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[Carrie] In life, certain events
come along so rarely,
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that when they do,
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special attention must be paid.
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Events like Halley's comet,
solar eclipses,
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getting that
second latte for free.
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[crowd cheers]
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And one night at a salsa club
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in very downtown Manhattan,
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four single girlfriends
all found themselves
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without a relationship
at the exact same time.
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[salsa music playing]
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She's not bad.
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[laughs]
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Here's to us, without men.
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-Wooh!
-[Miranda] Here, here.
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I'm not toasting
to that, it's bad luck.
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Ha!
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If I end up old and alone,
it's all your fault.
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Oh, Charlotte, sweetie,
we're all alone,
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even when we're with men.
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Yeah, you tell her, Mr. Sister.
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My advice to you,
is to embrace that fact,
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slap on some armor
and go through life like I do.
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Enjoying men but not expecting
them to fill you up.
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Except when, well, you know...
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We know, we know, we know.
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Excuse me, I was wondering
if you'd like to dance.
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Oh, well, thanks, but tonight
it's just us girls.
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I'm William,
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one of the club owners.
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Samantha.
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If you ever feel like a dance,
we could have some fun.
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[Miranda] I'm impressed,
not dumping us for a guy.
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Is that the kind of girl
you think I am?
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-Well...
-Oh, you guys, I gotta go,
I'm getting my picture taken
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for that magazine
article in the morning.
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What magazine article?
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All press needs to be
cleared through me.
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It's New York Magazine ,
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they're doing a profile
of 20 Manhattan singles,
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and it's called
"Single and Fabulous".
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Why wasn't I picked?
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I'm single
and I'm definitely fabulous.
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Well, I was picked because
Stanford's new boyfriend,
Nevin...
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-Nevin?
-...is the assistant photo
editor.
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No, Carrie, you cannot leave,
we never go dancing.
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-Come on, one more drink.
-All right, one drink.
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One. One drink.
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To hot men.
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[Carrie]
One drink turned into many,
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and before I knew it,
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I was dragging my tired,
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yet single and fabulous ass
home at dawn.
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Ho!
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[Carrie] I decided my best bet
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to avoid looking like
I'd been up all night
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was to stay up all morning.
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[telephone rings]
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[ringing continues]
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[answering machine beeps]
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[Stanford] It's Stanford,
you're 40 minutes late.
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I'm at the photo shoot
and everyone's freaking out!
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I'm there, 20 minutes.
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-20 minutes?
-I said 20 minutes!
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Oh, God, I could not get a cab.
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So what did you do,
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grab on to a bumper
and let one drag you here?
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Oh, stop, I was up all night.
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And I need a coffee
the size of my head.
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Um, Carrie, this is Nevin.
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Oh, gosh, hi.
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Stanford has told me
so much about you.
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It's really nice
to finally meet you.
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Hello, you're about
a fucking month late!
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Follow me.
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-Jesus!
-Don't look at me,
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you're the one who's about
a fucking month late.
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My poncho!
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-Hi, I am so, so sorry.
-It's fine.
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-Could you sit?
-Sure.
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[sighs]
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[camera shutter clicks]
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Oh, we're gonna-- There's gonna
be time for makeup, right?
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-Yeah.
-Thank God!
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I just wanna do a few test shots
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before I check the lighting.
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Hey, coffee, please.
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Oh, do you mind if I smoke?
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I don't care if you shoot up.
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[camera shutter clicks]
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Listen, I never
keep people waiting.
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I just-- I got to bed
really late last night.
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And it's my personal belief,
I lapsed into a coma. Mmm.
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-Oh, thank you.
-They only had decaf.
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What?
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[Carrie] Being single
and fabulous
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also frees up one's weekends.
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Saturdays usually spent
browsing with him in SoHo
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are left to more practical
things like power walking
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with your single
and fabulous girlfriends.
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[Charlotte] We're walking
way too slow.
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We're not burning off anything.
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Let's gossip to get
our heart rates up.
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Hey, Miranda.
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Josh, hey, hi, how are you?
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Good, great,
training for the marathon.
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Right, right,
I forgot you do that.
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Five years in a row.
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Well, you got my number,
so, give me a call.
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Cute, who's that?
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An ophthalmologist
I once faked orgasms with.
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Okay, we're
officially stopping...
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[Carrie] The idea that Miranda
would fake anything
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stopped me cold.
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I only slept with him twice.
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The first time I faked it
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because it was
never gonna happen.
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And the second time
I had to fake it because
I faked it the first time.
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Oh, naturally.
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And I didn't wanna
fake it again,
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so I forgot
to return his last call.
