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Season 1

1- 1. 01 Sex and the city
aired: 6 Jun 98

Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Written by: Darren Star

"It's like the riddle of the Sphinx... why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men?" - Carrie

Guess stars: Bruce McCarty (Peter Mason) Jeffrey R. Nordling (Capote Duncan) Bill Sage (Kurt Harrington) Scott Bryce (Tim) Donna Hanover (Realtor) Sarah Wynter (Elizabeth) Johnny Cienatiempo (Driver) Navia Nguyen (Tatiana) Chris Noth (Mr. Big) Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch) Ben Weber (Skipper Johnston)

At Miranda's thirty-something birthday party Carrie, Samantha and Miranda decide to start having sex like men, without feeling, but Charlotte doesn't buy into it. Carrie steps up to the plate first and has sex with an ex-boyfriend but to her surprise he's fine with being used as a sex object. As she leaves she bumps into Mr. Big who she'll later see again at Chaos.

Miranda is set up with Carrie's friend Skipper and she hates him but he really likes her.

Charlotte thinks she's found a great guy in Capote Duncan until she tells him she has to be up early in the morning and he asks her to split a cab so he can go to Chaos and get laid.

Samantha hits on Mr. Big relentlessly at Chaos and he shoots her down every time so she ends up hooking up with Charlotte's date for the evening, Capote Duncan.

Carrie is left alone and can't catch a cab and is about to walk home when Mr. Big's car pulls up and he gives her a ride.

2- 1.02 Models and mortals
aired 6 Jun 98

Directed by: Allison Maclean
Written by: Darren Star

"Suddenly, I felt like I was wearing patchouli in a room full of Chanel." - Carrie

Guess stars: David Andrew Macdonald (Greg) Gabriel Macht (Barkley) Josh Pais (Nick Waxler) Emily Cline (Ashleigh B) Sandra Daley (Deanne) Katie Finneran (Ellen) Andy Fowle (Dave) Michelle Griffin (Misha) Amanda Harker (Marissa) Ryohei Hoshi (Korean grocer) Jo-Jo Lowe (Cassie Fields) Montse Viader (Xandrella) James Hyde (Brad Fox) Tully Jensen (Yvette) Chris Noth (Mr. Big) Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch) Ben Weber (Skipper Johnston)

Miranda goes out with a guy and is told after dinner by two of his female friends that he's a modelizer, a man who only dates models. She tells Carrie and Carrie decides to write her next column on modelizers.

She goes to see Barkley, another modelizer, and he tells her the secrets of dating models and then he shows her his collection of pornographic videos featuring himself and his many model conquests.

She later goes to a fashion show with Samantha and Stanford and Stanford introduces her to a model client of his named Derrick. Barkley shows up and Carrie tells Samantha that he's a modelizer and that he videotapes his conquests but she doesn't care and she ends up in his video collection.

Carrie bumps into Mr. Big again at the after-show party but ends up going home with Derrick. Stanford is jealous because he thinks she slept with him but when she tells him differently he says he knew he was gay.

Skipper runs into Miranda at the store and asks her why she hasn't returned any of his calls. She comes up with an excuse and he tells her that he thinks she's luminous and they end up going back to her place.

3- 1.03 Bay of married pigs
21 Jun 98

Directed by: Nichole Holofcener
Written by: Darren Star

"I'm determined to make partner in this firm, even if I have to be a lesbian partner." - Miranda

Guess stars: Jennifer Guthrie (Patience) Joanna P Adler (Syd) Remy Auberjonois (Waiter) Kristen Behrendt (Rebecca) H. Jon Benjamin (Jeff) Karen Braga (Intellectual woman) John Connolly (David) Kerrianne Spellman Cort (Anne) Andrew Fiscella (Working-class guy) David Forsythe (Senior partner ?Chip?) Karl Geary (Tommy) Isabel Gillies (Elaine) Melora Griffis (Young 30s woman) David Healey (Peter) Lou Liberatore (Lou) Scott Rabinowitz (Sean) Peter Reardon (Paul) Peter Rini (Joe) Stephanie Venditto (Lisa) Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch)

Carrie is secretly set up by married friends and she decides to try him on to see if he fits when she discovers that he's looking to get married. He buys a new place and he invites her to the house warming party and tells her to bring her friends. She brings Charlotte and Samantha so they can meet men but when they get there they discover that all the guests are married couples.

Samantha gets extremely drunk and Charlotte lets her stay over at her place. In the middle of the night while Charlotte is asleep Samantha, still drunk, goes downstairs and gets the doorman to come upstairs and have sex.

Miranda, believing that she's a lesbian, is set up with another woman. She decides to let her co-workers believe it hoping that it'll help her get further in her career but then she decides that she can't keep up the charade and comes clean.

Carrie decides that her marrying man doesn't fit so she dumps him on Charlotte but he doesn't fit Charlotte either

4- 1.04 Valley of the twenty-something guys
28 Jun 98

Directed by: Alison Maclean
Written by: Michael Patrick King

"There are no available men in their thirties in New York. Giuliani had them removed along with the homeless." -Miranda

Guess stars: Timothy Olyphant (Sam) Daniel Gerroll (Mr. Marvelous) Kohl Sudduth (Jon) French Napier (Jock guy) Upendran Panicker (Cab driver) Michael Parr (Groovy guy) Josh Stamberg (Brian) Robert Steinman (Salesperson) Andre Vippolis (Underage guy) James A Wolf Jr (Corporate guy) Chris Noth (Mr. Big)

Carrie and Samantha start dating guys in their twenties. Carrie dates Sam and at first all they do is kiss but it soon escalates to sex and Carrie breaks it off when she wakes up and sees his messy apartment and realizes that she's too old to date a guy in his twenties.

