1 00:00:44,011 --> 00:00:47,015 -[chattering] -[camera flashing] 2 00:00:47,017 --> 00:00:50,004 [Carrie] Two weeks ago, I had my picture taken. 3 00:00:51,012 --> 00:00:53,021 [photographer] Look up. Good, good. 4 00:00:53,023 --> 00:00:55,013 [upbeat music] 5 00:00:59,010 --> 00:01:01,019 [Carrie] It was a promotional photo for my column, 6 00:01:01,021 --> 00:01:04,011 scheduled to run on the side of a bus. 7 00:01:06,006 --> 00:01:08,017 I had misgivings. 8 00:01:10,016 --> 00:01:12,015 Which were somewhat mollified 9 00:01:12,017 --> 00:01:14,019 when they told me I could keep the dress. 10 00:01:17,014 --> 00:01:19,007 [laughter] 11 00:01:19,009 --> 00:01:20,015 Friday night. 12 00:01:20,017 --> 00:01:23,015 In lieu of any actual social life of their own, 13 00:01:23,017 --> 00:01:25,009 Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte 14 00:01:25,011 --> 00:01:26,012 had all stopped by 15 00:01:26,014 --> 00:01:29,009 to live vicariously through my first official date 16 00:01:29,011 --> 00:01:30,012 with Mr. Big. 17 00:01:30,014 --> 00:01:31,019 Carrie! 18 00:01:34,010 --> 00:01:36,019 [Samantha] Oh, honey, it's fabulous. 19 00:01:36,021 --> 00:01:38,009 Bravo! 20 00:01:38,011 --> 00:01:40,019 It's tits on toast, baby. But you make it work. 21 00:01:40,021 --> 00:01:42,007 -[Samantha laughs] -Well, let's just say it, 22 00:01:42,009 --> 00:01:43,020 it's the "naked dress." 23 00:01:43,022 --> 00:01:46,007 I mean, you're obviously gonna have sex with him tonight. 24 00:01:46,009 --> 00:01:47,013 Come on, it's our first date! 25 00:01:47,015 --> 00:01:48,016 She's not gonna have sex. 26 00:01:48,018 --> 00:01:50,004 She's just gonna look like sex. 27 00:01:50,006 --> 00:01:52,010 That's right, I'm just the trailer. 28 00:01:52,012 --> 00:01:54,011 Please, if it happens, it happens. 29 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:55,023 -[Samantha] Bottoms up. -Wait a second. 30 00:01:56,001 --> 00:01:57,001 [Samantha] Ooh... 31 00:01:57,003 --> 00:01:59,001 I thought you were serious about this guy. You can't 32 00:01:59,003 --> 00:02:00,007 sleep with him on the first date. 33 00:02:00,009 --> 00:02:02,015 Oh, God, here she goes again with "the rules." 34 00:02:02,017 --> 00:02:03,014 The women who wrote that book, 35 00:02:03,016 --> 00:02:05,015 they wrote it because they couldn't get laid. 36 00:02:05,017 --> 00:02:07,014 So they constructed this whole bullshit theory 37 00:02:07,016 --> 00:02:10,006 to make women who can get laid feel bad. 38 00:02:10,008 --> 00:02:11,008 But if you're serious about a guy, 39 00:02:11,010 --> 00:02:13,006 then you have to keep him in a holding pattern 40 00:02:13,008 --> 00:02:15,000 for at least five dates. 41 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:16,000 Oh, you've gone up. 42 00:02:16,002 --> 00:02:18,012 Yes, because the number of dates 43 00:02:18,014 --> 00:02:19,023 that you wait to have sex with a man 44 00:02:20,001 --> 00:02:22,013 is directly proportional to your age. 45 00:02:22,015 --> 00:02:23,017 Forget the math. 46 00:02:23,019 --> 00:02:25,023 Just don't fuck on a first date, you're fine. 47 00:02:26,001 --> 00:02:27,008 -Third date. -Too soon! 48 00:02:27,010 --> 00:02:28,007 [Samantha] Reality check. 49 00:02:28,009 --> 00:02:30,006 A guy can just as easily dump you 50 00:02:30,008 --> 00:02:31,020 if you fuck him on the first date 51 00:02:31,022 --> 00:02:33,021 as he can if you wait until the 10th! 52 00:02:33,023 --> 00:02:35,000 When have you ever 53 00:02:35,002 --> 00:02:36,002 been on a 10th date? 54 00:02:36,004 --> 00:02:38,000 And by then at least you're emotionally involved. 55 00:02:38,002 --> 00:02:39,004 [Samantha] Exactly. I mean, 56 00:02:39,006 --> 00:02:41,002 isn't it better to find out if the sex 57 00:02:41,004 --> 00:02:42,007 is good right off the bat, 58 00:02:42,009 --> 00:02:44,000 before anybody's feelings get hurt? 59 00:02:44,002 --> 00:02:45,013 But it's okay to have hurt feelings. 60 00:02:45,015 --> 00:02:47,006 And you always handle those so well. 61 00:02:47,008 --> 00:02:49,012 Well, there is something to be said for restraint. 62 00:02:49,014 --> 00:02:50,022 When did you become such a Victorian? 63 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 The Victorians were on to something. 64 00:02:53,002 --> 00:02:54,004 They valued romance. 