The premiere episode of And Just Like That<\/em> <\/a>saw Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s husband, John \u201cMr. Big\u201d Preston, get killed off, ending the chance of their love story getting further explored. Life & Style<\/em> takes a closer look at what happened to Chris Noth<\/strong>\u2018s character.\n<\/p>\n After finishing an intense Peloton ride at home, Big suffered a heart attack and collapsed in the shower. Carrie returned home from attending Charlotte\u2019s daughter\u2019s piano recital to find him dying and he passed away in her arms. \u201cAnd just like that \u2026 Big died,\u201d Sarah Jessica Parker<\/strong> \u2014 who plays Carrie \u2014 said in a heartbreaking voiceover in the finale scene.<\/p>\n The character of Big had heart issues dating back to Sex and the City<\/em><\/a>, where he underwent an angioplasty in a 2003 episode due to an artery blockage.<\/p>\n The pall of Carrie becoming a widow was explored throughout the first season of And Just Like That\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth<\/p>\n <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n In addition to the funeral in episode 2, Carrie went about downsizing her life. She moved out of the luxury apartment they shared and into a spacious new place overlooking the Hudson River. After feeling his ghostly presence looking over her, the author eventually moved back into her Upper East Side bachelorette pad.<\/p>\n Carrie explored whether or not Big cheated on her with his ex-wife, Natasha, after discovering he left her $1,000,000 in his will. She came face to face with her now-married mom love rival, only to find out Big did it out of guilt from the pain he caused Natasha and that she didn\u2019t want the money.<\/p>\n The former sex columnist also clashed with Big\u2019s brother, who wanted his sibling\u2019s ashes to be buried in a plot with other members of his family.<\/p>\n Eventually, Carrie traveled to Paris and scattered Big\u2019s ashes off the Pont des Arts bridge, which was fitting as that was where he found her in the Sex and the City<\/em> series finale to tell her she was \u201cThe One\u201d after so many years of their on-again, off-again romance.<\/p>\n \u201cBig dying was really, really hard to do both professionally and personally,\u201d SJP told E! News<\/em> <\/a>on May 27, 2025, ahead of And Just Like That<\/em>\u2018s season 3 premiere.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not just a thread. It\u2019s one of the main arteries that you would struggle to do without,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt was really sad to say goodbye to that. It\u2019s not like I needed it for my own health or wellbeing, but that was a hugely wonderful story to tell for a lot of years.\u201d<\/p>\n Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth<\/p>\n <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n \u201cDying was the origin story. Nobody wanted to come back if [the show] was not going to be different,\u201d writer-director-showrunner Michael Patrick King<\/strong> told Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> in December 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I told Chris that Mr. Big dies in the first episode, he definitely knew it wasn\u2019t [going to be the] same. And we had to talk about it. He really wanted to talk about why he\u2019s dying and what it does for this series. The more we talked about it, the more he understood that it was for Carrie \u2014 and Carrie\u2019s storyline is it\u2019s better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all,\u201d Michael explained.<\/p>\n He elaborated that Chris returning so he could be killed off was central to the Sex and the City<\/em> revival, where he played Carrie\u2019s love interest starting in season 1 of the HBO series that aired from 1998 through 2004.<\/p>\n \u201cI couldn\u2019t have done the show without him. I wouldn\u2019t have done the show without him. I wouldn\u2019t have done the show if Mr. Big didn\u2019t die in the last five minutes [of episode 1]. And I also wouldn\u2019t have the show if he wasn\u2019t so charismatic and charming and alive in the first 40,\u201d Michael shared.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow Did Big Die in \u2018And Just Like That\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Big\u2019s Death Set the Tone for \u2018And Just Like That\u2019 Season 1<\/h2>\n
What Did Sarah Jessica Parker Say About Big\u2019s Death?<\/h2>\n
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<\/div>Big\u2019s Death Was Central to Bringing \u2018And Just Like That\u2019 Back as a \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 Revival<\/h2>\n