And Just Like That: Sex and the City spin-off to end after third season

The critically maligned return of Carrie Bradshaw will not be returning after a two-part finale

And Just Like That, the Sex and the City spin-off series, is set to end after its current season.

The news was announced on the official social channels by the showrunner Michael Patrick King, who wrote that they held off on telling fans to avoid overshadowing the third and final season, which will end with a two-part finale. “It’s with great gratitude we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years,” he said.

The follow-up to the award-winning HBO series brought back original stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon to reprise their roles.

“Carrie Bradshaw has dominated my professional heartbeat for 27 years. I think I have loved her most of all,” Parker wrote on Instagram. “I know others have loved her just as I have. Been frustrated, condemned and rooted for her. The symphony of all those emotions has been the greatest soundtrack and most consequential companion.”