65 00:02:54,006 --> 00:02:57,002 True romance cannot exist without good sex. 66 00:02:57,004 --> 00:02:58,023 And yet you can have good sex with someone 67 00:02:59,001 --> 00:03:00,023 you don't like or respect. 68 00:03:01,001 --> 00:03:02,014 Or even remember. 69 00:03:02,016 --> 00:03:04,009 [buzzing] 70 00:03:04,011 --> 00:03:07,005 Alright, well, ladies, I'm just going to dinner. 71 00:03:07,007 --> 00:03:08,014 Goodnight. 72 00:03:08,016 --> 00:03:10,015 Bye, have fun. 73 00:03:11,010 --> 00:03:12,021 Bye. 74 00:03:16,011 --> 00:03:18,013 The truth is, I was dying to sleep with him. 75 00:03:18,015 --> 00:03:20,004 But isn't delayed gratification 76 00:03:20,006 --> 00:03:21,022 the definition of maturity? 77 00:03:31,018 --> 00:03:33,021 Interesting dress. 78 00:03:33,023 --> 00:03:35,010 Meaning? 79 00:03:35,012 --> 00:03:37,017 Interesting dress. 80 00:03:37,019 --> 00:03:39,021 [Big chuckles] 81 00:03:39,023 --> 00:03:41,016 [starting the car] 82 00:03:42,015 --> 00:03:50,016 [sighs] 83 00:03:51,013 --> 00:03:53,018 [both sighing] 84 00:03:53,020 --> 00:03:54,022 [breathy laughs] 85 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,007 Don't worry. I'm perfectly capable of restraining myself. 86 00:03:58,009 --> 00:03:59,021 So am I. 87 00:04:08,016 --> 00:04:10,014 [Carrie] I can't be hemmed in by rules. 88 00:04:10,016 --> 00:04:12,003 I go with my emotions. 89 00:04:12,005 --> 00:04:14,017 I mean, some of the greatest romances of all time 90 00:04:14,019 --> 00:04:17,011 began with sex on the first date... 91 00:04:17,013 --> 00:04:19,006 I bet. 92 00:04:20,015 --> 00:04:22,010 I will not be the first one to speak. 93 00:04:22,012 --> 00:04:23,016 And if he never calls me again, 94 00:04:23,018 --> 00:04:26,000 I'll always think of him fondly... 95 00:04:26,002 --> 00:04:27,023 As an asshole. 96 00:04:28,001 --> 00:04:30,018 That was really... 97 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:34,012 I mean, can you believe we, on the first date? 98 00:04:35,023 --> 00:04:38,006 I mean, I didn't plan that, you know. I... 99 00:04:41,004 --> 00:04:42,005 [Big laughs] 100 00:04:42,007 --> 00:04:43,020 What do you think? 101 00:04:43,022 --> 00:04:45,021 Well... [groans] 102 00:04:45,023 --> 00:04:48,014 -Oh... -[exhales] 103 00:04:48,016 --> 00:04:52,011 Uh, I thought it was pretty fucking great. 104 00:04:52,013 --> 00:04:54,023 [sighs] But what do I know? 105 00:04:57,022 --> 00:05:00,016 You feel like having some Szechuan? 106 00:05:00,018 --> 00:05:05,009 [speaking in foreign language] 107 00:05:07,014 --> 00:05:09,009 [Carrie] Had Mr. Big discovered my weakness 108 00:05:09,011 --> 00:05:12,004 for great sex and greasy Chinese? 109 00:05:12,006 --> 00:05:13,005 Or was going out to dinner 110 00:05:13,007 --> 00:05:15,000 simply a diversionary tactic to keep me 111 00:05:15,002 --> 00:05:16,015 from spending the night? 112 00:05:16,017 --> 00:05:20,003 Before I was able to completely indulge my paranoia... 113 00:05:20,005 --> 00:05:22,016 It was my pal, Mike Singer. 114 00:05:22,018 --> 00:05:24,012 We've known each other for ten years, 115 00:05:24,014 --> 00:05:25,021 but never had sex, 116 00:05:25,023 --> 00:05:28,011 because we want to know each other for another ten years. 117 00:05:28,013 --> 00:05:29,015 Hey! 118 00:05:30,016 --> 00:05:32,020 Carrie, what are you doing here? 119 00:05:32,022 --> 00:05:34,005 -Well, I'm with, umm... -Oh, that's him. 120 00:05:34,007 --> 00:05:37,006 No, no, I'll tell you all about it later. I'll tell you later. 121 00:05:37,008 --> 00:05:39,006 -[Carrie sighs] -You look great. 122 00:05:39,008 --> 00:05:40,023 -Not too naked? -Uh... 123 00:05:41,001 --> 00:05:42,013 Just naked enough. 124 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:44,014 Hmm... 125 00:05:48,004 --> 00:05:49,007 Hi, I'm Carrie Bradshaw. 126 00:05:49,009 --> 00:05:50,016 I'm an old friend of Mike's. 127 00:05:50,018 --> 00:05:51,013 I'm Libby Biyalick. 128 00:05:51,015 --> 00:05:53,003 It's so nice to finally meet a friend. 129 00:05:53,005 --> 00:05:54,020 So, I'll call you. 130 00:05:56,016 --> 00:05:59,009 Okay, great. Well, have a good dinner. 131 00:05:59,011 --> 00:06:00,021 Nice to meet you. 132 00:06:00,023 --> 00:06:02,007 I left the table wondering why 133 00:06:02,009 --> 00:06:05,020 Mike didn't want to introduce me to his date. 134 00:06:05,022 --> 00:06:09,019 [man] Jab, cross! Again! Jab, cross! 