I wasn't a bit disappointed by the finale. I started crying during the one hour farewell special as they reviewed all the wonderful and funny moments. It's sad and depressing to think that the show is gone, it's kind of like saying good bye to friends you care about. I was glad to see that it ended with the full growth of each character. We've seen it coming for a while, Charlotte realizing that the fairy tale romance isn't all it's cracked up to be and that love means sharing your life with someone who cares but may not be your ideal. That was solidified in the scene where she looked at the picture of the baby. Her line "I know this is our baby" meant so much more than it seemed on the surface. She was fianlly affirming that this was her life and this is what she always wanted.
Samantha moving closer to the one thing she always missed in her life but wouldn't admit she needed. To have finally taken that last step and admit she loved Smith and to not be afraid of love.
Miranda who has always been the stoic, no nonsense, no time for love type of person has been slowly letting go of her fears of becoming intimate and taking a chnace on a relationship. The scene where she is bathing her mother in-law ingeniously showed how far she's come and that she is completely invested in being a full partner to and with Steve. I think the scene with her and Magda may also have been a metephor for some back story. maybe something between Miranda and her mother which is what made her so terrified of realtionships (maybe I read too much into that)
And, of course, Carrie finally realizing that in being swept up by the story book, old world romance from AP, she was risking loosing her own identity. When she explained to him what kind of love she was looking for, it was so clear that she finally understood herself what she wanted. I'm glad that she found it was always there in front of her face.
I had no doubts that she would be with Big in the end. Eventually she ahd to raelize that what she had with him is what love really is...it's great, it's bad, it makes you happy, it makes you feel awful, some days you can't wait to see him and others you can't stand the site of him but, he's always there when you need him most. That's what her and Big's relationship has been from the start.
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