Sex and the City
- Episode aired Jun 6, 1998
- TV-PG
- 30m
Sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw and her close friends navigate the complex world of dating in New York City.Sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw and her close friends navigate the complex world of dating in New York City.Sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw and her close friends navigate the complex world of dating in New York City.
Photos
- Driver
- (as Johnny Cenatiempo)
- Cute Girl
- (uncredited)
- Businesswoman
- (uncredited)
- Woman on Street
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCarrie's apartment is different in this pilot than in the rest of the series.
- GoofsWhen Mr. Big offers Carrie a ride, his car windows aren't tinted. When she gets out and asks him a question, they are tinted.
- Quotes
Elizabeth: He never did call, of course. Bastard! I don't understand.
Carrie Bradshaw: [voiceover narration] She told me one day over coffee.
Elizabeth: I don't understand. In England, looking at houses together, would have meant something.
Carrie Bradshaw: [voiceover narration] Then I realized, no one had told her about the end of love in Manhattan. Welcome to the age of un-innocence. No one has breakfast at Tiffany's, and no one has affairs to remember. Instead, we have breakfast at seven a.m., and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible. Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount. Cupid has flown the co-op!
- ConnectionsReferences An Affair to Remember (1957)
- SoundtracksSex And The City Theme
Performed by Groove Armada
In this first episode. Carrie Bradshaw talks to the camera about romance Manhattan style. The age of un-innocence. Her friends Miranda and Charlotte are thirtysomething professionals looking for love. They hope to find it before they get too old. Their other friend Samantha just has promiscuous sex and enjoys it, just like a man.
Carrie decides to have an experiment with someone who previously let her down. Have sex with him and just get up and go. No strings.
There is a cheesiness about this show and it is very much evident in this first episode. It just does not ring true and the characters do not come across as real people. It certainly was not edgy or even funny.
These are rich people and I am not even sure how Carrie, a not so highly paid tabloid columnist can even afford to live in Manhattan or have this lifestyle. It is certainly not as smart as it thinks it is, it does come across as smug. Then again I was never the prime audience for this show. However the first episode does have a peppiness to it.
- Prismark10
- Feb 2, 2020