- Sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw and her close friends navigate the complex world of dating in New York City.
- Columnist Carrie Bradshaw introduces her narrative style by a short story about a British girl who thought the Manhattan manner would be the same. Characters and extras on screen do some of the philosophizing about modern sex life and the life of both sexes she usually does off-screen in her column-style. Among the main cast of four best friends, PR executive Samantha bluntly stands for sex without relational crap, golden spoon-WASP Charlotte for the fairy tale-romantic ideal, while sensitive flirt Carrie herself and stuck-up pragmatic lawyer Miranda seek a middle way; meanwhile gay talent agent Stanford Blatch provides a twisted mirror image. Carrie enjoys using hunk Kurt just for her sexual gratification for a change, then the quartet jumps on the dating game carousel, which never stops in the series.—KGF Vissers
- Carrie writes a column called Sex and The City. She introduces us to her best friends. Charlotte York is an art dealer who firmly believes in love and marriage. Samantha Jones, the owner of a PR firm, believes in having sex like a man with no commitment or complications. Miranda Hobbes, a lawyer, thinks that women should stop obsessing with men because they can be everything men can be, and sometimes better. Carrie is introduced to Mr. Big, the next Donald Trump and younger, by Samantha who unsuccessfully hits on him.—Ploy P.
- Elizabeth (Sarah Wynter) just moved to NYC from London. Tim (Scott Bryce) is a 42-year-old banker, making $2 million a year. They meet at a NYC art gallery. They start dating and on romantic outings for 2 weeks. They have dinners and sex. Tim takes her to an apartment listing and invites her to visit his parents. But then at the last-minute Tim's mother is sick and Tim calls in to cancel. He doesn't call for 2 weeks. She calls back, and he promises to call the next day. He never calls again.
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) explores such issues in her blog, like why are there many great unmarried women, but no great unmarried men. In the mid-20's the women call the shots in all relationships, but by the mid-30's the power equation flips, and the men carry all the cards.
At a birthday party for thirty-something Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her friends Samantha (Kim Cattrall) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) vow to stop worrying about finding the "perfect" male and start having sex "like men" (without emotions).
Most men are threatened by successful women. The women have to keep their mouth shut and learn to play by the rules. Men believe that women reject perfectly great guys for being too short, too fat or too poor. The men think women don't want to settle, but the women think all men are self centered and unappreciative of women.
Miranda is a corporate lawyer. Charlotte is an art dealer. Samantha is a public relations executive who routinely sleeps with guys in their 20's. Samantha says that for the first time women have as much money and power as the men, and encourages women to have "sex like a man", without emotions. Miranda says that if a guy finds out that you are only looking for sex, they get performance anxiety. Carrie says all this goes away when the right guy comes along. Samantha thinks the right guy is an illusion.
Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson) is a gay owner of a talent agency & Carrie's good friend. He is dating Derek (Andrea Boccaletti), who is also his client. Carrie has several encounters with tycoon heartthrob Mr. Big (Chris Noth). Samantha tells her that Big is the next Donald Trump and he only dates models.
Carrie slept with Kurt Harrington (Bill Sage) when she was 26, 29 and 31, and considers him a mistake. As research, Carrie sleeps with Kurt just for sex or "Just has sex like a man". Carrie expected Kurt to be hurt, but he calls again and says finally Carrie understands the type of relationship he wants. Sex without commitment. The next time Carrie is looking for sex, she can just call him.
Miranda starts dating nice-guy Skipper Johnston (Ben Weber), after Carrie sets them up. Johnston is the caring, sensitive types. But Miranda thinks of Johnston behavior as off-putting. Charlotte goes on a date with Capote Duncan (Jeffrey Nordling), but when she tells him she won't have sex with him, he goes to a club, and he shares a cab with Charlotte.
At the club, Samantha is hitting on Mr Big, he keeps rejecting her. Johnston is smitten with Miranda, and she ends up kissing him. Capote Duncan ends up going home with Samantha. Mr Big gives a ride home to Carrie when she can't find a cab.
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