1 00:00:57,625 --> 00:00:59,875 Life is all about making choices. 2 00:00:59,959 --> 00:01:02,499 Some choices, like who you marry, are big. 3 00:01:02,583 --> 00:01:04,673 While others... are even bigger. 4 00:01:04,750 --> 00:01:06,380 Hey, what do you think? 5 00:01:06,458 --> 00:01:07,998 The five dollar ones that last three days 6 00:01:08,083 --> 00:01:10,083 or the ten dollar ones that last five days? 7 00:01:10,166 --> 00:01:11,416 Either one. 8 00:01:12,333 --> 00:01:13,633 Three days. 9 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:16,040 Five dollars. 10 00:01:16,125 --> 00:01:18,535 Another choice is how to deal with an ex-boyfriend. 11 00:01:18,625 --> 00:01:22,245 Some women handle it coolly, calmly, while others... 12 00:01:22,333 --> 00:01:23,423 Fuck! 13 00:01:24,583 --> 00:01:25,833 Steve. 14 00:01:26,792 --> 00:01:29,252 -Go, go! -Oh, hey! Five dollar. 15 00:01:29,333 --> 00:01:30,833 You pay! Come back here! 16 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:41,997 He just looked so hurt 17 00:01:42,083 --> 00:01:44,633 like a kid in one of those big-eyed velvet paintings. 18 00:01:44,709 --> 00:01:47,789 -Oh, poor Steve. -Well, I'm sorry, I panicked. 19 00:01:47,875 --> 00:01:50,325 What was I gonna do, stand around and chitchat about the weather? 20 00:01:50,417 --> 00:01:52,327 The man has been inside me, for God's sakes. 21 00:01:52,417 --> 00:01:54,417 -Could I get some more Sweet 'N Low? Yeah, sure. 22 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:55,460 I have never been able to be friends 23 00:01:55,542 --> 00:01:56,632 with an ex-boyfriend. 24 00:01:56,709 --> 00:01:58,249 I meet those couples who stay friends 25 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:00,043 and I think how? How do they do that? 26 00:02:00,125 --> 00:02:03,035 I've never been able to be friends with any man. Why would I? 27 00:02:03,125 --> 00:02:05,035 Women are for friendships, men are for fucking. 28 00:02:05,125 --> 00:02:06,705 Honey, you have got to learn to form an opinion. 29 00:02:06,792 --> 00:02:08,792 Friendship is the bonus of a relationship. 30 00:02:08,875 --> 00:02:09,955 If they don't want the relationship, 31 00:02:10,041 --> 00:02:11,501 they don't get me as a friend. 32 00:02:11,583 --> 00:02:12,923 So, what, if you don't make it as a couple, 33 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,710 you withhold your friendship as punishment? 34 00:02:14,792 --> 00:02:16,292 Well, you make it sound so bad. 35 00:02:16,375 --> 00:02:18,575 Black widow spiders bite the heads off of their mates 36 00:02:18,667 --> 00:02:20,127 when they're through with them. 37 00:02:20,208 --> 00:02:22,288 I think withholding friendship is letting them off easy. 38 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:24,875 Hey, can you imagine, you guys? Instead of the whole awful breaking up scene, 39 00:02:24,959 --> 00:02:26,169 you're just like, "Hey, you, come here." 40 00:02:26,250 --> 00:02:27,130 And you're just, argghhh! 41 00:02:27,208 --> 00:02:28,538 And chomp their head off. 42 00:02:28,625 --> 00:02:29,955 -Believe me, 43 00:02:30,041 --> 00:02:32,381 I would love to be one of those people who's all, 44 00:02:32,458 --> 00:02:35,458 "We loved, thank you, you enriched my life, 45 00:02:35,542 --> 00:02:36,542 now, go, prosper." 46 00:02:36,625 --> 00:02:37,785 But I'm much more, 47 00:02:37,875 --> 00:02:40,245 "We didn't work out, you need to not exist." 48 00:02:42,125 --> 00:02:43,165 What? 49 00:02:43,250 --> 00:02:45,380 It's just... it's just so childish. 50 00:02:45,458 --> 00:02:47,578 Not you, the whole situation. 51 00:02:48,208 --> 00:02:50,998 I mean... we keep dresses we'll never wear again, 52 00:02:51,083 --> 00:02:53,213 and we throw away our ex-boyfriends. 53 00:02:54,583 --> 00:02:56,543 I'm not, I'm not saying that I'm any better. 54 00:02:56,625 --> 00:03:00,285 I mean, I'm not, you know, I haven't been able to be friends with Big, but... 55 00:03:00,917 --> 00:03:03,577 if you love someone and you break up, 56 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,417 where does the love go? 57 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,670 To their next girlfriend. 58 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:09,420 Oh, no, no, no, no. 59 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:10,830 That is a different love. 60 00:03:10,917 --> 00:03:13,127 There is no way that the love that I had with Big 61 00:03:13,208 --> 00:03:15,498 is the same thing that he has with Natasha. 62 00:03:15,583 --> 00:03:16,463 Natasha? 63 00:03:16,542 --> 00:03:17,672 When'd you stop calling her 64 00:03:17,750 --> 00:03:19,540 the idiot stick figure with no soul? 65 00:03:19,625 --> 00:03:22,415 About three weeks ago when I saw them at Café M. 66 00:03:22,750 --> 00:03:25,920 He was holding her hand and smiling and... 67 00:03:27,709 --> 00:03:29,129 I finally got it. 68 00:03:29,458 --> 00:03:32,958 They're happy... slash... we're over. 69 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:35,165 And it was okay. 70 00:03:38,792 --> 00:03:40,542 Natasha, what a bullshit name. 71 00:03:40,625 --> 00:03:41,825 -Totally. -Stupid. 