Sex and the City

1. S01E01Sex and the CityJune 6, 1998 6.5At a birthday party for thirty-something Miranda, Carrie and her friends vow to stop worrying about finding the "perfect" male and start hav
2. S01E02Models and MortalsJune 6, 1998 5.2After Miranda and Skipper bump into each other at the convenience store, they sleep together for the first time. Carrie interviews Barkley,
3. S01E03Bay of Married PigsJune 21, 1998 5.6Carrie is invited to go up to their Hamptons beach house by Patience and Peter, but in the morning she bumps into Peter in the hall without
4. S01E04Valley of the Twenty-Something GuysJune 28, 1998 5.4Mr. Big and Carrie continue to bump into each other during social events, which leads them to try to organize their first "drink thing". On
5. S01E05Season's bestThe Power of Female SexJuly 5, 1998 7.0Carrie bumps into international party-girl Amalita and her latest man Carlo in a shoe store, who in turn introduce her to a French Architect
6. S01E06Secret SexJuly 12, 1998 5.3Carrie and Mr. Big have their first official "date", but Carrie suspects Mr. Big is keeping her secret from his social circle. Miranda dates
7. S01E07The MonogamistsJuly 19, 1998 5.3Carrie and Mr. Big begin dating on a regular basis, but she learns after bumping into him that he is dating other women. Samantha begins to
8. S01E08Three's a CrowdJuly 26, 1998 5.5Charlotte is dating Jack, who wants a threesome, but she is unsure. Carrie discovers that Mr. Big has an ex-wife, and feels threatened. Sama
9. S01E09The Turtle and the HareAugust 2, 1998 5.9Mr. Big tells Carrie he's never going to marry again, which unsettles her. Miranda introduces the friends to the Rabbit, a mechanical aid, a
10. S01E10The Baby ShowerAugust 9, 1998 5.8The four women attend a baby shower for their one-time wild-child friend Laney in her new buttoned-down Connecticut-suburb environs. Carrie
11. S01E11The DroughtAugust 16, 1998 5.5Carrie's relationship with Mr. Big has been going on for long enough that it is becoming less physical, especially after she farts in bed. C
12. S01E12Oh Come All Ye FaithfulAugust 23, 1998 5.5After being introduced as "a friend" to his mother, Carrie realizes her relationship with Mr. Big is one-sided and breaks up with him. Miran

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Take Me Out to the BallgameJune 6, 1999 6.6Carrie meets "the new Yankee," Joe, at a baseball game, all the while preparing for her first post-breakup encounter with Big. Miranda gets
2. S02E02The Awful TruthJune 13, 1999 5.0Carrie accidentally suggests that her friend Susan Sharon leave her domineering, violent husband. Miranda builds up the courage to talk dirt
3. S02E03The Freak ShowJune 20, 1999 6.6Carrie turns freakish herself after dating a string of freaky guys and freaks out the very normal Ben when trying to discover his secret fre
4. S02E04They Shoot Single People, Don't They?June 27, 1999 5.5Single and fabulous Carrie gets a horrible photo taken for the cover story of New York Magazine: Single and Fabulous...?. Miranda fakes orga
5. S02E05Four Women and a FuneralJuly 4, 1999 6.6Carrie starts seeing Mr. Big again. Miranda buys her own apartment on the Upper West Side. Charlotte meets a recent widower at a cemetery. S
6. S02E06The Cheating CurveJuly 11, 1999 5.3Carrie starts to "officially" date Mr. Big again. Miranda dates a guy who insists on watching porn while they have sex. Fed up with cheating
7. S02E07The Chicken DanceJuly 18, 1999 6.6Carrie gets fed up with Big's inability to pay attention to her. Miranda inadvertently sets her interior designer up with a long-distance wo
8. S02E08The Man, the Myth, the ViagraJuly 25, 1999 6.9A frustrated Carrie tries to get Big to make time to meet the girls. Miranda meets Steve Brady, a cute bartender who wants to be more than a
9. S02E09Old Dogs, New DicksAugust 1, 1999 6.1Carrie tries to get Big to stop checking out other women when they're together. Miranda and Steve's opposite schedules become a problem. Sam
10. S02E10The Caste SystemAugust 8, 1999 6.8Carrie gets fed up with high society while at an Upper East Side party with Big. Miranda and Steve have an argument over money and social st
11. S02E11EvolutionAugust 15, 1999 6.5Carrie tries to leave her mark at Big's place by leaving some personal items behind. Miranda finds out that one of her ovaries has stopped p
12. S02E12La Douleur Exquise!August 22, 1999 6.8Carrie is horrified when Big casually tells her he's moving to Paris for seven months. Miranda dates a man who only wants to have sex in pla
13. S02E13Season's bestGames People PlayAugust 29, 1999 7.0Carrie starts going to therapy after obsessing about Big for too long. Offended by the diagnosis of dating men who are wrong for her, she da
14. S02E14The Fuck BuddySeptember 5, 1999 6.5Carrie tries to make a relationship with her "fuck buddy." Miranda dates an abusive, condescending lawyer. Charlotte becomes a free-wheeling
15. S02E15ShortcomingsSeptember 12, 1999 5.9Carrie dates an author who has a premature ejaculation problem and finds that she regrets having to break-up... with his perfect family. Chi
16. S02E16Was It Good for You?September 19, 1999 5.8Carrie dates a recovering alcoholic who becomes obsessed with her. Charlotte is determined to learn how to have good sex after her latest pa
17. S02E17Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something WomenSeptember 26, 1999 7.0Carrie unexpectedly runs into Mr. Big—and his new 27-year-old girlfriend, Natasha—at a Hamptons party. Miranda tries in vain to have some ma
18. S02E18Ex and the CityOctober 3, 1999 6.8After learning of Big's engagement, a freaked-out Carrie tries to cope with the ramifications. Miranda sleeps with Steve for the first time