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You broke up with an
ophthalmologist over that?
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Orgasm, major thing
in a relationship?
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Yeah, but not the only thing.
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Orgasms don't send you
Valentine's day cards,
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and they don't hold your hand
in a sad movie.
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Mine do.
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You're seriously
advocating faking?
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No, but if you
really like the guy,
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what's one little
moment of "ooh, ooh",
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versus spending the whole
night in bed alone?
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These are my options?
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And who's to say that one moment
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is any more important
than when he gets up
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and pours you a cup
of coffee in the morning?
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Let's go!
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I'll take an orgasm
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over a cup of French drip
Colombian any day.
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See, for me, it's a toss-up.
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Hey, the usual, please.
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[Carrie] Having smoked
all my cigarettes
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during our workout,
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I stopped for fresh
supplies when...
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[suspenseful music]
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There I was.
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Hanging right next to
Martha Stewart Living.
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Carrie Bradshaw,
dying of embarrassment.
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"Single and Fabulous",
question mark?
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There was no
question mark implied.
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I would never have agreed
to be in an article
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"Single and Fabulous",
question mark.
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-I was set up.
-Oh, I agree.
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You're single,
fabulous, and fucked.
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Not after that picture,
I won't be.
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They said "Single and Fabulous"
exclamation point.
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They did not say
"Single and Fabulous"
question mark.
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That question mark is hostile.
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Miranda, can't we
sue them or something?
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For what, mispunctuation?
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It's too late to sue.
I'm all over
the city looking like,
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like something that got
caught in a drain.
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Okay, you know what?
I just quit smoking.
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[Charlotte] "Single was fun
at 20.
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But you wanna ask these women,
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how fun will all night
club hopping be at 40?"
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-Who's out all night?
-Who's 40?
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Do you know what I say?
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Fuck them, exclamation point.
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Fuck them!
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Yeah, fuck them!
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Charlotte said fuck.
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[Miranda] Every couple
of years,
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an article like this
surfaces as a cautionary tale
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to scare young women
into marriage.
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Oh, I'm a cautionary tale?
Shoot me.
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"Filling their lives
with an endless parade
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of decoys and distractions
to avoid the painful fact
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that they're completely alone."
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How is that helping?
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This piece of trash has nothing,
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I repeat, nothing to do with us.
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Exactly, we are single
and fabulous.
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Absolutely.
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[Carrie] But I had
a sneaking suspicion
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they didn't quite believe it.
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Somehow, the question mark
had leapt off my cover
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and onto each of them,
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because, within a week...
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Ooh, oh!
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[Carrie] Miranda met Josh
for old time's sake.
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Oh. Oh!
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[Carrie] Samantha met William
for a dance.
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[salsa music]
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And Charlotte met
a deadline head on.
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So, I'm moving
to Salt Lake City.
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What? Why?
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The acting thing in New York
is definitely not happening,
you know...
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I have a chance to get
on a Christian soap opera
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if I move out west.
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Wow, a Christian soap opera?
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[Tom laughs] Yeah.
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"The Days of our Mormon Lives"
or some shit.
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Hand me the receiver cable.
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The... jeez.
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What are you gonna do
around here without me?
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[Carrie] Tom was an out of work
actor friend
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Charlotte had come to depend on
to do the occasional male things
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she needed done
around her apartment.
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Because he was
an out of work actor,
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he had a lot of time.
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And because
he had a lot of time,
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he had a lot of tools.
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[Tom] Okay, that is the VCR.
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After I rewire your lamp,
I'm out of here.
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Unless you have something
else you need done.
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[Carrie] Charlotte
made a decision.
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She decided she wasn't
gonna let her Mr. Fix-it
get away.
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While women are certainly
no strangers to faking it,
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we faked our hair color,
cup-size, hell,
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we've even faked fur,
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I couldn't help but wonder,
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has fear of being alone
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suddenly raised
the bar on faking?
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Are we faking more than
orgasms?
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Are we faking
entire relationships?
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Is it better
to fake it than be alone?
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Well, you know, my boyfriend
and I were really compatible.
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Except for one thing.
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He liked thin, blond,
waspy types, so...
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Now I am.
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I think my wife's an idiot.
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Every day with her
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is like a trip to idiot island.
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I don't tell her
how I really feel.
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I'm pretty sure she'd leave me.
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I don't understand
sign language.
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[Carrie] A glamorous city
like New York
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offers a sea of single
and fabulous things
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for the fabulous
and single to do.
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As long as that magazine's
on the newsstand,
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I'm not going out in public
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for fear of being scorned
and chased with sticks.