72 00:03:41,917 --> 00:03:43,747 Yeah, it's complete bullshit. 73 00:03:43,834 --> 00:03:47,044 Later that night, I got to thinking about the ex-factor. 74 00:03:47,125 --> 00:03:50,825 In mathematics, we learned that "X" stands for the unknown. 75 00:03:50,917 --> 00:03:53,207 "A" plus "B" equals "X." 76 00:03:53,291 --> 00:03:55,131 But what's really unknown is... 77 00:03:55,208 --> 00:03:58,458 what plus what equals friendship with an ex? 78 00:03:58,542 --> 00:04:00,792 Is this an unsolvable equation? 79 00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:04,375 Or is it possible to transform a once passionate love 80 00:04:04,458 --> 00:04:06,208 into something that fits nice and easily 81 00:04:06,291 --> 00:04:08,581 onto the friendship shelf? 82 00:04:08,667 --> 00:04:10,707 I couldn't help but wonder... 83 00:04:10,792 --> 00:04:13,422 Can you be friends with an ex? 84 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:16,250 That Sunday afternoon, Miranda was sitting at home 85 00:04:16,333 --> 00:04:18,253 enjoying a Biscotti and the paper when... 86 00:04:23,834 --> 00:04:24,924 There it was... 87 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,330 her ex's head. 88 00:04:28,083 --> 00:04:30,133 I hear you breathing. 89 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,580 Yeah. Uh, hi. 90 00:04:35,667 --> 00:04:37,537 That was a shitty, shitty thing you did 91 00:04:37,625 --> 00:04:39,455 running away from me on the street. 92 00:04:39,709 --> 00:04:41,169 I didn't run. 93 00:04:41,333 --> 00:04:42,583 You ran. 94 00:04:42,667 --> 00:04:45,787 Well, I wasn't expecting to see you and I'm-- I-- 95 00:04:45,875 --> 00:04:47,995 It really hurt my feelings. 96 00:04:49,458 --> 00:04:52,168 Well, I don't do very well with ex-boyfriends, 97 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:53,460 and... 98 00:04:53,542 --> 00:04:56,422 Miranda, this is me. 99 00:04:57,083 --> 00:04:58,503 Steve. 100 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:04,710 Yeah. 101 00:05:05,166 --> 00:05:07,826 I held your head while you were sleeping. 102 00:05:13,500 --> 00:05:14,880 I'm sorry. 103 00:05:15,333 --> 00:05:18,253 -I'm so sorry. -It's okay, it's okay. 104 00:05:18,333 --> 00:05:21,173 I just, I hadn't seen you in so long 105 00:05:21,250 --> 00:05:22,460 and I missed you, 106 00:05:22,709 --> 00:05:24,789 and then I did that shitty thing. 107 00:05:24,875 --> 00:05:26,955 -It wasn't that shitty, really. -It was. 108 00:05:27,041 --> 00:05:28,131 It was a shitty thing. 109 00:05:28,208 --> 00:05:29,168 I'm a shitty person. 110 00:05:29,250 --> 00:05:30,460 You are not a shitty person. 111 00:05:30,542 --> 00:05:32,082 I am! I am shitty. 112 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:34,166 You would never do anything that shitty. 113 00:05:34,250 --> 00:05:35,750 What do you call showing up at your apartment 114 00:05:35,834 --> 00:05:38,214 in the middle of the afternoon and calling you shitty? 115 00:05:39,250 --> 00:05:41,250 Yeah, that was pretty shitty. 116 00:05:41,709 --> 00:05:44,629 You, you got a "bat in the cave." 117 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:51,463 I miss you. 118 00:05:52,792 --> 00:05:54,882 Whenever something funny happens, 119 00:05:54,959 --> 00:05:56,999 I always wanna tell you about it. 120 00:05:57,083 --> 00:05:58,253 So tell me. 121 00:05:59,417 --> 00:06:00,997 Just 'cause we didn't make it as a couple 122 00:06:01,083 --> 00:06:02,923 doesn't mean we can't have a friendly meal 123 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,750 once in a while, does it? 124 00:06:06,625 --> 00:06:08,075 I guess not. 125 00:06:08,709 --> 00:06:10,459 So what are you doing Friday? 126 00:06:11,667 --> 00:06:13,417 I have a date. 127 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:16,460 Looking forward to it, are you? 128 00:06:18,125 --> 00:06:21,785 As Miranda made plans to have dinner with her last love... 129 00:06:23,208 --> 00:06:27,458 Charlotte came face to face with the memory of her first... 130 00:06:28,583 --> 00:06:31,253 her horse, Taddy. 131 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:33,883 Charlotte's relationship with Taddy ended sadly 132 00:06:33,959 --> 00:06:36,959 when he threw her during a teen equestrian competition, 133 00:06:37,041 --> 00:06:39,001 causing her to break her collarbone 134 00:06:39,083 --> 00:06:41,713 and lose the blue ribbon. 135 00:06:41,792 --> 00:06:44,172 Her father promptly sold Taddy to another family 136 00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:46,080 and she hadn't been on a horse since. 137 00:06:50,625 --> 00:06:52,375 Charlotte wondered if maybe it was time 138 00:06:52,458 --> 00:06:54,288 to get back in the saddle again. 139 00:06:55,625 --> 00:06:57,325 Meanwhile, across town, 140 00:06:57,417 --> 00:07:00,787 Samantha was about to see a stallion of her own. 141 00:07:23,166 --> 00:07:24,206 Hi. 142 00:07:24,625 --> 00:07:26,625 I gotta tell you, you look amazing. 