As we arrive at the conclusion of this latest chapter in the almost three-decade-long story of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her friends , we couldn’t help but wonder: How did we get here? And why was the road sometimes so bumpy and other times so sweet?

Looking back on the legacy of original series “Sex and the City,” followed by the pair of often-panned feature-length films, “And Just Like That” – the continuation series that on Thursday comes to an end after three seasons – was almost destined to be polarizing. (HBO Max is owned by CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery.)

Indeed, the show has been subject to a fair share of collective complaining . At its best, the zany new show, which brought back three of the four female leads and added a host of new chara

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