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Hey, one, one!
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I'm not smoking.
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Look at this,
he climbs on top of her,
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and the next thing you know,
she's coming.
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No wonder men are so lost.
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They have no idea
there's more work involved.
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So, still faking it?
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-Yep.
-Is he that bad in bed?
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No, he's just... he's a guy.
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They can rebuild a jet engine,
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but when it comes to a woman...
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What's the big mystery?
255
00:10:53,333 --> 00:10:55,043
It's my clitoris,
not the sphinx!
256
00:10:55,333 --> 00:10:57,583
I think you just found
the title for your
autobiography.
257
00:10:57,667 --> 00:10:59,457
[Samantha] You know,
it's really not their fault.
258
00:10:59,542 --> 00:11:01,002
They don't come with a manual.
259
00:11:01,083 --> 00:11:03,383
If I had a son,
I'd teach him all
about the vagina.
260
00:11:03,458 --> 00:11:05,538
If you had a son,
we'd call social services.
261
00:11:05,625 --> 00:11:06,995
The other night,
he told me
262
00:11:07,083 --> 00:11:10,133
he really likes that I can come
while he's fucking me.
263
00:11:10,208 --> 00:11:12,958
How can he actually believe
that that's all it takes?
264
00:11:13,041 --> 00:11:14,751
Because you're faking it!
265
00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:17,495
I'm really hating
myself right now.
266
00:11:17,583 --> 00:11:19,883
Could you please
just tell me why?
267
00:11:20,333 --> 00:11:23,293
He's a nice guy. He means well.
268
00:11:23,375 --> 00:11:24,915
Oh, so it's codependent coming.
269
00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,710
Oh, well, I have to go.
I got a date.
270
00:11:27,792 --> 00:11:31,422
I'm meeting William after work,
and then, who knows?
271
00:11:31,500 --> 00:11:32,830
But from the way he dances,
272
00:11:32,917 --> 00:11:35,627
I'm fairly certain
I won't have to fake anything.
273
00:11:38,583 --> 00:11:40,753
This is a great club.
274
00:11:41,166 --> 00:11:43,246
Wait until you see my club
in the Hamptons.
275
00:11:43,417 --> 00:11:44,877
Salsa East.
276
00:11:45,125 --> 00:11:46,125
Do you like the Hamptons?
277
00:11:46,208 --> 00:11:49,538
No, love, love the Hamptons.
278
00:11:49,625 --> 00:11:51,995
I'm renting a great house
in East Hampton.
279
00:11:52,250 --> 00:11:53,960
We can go out on the weekends.
280
00:11:55,166 --> 00:11:56,576
We can go sailing,
281
00:11:58,333 --> 00:12:00,503
and cook big old lobsters.
282
00:12:00,917 --> 00:12:02,537
We can walk on the beach.
283
00:12:02,625 --> 00:12:04,415
[Carrie] At first
Samantha listened,
284
00:12:04,500 --> 00:12:06,380
fascinated, detached.
285
00:12:06,458 --> 00:12:08,208
It was rare to hear a man
use the "we" word
286
00:12:08,291 --> 00:12:09,921
so comfortably so early on.
287
00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,750
Or we could just lay
around and do this.
288
00:12:16,875 --> 00:12:18,285
Whatever we want.
289
00:12:20,166 --> 00:12:21,286
[Samantha sighs]
290
00:12:21,375 --> 00:12:23,285
[Carrie] But pretty soon
she gave in.
291
00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:27,165
She lay back, opened up,
and let the "we" wash over her.
292
00:12:28,542 --> 00:12:30,082
[Samantha moans]
293
00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:33,125
[telephone rings]
294
00:12:34,667 --> 00:12:37,827
-Hello.
-[Samantha] Guess where I'm
spending the summer?
295
00:12:37,917 --> 00:12:39,127
I don't know, Gucci?
296
00:12:39,208 --> 00:12:40,578
East Hampton.
297
00:12:40,667 --> 00:12:41,877
William's renting a house,
298
00:12:41,959 --> 00:12:43,579
and he asked me to spend
the summer with him.
299
00:12:43,667 --> 00:12:45,077
Isn't it a little early?
300
00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:46,376
[Samantha] Honey, no.
301
00:12:46,458 --> 00:12:49,078
All the great places
are taken by January.
302
00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:51,376
[Carrie] No, I mean early
in the relationship.
303
00:12:51,458 --> 00:12:53,168
You should have
heard him last night.
304
00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:56,083
"We" can cook, "we" can swim.
305
00:12:56,166 --> 00:12:57,376
Oh, he's a "we" guy.