143 00:07:26,834 --> 00:07:28,584 Excuse me, but do I know you? 144 00:07:28,667 --> 00:07:30,077 No, not yet. 145 00:07:30,166 --> 00:07:31,456 But I was thinking that maybe 146 00:07:31,542 --> 00:07:33,422 you'd like to have dinner with me sometime. 147 00:07:33,667 --> 00:07:35,667 And what makes you think I'd like that? 148 00:07:36,291 --> 00:07:38,171 From the way you were just checking me out. 149 00:07:40,709 --> 00:07:43,249 Well, you get ten points for directness. 150 00:07:43,333 --> 00:07:44,923 Do I also get your phone number? 151 00:07:45,542 --> 00:07:46,882 I'm not sure yet. 152 00:07:48,542 --> 00:07:49,672 I tell you what. 153 00:07:51,250 --> 00:07:53,000 Here's my business card. 154 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:54,500 You call me. 155 00:07:55,166 --> 00:07:57,496 Blatantly picking a woman up on the street. 156 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,960 How'd you get to be so cocky? 157 00:08:00,041 --> 00:08:01,961 I was just born that way, I guess. 158 00:08:02,875 --> 00:08:06,325 At least consider meeting me for a friendly little drink. 159 00:08:07,166 --> 00:08:10,626 I'll think about it, Mr. Cocky. 160 00:08:10,709 --> 00:08:13,499 Please do. 161 00:08:23,125 --> 00:08:24,995 It was later that week when I spotted 162 00:08:25,083 --> 00:08:27,543 a Laura Ashley dress circa 1988 163 00:08:27,625 --> 00:08:30,745 still hanging in my closet, that I decided 164 00:08:30,834 --> 00:08:34,084 it was time to give my ex a friendly phone call. 165 00:08:39,875 --> 00:08:41,785 -Hello? 166 00:08:41,875 --> 00:08:44,125 I hadn't planned on the idiot stick figure 167 00:08:44,208 --> 00:08:46,828 with no soul answering. 168 00:08:46,917 --> 00:08:49,917 Then I remembered... Big had caller ID. 169 00:08:50,291 --> 00:08:51,581 Shit! 170 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:03,920 -Hello? -Well, hello yourself. 171 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,130 Hey, hello. 172 00:09:06,458 --> 00:09:07,418 Did you just call? 173 00:09:07,500 --> 00:09:09,250 No, well, uh, yes, 174 00:09:09,333 --> 00:09:11,633 but I-- I didn't, I didn't get to talk because, uh, 175 00:09:11,834 --> 00:09:18,714 I, uh, I hit the, accidentally I hit the, the thing, thing, so, you know, it, it hung up, 176 00:09:18,792 --> 00:09:21,132 uh, well, so, yes. 177 00:09:21,750 --> 00:09:23,000 And I, um... 178 00:09:23,083 --> 00:09:27,463 I, uh, I heard, um, Natasha, so apologize to her. 179 00:09:29,083 --> 00:09:30,583 So how is Natasha? 180 00:09:30,875 --> 00:09:31,995 Uh... 181 00:09:33,834 --> 00:09:34,924 great, um... 182 00:09:35,709 --> 00:09:36,959 she's great. 183 00:09:38,625 --> 00:09:39,915 How are you? 184 00:09:40,750 --> 00:09:42,670 I am a-okay. 185 00:09:43,625 --> 00:09:45,165 You sound a little nuts. 186 00:09:46,333 --> 00:09:48,833 Come on, can't you let one go by? 187 00:09:49,375 --> 00:09:50,825 This is weird, 188 00:09:51,041 --> 00:09:52,381 the first call. 189 00:09:52,458 --> 00:09:53,538 Right. 190 00:09:53,792 --> 00:09:55,832 Maybe I'd, I'd, I'd do better 191 00:09:55,917 --> 00:09:58,707 if I went with my little prepared speech. 192 00:09:58,792 --> 00:10:00,252 Oh, you have a speech, do you? 193 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:01,543 Okay. 194 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:06,420 I was wondering what you thought of 195 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:09,830 instead of pretending each other doesn't exist... 196 00:10:10,333 --> 00:10:12,673 we try to be friends or something. 197 00:10:15,834 --> 00:10:17,384 Well, I'd like that. 198 00:10:18,583 --> 00:10:20,043 I've been meaning to call you, 199 00:10:20,291 --> 00:10:22,421 but I didn't know if you wanted to hear from me, so I... 200 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:24,170 Do you want to have a lunch or something? 201 00:10:24,250 --> 00:10:25,670 Let's have a lunch. 202 00:10:30,625 --> 00:10:31,875 Thank you. 203 00:10:32,208 --> 00:10:33,288 Hi. -Hi. 204 00:10:33,375 --> 00:10:35,495 I have a 1:00 reservation. Bradshaw. 205 00:10:35,583 --> 00:10:38,133 I used to make our lunch reservations in Big's name. 206 00:10:38,208 --> 00:10:39,708 But today, I put it in mine. 207 00:10:39,792 --> 00:10:41,212 Because that's what friends do. 208 00:10:41,291 --> 00:10:43,711 Yes, the other party is already here. 209 00:10:44,709 --> 00:10:45,879 Thank you. 210 00:10:46,208 --> 00:10:47,328 Hey. 211 00:10:49,709 --> 00:10:51,539 -Hey. -Hi. 212 00:10:55,250 --> 00:10:57,420 Are you hungry? 'Cause I'm hungry. 213 00:10:57,500 --> 00:10:59,420 I got up at 6:00, worked out, 214 00:10:59,500 --> 00:11:00,750 hardly had any breakfast. 215 00:11:01,083 --> 00:11:03,833 They have a great Cobb salad here. 216 00:11:04,291 --> 00:11:05,881 So, what do you say, shall we eat? 217 00:11:06,083 --> 00:11:07,333 -Let's eat. -We'll eat. 218 00:11:07,417 --> 00:11:09,037 And that's when I realized it... 219 00:11:09,125 --> 00:11:10,665 Big was nervous. 