The premiere episode of And Just Like Thatsaw Carrie Bradshaw’s husband, John “Mr. Big” Preston, get killed off, ending the chance of their love story getting further explored. Life & Style takes a closer look at what happened to Chris Noth‘s character.

After finishing an intense Peloton ride at home, Big suffered a heart attack and collapsed in the shower. Carrie returned home from attending Charlotte’s daughter’s piano recital to find him dying and he passed away in her arms. “And just like that … Big died,” Sarah Jessica Parker — who plays Carrie — said in a heartbreaking voiceover in the finale scene.

The character of Big had heart issues dating back to Sex and the City, where he underwent an angioplasty in a 2003 episode due to an artery blockage.

The pall of Carrie becoming a widow was explored throughout the first season of And Just Like That…

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.