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Where There's Smoke...June 4, 2000 5.8Carrie meets a politician at a FDNY calendar benefit in Staten Island. Miranda gets help from Steve after she undergoes LASIK eye surgery. T
2. S03E02Politically ErectJune 11, 2000 6.9Carrie continues dating her politician beau, but finds his sexual fetish to be anything but 'golden'. Miranda doesn't know how to respond wh
3. S03E03Attack of the 5'10" WomanJune 18, 2000 6.0Carrie must confront her past with Big when she runs into Natasha, Big's wife. Miranda hires Magda, an Eastern European maid with very tradi
4. S03E04Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...June 25, 2000 5.5Carrie dates a twenty-something man who's openly bisexual. Miranda deals with personal issues when Steve proposes moving in with her. Charlo
5. S03E05No Ifs, Ands, or ButtsJuly 9, 2000 6.5Carrie's smoking becomes a problem when she goes on her first date with Aidan Shaw. Miranda makes more time for Steve in her life. Charlotte
6. S03E06Are We Sluts?July 16, 2000 6.0Carrie wants to sleep with Aidan, but he's reluctant to rush into a physical relationship. Miranda discovers she has chlamydia and has to in
7. S03E07Drama QueensJuly 23, 2000 6.5Carrie obsesses about her perfect relationship when Aidan suggests she meet his parents. Miranda enjoys her intimate life with Steve. Charlo
8. S03E08The Big TimeJuly 30, 2000 6.5Carrie runs into Big who confesses that he misses her and can't stop thinking about her. Miranda gets annoyed with Steve's childish habits w
9. S03E09Easy Come, Easy GoAugust 6, 2000 6.8Big tells Carrie that he's leaving his wife. Miranda deals with her breakup and Steve moving out of the apartment. After meeting the MacDoug
10. S03E10All or NothingAugust 13, 2000 5.5Carrie feels guilty and wants to quit her affair with Big. Miranda enjoys phone sex with a co-worker from Chicago. Charlotte negotiates the
11. S03E11Running with ScissorsAugust 20, 2000 5.6Carrie continues her affair with Big, and tells Samantha after a girly night and Miranda after a drink on their cocktail night. Charlotte fi
12. S03E12Don't Ask, Don't TellAugust 27, 2000 5.9Carrie struggles to find the right time to tell Aidan about her affair. Miranda tells a guy she's a stewardess in hopes of getting a date. C
13. S03E13Escape from New YorkSeptember 10, 2000 6.5Carrie meets with actor/producer Matthew McConaughey in LA to talk about optioning her columns to make a movie. Miranda wrestles with the le
14. S03E14Sex and Another CitySeptember 17, 2000 5.9Carrie meets a publicity agent for celebrities who shows her the perks of the rich and famous in LA. Miranda meets an old friend from New Yo
15. S03E15Season's bestHot Child in the CitySeptember 24, 2000 7.0Carrie dates a hunky comic-book store owner who still lives with his parents. Miranda gets braces. Charlotte is shocked when she catches the
16. S03E16FrenemiesOctober 1, 2000 5.7Carrie teaches at The Learning Annex—only her course on "How to Find Love" is as successful as her own love life. Miranda dates one of Carri
17. S03E17What Goes Around Comes AroundOctober 8, 2000 6.8Carrie decides, after a broad-daylight Manolo mugging, that she must clear herself of bad karma and decides she needs to talk with Natasha a
18. S03E18Cock a Doodle Do!October 15, 2000 5.9Carrie meets with Big for the first time since his marriage ended. Miranda gets frustrated when she thinks the Chinese take-out girl mocks h