220 00:11:10,750 --> 00:11:11,630 It was odd. 221 00:11:11,709 --> 00:11:12,749 The new friend part of me 222 00:11:12,834 --> 00:11:14,464 felt incredibly compassionate, 223 00:11:14,542 --> 00:11:17,832 while the old girlfriend part of me felt incredibly smug. 224 00:11:17,917 --> 00:11:19,457 Oh! You okay? 225 00:11:19,542 --> 00:11:21,212 Yeah, fine. 226 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,583 -Thank you. -Mm-hmm. 227 00:11:26,875 --> 00:11:28,575 Thank you. 228 00:11:30,166 --> 00:11:31,996 Well, you look good. 229 00:11:32,291 --> 00:11:33,921 Thank you, so do you. 230 00:11:34,166 --> 00:11:36,706 -Good afternoon. -Yeah. Thank you. 231 00:11:37,166 --> 00:11:39,126 The Cobb salad is very good here. 232 00:11:39,458 --> 00:11:41,078 Can I get you something to drink? 233 00:11:41,291 --> 00:11:42,921 Um, iced tea. 234 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:45,040 Uh, a mineral water. 235 00:11:47,417 --> 00:11:49,627 -Scotch. -Cosmopolitan. 236 00:11:52,625 --> 00:11:57,035 An hour later, I had solved the unsolvable friendship equation. 237 00:11:57,125 --> 00:11:59,035 238 00:11:59,125 --> 00:12:03,035 Cosmopolitans plus scotch equals friendship with an ex. 239 00:12:03,125 --> 00:12:04,955 -God! 240 00:12:05,417 --> 00:12:07,537 And what about your music? 241 00:12:07,750 --> 00:12:11,880 If I had to listen to freakin' "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" one more time. 242 00:12:11,959 --> 00:12:14,379 Hey, "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" is great stuff. 243 00:12:14,458 --> 00:12:16,418 Ten minutes after we're awake? 244 00:12:19,542 --> 00:12:21,082 Okay. 245 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,130 Tell me about the girl. 246 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:28,880 -Really? -Yeah! 247 00:12:28,959 --> 00:12:30,539 Friends talk about their relationships, 248 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:34,955 so, uh, go ahead, friend, tell me about the girl. 249 00:12:37,333 --> 00:12:38,713 Well... 250 00:12:39,667 --> 00:12:42,247 uh, um, she's, she's very sweet-- 251 00:12:42,333 --> 00:12:43,253 Okay, enough! 252 00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:44,543 Don't tell me about the girl. 253 00:12:44,625 --> 00:12:45,495 No can do. 254 00:12:45,583 --> 00:12:48,173 Uh, maybe we should make a pact. 255 00:12:48,542 --> 00:12:50,252 We don't talk about our relationships 256 00:12:50,333 --> 00:12:52,883 until they get really serious or something. 257 00:12:52,959 --> 00:12:54,169 Okay? 258 00:12:58,083 --> 00:12:59,213 Carrie... 259 00:13:01,542 --> 00:13:03,132 it is serious. 260 00:13:07,750 --> 00:13:08,830 We're engaged. 261 00:13:11,125 --> 00:13:13,165 I wanted you to hear it from me. 262 00:13:13,709 --> 00:13:15,039 Ow. 263 00:13:15,709 --> 00:13:17,629 I just got a splitting headache. 264 00:13:17,709 --> 00:13:21,419 Well... I-- I didn't know how to tell you, and... 265 00:13:22,583 --> 00:13:25,213 -and when you called for lunch-- -Engaged? 266 00:13:25,834 --> 00:13:27,134 How can you be engaged? 267 00:13:27,208 --> 00:13:29,748 You have a problem with commitment, remember? 268 00:13:30,375 --> 00:13:34,625 In fact, you told me you never wanted to get married again, 269 00:13:34,709 --> 00:13:35,789 ever. 270 00:13:35,875 --> 00:13:37,535 Well, things change. 271 00:13:37,625 --> 00:13:39,625 Meaning what? You just didn't want to marry me? 272 00:13:39,709 --> 00:13:41,959 -Look, Natasha and I-- -Don't say her name to me! 273 00:13:42,041 --> 00:13:44,631 Don't you dare say her name to me! 274 00:13:44,709 --> 00:13:47,209 You string me along for two years 275 00:13:47,291 --> 00:13:50,331 and then you marry some 25-year-old girl 276 00:13:50,417 --> 00:13:51,787 after only five months? 277 00:13:51,875 --> 00:13:53,415 -I did not string you along. -Okay, yeah, right. 278 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,330 Fine, that's right, you didn't string me along. 279 00:13:55,417 --> 00:13:57,957 You know what, I have to go. I have a headache. 280 00:13:58,959 --> 00:14:00,289 -You okay? -Yeah, I'm fine. 281 00:14:00,375 --> 00:14:02,165 Here-- -Don't help me! 282 00:14:02,250 --> 00:14:04,380 Don't you help me! 283 00:14:05,709 --> 00:14:07,289 Carrie, hold on, wait. 284 00:14:07,375 --> 00:14:09,495 -Wait, wait. -What? What, what is it? 285 00:14:09,583 --> 00:14:10,713 Don't end it like this-- 286 00:14:10,792 --> 00:14:12,172 No, you're the one that ended it like this. 287 00:14:12,250 --> 00:14:14,500 I was trying to be friendly. So you know what? 288 00:14:14,583 --> 00:14:16,833 This seems like a, a much better way to end things. 289 00:14:16,917 --> 00:14:17,827 So go, go. 290 00:14:17,917 --> 00:14:19,417 Be engaged, get married to, um, 291 00:14:19,500 --> 00:14:22,330 uh, Najinski, or whatever her name is. 292 00:14:22,417 --> 00:14:23,327 Have a nice life. 293 00:14:23,417 --> 00:14:24,957 Don't worry about me, I'm fine. 294 00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:27,423 -Ooh! -Oh! 295 00:14:27,500 --> 00:14:29,290 These steps are very dangerous. 296 00:14:30,542 --> 00:14:32,082 -Oh! 297 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:38,001 The next day, I had promised to hold Charlotte's hand 298 00:14:38,083 --> 00:14:40,253 while she attempted to go riding. 