306
00:12:57,458 --> 00:13:00,248
Oh, so he's a "we" guy,
who cares?
307
00:13:00,333 --> 00:13:03,293
We are going to spend
the summer in East Hampton
308
00:13:03,375 --> 00:13:06,075
and the "we" I'm referring to
right now,
309
00:13:06,166 --> 00:13:08,706
is you and me.
310
00:13:08,792 --> 00:13:10,582
-[Josh moaning]
-[Carrie] They say that
every great actor
311
00:13:10,667 --> 00:13:12,327
knows when to stop performing.
312
00:13:12,834 --> 00:13:15,214
I'm getting close, come with me.
313
00:13:15,709 --> 00:13:16,879
Oh, come with me.
314
00:13:16,959 --> 00:13:18,329
[Carrie]
For Miranda Hobbes,
315
00:13:18,417 --> 00:13:21,207
it was that Saturday night
at exactly 10:40.
316
00:13:21,291 --> 00:13:24,171
Ooh! Come with...
317
00:13:26,625 --> 00:13:27,915
Ohhh...
318
00:13:31,625 --> 00:13:33,535
Oh, God.
319
00:13:34,250 --> 00:13:35,670
Wow.
320
00:13:36,834 --> 00:13:38,254
Hey, is everything all right?
321
00:13:38,333 --> 00:13:39,383
Mm-hmm.
322
00:13:40,208 --> 00:13:41,418
Are you sure?
323
00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:42,880
'Cause you didn't cum.
324
00:13:43,417 --> 00:13:44,627
Did you?
325
00:13:44,709 --> 00:13:46,749
-No.
-Oh.
326
00:13:48,250 --> 00:13:49,630
Did I do something
wrong tonight?
327
00:13:49,709 --> 00:13:53,209
'Cause, I mean,
you came every other time.
328
00:13:56,583 --> 00:13:58,793
What?
Hey, tell me.
329
00:13:58,875 --> 00:14:02,415
Well, I didn't exactly cum
all those other times.
330
00:14:03,083 --> 00:14:04,253
You faked it?
331
00:14:04,834 --> 00:14:06,714
Well, how many
of the other times?
332
00:14:08,250 --> 00:14:10,960
All of the other times?
333
00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:15,710
Oh, do you have like a physical
problem or something?
334
00:14:15,792 --> 00:14:17,672
Me?
What makes you assume it's me?
335
00:14:17,750 --> 00:14:20,080
Oh, no offense, it's just...
336
00:14:20,542 --> 00:14:23,502
Nobody I've ever slept with
has had to, you know, fake it.
337
00:14:23,583 --> 00:14:25,173
[laughs] You know,
a lot of women fake it,
338
00:14:25,250 --> 00:14:26,500
and up until five minutes ago,
339
00:14:26,583 --> 00:14:28,673
you didn't know that
I was faking it, so...
340
00:14:28,750 --> 00:14:30,330
[stuttering] Well,
what are you saying?
341
00:14:30,417 --> 00:14:33,417
All the women I've ever slept
with have been faking it?
342
00:14:38,583 --> 00:14:40,253
What are you looking at?
343
00:14:41,125 --> 00:14:43,745
Nothing. I was just running
a list in my head.
344
00:14:44,125 --> 00:14:48,165
Look, Josh, a woman's anatomy
is a little more complicated--
345
00:14:48,250 --> 00:14:50,380
Hey, hey, I know all about
a woman's anatomy.
346
00:14:50,458 --> 00:14:51,378
I'm a doctor.
347
00:14:51,458 --> 00:14:52,748
You're an eye doctor.
348
00:14:55,083 --> 00:14:56,083
[sighs]
349
00:14:56,291 --> 00:14:59,541
Okay, give me some tips.
350
00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:02,246
-Pardon me?
-Tips, tips to get you off.
351
00:15:02,333 --> 00:15:03,793
I am nobody's charity case.
352
00:15:03,875 --> 00:15:05,825
I run the marathon
for Christ's sake.
353
00:15:05,917 --> 00:15:08,377
Okay, well, do you know
how the clitoris works?
354
00:15:08,458 --> 00:15:10,578
-Yes.
-Do you know where it is?
355
00:15:10,667 --> 00:15:12,497
-Yes.
-Well, it's about two inches
356
00:15:12,583 --> 00:15:13,883
from where you think it is.
357
00:15:13,959 --> 00:15:14,749
Oh, my God.
358
00:15:14,834 --> 00:15:16,964
Relax, I'll show you.
