The controversial end of Carrie Bradshaw defended by the authors of and Just like that…

“Like so many women we know, she is really happy in her own space, at home, in her friendships.”

The least we can say is that this final did not really upset Carrie Bradshaw fans.

The last episode of and Just like that… concluded the Saga Sex and the City in a very melancholy, even frankly sinister way. A last episode that did not even look like a real conclusion, leaving us on a carrie kissing life solo and dancing on Barry White … without man by his side.

Faced with the outcry caused by this end composed by Carrie’s historic dad, Michael Patrick King, producers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky – who also worked on the original series – are justified in a long declaration published on the TVLine site and defend what they consider to be “a typical declaration of independence”.

Zuritsky first claims to be a fan of the series “and as a woman in her own fifties myself, I find that it is particularly poignant and faithful to the character of Carrie that she reached this moment. She mourned after being a widow. She came back, in a real way, in the world of relationships. She decided that she preferred to be alone rather than in a relationship that was not ideal and, as so many women space, at home, in her friendships. ” She adds:

“I am really delighted that it is the final note, that she feels fully fulfilled, accomplished, like a happy person living a happy life, and as a grateful person in the world that she has created. It is gratifying in the end, and I do not think that we will see it a lot in films and on television. So I find that it is a great punctuation for a well -lived life.”

Her comrade, Julie Rottenberg, believes that it is “more honest to conclude the series thus”, that is to say without another man is not part of her life: “I think that the strength resided in the fact of leaving it at this time when she says to himself: ‘Maybe there will be no others and that suits me.’ This is what touched us, and what seemed to be the clearest and the most just way of concluding.

That said, the two producers admit that they did not know that the series was going to end before having written all season. And it was Michael Patrick King who made the decision of this epilogue, writing the final. “Michael does what he wants, and he has his own method. We are involved in many things, then sometimes not. So I think he had his vision in mind and he applied it.”

As for the absence of a scene bringing together Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte, Rottenberg refers the question to the boss:

“This is a question for Michael Patrick King. But I think that the idea is that the whole series is based on the strength of these friendships. So even if you are not in the same room, even without showing it, these links exist, and we feel the support and strength of these friendships. I think that the feeling was that these links are stronger than anything, and that they exist even when they are not physically.”

So why such a rejection of this conclusion by fans?

The two producers see it as a reaction of sadness, who “shows that no fan means goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw. And we share this feeling, this sweet moment to see her and know that she will no longer be there with us. The most worrying would have been the absence of noise and reactions around the end. We know better than anyone that we cannot please everyone all the time, but we should do what These characters, in order to leave them in a good place, then say goodbye. “