299 00:14:40,333 --> 00:14:42,963 Turned out she needed to hold mine as well. 300 00:14:43,208 --> 00:14:44,458 How you doing? 301 00:14:44,792 --> 00:14:47,582 Aside from the fact that my ex is engaged to a teenager 302 00:14:47,667 --> 00:14:52,457 and I've got horse shit on my $300 goddamn shoes, 303 00:14:53,291 --> 00:14:54,381 I'm doing okay. 304 00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:55,708 Well, I think you're amazing. 305 00:14:55,792 --> 00:14:58,252 I-- I would be in a hospital or something. 306 00:14:58,333 --> 00:15:00,083 -What the fuck is his problem? 307 00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:02,503 Oh, he, he's just got a stubborn streak. 308 00:15:03,458 --> 00:15:06,248 I mean, some horses, they, they never really like to be ridden. 309 00:15:06,333 --> 00:15:07,673 Taddy was like that when I first got him, 310 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:09,290 but then once I broke him in... 311 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:10,995 then he loved it. 312 00:15:11,375 --> 00:15:12,415 You know what? 313 00:15:12,500 --> 00:15:13,630 I broke in Big. 314 00:15:13,792 --> 00:15:14,832 I did. I broke him in. 315 00:15:14,917 --> 00:15:16,127 And now, the idiot stick figure 316 00:15:16,208 --> 00:15:17,828 with no soul gets to ride him. 317 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:19,670 Carrie, I'm... 318 00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:22,167 I'm really sorry. 319 00:15:22,625 --> 00:15:23,995 I know you are, sweetie. 320 00:15:24,250 --> 00:15:25,290 Thanks. 321 00:15:26,375 --> 00:15:28,825 Oh, damn! Damn! 322 00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:30,246 You see, this is what happens. 323 00:15:30,333 --> 00:15:31,793 You try to be friendly with an ex 324 00:15:31,875 --> 00:15:33,915 and you wind up knee deep in shit! 325 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:38,670 Perfect. 326 00:15:47,667 --> 00:15:49,577 Here you go, this is Pal. He's a good boy. 327 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:51,457 Oh, and he's brown. 328 00:15:51,542 --> 00:15:52,672 Taddy was brown, but, 329 00:15:52,750 --> 00:15:54,830 but he had white spots on his flank. 330 00:15:55,834 --> 00:15:57,584 Just stay till I'm on the horse, 331 00:15:57,667 --> 00:15:58,917 then you can go, okay? 332 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,290 Yeah, I'm here, it's all lovely. 333 00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:02,575 Go have fun. 334 00:16:03,875 --> 00:16:04,995 Hey, Pal. 335 00:16:05,083 --> 00:16:06,793 Here you go, foot in and up you go. 336 00:16:06,875 --> 00:16:09,205 As Charlotte placed her boot in the stirrup... 337 00:16:09,291 --> 00:16:12,501 all her bad memories of Taddy and broken bones 338 00:16:12,583 --> 00:16:14,883 and lost ribbons flooded over her. 339 00:16:16,417 --> 00:16:17,377 No! 340 00:16:18,542 --> 00:16:19,672 Can't. 341 00:16:20,083 --> 00:16:21,213 No, I can't. 342 00:16:21,291 --> 00:16:22,711 -Let's go. -You just paid. 343 00:16:22,792 --> 00:16:23,962 I said I can't! 344 00:16:24,041 --> 00:16:25,751 Hey, he's all saddled up. -I'm sorry. 345 00:16:28,458 --> 00:16:31,128 After a few "get to know each other phone calls," 346 00:16:31,208 --> 00:16:34,958 Samantha took up Mr. Cocky on his offer of a friendly drink. 347 00:16:35,041 --> 00:16:37,631 Turns out it was a very friendly drink. 348 00:16:37,709 --> 00:16:39,289 -Baby. -Oh! 349 00:16:39,375 --> 00:16:42,785 I want you to know that I never pick up guys on the street, 350 00:16:42,875 --> 00:16:44,915 unless they're very cute. 351 00:16:45,291 --> 00:16:47,211 So, get over here, you cutie, you. 352 00:16:47,291 --> 00:16:50,331 You know, before we go any further, 353 00:16:50,417 --> 00:16:53,287 I got-- I gotta warn you about somethin'. 354 00:16:54,041 --> 00:16:56,131 Warn me about what? 355 00:16:57,250 --> 00:16:58,830 I'm very well endowed. 356 00:16:59,083 --> 00:17:01,043 Ding, ding, ding. Jackpot. 357 00:17:02,208 --> 00:17:04,918 No, no, no, no. I'm serious. It's... 358 00:17:05,583 --> 00:17:06,883 It's huge. 359 00:17:07,333 --> 00:17:08,423 I mean... 360 00:17:09,625 --> 00:17:11,995 most women, they just can't handle it. 361 00:17:12,417 --> 00:17:15,667 Well, um, I'm not most women. 362 00:17:15,917 --> 00:17:18,917 So, unzip, and get over here. 363 00:17:22,917 --> 00:17:26,457 Samantha suddenly understood what made Mr. Cocky so cocky. 364 00:17:35,500 --> 00:17:36,710 I'm telling you, Carrie, 365 00:17:36,792 --> 00:17:39,082 it was like a wall of flesh coming at me. 366 00:17:39,166 --> 00:17:42,206 There is nothing scarier than a really big one coming at you. 367 00:17:42,291 --> 00:17:43,711 I didn't even want to get my mouth near it. 368 00:17:43,792 --> 00:17:45,672 I was afraid I'd get lockjaw. 369 00:17:45,750 --> 00:17:47,210 I mean, it was quite a shock. 370 00:17:47,291 --> 00:17:48,881 His hands are relatively tiny. 371 00:17:48,959 --> 00:17:51,129 Oh, don't tell me you believe that. 372 00:17:51,208 --> 00:17:52,708 Well, not anymore. 