HBO has stunned fans by announcing that Season 3 will be the final chapter of its hit revival series – but with a jaw-dropping twist: the series finale will have TWO alternate endings, and viewers will vote on which one makes it to air.
In an unprecedented move for the network, the creative team has crafted two radically different conclusions for Carrie Bradshaw’s journey. In one ending, Carrie finds true love again – a hopeful chapter of healing and second chances. In the other, she returns alone to her iconic Upper East Side apartment, writing at her laptop as she delivers a gut-punch of a final line: “I have loved. I have lost. And now… I am myself.”
The reveal has set social media on fire, splitting fans into two warring camps: #TeamHope, who want Carrie to find happiness in love once more, and #TeamClosure, who believe the more bittersweet ending better honors her story.
“This is genius,” one fan wrote on Twitter. “It lets us decide Carrie’s fate. She belongs to us as much as to HBO.” But others are calling it a “cop-out,” accusing the network of “pandering” to viewers to salvage its fractured fanbase after a rocky Season 3 rollout.
Insiders tell Variety that HBO is “nervous but excited” about handing over the narrative’s final say to the public. “It’s risky,” one producer admitted. “But Carrie Bradshaw has always been about choice, and now fans will truly choose how her story ends.”
Polls are already trending, with heated debates across Reddit, TikTok, and X as fans passionately argue over whether Carrie deserves a happy ending or should stand on her own, closing the chapter on love and loss.
Which ending would you choose? HBO has promised to release both versions after the vote – but only one will be canon. And for the first time in 25 years, it’s not the writers deciding Carrie’s fate. It’s you.
