Summary

• Characters in "Sex and the City" had varying happy endings, from successful marriages to unfulfilled relationships.
• Some characters, like Aiden, found happiness with someone else despite not ending up with the main character, Carrie.
• Miranda's story in the show is seen as a lesson in life not always going according to plan, leading to a complicated outcome.

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. Sex and the City primarily followed Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her three friends as they adjust to their adult lives as women in New York. Throughout their time in the series, the women had multiple love interests, friends, and co-workers outside of the quartet who helped them along on their journeys.

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 (Kristin Davis) 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.

Sex And The City Characters Who Got A Fitting Ending

Aiden Shaw: Finding Peace and Familiarity

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. After that, it would have been difficult for the audience to see Aiden get his happy ending with Carrie.

However, Aiden did eventually end up happily 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 just because she's the main character of the show. While some fans might have wished for them to be together, it's better that they didn't end up that way.

Smith Jerrod: The Waiter Who Won It All

Smith Jerrod was another partner who was actually a phenomenally nice and ive guy. A waiter trying to find his big acting break, he met Samantha at the restaurant where he worked. Though there was a big age difference between them, he was always ive of her, and the duo had a lot of fun together as she helped him get a leg up in the modeling world. Unfortunately, he was looking for a serious relationship and she just wanted a fling.

He deserves exactly what he got - an incredible career, fame, no more off-Broadway plays, and a wonderful relationship. ittedly, that relationship does eventually end, but it was exactly what he needed at the time, and as an A-list celeb, the audience all have faith that Smith will end up with a lovely girl who can be exactly what he needs.

Mr Big: The Commitment-Phobic Finally Settled

Definitely the biggest of the significant others on the show, Mr Big got one of the biggest stories, too. Big and Carrie meet repeatedly in the first few episodes of the series, and he even turns Samantha down when she hits on him. When they decide to try dating, they have an on-again-off-again relationship for most of the series. Big gets his nickname because he's a stereotypical bigshot with an even bigger ego.

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.

Charlotte: Living Her Happily Ever After

When Charlotte began her time on the series, she was obsessed with perfection. She refused to believe that everything isn't always going to be perfect, putting together perfect outfits and searching for the perfect man. Unfortunately for Charlotte, perfection turned out to be overrated and didn't actually make her happy. Luckily for her, she eventually found someone who did.

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.

Carrie Bradshaw: Finding Love on Her Own

Though Carrie is the main character in the series, she isn't always the most likable. One of the great things about Sex and the City is that the show allows its characters to truly explore all of their flaws. Carrie does that as she alternately embraces and runs from people (both romantic and otherwise) who could make her life better. She eventually realizes that she wants a romantic commitment with Big.

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).

Sex And The City Characters Who Deserved Better Endings

Stanford Blatch: The Loyal Friend Left Behind

Stanford was the stereotypical gay BFF to Carrie, though at the time, Stanford's presence in the show was considered progressive instead of stereotypical. He did help to pave the way for more LGBTQ+ characters in main roles in television. Unfortunately for Stanford, he didn't get the best ending the writers could have given him at the time.

Stanford 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? It might have been better for him to end up alone instead of with someone he didn't even like.

Louise From St Louis: A Whirlwind Romance Cut Short

This amazing woman was the personal assistant Carrie hired, and she was capable, cheerful, and generally incredible.

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.

This is especially true when considering that Jennifer Hudson played the character. Hudson had a star-making turn in the movie Dreamgirls, and has gone on to appear in The Secret Life Of Bees, Empire, and even to play Aretha Franklin in Respect. She's an incredible performer who was severely underutilized in the movie, and then got a lackluster ending to boot.

Steve: The Devoted Partner

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. Both points of view of their relationship in the series are valid.

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. It's hard to see him as someone who got his happy ending when he spends more time stressed out than he does happy in his life.

Miranda: The Career Woman's Balancing Act

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-butt single woman, seemingly flying in the face of exactly what the show stood for. Miranda was never looking for marriage or kids, and wanted to be a high-powered Manhattan lawyer. She had specific goals for her life.

That's a whole lot for a woman who deserved an incredible ending.

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. It can be said that Miranda's story is a lesson in life not always going according to plan, but it also seems like Miranda had every complication possible piled onto her.

Samantha Jones: The Sex-Positive Icon Deserving Love Too

In many ways, her ending in the show was perfect - she found a man she really loved, and had an incredible career.

Samantha Jones is the wild woman of the show, and there's no secret that she is the most sexually adventurous of the girls. She's the rebel, not wanting to conform to the standards of others, but to make her own. 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 about 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 than what the Sex and the City movies tacked on to her character's arc.