373 00:17:52,792 --> 00:17:55,002 I am really gonna have to psych myself up 374 00:17:55,083 --> 00:17:56,333 before I try it again. 375 00:17:56,417 --> 00:17:58,457 You're gonna try it again? Why? 376 00:17:58,709 --> 00:18:00,289 Because it's there. 377 00:18:00,375 --> 00:18:02,035 Sweetie, it's a penis, not Mount Everest. 378 00:18:02,125 --> 00:18:04,205 Well, let me tell you, if it was Mount Everest, 379 00:18:04,291 --> 00:18:07,081 last night I could only make it to Base Camp One. 380 00:18:07,166 --> 00:18:08,286 Wowsa! 381 00:18:08,375 --> 00:18:09,705 You dated Mr. Big, 382 00:18:09,792 --> 00:18:11,712 I'm dating Mr. Too Big. 383 00:18:12,166 --> 00:18:13,626 You know what, you're unbelievable. 384 00:18:13,709 --> 00:18:16,249 You, you broke up with James because he was too small, 385 00:18:16,333 --> 00:18:17,883 this guy's too big. 386 00:18:17,959 --> 00:18:19,749 Who are you, Goldicocks? 387 00:18:19,834 --> 00:18:20,924 Yep. 388 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,250 I'm looking for one that's just right. 389 00:18:24,333 --> 00:18:26,583 That night, after a friendly dinner, 390 00:18:26,667 --> 00:18:28,247 Steve and Miranda began to explore 391 00:18:28,333 --> 00:18:29,833 their newfound friendship. 392 00:18:29,917 --> 00:18:32,537 You know, if you were a real friend, you'd let me keep it. 393 00:18:32,625 --> 00:18:34,665 Yeah, sorry, that's one of the conditions of a break-up. 394 00:18:34,750 --> 00:18:36,750 You gotta give me back my fire department t-shirt. 395 00:18:36,834 --> 00:18:38,084 It fits me perfectly. 396 00:18:38,166 --> 00:18:39,786 Boo-hoo, tell it to the judge. 397 00:18:39,875 --> 00:18:40,875 Please? 398 00:18:40,959 --> 00:18:42,249 Nope. 399 00:18:45,959 --> 00:18:47,539 So thanks for coming out for dinner. 400 00:18:47,625 --> 00:18:50,125 Well, thanks for letting me pay, finally. 401 00:18:50,208 --> 00:18:52,998 Hey, that's what friends do, isn't it? 402 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:56,706 Well, goodnight. 403 00:18:59,542 --> 00:19:02,542 Right, that's what friends do, isn't it? 404 00:19:04,750 --> 00:19:07,920 Hey, I got another question for you. 405 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:11,880 Do friends kiss... 406 00:19:14,667 --> 00:19:15,877 here? 407 00:19:18,375 --> 00:19:19,415 No. 408 00:19:19,750 --> 00:19:20,880 Oh. 409 00:19:23,208 --> 00:19:24,828 Do friends kiss here? 410 00:19:30,083 --> 00:19:31,253 No. 411 00:19:33,291 --> 00:19:34,421 Oh. 412 00:19:36,333 --> 00:19:37,753 Do friends kiss... 413 00:19:39,959 --> 00:19:41,419 Yeah. 414 00:20:08,500 --> 00:20:11,080 So we had good reasons for breaking up, right? 415 00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:12,166 Yeah. 416 00:20:12,667 --> 00:20:15,917 Money, schedules, goals. 417 00:20:16,959 --> 00:20:18,459 Good reasons. 418 00:20:21,625 --> 00:20:22,825 So what now? 419 00:20:24,917 --> 00:20:26,627 Are we still just friends? 420 00:20:27,041 --> 00:20:30,131 Yeah, we're still just friends. 421 00:20:31,291 --> 00:20:32,961 Friends who have sex. 422 00:20:33,542 --> 00:20:34,672 Oh. 423 00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:54,075 And in a bed across town... 424 00:20:54,166 --> 00:20:55,496 You ready? 425 00:20:55,834 --> 00:21:00,134 Wait. 426 00:21:00,208 --> 00:21:02,168 After two advanced yoga classes 427 00:21:02,250 --> 00:21:05,000 and a hit of the best Hawaiian Gold she could find, 428 00:21:05,083 --> 00:21:08,583 Samantha was ready to take another run at Mount Everest. 429 00:21:08,667 --> 00:21:11,787 Okay, here we go. 430 00:21:14,333 --> 00:21:17,003 Nice and easy. 431 00:21:19,083 --> 00:21:20,673 Okay. 432 00:21:24,834 --> 00:21:26,584 That's it. 433 00:21:26,667 --> 00:21:28,827 -Mm-hmm. 434 00:21:28,917 --> 00:21:30,997 Easy-- ah, ah! 435 00:21:31,083 --> 00:21:34,423 -Easy. 436 00:21:34,834 --> 00:21:36,214 Okay. 437 00:21:37,041 --> 00:21:38,291 Oh. -Oh, good. 438 00:21:42,875 --> 00:21:45,415 Okay, here we go. 439 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,130 -Here we go? -Yeah. 440 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:51,708 You mean, we're not there yet? 441 00:21:52,291 --> 00:21:53,961 -No. -Okay, stop. 442 00:21:54,041 --> 00:21:56,251 Whoa, boy. 443 00:21:56,333 --> 00:21:57,383 Whoa, whoa. 444 00:22:01,083 --> 00:22:03,043 Can we just be friends? 445 00:22:06,625 --> 00:22:07,955 And just like that, 446 00:22:08,041 --> 00:22:11,251 Samantha made her very first male friend. 447 00:22:13,709 --> 00:22:15,419 The next day in Central Park, 448 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,540 Charlotte was making a new friend as well. 449 00:22:17,625 --> 00:22:20,075 Whoa, whoa. 450 00:22:20,417 --> 00:22:21,537 Good, Pal. 451 00:22:21,625 --> 00:22:22,825 She had decided she and Pal 452 00:22:22,917 --> 00:22:24,077 were moving too fast. 453 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:25,666 Before they could go any further, 454 00:22:25,750 --> 00:22:28,460 they needed to slow down and get to know each other better. 