359
00:15:18,709 --> 00:15:19,709
[Carrie] Later that week,
360
00:15:19,792 --> 00:15:20,922
I went over to Charlotte's
361
00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,630
to see some of Tom's handiwork.
362
00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:24,754
[Charlotte] So after we finish
in here with the lighting,
363
00:15:24,834 --> 00:15:26,084
we're gonna start
in on the kitchen,
364
00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:27,706
we're gonna re-tile everything.
365
00:15:27,792 --> 00:15:29,582
[Carrie] First Samantha
and now Charlotte went
366
00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:31,037
"we", "we", "we",
all about her home.
367
00:15:31,125 --> 00:15:32,495
[Carrie] Well, that's amazing!
368
00:15:32,583 --> 00:15:34,543
How are you gonna get
all that done before you leave?
369
00:15:34,625 --> 00:15:36,575
-I'm not leaving.
-Oh.
370
00:15:36,667 --> 00:15:38,127
I've decided to stay.
371
00:15:38,875 --> 00:15:41,075
I have to go over to my place
and get a voltmeter.
372
00:15:41,166 --> 00:15:42,496
-All right?
-Okay.
373
00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:44,496
I'll be right back, okay?
374
00:15:45,208 --> 00:15:46,378
Bye, honey.
375
00:15:47,333 --> 00:15:48,713
[sighs contentedly]
376
00:15:49,166 --> 00:15:50,036
"Bye, honey"?
377
00:15:50,125 --> 00:15:51,125
Yeah.
378
00:15:51,834 --> 00:15:53,044
When he told me he was leaving,
379
00:15:53,250 --> 00:15:54,670
I suddenly had all
these feelings,
380
00:15:54,750 --> 00:15:56,580
like, what if he was the one?
381
00:15:56,667 --> 00:15:59,167
He'd been right under
my nose the entire time
382
00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:00,630
and I'd never even seen him.
383
00:16:00,709 --> 00:16:03,999
I let the whole, "almost 40,
out of work actor thing"
384
00:16:04,083 --> 00:16:05,213
get in the way.
385
00:16:05,291 --> 00:16:08,131
But Carrie, he is strong,
and masculine,
386
00:16:08,458 --> 00:16:10,788
and he can fix things
around the house.
387
00:16:10,875 --> 00:16:12,705
Charlotte, you can't
create a relationship
388
00:16:12,792 --> 00:16:15,042
with a guy just because
he can caulk your tub.
389
00:16:15,750 --> 00:16:17,040
Yes, you can.
390
00:16:18,875 --> 00:16:21,415
[Carrie] As I walked home,
I couldn't help but wonder,
391
00:16:21,500 --> 00:16:24,330
when did being alone become
the modern-day equivalent
392
00:16:24,417 --> 00:16:25,787
of being a leper?
393
00:16:25,875 --> 00:16:27,035
Will Manhattan restaurants
394
00:16:27,125 --> 00:16:28,625
soon be divided up
into sections?
395
00:16:28,709 --> 00:16:32,039
Smoking, non-smoking,
single, non-single?
396
00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:33,880
Yeah, the usual, please.
397
00:16:37,750 --> 00:16:39,460
And then I had
a frightening thought.
398
00:16:39,542 --> 00:16:41,632
Maybe I was the one
who was faking it.
399
00:16:41,709 --> 00:16:45,709
All these years faking to myself
that I was happy being single.
400
00:16:50,417 --> 00:16:51,457
Yes, it's me.
401
00:16:53,250 --> 00:16:55,290
And there it was, pity.
402
00:16:55,375 --> 00:16:58,325
Pity from the man who sells me
my Marlboro Lights.
403
00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:00,377
It was the final straw.
404
00:17:00,458 --> 00:17:02,288
I decided I wasn't
gonna let a magazine,
405
00:17:02,375 --> 00:17:04,325
or my friends,
or the surgeon general
406
00:17:04,417 --> 00:17:06,247
stop me from being who I was,
407
00:17:06,333 --> 00:17:09,423
single and fabulous,
exclamation point.
408
00:17:10,333 --> 00:17:12,083
-Tartini?
-Excuse me?
409
00:17:12,166 --> 00:17:13,826
Tartini,
cranberry-flavored vodka.
410
00:17:13,917 --> 00:17:15,497
-Tartini.
-Oh, Christ.
411
00:17:15,583 --> 00:17:18,173
I've been out of commission
for four days,
there's a new drink?
412
00:17:18,250 --> 00:17:20,000
I'd invited Stanford
to join me
413
00:17:20,083 --> 00:17:21,713
at a fabulous party downtown
414
00:17:21,792 --> 00:17:24,082
to honor the fabulous
conceptual photographer,
415
00:17:24,166 --> 00:17:25,626
Ellen von Unwerth.
