avery Thompson •August 15, 2025, 10:57 am
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in the 'And Just Like That' series finale
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Sex and the City fans know the lore of the original show’s series finale. Three alternate endings to the series finale were filmed to keep the element of surprise regarding Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) final choice.

Now that And Just Like That‘s last episode has aired, we couldn’t help but wonder: Did showrunner Michael Patrick King also film alternate endings for the spinoff? Are there different versions of And Just Like That’s ending out there?

“No. It was clear as a bell,” King told The Hollywood Reporter when asked about alternate endings to AJLT. “The reason we filmed alternate endings for the original was because people were rabid about how it would end. Everybody knew it was the end. How are they going to end it? There were people going through garbage cans looking for sides from the script. So we had to film many things because we wanted it to be a surprise.”

Chris Noth, Sarah Jessica Parker in the 'Sex and the City' series finale

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He continued, “And I think, quite frankly, people are still going to be surprised. Because when we announced that it was ending in two episodes, a lot of people thought, ‘How’s she going to get with a guy in two episodes?’ People still want that happy ending for Carrie.”

The final moments of And Just Like That’s series finale show Carrie content being on her own — without a man. In the two-part Sex and the City series finale, Carrie moves to Paris to be with Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov), but Big (Chris Noth) makes one last dash for Carrie’s heart and wins.

“Who Carrie was at the end of Sex and the City and who she is at the end of And Just Like That is someone who has had great growth, great life experience,” King said. “Now she’s ready to say the very shocking sentence, ‘Maybe just me,’ which she says to Charlotte in that beautiful scene where Sarah Jessica was just so emotional about saying that.”

As for whether or not Carrie Bradshaw’s reign is truly over, the showrunner said he’s “definitely closed the book,” but he’s not shutting the door completely. “When we closed Sex and the City, we closed it. And just like that, we’re back!” he pointed out.

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