Are Carrie and Aidan Heading for Happily Ever After on ‘And Just Like That’?

Will Carrie Bradshaw become Carrie Shaw by the end of the new season of And Just like That? In an interview with the New York Times, John Corbett suggests as much. It seems that Carrie’s wood-working paramour Aidan may be here to stay: Corbett “didn’t bring Aidan back to fail,” he tells the Times.

Sex and the City fans went nuts when it was first announced that Corbett’s Aidan Shaw—onetime fiancé and ex-lover of Sarah Jessica Parker‘s Carrie—would be returning for the second season of And Just Like That.  “Every [expletive] person I meet is just, ‘I was Team Aidan!,’” Corbett told the Times.

But while many were excited for the return of Aidan, Corbett is well aware that there are plenty of Aidan detractors—and for good reason. While warmer and more giving than his rival for Carrie’s affection, Mr. Big (Chris Noth), Aidan was also controlling and manipulative. He pushed Carrie to stop smoking; he forced her to spend time in the woods away from her beloved New York City. He also intentionally toyed with her emotions after they reconciled the first time. (They’d broken up in the first place because she was cheating on him—but still!)

Corbett claims that on And Just Like That, however, Aidan has softened and changed to some degree. “Those fans that didn’t like Aidan — and I know exactly why they didn’t, he was wrong for her — there’s going to be no [expletive] help for those people,” Corbett told the Times. “He’s really, really listening to her now.”

Parker also suggests that And Just Like That showcases a more mature relationship between Carrie and Aidan. “It’s not fevered; it’s not demanding,” Parker said of Carrie and Aidan’s romance. “There’s so much heat between them, but there isn’t that urgency from him.”

The new season of Max’s And Just Like That will be chock full of familiar Sex and the City faces, from the return of Aidan to a cameo appearance from Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones in the season finale. Will Carrie reunite with her estranged best friend and find forever love with Aidan? You can see for yourself when season two of And Just Like That premieres on Max Thursday, June 22.