416
00:17:25,709 --> 00:17:28,129
Unfortunately, he invited
his new boyfriend,
417
00:17:28,750 --> 00:17:29,880
Nevin von Bitchy.
418
00:17:29,959 --> 00:17:30,879
Hi, I hate you.
419
00:17:30,959 --> 00:17:32,539
Join the club, I hate me, too.
420
00:17:32,625 --> 00:17:34,415
I'm so sorry about the cover.
421
00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:36,210
-I had nothing to do with it.
-Who cares?
422
00:17:36,291 --> 00:17:37,921
Next week you'll have
a coke-dealing slumlord
423
00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,630
on the cover,
and I'll be history.
424
00:17:39,709 --> 00:17:41,249
You are fabulous.
425
00:17:41,458 --> 00:17:42,578
Excuse me.
426
00:17:44,291 --> 00:17:46,131
You realize you're
going to have to dump him.
427
00:17:46,208 --> 00:17:49,628
I can't, we're getting a summer
share in Sagaponack.
428
00:17:50,208 --> 00:17:51,288
[Carrie scoffs]
429
00:17:52,709 --> 00:17:53,829
Tartini!
430
00:17:53,917 --> 00:17:55,827
While Stanford and I
did downtown...
431
00:17:57,458 --> 00:17:59,328
Samantha was uptown,
waiting for William
432
00:17:59,417 --> 00:18:01,827
at her favorite
romantic restaurant.
433
00:18:03,041 --> 00:18:04,081
Alone?
434
00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:06,625
No, I'm waiting for someone.
435
00:18:09,333 --> 00:18:11,753
[Carrie] At first she thought
she had the wrong time.
436
00:18:11,834 --> 00:18:13,834
But when he still wasn't there
20 minutes later,
437
00:18:13,917 --> 00:18:15,627
she called her machine.
438
00:18:15,709 --> 00:18:16,669
No message.
439
00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:18,826
I don't know what's keeping him.
440
00:18:21,417 --> 00:18:24,077
Could you ask the waiter
to bring me a red wine?
441
00:18:24,166 --> 00:18:27,246
[Carrie] She hadn't expected
to be caught out in public alone
442
00:18:27,333 --> 00:18:28,753
without a book, or a project,
443
00:18:28,834 --> 00:18:31,174
or any of her
dining-out-alone armor.
444
00:18:31,250 --> 00:18:34,500
She had nothing to do
but sit and wait for him.
445
00:18:36,333 --> 00:18:37,753
By now,
she knew that "we" William
446
00:18:37,834 --> 00:18:39,754
wasn't ever going to show up.
447
00:18:39,834 --> 00:18:41,754
He was one of those men
who faked a future
448
00:18:41,834 --> 00:18:44,134
to get what he wanted
in the present.
449
00:18:45,417 --> 00:18:46,457
[busboy] More water?
450
00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:49,042
No, no more water.
451
00:18:49,125 --> 00:18:52,625
[Carrie] She felt exposed,
vulnerable, like a fool.
452
00:18:52,709 --> 00:18:54,249
[gasps] Oh!
453
00:18:55,125 --> 00:18:57,625
My God, people are looking.
454
00:18:58,125 --> 00:19:01,205
-I'm so embarrassed.
-[busboy] It's okay, it's okay.
455
00:19:01,834 --> 00:19:03,214
Where's the ladies'...
456
00:19:03,291 --> 00:19:04,171
[busboy] This way.
457
00:19:04,250 --> 00:19:05,580
Show me the ladies' room.
458
00:19:10,792 --> 00:19:11,792
You okay?
459
00:19:12,166 --> 00:19:14,166
Thank you.
You're very sweet.
460
00:19:15,458 --> 00:19:17,378
I'm not usually like this.
461
00:19:17,458 --> 00:19:20,628
I can't believe I fell
for some guy's line.
462
00:19:21,041 --> 00:19:25,001
But, sometimes you
just need to hear "we".
463
00:19:25,959 --> 00:19:27,039
You know?
464
00:19:29,417 --> 00:19:32,287
[Carrie] Samantha let
the Pakistani busboy kiss her.
465
00:19:32,375 --> 00:19:35,415
After all, he'd been so sweet
and attentive with the bread.
466
00:19:35,500 --> 00:19:37,790
You take me home,
you're not alone.
467
00:19:37,875 --> 00:19:40,825
[Carrie] As Samantha looked
into his sweet and hopeful eyes,
468
00:19:40,917 --> 00:19:42,537
she realized something.