135 00:06:09,021 --> 00:06:11,006 [Carrie] That very same night, 136 00:06:11,008 --> 00:06:14,014 something absolutely amazing happened to Miranda. 137 00:06:14,016 --> 00:06:16,004 [man] Come on! Jab, cross, kick! 138 00:06:16,006 --> 00:06:18,007 -[Ted groans] -[Miranda screaming] 139 00:06:18,009 --> 00:06:21,008 Oh my God, oh my God! I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean-- 140 00:06:21,010 --> 00:06:23,010 [Carrie] She met someone in gym class. 141 00:06:23,012 --> 00:06:24,015 Are you...? Oh, God. 142 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:26,019 [Miranda laughing] Are you sure you're okay? 143 00:06:26,021 --> 00:06:28,018 [Ted laughs] I'm fine, really. 144 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:31,016 So, what exactly about my head pissed you off? 145 00:06:31,018 --> 00:06:35,001 [inhales] I wish there was something I could do. 146 00:06:35,003 --> 00:06:38,014 Well, you could buy me dinner sometime. 147 00:06:38,016 --> 00:06:40,014 -And a CAT scan. -[giggles] 148 00:06:40,016 --> 00:06:42,002 [Carrie] His name was Ted Baker. 149 00:06:42,004 --> 00:06:44,019 He was 32 years old, a sports medicine doctor 150 00:06:44,021 --> 00:06:47,023 with an apartment overlooking the Natural History Museum. 151 00:06:48,001 --> 00:06:50,022 Three prior serious relationships, 152 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:52,016 none resulting in marriage. 153 00:06:52,018 --> 00:06:53,020 [kisses] 154 00:06:53,022 --> 00:06:56,020 A kiss to make it better. 155 00:06:56,022 --> 00:07:00,018 So, really, can I call you sometime? 156 00:07:02,013 --> 00:07:04,002 Sure. 157 00:07:06,002 --> 00:07:09,008 He left a message on my machine when I got home. 158 00:07:09,010 --> 00:07:10,020 He wants to go out this week. 159 00:07:10,022 --> 00:07:12,012 Hey, that's fantastic! 160 00:07:12,014 --> 00:07:14,000 No, it's too quick. 161 00:07:14,002 --> 00:07:16,012 I think maybe that kick in his head scrambled his brains. 162 00:07:16,014 --> 00:07:20,011 No, too quick is sleeping with him on the first date. That's too quick. 163 00:07:20,013 --> 00:07:22,012 You both got excited and you went for it. 164 00:07:22,014 --> 00:07:23,019 Stop blaming yourself. 165 00:07:23,021 --> 00:07:24,019 No, I don't blame myself. 166 00:07:24,021 --> 00:07:26,023 -I blame the dress, the dress. -[Miranda laughs] 167 00:07:27,001 --> 00:07:29,010 The dress led me on, it had a life of its own. 168 00:07:29,012 --> 00:07:31,018 Oh, then we went to this Chinese restaurant afterwards, 169 00:07:31,020 --> 00:07:33,020 and you'll never guess who I ran into. 170 00:07:33,022 --> 00:07:35,017 -Who? -Mike Singer, out on a date. 171 00:07:35,019 --> 00:07:37,002 The whole world's in love. 172 00:07:37,004 --> 00:07:38,014 Oh. I'm not sure, I don't know. He was acting 173 00:07:38,016 --> 00:07:41,013 very weird. Like, he, uh... 174 00:07:41,015 --> 00:07:43,017 like he didn't want me to meet her or something. 175 00:07:43,019 --> 00:07:44,019 What's her name? 176 00:07:44,021 --> 00:07:47,001 [Carrie] Her name was Libby Biyalick. 177 00:07:47,003 --> 00:07:48,021 Mike told me everything that afternoon, 178 00:07:48,023 --> 00:07:50,009 while I helped him pick out sheets 179 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:51,020 at Bed Bath & Beyond. 180 00:07:51,022 --> 00:07:54,008 So, how long have you been seeing her? 181 00:07:54,010 --> 00:07:56,010 A while. 182 00:07:56,012 --> 00:07:58,008 -Is this a painful topic? -[sighs] 183 00:07:58,010 --> 00:08:01,011 No, it's just, she's not someone I date openly. 184 00:08:01,013 --> 00:08:02,017 Why, is she married? 185 00:08:02,019 --> 00:08:03,020 [laughs] No. 186 00:08:03,022 --> 00:08:05,002 Is she a cousin? 187 00:08:05,004 --> 00:08:06,016 No. 188 00:08:06,018 --> 00:08:10,008 Look, the thing is, she's smart, 189 00:08:10,010 --> 00:08:14,020 she's incredibly sweet, and the sex is great. 190 00:08:14,022 --> 00:08:17,009 Well, she's just not the one I see myself with. 191 00:08:17,011 --> 00:08:19,014 Why not? 192 00:08:19,016 --> 00:08:21,020 It was about three months ago. 193 00:08:21,022 --> 00:08:23,018 Mike had been dumped by Fiona Brooks, 194 00:08:23,020 --> 00:08:25,013 a cellist for the Philharmonic, 195 00:08:25,015 --> 00:08:29,016 who he was trying to forget as quickly as possible. 