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01The Agony and the 'Ex'-tacyJune 3, 2001 6.9Carrie thinks about men and the future when no one shows up for her birthday party. Miranda confronts her married friends about her single l
2. S04E02Season's bestThe Real MeJune 3, 2001 7.1Carrie is reluctant when asked to be a celebrity model in a high-profile fashion show. Miranda gets a lesson in confidence when a buff guy a
3. S04E03Defining MomentsJune 10, 2001 5.4Carrie meets a jazz musician while on a pseudo-date with Big. Miranda tries to get more comfortable using the bathroom in front of her date.
4. S04E04What's Sex Got to Do with It?June 17, 2001 5.2Carrie continues to date Ray King, the jazzman, but finds he has an ADHD problem. Miranda substitutes chocolate for sex. Charlotte deals wit
5. S04E05Ghost TownJune 24, 2001 5.3Carrie gets an invitation to the opening of Steve—and Aidan's—new bar, Scout. Miranda thinks she has a ghost in her apartment. Charlotte but
6. S04E06Baby, Talk Is CheapJuly 1, 2001 6.2Carrie realizes she wants to get back together with Aidan. Miranda gets a surprise when she sleeps with "marathon man". Charlotte and Trey d
7. S04E07Time and PunishmentJuly 8, 2001 6.2Big calls Carrie—while she's having sex with Aidan. Miranda throws her neck out after fighting with Charlotte. Charlotte decides to leave th
8. S04E08My Motherboard, My SelfJuly 15, 2001 6.6Carrie's laptop crashes, and when Aidan tries to help, she pushes him away. Miranda's mother dies unexpectantly, but at the funeral, her fam
9. S04E09Sex and the CountryJuly 22, 2001 5.9Carrie is dragged to Aidan's country home in Suffern, New York. Charlotte visits the MacDougal "compound" in Connecticut. Miranda yells at S
10. S04E10Belles of the BallsJuly 29, 2001 6.5Carrie invites Big up to Aidan's country home to talk. Charlotte tries to discuss her and Trey's infertility problems. Miranda sleeps with S
11. S04E11Coulda, Woulda, ShouldaAugust 5, 2001 6.6Carrie is reluctant to tell Aidan that she had an abortion when she was 22. Charlotte discovers she only has a fifteen percent chance of get
12. S04E12Just Say YesAugust 12, 2001 6.8Aidan proposes to Carrie. Charlotte discusses adoption with Trey, but hits a wall when Bunny finds out that the baby could be Chinese. Miran
13. S04E13The Good FightJanuary 6, 2002 5.4Carrie and Aidan have a huge fight over the clutter in her apartment after Aidan moves in. Charlotte and Trey have a huge fight when he brin
14. S04E14All That GlittersJanuary 13, 2002 6.5Carrie finds time away from stay-at-home boy Aidan with a gay Aussie shoe distributor at the exclusive Bungalow 8. Charlotte and Trey separa
15. S04E15Change of a DressJanuary 20, 2002 6.4Carrie freaks out about marrying Aidan. Charlotte takes tap classes, and has a meltdown during the "Tea for Two" number when she realizes sh
16. S04E16Ring a Ding DingJanuary 27, 2002 6.6Carrie is forced to buy her apartment back from Aidan or move out. Mr. Big writes her a check as a loan, but she doesn't know whether she sh
17. S04E17A 'Vogue' IdeaFebruary 3, 2002 5.2Carrie starts working at Vogue and finds out from her acerbic editor that she doesn't have a Vogue idea about relationships. Charlotte throw
18. S04E18I Heart NYFebruary 10, 2002 6.8Carrie is shocked to find out that Big is moving to Napa, California and plans to give him a New York send-off. Charlotte begins dating anot

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Anchors AwayJuly 21, 2002 5.4Carrie realizes her relationship with New York City is as dysfunctional as is her relationship with men. Charlotte decides she needs to dist
2. S05E02Unoriginal SinJuly 28, 2002 6.5Carrie gets an offer from a publisher who wants to make a book out of her column. Charlotte takes a self-help seminar and takes affirmations
3. S05E03Season's bestLuck Be an Old LadyAugust 4, 2002 6.6Carrie desperately tries to get everyone together for Charlotte's "thirty-faux" birthday. Charlotte doesn't want to turn 36 because she feel
4. S05E04Cover GirlAugust 11, 2002 6.3Carrie works with publicist Samantha to try to get the perfect look for her book cover. Charlotte starts reading self-help books. Miranda go
5. S05E05Plus One Is the Loneliest NumberAugust 18, 2002 6.4Carrie invites Jack Berger to her book opening party, which turns out to be a huge event. Charlotte butts heads with Bunny MacDougal. Mirand
6. S05E06Critical ConditionAugust 25, 2002 6.6Carrie deals with her past with Aidan when she runs into Nina Katz, who had dated Aidan after he and Carrie split up. Charlotte gets a tough
7. S05E07The Big JourneySeptember 1, 2002 6.3Carrie goes to San Francisco to promote her book and visit Big. Charlotte sleeps with her unappealing (to her) divorce lawyer, Harry Goldenb
8. S05E08I Love a CharadeSeptember 8, 2002 6.6The girls attend the Hamptons wedding of an over-the-hill socialite and a lounge singer whom they all thought was gay. Carrie encounters Jac

