Sex And The City's reboot And Just Like That... was met with lukewarm initial reviews from fans following its early morning premiere on Thursday.
The return comes 23 years after the original TV series debuted - and 11 years since the second movie, with Sarah Jessica Parker, playing Carrie Bradshaw, Cynthia Nixon, starring as Miranda Hobbes, and Kristin Davis, as Charlotte York all returning.
The biggest scandal of the return however was two major plot points - the absence of Kim Cattrall's character Samantha Jones and the death of Chris Noth's Mr Big, which we witness in heartbreaking scenes at the end of episode one.
After the first two episodes aired, fans flooded social media to lament his passing while also insisting SATC without Samantha is 'terrible'.
Oh... Sex And The City's reboot And Just Like That... was met with lukewarm initial reviews from fans following its early morning premiere on Thursday
The first and second episodes are packed with glamour, sass, many nods to political correctness and sensitivity - however we soon see Carrie left as widower.
At the end of Episode One, Mr Big is seen riding on his Peleton exercise bike before he dies from a heart attack and is found by a sobbing Carrie.
Viewers swiftly took issue with the scenes, writing on Twitter: 'So they killed big on sex and the city and now I wanna flip tables... @ #AndJustLikeThat writers….i am devastated x... i will never recover im being so serious #AndJustLikeThat...
'All these years we see Carrie chasing that love and once she has that, she loses it again?! What kind of disrespect is this to the fans!...
Shocking: The biggest scandal of the return however was a major plot after the death of Chris Noth's Mr Big, which we witness in heartbreaking scenes at the end of episode one
Uh oh: Others took issue with Samantha's absence, after Kim Cattrall refused to return to the show amid rumours of bad blood with Sarah
No! His death caused heartache among enraged fans
'I just want a fun series to escape to!#AndJustLikeThat... i am heartbroken... No I’m sorry I do not accept the ending of #AndJustLikeThat I DO NOT ACCEPT'.
Fans also joked that Peloton exercise bikes would suffer due to the scenes, writing 'And just like that .. Peloton shares plummeted... Sex and The City might have just tanked Peloton, in the very first episode!
Others took issue with Samantha's absence, after Kim refused to return to the show amid rumours of bad blood with Sarah.
