And just as EPS defends the ending of a series after end polarization

The team behind And just like that Protects the controversial finale of the series although he does not know ahead of time that the show ends.

Executive producers Julie rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky tackled the backlash from viewers after Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) Show Embrace the next chapter of her life individually in the finale of Aug. 14.

“Of all the possible endings of the three seasons, this one definitely sings me the most true,” said Zuritsky Tvline On Wednesday, August 20. “As a fan of the show and as a fifty woman of something in the world. I think it’s a kind of extra poignant and feels valid to (Carrie) that he would reach this moment.”

Zuritsky, who worked on the original Sex and the city alongside rottenberg, defense And just like thatVision I Carrie remained single.

“Carrie has metabolized her grief of widow. She has gone back, in a real way, to relative land,” he continued. “She has decided that she would prefer to be alone than in a non -ideal partnership and, like so many women we know, really happy in their own space, in their own home, in their own friendship.”

Zuritsky urged fans to give the ending – created by showrunner Michael Patrick King and EP Susan Fales-Hill – Opportunity.

“I feel very proud to be the grace note for the time being, that she felt truly full, and fully realized, and as a happy person living a happy life and a grateful person in the world he created for herself,” he continued. “It ultimately feels satisfactory, and I can’t say that we have seen a ton of that in movies and TV. So I feel it is a kind of beautiful punctuation mark to life that lived well.”

Meanwhile, Rottenberg called Carrie’s tour “the most honest way to end” the series.

“I think the strength leaves her in a moment where she says, ‘There may not be (there’s another man for me), and I’m fine with that.’ I think that’s what we responded to, and that felt like the clearest way to end, maybe the cleanest way to end, ”he explained. “It’s not a tragedy. She has a pretty freaking life, and she has these friends, and we felt we were leaving her in a good place.”

Sex and the city, pa Run on HBO between 1998 and 2004Focus on Carrie (Parker) and her dating life in New York alongside her friends Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Miranda (Nixon’s Cynthia) and Samantha (Kim cattrall). Sex and the city Expanded with two films before Max revived the show in December 2021 – without Cattrall’s involvement.

Earlier this month King confirmed that And just like that would not return for a fourth season. The news came as a shock to fans – and probably, to the show’s writers.

“Michael is clearly a person himself, and he has his own instrument, you know,” pointed Zuritsky. “We bring in a lot of it, and then not. So I feel he has a method for his timeline.”

Rottenberg also weighed Why Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte Without sharing a scene together in the finale, he called Michael Patrick King’s question. “

“I think the idea is (that) The whole series is based on the strength of that friendship. So even if you’re not in the same room … we have those bonds, and we feel the support and strength of that friendship,” he detailed. “I think the feeling (that) is stronger than anything, and they’re there even when they’re not there, those friends.”

Despite the very mixed response to the finale, Rottenberg and Zuritsky are Glad the show started conversations.

“I think he is talking to the fact that no one wants to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw,” noted Rottenberg. “And we share that, the bitter moment of seeing her and knowing she won’t go around every Thursday night at 9pm”

He continued: “We should have been worried if there was no cacophony of responses to the fact that this is an end. We know better than anyone you can’t please all the people all the time, but we felt like we had to make up, and leave all those characters in a good place, and then say adieu.”

Zuritsky has found himself stepping away from the internet to avoid the negative comments around the end Ajlt.

“Sometimes it surprises me and amazes me and kind of awakening me a little when I interact with the world of people I see face to face in life-many of them are not on the same algorithms as I am on-really passionate about loving the show and they really don’t have an idea,” he added. “All they know is, these dear characters are back, and they are very happy to see them again.”

Sex and the city and And just like that Currently streaming on HBO Max.