469
00:19:42,625 --> 00:19:44,325
No matter how much it hurts,
470
00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:47,747
sometimes it's better
to be alone than fake it.
471
00:20:04,458 --> 00:20:05,828
Meanwhile, downtown...
472
00:20:05,917 --> 00:20:07,787
I just heard the funniest
thing I'd ever heard
473
00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:09,415
from a man I just met.
474
00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:12,875
[laughs] Oh, my God.
I'm sorry, oh, your pants...
475
00:20:12,959 --> 00:20:13,919
I'm sorry.
476
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,630
-[man] It's fine.
-God, I'm sorry.
477
00:20:17,291 --> 00:20:18,831
Well, fuck you!
478
00:20:19,542 --> 00:20:21,132
Exclamation point.
479
00:20:21,208 --> 00:20:23,998
Okay, you little tartini,
time to go home.
480
00:20:24,083 --> 00:20:25,173
-What?
-You've had enough.
481
00:20:25,250 --> 00:20:26,380
Oh, c'mon, it's early.
482
00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:27,998
It's 2:00 a.m. on a Tuesday.
483
00:20:28,375 --> 00:20:29,705
[Carrie] Oh, Stanford, just go.
484
00:20:29,792 --> 00:20:31,132
Go, go, go home,
485
00:20:31,208 --> 00:20:33,458
take your tired,
fabulous ass home.
486
00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:35,666
I want to meet cute guys.
487
00:20:35,750 --> 00:20:39,130
Everyone here is gay, gay, gay.
488
00:20:40,709 --> 00:20:41,879
I don't think so.
489
00:20:41,959 --> 00:20:43,249
[Stanford chuckles]
490
00:20:54,959 --> 00:20:55,999
You need a light?
491
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,500
[Carrie] His name was Jake.
492
00:20:58,583 --> 00:21:00,503
He was everything
I was looking for that night.
493
00:21:01,250 --> 00:21:03,670
Single, straight, and a smoker.
494
00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:07,543
There wasn't quite
as much smoke uptown.
495
00:21:07,792 --> 00:21:09,632
How's that?
Ooh! Is that better now?
496
00:21:09,709 --> 00:21:11,879
Oh, how about now,
how about now?
497
00:21:11,959 --> 00:21:14,579
[Carrie]
Miranda's two-day tutorial
with her ophthalmologist
498
00:21:14,667 --> 00:21:17,707
had turned lovemaking
into a kind of naked eye exam.
499
00:21:17,792 --> 00:21:19,082
Maybe we should just
500
00:21:19,166 --> 00:21:21,286
try and let it
happen for a second.
501
00:21:21,375 --> 00:21:22,575
-I wanna do it right.
-Yeah.
502
00:21:22,667 --> 00:21:24,537
Oh, oh, how's that, how's that?
503
00:21:24,625 --> 00:21:26,745
[Carrie] Even with all Josh's
good intentions,
504
00:21:26,834 --> 00:21:29,044
Miranda found herself no closer.
505
00:21:29,125 --> 00:21:31,665
She realized she was
not a jet engine.
506
00:21:31,750 --> 00:21:33,960
She was a lot more complicated.
507
00:21:34,041 --> 00:21:35,381
It would never work
between them.
508
00:21:35,458 --> 00:21:38,788
I'm close, I'm close.
Are you close?
I'm close.
509
00:21:38,875 --> 00:21:40,285
[Carrie] She wanted
to give him something
510
00:21:40,375 --> 00:21:42,455
for learning so much
and trying so hard.
511
00:21:42,542 --> 00:21:44,752
So, Miranda came.
512
00:21:44,834 --> 00:21:46,634
[Miranda screams]
513
00:21:46,709 --> 00:21:49,419
She came out of retirement
for one final performance.
514
00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,670
-[Miranda screams]
-Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
515
00:21:52,750 --> 00:21:54,250
I'm the man.
516
00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:00,540
[both laugh]
517
00:22:00,625 --> 00:22:01,415
Oh!
518
00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:02,670
-Hey!
-Hey!
519
00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:05,460
You wanna go
for a ride in my Porsche?
520
00:22:05,542 --> 00:22:06,752
Fabulous.
521
00:22:09,917 --> 00:22:11,707
[tires screech]
522
00:22:13,208 --> 00:22:14,498
I need some smokes.
523
00:22:15,250 --> 00:22:16,420
Do you want anything?
524
00:22:32,083 --> 00:22:33,423
I'll be right back.
525
00:22:38,542 --> 00:22:39,582
Hey, how you doing?