196 00:08:29,018 --> 00:08:31,000 They had both loved to cook, 197 00:08:31,002 --> 00:08:34,008 and shopping for the week was a Saturday morning ritual. 198 00:08:34,010 --> 00:08:37,011 So he was feeling particularly vulnerable when... 199 00:08:37,013 --> 00:08:39,006 [Libby] Care to try some aged sheep's milk cheese 200 00:08:39,008 --> 00:08:41,006 from the Tyrolean Alps? 201 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,001 Thanks. 202 00:08:48,013 --> 00:08:49,022 Mmm, it's good. 203 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,016 It's made by monks. [soft laughs] 204 00:08:51,018 --> 00:08:54,005 -Really? -Trappist monks. [soft laughs] 205 00:08:56,005 --> 00:08:58,021 Fresh goat cheese from the Napa Valley. 206 00:09:02,003 --> 00:09:04,007 It's delicious. 207 00:09:05,013 --> 00:09:08,004 L'explorateur. [laughs] 208 00:09:08,006 --> 00:09:10,021 It's a triple crème from France. 209 00:09:10,023 --> 00:09:12,001 [sighs] 210 00:09:12,017 --> 00:09:13,021 [light giggle] 211 00:09:16,019 --> 00:09:18,021 [groans] 212 00:09:21,011 --> 00:09:25,015 [Carrie] Mike found himself very uninhibited. 213 00:09:25,017 --> 00:09:27,016 Since he didn't think Libby was that gorgeous, 214 00:09:27,018 --> 00:09:29,016 there wasn't any pressure. 215 00:09:31,003 --> 00:09:32,023 [breathing heavily] 216 00:09:33,021 --> 00:09:35,008 [Mike chuckles] 217 00:09:35,010 --> 00:09:38,012 [Carrie] The next morning, he woke up and felt at ease, 218 00:09:38,014 --> 00:09:40,001 very relaxed. 219 00:09:40,003 --> 00:09:42,001 I'm a creative director of an ad agency, 220 00:09:42,003 --> 00:09:46,016 but eventually I'd love to have my own shop. 221 00:09:46,018 --> 00:09:49,023 I'd love to have my own shop, too. 222 00:09:50,001 --> 00:09:52,018 Well, cheese shop, I mean. [giggles] 223 00:09:52,020 --> 00:09:55,011 [Carrie] She was one of the only women he'd ever met 224 00:09:55,013 --> 00:09:58,003 who he felt he could just be with. 225 00:09:58,005 --> 00:10:00,014 So what's the problem? 226 00:10:00,016 --> 00:10:03,015 Look, she's not beautiful, 227 00:10:03,017 --> 00:10:05,022 and we don't have a lot in common. 228 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:08,023 I mean, you know, most of her friends are in dairy. 229 00:10:09,001 --> 00:10:11,011 But she's warm, and unpretentious, 230 00:10:11,013 --> 00:10:16,010 and it is the best sex I've ever had in my life. 231 00:10:16,012 --> 00:10:18,022 What are you afraid of? What other people are going to think? 232 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,011 Look, all I know is that 233 00:10:20,013 --> 00:10:23,011 she's not the right woman for me in the larger sense. 234 00:10:23,013 --> 00:10:25,021 So I keep her a secret. 235 00:10:27,007 --> 00:10:29,009 [Carrie] I couldn't decide whether Mike was being 236 00:10:29,011 --> 00:10:32,000 shallow or honest. 237 00:10:32,002 --> 00:10:34,021 But the question nagged me for days. 238 00:10:34,023 --> 00:10:38,001 How many of us out there are having great sex 239 00:10:38,003 --> 00:10:41,021 with people we're ashamed to introduce to our friends? 240 00:10:41,023 --> 00:10:43,018 Have I ever had fabulous sex with someone 241 00:10:43,020 --> 00:10:47,006 I didn't want to admit to? Hmm... 242 00:10:47,008 --> 00:10:51,002 Mm. Did I ever tell you about that jazz musician 243 00:10:51,004 --> 00:10:52,019 who lived with his mother in Queens? 244 00:10:52,021 --> 00:10:53,020 Yeah, Alex. 245 00:10:53,022 --> 00:10:55,008 What about the window washer? 246 00:10:55,010 --> 00:10:57,020 The one who doesn't wear any underwear? 247 00:10:57,022 --> 00:11:01,000 I met this gorgeous kid in Spy Bar last year. 248 00:11:01,002 --> 00:11:04,008 He turned out to be in high school. 249 00:11:04,010 --> 00:11:07,008 Evidently, Samantha had had lots of sex, 250 00:11:07,010 --> 00:11:09,015 none of which was secret. 251 00:11:09,017 --> 00:11:11,022 Fine, it just proves that I'm not ashamed of anyone 252 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:13,003 who I've slept with. 253 00:11:13,005 --> 00:11:15,007 Okay, here it is. 254 00:11:16,006 --> 00:11:17,015 Up here. 255 00:11:22,008 --> 00:11:24,000 Oh, you look-- 256 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,004 Naked. 257 00:11:26,006 --> 00:11:27,008 [Carrie] There it was, 258 00:11:27,010 --> 00:11:28,022 the dress that lead me down 259 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,021 the garden path with Mr. Big. 260 00:11:30,023 --> 00:11:32,020 I shouldn't be embarrassed? 