455 00:22:28,542 --> 00:22:32,292 Aw, you're a good boy, Pal. 456 00:22:32,875 --> 00:22:34,375 Does that feel good? 457 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,000 Do you like that? 458 00:22:36,083 --> 00:22:37,963 Oh, my Taddy liked that, too. 459 00:22:38,041 --> 00:22:40,921 Yes, I love my Taddy so much. 460 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,750 Oh, good boy. 461 00:22:43,834 --> 00:22:46,834 And with that gentle nudge from her new pal... 462 00:22:46,917 --> 00:22:49,917 all Charlotte's bad feelings about Taddy lifted 463 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,330 and she remembered just how much 464 00:22:51,417 --> 00:22:53,577 she had loved his cute white spots. 465 00:22:54,959 --> 00:22:56,879 Easy, easy. 466 00:22:57,417 --> 00:22:59,627 Okay. Go, boy, go! 467 00:23:05,333 --> 00:23:06,793 Woo-hoo! 468 00:23:20,375 --> 00:23:22,125 Hey, it's Carrie... I'm shoe shopping. 469 00:23:23,250 --> 00:23:25,290 It's me... are you there? 470 00:23:27,125 --> 00:23:28,785 Pick up if you're there. 471 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:32,750 You're not there. 472 00:23:34,166 --> 00:23:35,626 Okay. 473 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:42,130 Well, I'm calling to say I feel bad about last week. 474 00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:45,500 I... 475 00:23:46,834 --> 00:23:49,504 I didn't mean for it to happen like that. I... 476 00:23:52,125 --> 00:23:53,825 I thought you needed to know. 477 00:23:54,875 --> 00:23:57,995 I hated the idea of someone else telling you. 478 00:23:58,083 --> 00:24:01,633 Christ, I feel like a real shit. 479 00:24:01,709 --> 00:24:02,669 I'm sorry. 480 00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:04,960 I'm, I'm really sorry... 481 00:24:05,041 --> 00:24:09,381 I would, you know, I would never, ever hurt you deliberately-- 482 00:24:09,834 --> 00:24:11,214 I know you wouldn't. 483 00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:13,580 You're there? 484 00:24:13,667 --> 00:24:15,207 Yeah, I'm here. 485 00:24:21,083 --> 00:24:23,753 So... like I was saying... 486 00:24:23,834 --> 00:24:24,754 I'm sorry. 487 00:24:24,834 --> 00:24:26,384 No, I'm sorry, too. 488 00:24:27,542 --> 00:24:29,042 I shouldn't have reacted like that. 489 00:24:29,125 --> 00:24:30,375 I just... 490 00:24:32,083 --> 00:24:35,543 It was just such a shock. 491 00:24:37,208 --> 00:24:40,708 I guess it was a shock I needed to hear to move on or something. 492 00:24:43,458 --> 00:24:44,538 Yeah. 493 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:50,130 I wish you all the best. 494 00:24:50,208 --> 00:24:51,378 I do. 495 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,040 I hope you and Natasha will be very happy. 496 00:24:55,667 --> 00:24:56,877 Do you mean that? 497 00:24:57,250 --> 00:24:58,210 No, 498 00:24:59,458 --> 00:25:00,708 but I will. 499 00:25:01,458 --> 00:25:03,498 Really, really. 500 00:25:03,583 --> 00:25:10,383 I hope someday very soon we can all meet for a drink 501 00:25:10,458 --> 00:25:13,328 and be great friends. 502 00:25:13,417 --> 00:25:15,577 You know, like they do in the movies. 503 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:18,250 So... 504 00:25:20,417 --> 00:25:25,577 Bye. 505 00:25:38,083 --> 00:25:42,423 And I actually managed to hold on to those friendly feelings, until... 506 00:26:02,959 --> 00:26:05,539 I can't believe my ex-boyfriend is six blocks away 507 00:26:05,625 --> 00:26:08,495 at the Plaza right now having an engagement brunch. 508 00:26:08,583 --> 00:26:10,833 I can't believe he had the nerve to invite you. 509 00:26:10,917 --> 00:26:12,417 Oh, no, no, no, it's, it's my own fault. 510 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:16,290 I had to make the big, "let's be friends" speech. 511 00:26:16,959 --> 00:26:17,879 But who am I kidding? 512 00:26:17,959 --> 00:26:19,079 Big and I were never friends, 513 00:26:19,166 --> 00:26:20,786 we were something else. 514 00:26:21,792 --> 00:26:23,502 Something that apparently did not end with 515 00:26:23,583 --> 00:26:25,583 an engagement party at the Plaza. 516 00:26:25,834 --> 00:26:27,964 -Do we want another round? -What do you think? 517 00:26:28,041 --> 00:26:29,751 -Four more, please. -Coming right up. 518 00:26:29,834 --> 00:26:31,214 You know, I think I can actually 519 00:26:31,291 --> 00:26:33,671 "feel" them over there eating shrimp. 520 00:26:34,625 --> 00:26:35,915 It's just... 521 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,460 why her? 522 00:26:38,208 --> 00:26:39,538 I mean, really... 523 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:41,753 Why her? 524 00:26:41,834 --> 00:26:42,834 One word. 525 00:26:42,917 --> 00:26:45,747 Hubble. 526 00:26:45,834 --> 00:26:46,964 Oh, my God. 527 00:26:47,041 --> 00:26:48,041 Hubble! 528 00:26:48,333 --> 00:26:51,083 It is! It is so Hubble. 529 00:26:51,166 --> 00:26:53,126 -Who's Hubble? -Hubble! 530 00:26:53,208 --> 00:26:56,078 Robert "Hubble" Redford in The Way We Were . 531 00:26:56,166 --> 00:26:58,036 Oh, I love that movie. 532 00:26:58,125 --> 00:27:00,575 No, I love, love, love, that movie. 