526
00:22:39,667 --> 00:22:41,497
I want a pack
of Marlboro Lights.
527
00:22:41,583 --> 00:22:44,003
[Carrie] I looked at myself
in the mirror.
528
00:22:44,083 --> 00:22:46,673
What had I been
so afraid of all week?
529
00:22:46,750 --> 00:22:49,210
I was still young,
still desirable.
530
00:22:49,291 --> 00:22:51,131
I would never wind up alone.
531
00:22:52,709 --> 00:22:54,499
[Jake] Is this you?
532
00:22:54,583 --> 00:22:56,383
[Carrie] And there it was.
533
00:22:56,458 --> 00:22:59,418
My question mark staring me
right in the face.
534
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,790
Was that me?
535
00:23:01,875 --> 00:23:03,705
And then I realized,
if I went home with him,
536
00:23:03,792 --> 00:23:05,752
it would be the only time
I'd ever slept with a man
537
00:23:05,834 --> 00:23:07,174
to validate my life.
538
00:23:07,250 --> 00:23:09,130
The question mark would
no longer be a question,
539
00:23:09,208 --> 00:23:10,538
it would be a fact.
540
00:23:10,625 --> 00:23:11,875
You know what, I gotta go home.
541
00:23:11,959 --> 00:23:14,629
No way, I'm not letting you out.
542
00:23:15,166 --> 00:23:16,246
Fine.
543
00:23:27,375 --> 00:23:28,495
Charlotte... [sighs]
544
00:23:28,583 --> 00:23:30,293
I think I should go
to Salt Lake City.
545
00:23:30,375 --> 00:23:31,625
Give it a try.
546
00:23:32,166 --> 00:23:33,746
Oh, no, really?
547
00:23:33,834 --> 00:23:35,714
[Carrie]
Charlotte was faking it.
548
00:23:35,792 --> 00:23:36,922
She'd realized two days ago
549
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,170
that while she had no problem
550
00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,130
with the idea of faking
orgasms,
551
00:23:40,208 --> 00:23:41,998
she could never fake intimacy.
552
00:23:42,083 --> 00:23:43,673
My heart's still in acting.
553
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,750
I'm not ready to let it go.
554
00:23:45,834 --> 00:23:47,254
[Carrie] Tom was faking, too.
555
00:23:47,333 --> 00:23:48,793
He was mostly just
sick of New York
556
00:23:48,875 --> 00:23:50,995
and needed an excuse to leave.
557
00:23:51,875 --> 00:23:53,205
I'll miss you.
558
00:23:55,291 --> 00:23:57,291
I'll miss you, too.
559
00:23:57,375 --> 00:23:59,875
[Carrie] It was a perfectly
timed double fake.
560
00:23:59,959 --> 00:24:03,959
Under any other circumstances,
they could have shared
a very long life together.
561
00:24:04,041 --> 00:24:06,831
Over the next week,
things pretty much returned
to normal.
562
00:24:06,917 --> 00:24:09,327
[telephone rings]
563
00:24:09,875 --> 00:24:10,875
[answering machine beeps]
564
00:24:10,959 --> 00:24:12,749
[Josh] Miranda, babe, it's Josh.
565
00:24:12,834 --> 00:24:14,254
I'm home, give me a call.
566
00:24:14,333 --> 00:24:17,423
[Carrie] Miranda forgot
to return Josh's last call.
567
00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:19,250
Samantha made peace
with her feelings
568
00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:21,333
about "we" William,
569
00:24:21,417 --> 00:24:23,537
and Charlotte learned
you don't have to rely
570
00:24:23,625 --> 00:24:24,875
on men's affections
571
00:24:24,959 --> 00:24:26,829
to get things fixed
around the house.
572
00:24:26,917 --> 00:24:28,127
You can pay them.
573
00:24:28,208 --> 00:24:31,378
And as for me,
after I was recycled,
574
00:24:31,458 --> 00:24:32,998
I decided instead
of running away
575
00:24:33,083 --> 00:24:35,133
from the idea of a life alone,
576
00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:37,458
I'd better sit down
and take that fear to lunch.
577
00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:38,462
Waiting for someone?
578
00:24:38,542 --> 00:24:40,002
Oh, no, it's just me.
579
00:24:41,208 --> 00:24:42,378
Thanks.
580
00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:45,210
So, I sat there
581
00:24:45,291 --> 00:24:46,881
and had a glass of wine,
582
00:24:46,959 --> 00:24:48,289
alone.
583
00:24:48,375 --> 00:24:53,285
No books, no man,
no friends, no armor,
584
00:24:53,375 --> 00:24:54,705
no faking.