261 00:11:32,022 --> 00:11:34,016 No, you look fabulous! 262 00:11:34,018 --> 00:11:37,001 Besides, there's no such thing as bad publicity. 263 00:11:37,003 --> 00:11:38,023 Yeah. You would say that, you're a publicist. 264 00:11:39,001 --> 00:11:42,001 You know, we need to go someplace absolutely fabulous 265 00:11:42,003 --> 00:11:43,021 where we can toast you, where the bus goes by. 266 00:11:43,023 --> 00:11:45,001 And you can invite Mr. Big. 267 00:11:45,003 --> 00:11:47,007 No, no, I don't think so. I haven't heard from him 268 00:11:47,009 --> 00:11:48,013 since we spent the night together. 269 00:11:48,015 --> 00:11:50,003 Oh, sweetie, forget about him. 270 00:11:50,005 --> 00:11:52,011 You are going to be on the side of a bus. 271 00:11:52,013 --> 00:11:54,022 Ten million men are going to be drooling over you 272 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,001 every morning on their way to work. 273 00:11:57,003 --> 00:11:59,023 It's the best personal ad I've ever seen in my life. 274 00:12:00,001 --> 00:12:02,001 [Carrie] Samantha had a particular knack 275 00:12:02,003 --> 00:12:05,003 for turning a desperate situation into a hopeless one. 276 00:12:05,005 --> 00:12:07,018 Oh, speaking of secret sex, 277 00:12:07,020 --> 00:12:10,021 did Charlotte ever tell you about the rabbi? 278 00:12:10,023 --> 00:12:11,022 The rabbi? 279 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:12,022 Excuse me? 280 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:14,012 You know who I'm talking about. 281 00:12:14,014 --> 00:12:16,007 I cannot believe that the two of you came down here 282 00:12:16,009 --> 00:12:17,014 to interrogate me at work! 283 00:12:17,016 --> 00:12:19,013 I'm sorry, it's my fault. 284 00:12:19,015 --> 00:12:22,010 [sighs] Anyway, he wasn't a rabbi. 285 00:12:22,012 --> 00:12:25,008 He was a Hasidic folk artist from Brooklyn. 286 00:12:25,010 --> 00:12:28,005 Close enough. 287 00:12:28,007 --> 00:12:30,022 [Carrie] Evidently, Charlotte had seen Shmuel's work 288 00:12:31,001 --> 00:12:32,003 in an exhibition, 289 00:12:32,005 --> 00:12:36,004 and scheduled an appointment to meet him at his studio. 290 00:12:36,006 --> 00:12:40,007 These are outstanding, so much life. 291 00:12:40,009 --> 00:12:42,019 You have a beautiful way with light. 292 00:12:42,021 --> 00:12:44,008 Thank you. 293 00:12:45,010 --> 00:12:48,002 [lively music] 294 00:12:51,018 --> 00:12:54,009 Now this one is really special. 295 00:12:54,011 --> 00:12:56,006 That's my Yeshiva. 296 00:12:57,021 --> 00:13:00,023 I wanted to capture the exuberance of youth. 297 00:13:01,001 --> 00:13:04,013 [Carrie] Charlotte quickly became intoxicated by his talent, 298 00:13:04,015 --> 00:13:08,000 his strangeness and the smell of his wool. 299 00:13:08,002 --> 00:13:09,017 Magical. 300 00:13:13,013 --> 00:13:16,008 -[music rising] -[groans] 301 00:13:16,010 --> 00:13:19,006 [Carrie] It was so sexy, so forbidden. 302 00:13:19,008 --> 00:13:21,008 Daddy's little Episcopalian princess 303 00:13:21,010 --> 00:13:24,014 in the arms of one of God's chosen people. 304 00:13:25,022 --> 00:13:29,020 We would talk about art and sex and the Torah. 305 00:13:29,022 --> 00:13:32,008 Well, why didn't you introduce him to anybody? 306 00:13:32,010 --> 00:13:33,021 I was embarrassed. 307 00:13:33,023 --> 00:13:35,012 I mean, I couldn't really date him. 308 00:13:35,014 --> 00:13:37,006 And he couldn't date me. 309 00:13:37,008 --> 00:13:38,021 I mean, what would people think? 310 00:13:38,023 --> 00:13:41,020 If the sex is good, who cares what anybody thinks? 311 00:13:41,022 --> 00:13:45,002 Now you cannot put this in your column. Promise? 312 00:13:45,004 --> 00:13:46,008 I promise. 313 00:13:46,010 --> 00:13:49,014 [Carrie] Was secret sex the ultimate form of intimacy, 314 00:13:49,016 --> 00:13:51,009 since it existed in a pure state, 315 00:13:51,011 --> 00:13:53,018 exempt from the judgment of the world? 316 00:13:53,020 --> 00:13:56,013 Or is it just another way in which we deny our feelings 317 00:13:56,015 --> 00:14:00,002 and emotionally compartmentalize our lives? 318 00:14:00,004 --> 00:14:02,007 [phone ringing] 319 00:14:04,017 --> 00:14:05,014 Hello? 