“Why are people so angry?”: And Just Like That writers defend Carrie’s ending

And Just Like That came to an end after 3 seasons, with the finale having some serious reactions from the audience. Carrie’s ending, where she walks away from her relationship with Aidan only to embrace singlehood and sleep with her writer neighbor, has left viewers furious.

Talking about the reaction of the audience, Julie Rottenberg, who was part of Sex and the City from season 4 and was also involved in the creative process of And Just Like That, told The Hollywood Reporter,

“She represents so much for so many people so, of course, we’re never going to please all the people all the time. I think that has been well documented!”

She further added,

“[but] why are people so angry? I think it comes back to the double-edged sword of these characters who have been around for decades who are so deeply ingrained in people’s lives and imaginations and their feelings. So any choices we made, I think, become incredibly personal.”

The viewers are undoubtedly way too attached to the characters, and thus seeing a character arc not go the way they had planned has resulted in such rage.

And Just Like That fans are not happy with Carrie’s arc

As Carrie ended up on her own after being in different relationships in And Just Like That, Elisa Zuritsky, another creative member of the team along with Rottenberg, told THR,

“Ultimately, everybody knows what we chose. For all kinds of reasons at the time, the majority of us felt that leaning into the fantasy was going to be the most satisfying end to the series and for Carrie’s character then."

She further added,

"All these years later, like the characters, we’ve evolved. We all know a lot of women who are not partnered, and are pretty happily not partnered, and felt like it was the most authentic version to give that version life.”

While the creatives of And Just Like That acknowledged the audience fury that Carrie’s ending has caused, Rottenberg also added,

“I’ve really been impressed by the number of people who have reached out to me in my life who were so relieved [by the ending], and I’m talking about women who are not partnered and women who are. That is meaningful. I feel like, maybe, were we all rooting for Carrie to be at peace, whether she’s with someone or not? People were a little bit on tenterhooks of: How is this going to land?”

It shows that while a major section of the audience is not happy with Carrie’s arc, another section, especially consisting of women have found it realistic and a happy one, where a woman has chosen to live her life on her own; not because she does not have options, but because she is not sure of anyone yet.

And Just Like That can be streamed on Hulu.

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