Over the course of six seasons and two movies, fans have watched the Sex and the City ladies (and the men in their lives) go from single New York girls to successful women. Some found love, some found family, and some just found lots and lots of fabulous shoes, but all of these characters grew up and kept looking for their happy endings.
Of course, some got happier endings than others – with characters like Charlotte ending up happily married with two kids, while others ended up slightly further from the life they originally wanted in season one. And while some may have got just the happy ending they deserve, we can’t help but feel that there were others who actually deserved a whole lot more.
10 Deserved More: Stanford Blatch
Stanford was the stereotypical gay BFF to Carrie (remember, this was a time when this was progressive, not stereotyping), and he ends up marrying the only other gay male (semi) main character in the show: Anthony. The two start off hating each other, and then finally kiss at a New Year’s party essentially because they knew no one else there, and finally married. Overall, this is not what someone as sweet as Stanford should get. Marriage to a man who he barely liked for years (and who didn’t like him) because there were no other options? Yikes.
9 Fitting Ending: Aiden Shaw
Aiden was one of the big loves of Carrie’s life – a sweet carpenter who was definitely one of the nicest men that Carrie dated over the course of the show. A carpenter and a bit of a country boy, he and high-fashion Carrie were just never meant to be… especially after she cheated on him. However, Aiden did eventually end up married with kids, which is exactly what he deserves. It would be a shame to see someone who just wasn’t right for Carrie miss out on his own happy ending.
8 Deserved More: Louise From St Louis
Louise appeared in the first Sex and the City movie, and just deserved more overall. This amazing woman was the personal assistant Carrie hired, and she was capable, cheerful, and generally incredible. She also ended up moving back home to get back together with her old boyfriend… which is fine, but seeing such an incredible character get so little attention, and then get shipped back home to marry, just seems a little meh.
7 Fitting Ending: Smith Jerrod
Smith was another partner who was actually a phenomenally nice and supportive guy, and he deserves exactly what he got – an incredible career, fame, no more off-Broadway plays, and a wonderful relationship.
Admittedly, that relationship does eventually end, but it was exactly what he needed at the time, and as an A-list celeb, we have all faith that Smith will end up with a lovely girl that can be exactly what he needs.
6 Deserved More: Steve
For some people, Steve and Miranda are an ideal (and realistic) love story. For others, however, it seems that these two don’t work – and that they both deserve better. For a long time, Steve was a carefree, happy bartender, and he managed to even open his own bar. In many ways, when Miranda and Carrie met Steve and Aidan on the street, the guys seemed happier than ever – and Steve still seemed to have some of that cheerful freedom. By the time of the first film, though, all that was gone, and he was stressed, exhausted, and miserable.
5 Fitting Ending: Mr Big
Definitely the biggest of the significant others on the show, Mr Big got one of the biggest stories, too. In the end, he and Carrie did get married, but only after one more breakup… and while some may argue that his treatment of all the women in his life should have meant that he ended up alone, he and Carrie actually may deserve each other. And a final, very public, humiliation for leaving Carrie at the altar? That’s one he definitely deserved.
4 Deserved More: Miranda
Of the four core characters, Miranda definitely got the worst of it – and it seems like this is almost a punishment for being a career-driven, kick-ass single woman. Miranda was never looking for marriage or kids, and wanted to be a high-powered Manhattan lawyer.
She got the lawyer part, but also ended up with an unplanned pregnancy, a marriage to a man who cheated on her, a move to Brooklyn, and a mother in law with advanced Alzheimers. That’s a whole lot for a woman who deserved an incredible ending.
3 Fitting Ending: Charlotte
Charlotte York probably got the happiest ending out of the four main characters – and if anyone deserved it, Charlotte did. Although she had to go through the ‘perfect’ sexless and miserable marriage to get there, Charlotte ended up with Harry, an amazing man and the fairytale love she always wanted. Add to that romance and two daughters, and it’s nice to see that one of the nicest women in the show got what she wanted.
2 Deserved More: Samantha Jones
Samantha Jones is the wild woman of the show, and there’s no secret that she is the most sexually adventurous of the girls. In many ways, her ending in the show was perfect – she found a man she really loved, and had an incredible career. However, the movies pretty much ruined that. In the first, she got a whole storyline over how gaining a little weight made her miserable, and her relationship failed. In the second, she was an unreasonable, sex-crazed cougar, nothing like the incredible Samantha of the series. As a woman who loved sex and her work, she deserved so much better.
1 Fitting Ending: Carrie Bradshaw
Mr Big may not be everyone’s favorite, but in many ways, he and commitment-phobe Carrie are perfect for each other. And while being left at the altar has to be a hideous experience, she does get a happy ending of sorts – and one without kids as a necessary part of it. Seeing a woman continue to be successful and end up with a man (and a living situation) that matches her is pretty much perfect (even if neither Carrie nor Big are).