320 00:14:05,016 --> 00:14:07,006 Do you miss me yet? 321 00:14:07,008 --> 00:14:08,017 Who is this? 322 00:14:08,019 --> 00:14:10,009 [Big] How've you been? 323 00:14:10,011 --> 00:14:13,011 Oh, great. 324 00:14:13,013 --> 00:14:15,017 Fabulous, fantastic actually, and you? 325 00:14:15,019 --> 00:14:19,016 Well, at the risk of sounding trite... 326 00:14:21,005 --> 00:14:24,002 I haven't been able to stop thinking about you. 327 00:14:24,004 --> 00:14:25,014 I adore trite. 328 00:14:25,016 --> 00:14:28,001 [laughs] 329 00:14:28,003 --> 00:14:31,005 Listen, we should have a real first date. 330 00:14:31,007 --> 00:14:33,016 You know, the traditional American type. 331 00:14:33,018 --> 00:14:35,005 Dinner and a movie. 332 00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:37,018 Of course, knowing us, we'll skip the movie. 333 00:14:37,020 --> 00:14:40,002 Just as long as we don't skip dinner. 334 00:14:41,017 --> 00:14:42,016 What a relief. 335 00:14:42,018 --> 00:14:45,003 I had just escaped the sex on the first date curse. 336 00:14:45,005 --> 00:14:46,008 Whew! 337 00:14:46,010 --> 00:14:49,001 [Carrie] That weekend, I was out with a man whose name 338 00:14:49,003 --> 00:14:51,005 I wanted to shout from the rooftops. 339 00:14:51,007 --> 00:14:53,000 Let me get this straight, 340 00:14:53,002 --> 00:14:56,015 your picture is going to be on a bus? 341 00:14:56,017 --> 00:14:58,003 That's right. 342 00:14:58,005 --> 00:15:01,000 A cross town bus, or a downtown bus? 343 00:15:01,002 --> 00:15:03,010 The M2. It goes right down Fifth. 344 00:15:04,011 --> 00:15:05,018 That's a good line. 345 00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:07,002 I'm getting together a group of my friends 346 00:15:07,004 --> 00:15:09,004 tomorrow afternoon to watch it go by. 347 00:15:09,006 --> 00:15:12,000 I thought, maybe if you weren't doing anything-- 348 00:15:12,002 --> 00:15:14,004 [man] Hey, how are you? 349 00:15:14,006 --> 00:15:17,002 Hey, how are you? It's good to see you. 350 00:15:17,004 --> 00:15:19,000 -You remember Phyllis. -Of course, Phyllis. 351 00:15:19,002 --> 00:15:21,003 -How are you? -Everything good? 352 00:15:21,005 --> 00:15:23,013 Yeah, everything's dandy. 353 00:15:23,015 --> 00:15:25,005 [man] Well, that's what I hear. 354 00:15:27,022 --> 00:15:30,007 -So, uh, good to see you. -Good to see you again. 355 00:15:30,009 --> 00:15:33,001 -Good seeing you. -Bye-bye, cheers. 356 00:15:35,023 --> 00:15:37,016 -Who was that? -Just some guy 357 00:15:37,018 --> 00:15:39,012 I skied with in Aspen. 358 00:15:39,014 --> 00:15:41,003 [Carrie] I didn't understand. 359 00:15:41,005 --> 00:15:44,000 Had I suddenly become the invisible woman? 360 00:15:44,002 --> 00:15:46,018 I tried not to let it bother me. 361 00:15:46,020 --> 00:15:48,012 I also tried not to let it bother me 362 00:15:48,014 --> 00:15:50,011 that he took me back to Fung Wa, 363 00:15:50,013 --> 00:15:53,006 scene of our post-coital dinner. 364 00:15:53,008 --> 00:15:55,009 Oh, I can't make your party tomorrow. 365 00:15:55,011 --> 00:15:56,015 Oh, no. 366 00:15:56,017 --> 00:15:58,012 I wanted to introduce you to some of my friends. 367 00:15:58,014 --> 00:16:01,012 Well, I'll be home later if you miss me. 368 00:16:02,017 --> 00:16:04,016 [Carrie] As I surveyed the room, 369 00:16:04,018 --> 00:16:06,018 I realized it smelled like a cheap date 370 00:16:06,020 --> 00:16:09,011 you don't want anyone to meet. 371 00:16:09,013 --> 00:16:11,005 I told Mr. Big I was on a deadline 372 00:16:11,007 --> 00:16:12,006 and I had to get home. 373 00:16:12,008 --> 00:16:14,019 [phone ringing] 374 00:16:14,021 --> 00:16:17,008 -Hello? -Listen, I have a question. 375 00:16:17,010 --> 00:16:19,012 Of all the restaurants in Manhattan, 376 00:16:19,014 --> 00:16:21,007 why did you take Libby to Fung Wa? 377 00:16:21,009 --> 00:16:22,022 Well, it's pretty obscure. 378 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,000 Not much of a chance of running into anybody I know. 379 00:16:25,002 --> 00:16:26,016 [Carrie] So, you mean it's the kind of a place 380 00:16:26,018 --> 00:16:29,008 that men take women they don't want to be seen with in public? 381 00:16:29,010 --> 00:16:31,001 [Mike] Yes, it is perfect for that. 382 00:16:31,003 --> 00:16:33,002 Oh, sorry. [laughs] 383 00:16:33,004 --> 00:16:34,016 [Carrie] The evidence was mounting. 