Sex and the City was obviously always about the quest for love, from its very first episode in 1998. However, when thinking about the final episode (that did have some sort of longing for New York prominently in it, that I suspect may have not be so obvious were it not for the feeling of empathy among New Yorkers for each other after September 11) the idea of complete and utter love was reoccurring. This reminded me of hearing the recordings of the passengers on the United Flight 93 calling their family and friends, knowing that the end was imminent professing how much they loved each other. That idea became somewhat a theme after the event, with love becoming so important with the sudden realisation of mortality.
Perhaps Sex and the City could only ever end in love for all of them, but, the style of the final episodes contain themes so relevant to the mood after 9/11 that it seems the outcome of the series (particularly in the words of Carrie with the 'all consuming love') must have been influenced by the events.
-harry
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