Are Carrie and Aidan Endgame? ‘And Just Like That’ Creator Says…

Can Aidan Shaw and Carrie Bradshaw finally make it work? And just like that Creator Michael Patrick King dropped a big hint about their future.

The Max series, which serves as a sequel to Sex and the citywill show John Corbett recurring as Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) ex-fiance in Season 2. “I didn’t bring Aidan back to fail,” King teased in an interview with The New York Times on Tuesday, June 20.

Aidan was first introduced in Sex and the city season 3 and was engaged to Carrie during season 4 until they broke up. Carrie couldn’t commit (or even get her to wear her engagement ring on her hand) while Aidan became judgmental and vengeful.

The two crossed paths a few times after ending their romance. First, Aidan made a cameo in Season 6 holding a little boy, Tate, in his arms. He revealed that he settled down with a furniture designer named Kathy. Then he appeared in the 2010 movie Sex and the city 2revealing that he welcomed two more sons before sharing a brief kiss with Carrie – despite her marriage to Big (Chris Noth).

The first season of And just like that debuted in December 2021 and covered Carrie’s grieving process after Big’s death. The second episode, which premieres Thursday, June 22, shows her moving on.

“It’s a rich relationship,” Parker, 58, said of Carrie and Aidan’s bond during a conversation with Entertainment tonight on Tuesday. “It’s undeniably exciting as an actor and certainly for writers to explore. Who are they now? Are they good for each other? Are they, you know, apologetic? Are they somehow trying to correct course? Are they better for each other? Are they worse for each other? And it’s just tremendously joyful to explore with that actor, with John Corbett, because he brings so much to it.

That levity is needed after the columnist turned podcaster spent so much of last season coping with loss.

“There’s excitement and curiosity and fear,” says de Hocus Pocus star explained of Carrie’s love life. “I think the way she’s pursuing it is still hopeful and optimistic and really interested in it. But she is an adult and she is an independent person who does not need to depend on anyone. But she’s someone who’s, you know, deeply romantic and excited about the fling and the chase, but perhaps more on her terms than she could have created in her younger past.

And just like that Season 2 premieres Thursday on Max with new episodes added weekly.