384 00:16:34,018 --> 00:16:36,008 Was it possible that I had become 385 00:16:36,010 --> 00:16:38,016 Mr. Big's secret sex girl? 386 00:16:39,010 --> 00:16:40,012 The next morning, 387 00:16:40,014 --> 00:16:44,000 Miranda discovered a shocking sex secret of her own. 388 00:16:44,002 --> 00:16:46,010 She had just spent a wonderful night with Ted, 389 00:16:46,012 --> 00:16:47,022 who had to leave early in the morning 390 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,014 to catch a flight to D.C. for a spinal conference. 391 00:16:50,016 --> 00:16:52,010 I can go home, it's no big deal. 392 00:16:52,012 --> 00:16:55,001 No, stay, it's 6:00 a.m. 393 00:16:57,012 --> 00:17:00,023 I'll be back tonight. Want to do something? 394 00:17:01,001 --> 00:17:03,008 -I'd love to. -Alright, I'll call you at work. 395 00:17:03,010 --> 00:17:04,019 Have a good flight. 396 00:17:11,023 --> 00:17:14,001 [Carrie] Miranda waited for the dead bolt to drop, 397 00:17:14,003 --> 00:17:17,009 and then used the opportunity to ransack Ted's apartment 398 00:17:17,011 --> 00:17:20,000 and look for pictures of old girlfriends. 399 00:17:23,013 --> 00:17:26,016 She was not at all prepared for what she found. 400 00:17:32,023 --> 00:17:37,020 Yeah? Do you feel your cock where it wants to e every night? 401 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:39,023 Every single night when you come home 402 00:17:40,001 --> 00:17:41,021 and everything's done in the house 403 00:17:41,023 --> 00:17:43,021 and I've been doing it all day long... 404 00:17:43,023 --> 00:17:45,017 I don't know what to do. 405 00:17:45,019 --> 00:17:47,002 I can't admit to having found this, 406 00:17:47,004 --> 00:17:49,018 but now I don't know if I want to see him again. 407 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:52,018 How can you judge him until you spank him? 408 00:17:53,011 --> 00:17:54,015 I'm only kidding. 409 00:17:54,017 --> 00:17:58,009 But, I mean, obviously this is what he's into. 410 00:17:58,011 --> 00:18:00,019 Maybe it's just his fantasy life. 411 00:18:00,021 --> 00:18:03,007 [man groaning on video] 412 00:18:03,009 --> 00:18:04,010 [Carrie] Later that day, 413 00:18:04,012 --> 00:18:06,010 the cream of New York gathered to toast 414 00:18:06,012 --> 00:18:08,002 the maiden voyage of my bus. 415 00:18:08,004 --> 00:18:09,009 Where's Mr. Big? 416 00:18:09,011 --> 00:18:11,001 Oh, he couldn't make it. 417 00:18:11,003 --> 00:18:12,015 What do you mean he couldn't make it? 418 00:18:12,017 --> 00:18:14,007 I don't know, it's a work thing. 419 00:18:14,009 --> 00:18:16,006 Oh, but this is your bus party! 420 00:18:16,008 --> 00:18:18,017 Oh, I told you, you shouldn't have... 421 00:18:18,019 --> 00:18:20,015 Well, never mind. 422 00:18:20,017 --> 00:18:23,017 What, he's not here because I slept with him on the first date? 423 00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:26,011 Basically, yes. When you sleep with a man on the first date, 424 00:18:26,013 --> 00:18:28,008 the relationship will never be anything more than just sex. 425 00:18:28,010 --> 00:18:30,014 -Uh-huh. -[Carrie] Okay, thank you. 426 00:18:30,016 --> 00:18:31,018 -Cheers! -Cheers! 427 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:33,011 [Carrie] I didn't want to admit that she was right. 428 00:18:33,013 --> 00:18:35,003 [Samantha] Ah, here it comes, here it comes! 429 00:18:35,005 --> 00:18:37,021 [Carrie] I just wanted to see my bus and get the hell out of there. 430 00:18:39,016 --> 00:18:41,015 -Oh, shit. -[Mike] Carrie! 431 00:18:41,017 --> 00:18:44,000 -Hi, did I miss it? -Hey! Hi. 432 00:18:44,002 --> 00:18:45,004 Not yet, no. 433 00:18:45,006 --> 00:18:46,020 Hey, I thought you were going to bring Libby... 434 00:18:46,022 --> 00:18:48,017 Oh, yeah. I finally asked her to join me in public 435 00:18:48,019 --> 00:18:50,014 and she turns me down. 436 00:18:50,016 --> 00:18:51,021 Why? 437 00:18:51,023 --> 00:18:53,001 She told me that she met somebody else 438 00:18:53,003 --> 00:18:54,022 who doesn't have my problems with intimacy. 439 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,007 Oh, I'm sorry. 440 00:18:56,009 --> 00:18:58,001 [Samantha] Uh! Quiet, 441 00:18:58,003 --> 00:18:59,018 here you come! 442 00:19:07,007 --> 00:19:08,020 [Samantha and Charlotte] Ohh... 443 00:19:08,022 --> 00:19:13,013 Aw, don't worry, sweetie, don't worry. Eh... 444 00:19:13,015 --> 00:19:15,014 Nobody in New York notices a bus 445 00:19:15,016 --> 00:19:17,006 until it's about to hit them. 446 00:19:17,008 --> 00:19:18,020 That's right. 