Why Kim Cattrall Decided to Return for Her 'And Just Like That' Season 2 Finale Cameo

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Kim Cattrall finally made her much-discussed return to the universe on Thursday's season 2 finale of. The 67-year-old actress, who previously said she was done playing Samantha Jones in the franchise, returned to make a quick phone call to Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in a sweet exchange that took place in the show's first five minutes.Samantha calls Carrie «f**king furious» because her flight is delayed and she had wanted to surprise her friend for her «Last Supper» meal to say goodbye to her old apartment.

Instead, she has a smiling Carrie put the phone on speaker so she can declare, in a slight British accent, «Thank you for everything, you f**king fabulous, fabulous flat.» The exchange is brief, but lovely, and a real callback to everything fans loved about the original series.

There's even a small reference to a season 6 episode for eagle-eyed viewers. Showrunner Michael Patrick King previously told ET that he orchestrated the cameo in honor of the 25th anniversary of «Even to the point where Kim was finished playing her for a while I wanted to keep Samantha alive because she's a big part of the brand,» he previously told ET. «So here it is the 25th anniversary, and I guess magic happened.

Some showbiz emotional fan magic happened where all of a sudden Kim is like, 'All right, let's show up for this special treat.' And it was fun.