533 00:27:00,667 --> 00:27:01,787 Never saw it. 534 00:27:01,875 --> 00:27:04,415 Oh, my God! -What are you, an alien? 535 00:27:04,500 --> 00:27:06,250 How could you not have seen The Way We Were ? 536 00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:07,633 Chick film. 537 00:27:07,875 --> 00:27:11,745 Okay, Robert Redford is madly in love with Barbra Streisand... 538 00:27:11,834 --> 00:27:12,754 "Katie." 539 00:27:12,834 --> 00:27:13,794 K-K-K-Katie! 540 00:27:13,875 --> 00:27:14,875 Oh, K-K-K-Katie, right. 541 00:27:14,959 --> 00:27:16,289 Yeah, but he can't be with her 542 00:27:16,375 --> 00:27:18,455 because she's too complicated, 543 00:27:18,542 --> 00:27:20,962 and she has wild, curly hair. 544 00:27:21,041 --> 00:27:22,501 Hello? C-c-c-curly. 545 00:27:22,583 --> 00:27:24,173 Yeah. So he leaves her 546 00:27:24,250 --> 00:27:28,080 and marries this simple girl with straight hair. 547 00:27:28,166 --> 00:27:30,126 Ladies, 548 00:27:30,208 --> 00:27:32,998 The world is made up 549 00:27:33,083 --> 00:27:35,543 The simple girls and the Katie girls. 550 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,670 I'm a Katie girl. And where are our drinks? 551 00:27:38,750 --> 00:27:42,880 I always, always, always cry at the last scene of that movie, 552 00:27:42,959 --> 00:27:46,129 when she sees him in front of the hotel with his new wife. 553 00:27:46,208 --> 00:27:47,078 The simple girl. 554 00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:48,626 And she reaches up and-- 555 00:27:48,709 --> 00:27:50,079 And smooths his hair away. 556 00:27:50,166 --> 00:27:51,326 And she says to him, 557 00:27:51,417 --> 00:27:53,917 "Your girl is lovely, Hubble." 558 00:27:54,083 --> 00:27:56,673 And then, the music comes in. 559 00:27:56,750 --> 00:27:57,670 ♪ Memories ♪ 560 00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:59,040 Oh, my God. It's so good. 561 00:27:59,125 --> 00:28:01,665 ♪ Light the corners of my mind ♪ 562 00:28:01,750 --> 00:28:08,170 ♪ Misty water-colored memories Of the way we were ♪ 563 00:28:08,250 --> 00:28:09,630 Let me do my favorite part. 564 00:28:09,709 --> 00:28:10,829 ♪ Can it be? ♪ 565 00:28:10,917 --> 00:28:12,497 Oh, yes, yes! 566 00:28:12,583 --> 00:28:16,923 ♪ Can it be that it was All so simple then ♪ 567 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,250 ♪ Or has time rewritten Every line ♪ 568 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:25,463 ♪ If we had the chance To do it all again ♪ 569 00:28:25,542 --> 00:28:26,792 ♪ Tell me ♪ 570 00:28:26,875 --> 00:28:28,535 ♪ Would we? ♪ 571 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:30,423 Could we? 572 00:28:31,041 --> 00:28:34,081 ♪ Memories ♪ 573 00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:35,826 I miss James. 574 00:28:37,291 --> 00:28:39,461 Excuse me? 575 00:28:39,542 --> 00:28:42,082 After I left my friends, I found myself pulled 576 00:28:42,166 --> 00:28:44,456 to the site of the big engagement party. 577 00:28:44,542 --> 00:28:48,422 I had no intention of going in, but it was on my way home. 578 00:28:59,667 --> 00:29:01,167 Uh, one second. 579 00:29:02,959 --> 00:29:04,539 I had a choice. 580 00:29:04,625 --> 00:29:07,665 I could run, or I could stand and ask him the question 581 00:29:07,750 --> 00:29:09,170 that if I didn't ask, 582 00:29:09,250 --> 00:29:11,790 would haunt me the rest of my life. 583 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,290 I thought by the time I got here, 584 00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:14,705 I'd know what to say. 585 00:29:15,417 --> 00:29:16,627 And? 586 00:29:17,750 --> 00:29:19,040 Well... 587 00:29:19,125 --> 00:29:20,285 you're late. 588 00:29:20,667 --> 00:29:22,127 The party's over. 589 00:29:22,667 --> 00:29:24,037 I'll say it is. 590 00:29:26,500 --> 00:29:27,500 Funny. 591 00:29:29,041 --> 00:29:31,211 Anyway, I was just on my way home and-- 592 00:29:33,166 --> 00:29:34,166 Hey. 593 00:29:35,125 --> 00:29:36,825 I have a question for you. 594 00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,540 Why wasn't it me? 595 00:29:39,625 --> 00:29:41,705 -Carrie-- -No, seriously. 596 00:29:42,083 --> 00:29:44,673 I really need to hear you say it. 597 00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,126 Come on, be a friend. 598 00:29:51,166 --> 00:29:52,376 I don't know. 599 00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:55,205 It just got so hard... 600 00:29:56,583 --> 00:29:57,833 And she's... 601 00:30:00,041 --> 00:30:01,041 Yeah. 602 00:30:13,583 --> 00:30:15,583 Your girl is lovely, Hubble. 603 00:30:18,208 --> 00:30:19,538 I don't get it. 604 00:30:20,792 --> 00:30:22,332 And you never did. 605 00:30:30,375 --> 00:30:31,875 Easy girl, easy. 606 00:30:32,208 --> 00:30:33,208 Eas-- 607 00:30:41,834 --> 00:30:45,504 Then I had a thought, maybe I didn't break Big. 608 00:30:45,583 --> 00:30:49,293 Maybe the problem was he couldn't break me. 609 00:30:49,375 --> 00:30:52,825 Maybe some women aren't meant to be tamed. 610 00:30:52,917 --> 00:30:56,627 Maybe they need to run free until they find someone 611 00:30:56,709 --> 00:30:59,579 just as wild to run with.