447 00:19:19,015 --> 00:19:20,015 [Carrie] Meanwhile, 448 00:19:20,017 --> 00:19:23,009 Miranda spent another wonderful evening with Ted 449 00:19:23,011 --> 00:19:25,014 and began to re-evaluate her options. 450 00:19:25,016 --> 00:19:28,017 That was one of the most amazing meals 451 00:19:28,019 --> 00:19:30,021 I have ever had. Thank you. 452 00:19:30,023 --> 00:19:32,006 My pleasure. 453 00:19:33,016 --> 00:19:37,014 You know, I missed you today. 454 00:19:37,016 --> 00:19:40,009 -You did? -[Ted chuckles] 455 00:19:40,011 --> 00:19:41,019 I guess I've just been waiting all this time 456 00:19:41,021 --> 00:19:43,012 for a good kick in the head. 457 00:19:43,014 --> 00:19:46,002 And here I thought that all you really wanted 458 00:19:46,004 --> 00:19:48,020 was a good spanking. 459 00:19:48,022 --> 00:19:50,014 Excuse me? 460 00:19:50,016 --> 00:19:52,008 You heard me. 461 00:19:56,015 --> 00:19:58,003 Oh. 462 00:19:58,005 --> 00:20:00,010 [soft laughs] 463 00:20:02,020 --> 00:20:05,013 [Carrie] Ted didn't take Miranda home that night. 464 00:20:05,015 --> 00:20:09,001 He never took her calls or returned her messages. 465 00:20:09,003 --> 00:20:12,010 And she never saw him at the gym again. 466 00:20:14,003 --> 00:20:15,019 Very late that night, 467 00:20:15,021 --> 00:20:19,000 fueled by a massive quantity of champagne, 468 00:20:19,002 --> 00:20:22,008 I decided to say goodbye to Mr. Big. 469 00:20:27,005 --> 00:20:28,008 I just came here to tell you that 470 00:20:28,010 --> 00:20:31,001 if you're embarrassed or ashamed 471 00:20:31,003 --> 00:20:33,005 to be involved with me in any way, 472 00:20:33,007 --> 00:20:35,014 that we can no longer see each other. 473 00:20:35,016 --> 00:20:37,022 The truth is, I blamed myself. 474 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,014 I wore the naked dress on our first date, 475 00:20:40,016 --> 00:20:42,016 I slept with him too fast, 476 00:20:42,018 --> 00:20:46,016 and now I'm on a Fifth Avenue bus with a penis on my head. 477 00:20:46,018 --> 00:20:49,010 [clears throat] What are you talking about? 478 00:20:49,012 --> 00:20:51,020 You won't introduce me to your friends, 479 00:20:51,022 --> 00:20:53,020 you bring me back to that restaurant 480 00:20:53,022 --> 00:20:56,018 where men take women they don't want to be seen with, 481 00:20:56,020 --> 00:20:58,019 you won't come out and meet my friends. 482 00:20:58,021 --> 00:21:00,013 You have me in a niche. 483 00:21:00,015 --> 00:21:02,014 Certain events, certain restaurants, 484 00:21:02,016 --> 00:21:03,018 certain people. 485 00:21:03,020 --> 00:21:07,023 Like I'm only a particular fragment of the kind of person 486 00:21:08,001 --> 00:21:10,014 you think that you should be dating. 487 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,019 But I've only gotten to know a particular fragment. 488 00:21:14,021 --> 00:21:17,010 Although, I'm beginning to know more. 489 00:21:17,012 --> 00:21:18,015 No, this is not me. 490 00:21:18,017 --> 00:21:22,010 This is me reacting to your perception of me. 491 00:21:23,004 --> 00:21:25,009 [inhales] Oh, okay. 492 00:21:27,007 --> 00:21:29,016 Well... [exhales] 493 00:21:29,018 --> 00:21:31,002 I think Fung Wa's is 494 00:21:31,004 --> 00:21:32,012 the best Chinese food 495 00:21:32,014 --> 00:21:35,012 in the city, so that's why we went there. 496 00:21:35,014 --> 00:21:37,009 And, uh... 497 00:21:37,011 --> 00:21:41,005 Oh... The guy we met in the street, 498 00:21:41,007 --> 00:21:42,014 I couldn't remember his name, 499 00:21:42,016 --> 00:21:44,013 which possibly means I have Alzheimer's. 500 00:21:44,015 --> 00:21:46,014 So that's what that was about. 501 00:21:46,016 --> 00:21:50,018 And this afternoon I had courtside tickets 502 00:21:50,020 --> 00:21:52,014 to the Knicks, 503 00:21:52,016 --> 00:21:56,014 and that's all folks! 504 00:21:56,016 --> 00:21:59,019 [Carrie] I should have been jumping for joy, 505 00:21:59,021 --> 00:22:02,005 but I only felt a hard knot of fear. 506 00:22:02,007 --> 00:22:04,002 [Big exhales] 507 00:22:04,022 --> 00:22:06,019 So you and me... 508 00:22:08,002 --> 00:22:10,010 Then maybe this is for real? 509 00:22:14,015 --> 00:22:16,010 Could be... 510 00:22:23,020 --> 00:22:25,016 [Carrie laughs]