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01To Market, to MarketJune 22, 2003 5.6While nervously anticipating her first date with Berger, Carrie runs into Aidan for the first time since their breakup, and is surprised by
2. S06E02Great SexpectationsJune 29, 2003 5.1Carrie and Berger's dates sizzle in the restaurants, but fizzle in the bedroom. Miranda becomes addicted to a British show featuring an inte
3. S06E03The Perfect PresentJuly 6, 2003 6.1After Berger flips out and flips off his ex-girlfriend's answer-phone message, Carrie tries to not think about her influence on his life. Mi
4. S06E04Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-LittleJuly 13, 2003 5.6Carrie feels bad for criticizing a minor point in Berger's book. When Berger teaches Miranda how to tell that a guy is "not that into her",
5. S06E05Lights, Camera, Relationship!July 20, 2003 5.9Carrie receives a big royalty check for her book sales, which upsets Berger— whose book deal has been dropped. A lovesick Miranda helps Stev
6. S06E06Hop, Skip, and a WeekJuly 27, 2003 5.8Berger tells Carrie that he needs a break from their relationship. Workaholic Miranda has to cut her hours at work in order to spend more ti
7. S06E07The Post-It Always Sticks TwiceAugust 3, 2003 6.1Berger returns, but then breaks up with Carrie with a Post-It note. Miranda finally loses all her baby-weight and rediscovers her "skinny je
8. S06E08The CatchAugust 10, 2003 5.9Carrie finds that a casual fling with Harry's best man is a pain in the neck. Miranda is scared of meeting Steve's new girlfriend. After Har
9. S06E09Season's bestA Woman's Right to ShoesAugust 17, 2003 6.4Carrie's shoes are stolen at a party; the hostess (Tatum O'Neal) not only refuses to apologize, but shames her for her extravagant footwear
10. S06E10Boy, InterruptedAugust 24, 2003 5.8Carrie's high-school sweetheart visits her in New York—on his way to a mental asylum in Connecticut. Miranda develops a crush on her attract
11. S06E11The Domino EffectSeptember 7, 2003 6.0Carrie shows strange signs of distress when Big needs heart surgery. Miranda gets close to her new boyfriend Robert, but is reluctant to int
12. S06E12OneSeptember 14, 2003 4.9Carrie meets fifty-something Russian artist, Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov), at a gallery. Miranda's boyfriend Robert says "I lov
13. S06E13Let There Be LightJanuary 4, 2004 5.5Carrie begins to feel attached to Aleksandr but cannot ignore his womanizing past. Together again, Steve moves into Miranda's apartment and
14. S06E14The Ick FactorJanuary 11, 2004 5.3Carrie finds Aleksandr's old-world romantic attention a little overwhelming. Miranda prepares for her non-traditional wedding to Steve. Char
15. S06E15Catch-38January 18, 2004 5.8Carrie discovers that Aleksandr has decided to not have any more children. Miranda and Steve go on their honeymoon to a remote inn in upstat
16. S06E16Out of the Frying PanJanuary 25, 2004 5.9Carrie gets upset at Aleksandr for being inconsiderate of her feelings about Samantha's cancer. When her new family outgrows her apartment,
17. S06E17The Cold WarFebruary 1, 2004 6.4Aleksandr refuses to talk about his work or introduce Carrie to his friends. Miranda adjusts to life in Brooklyn. Charlotte decides to enter
18. S06E18Splat!February 8, 2004 6.4Petrovsky hosts a dinner party for Carrie's inner circle, and makes a shocking announcement. Later, the death of an old party friend (Kriste
19. S06E19An American Girl in Paris (Part Une)February 15, 2004 5.3Before joining the Russian in Paris, Carrie has one last dinner in New York with Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda. However, life in the City
20. S06E20An American Girl in Paris (Part Deux)February 22, 2004 6.0Carrie is desperately lonely in Paris as Petrovsky is spending so much time on his new exhibit. The chemo treatments are killing Samantha's

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