Sex & The City’s Creator Admits Carrie & Big Shouldn’t Have Ended Up Together

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Many consider Sex and the City to be a standout TV show from the early 2000s, and even the woman who inspired the character of Carrie Bradshaw agrees the series finale didn’t quite hit the mark. Created by Darren Star and based on Candace Bushnell’s column, this romantic comedy-drama aired on HBO for six seasons, from 1998 to 2004.

Sex and the City is a show set in New York City that centers on Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), a writer for the made-up newspaper The New York Star. The series also follows Carrie and her close friends – Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) – as they experience the ups and downs of life, love, and friendship.

Even though Sex and the City wasn’t perfect, it became a massive hit and is now considered a classic TV show. However, the way the series ended proved controversial, and the follow-up movies didn’t help. Interestingly, Candace Bushnell, the author of the original books, believes the show should have concluded in a different way.

Sex & the City’s Creator Knows Big & Carrie Wouldn’t Have Ended Up Together In Real Life

At its heart, Sex and the City focuses on the romantic lives of its characters and their varying perspectives on love and relationships. The central romance revolves around Carrie and Mr. Big, who are introduced in the first episode and maintain a complicated, on-and-off relationship throughout the show’s six seasons.

Watching Carrie and Mr. Big’s relationship was definitely a rollercoaster, but ultimately, they were a harmful couple who would have been better off apart. Even Candace Bushnell, the author who created them, has said that in real life, Carrie and Big wouldn’t have worked out.

Throughout Sex and the City, it becomes increasingly obvious that Carrie and Big weren’t a good match, making it difficult to pinpoint one specific instance that showed they should have ended things permanently.

As a longtime fan, I always felt the way Sex and the City ended was perfect for the show’s lighthearted, romantic feel – Carrie finally getting her happy ending. Though, looking back at the movies, it became pretty obvious that while she absolutely deserved happiness, Big wasn’t the right person to give it to her.

Why Sex & the City Had To End With Big & Carrie Getting Back Together

You know, in an interview, Candace Bushnell talked about how, by the end of Sex and the City, everyone was so invested in Carrie and Big’s relationship. She said people really connected with their whole history, so having them finally end up together felt like the right ending for us, the audience. It was what we needed to see, really.

If Carrie and Big hadn’t ended up together on Sex and the City, fans likely would have been upset, considering the show dedicated six seasons to their complicated relationship. However, a more impactful ending would have been to see Carrie thriving independently.

The ending of Sex and the City was already controversial, but the movies, particularly the first one, amplified the issues. The film showed Big abruptly calling off their wedding, and the subsequent series, And Just Like That, didn’t improve things. Thankfully, even the actress who played Carrie Bradshaw has admitted that Carrie and Big shouldn’t have ended up together.

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2025-12-03 00:28