Samantha dates Jon and she can't believe how good the sex is but she too breaks it off with him after he makes a comment about the wrinkles in her neck.

Charlotte doesn't know what to do when her current boyfriend wants to have anal sex with her. She talks to Carrie, Samantha and Miranda and finally decides not to do it because she doesn't want to be known as the up the butt girl.

5- 1.05 The power of female sex
5 Jul 98

Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Written by: Jenji Kohan

"Where's the line between professional girlfriend, and just plain professional?" -Carrie

Guess stars: Charles Keating (Neville Morgan) Carole Raphaelle Davis (Amalita Amalfi) Ed Fry (Gilles) Sean Arbuckle (Salesperson) Kennedy Brown (Waiter) Jordi Caballero (Mario) Mimi Langeland (Hostess) Phyllis Somerville (Gertrude) Ben Weber (Skipper Johnston)

Neville Morgan, a famous artist, visits Charlotte's gallery and invites her out to his Connecticut home.

Carrie is introduced to a handsome French architect, who takes pity on her temporarily straitened circumstances. Skipper confesses to Carrie that he's becoming hooked on Miranda.

At his studio, Morgan shows Charlotte his new works, and asks her to pose for him, which creates the question of whether her awe of him as an artist will outweigh her modesty.

6- 1.06 Secret sex
12 Jul 98

Directed by: Michael Fields
Written by: Darren Star

"A guy can just as easily dump you if you fuck him on the first date as he can if you wait until the tenth." -Samantha

Guess stars: Michael Port (Mike) David Aaron Baker (Ted Baker) Heather Barclay (Libby Biyalick) Philip Coccioletti (Mr. Big's friend) Glenn Fleschler (Schmuel) Chris Noth (Mr. Big)

Carrie has a photo session to promote her book. She has an official first date with Mr. Big. She researches people who have relationships in secret.

Miranda discovers her boyfriend's fetish.

When Mr. Big doesn't show up to see the maiden voyage of her promotional poster on the side of a bus, Carrie suspects she is only his secret lover, and confronts him.

7- 1.07 The monogamists
19 Jul 98

Directed by: Darren Star
Written by: Darren Star

"You wouldn't commit to a nice guy, given the option?" -Carrie
"I can't even commit to a long-distance carrier." -Stanford

Guess stars: Deborah Zoe (Melissa) Justin Theroux (Jared) Caroline Aaron (Pamela Glock) Jack Koenig (Michael Conway) James McCaffrey (Max) Avalon (Julia) Todd Barry (Ordinary guy) Michael Dale (Rick Connelly) Melissa Darling (Almost together woman) Kate Jennings Grant (Alison Roth) Susan Malfitano (Ordinary woman) John Scurti (Chunky gay guy) Michael Spiller (Slick guy) Chris Noth (Mr. Big) Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch) Ben Weber (Skipper Johnston)

Carrie is spending all her time with Mr. Big, and then finds he's not being exclusive, which she can't handle.

Miranda has broken up with Skipper, but when she sees him out with another woman, she tries to get back together, on a non-exclusive basis, which he can't handle.

Samantha goes apartment hunting, supposedly with a realtor on an exclusive basis, but actually continues to use others.

8- 1.08 Three's a crowd
26 Jul 98

Directed by: Nichole Holofcener
Written by: Jenny Bicks

You in a threesome? You won't even wear a thong!" -Samantha

Guess stars: Gerry Bamman (Shrink) Noelle Beck (Barbara) Joseph Murphy (Jack) Sherri Alexander (Peacock woman) Catherine Corpeny (Wife) Amy Delucia (Beautiful woman) Laura Ekstrand (Plain woman) P.J. Heslin (Husband) Toni James (Normal woman) Suzanne Smith (Long Island woman) Matthew Sussman (Wall St man) Carmi Turchick (Scottie) Jonathan Walker (Ken) Chris Noth (Mr. Big)

Charlotte is dating Jack, who wants a threesome, but she is unsure.

Carrie discovers that Mr. Big has an ex-wife, and feels threatened.

Samantha is seeing a married man; when his wife finds out, she proposes a threesome to keep their marriage together.

Miranda feels unattractive and looks for affirmation that she isn't.

9- 1.09 the turtle and the hare
2 Aug 98

Directed by: Michael Fields
Written by: Susan Kolinsky

"Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle." -Stanford

Guess stars: Haviland Morris (Brooke) Tim Wheeler (The Turtle) Sebastian Roch? (Jerry) Merrill Holtzman (Personal ad guy) Mimi Weddell (Stanford's grandmother) Chris Noth (Mr. Big) Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch)

Mr. Big tells Carrie he's never going to marry again, which unsettles her.

Miranda introduces the friends to the Rabbit, a mechanical aid, and Charlotte becomes addicted.

Stanford Blatch proposes to Carrie as a cover, so he can inherit his part of the family fortune.

10- 1.10 the baby shower
9 Aug 98

Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Written by: Terri Minsky

"I have low self-esteem, but I express it the healthy way... by eating a box of Double-Stuf Oreos." -Miranda

Guess stars: Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Laney Berlin) Betsy Aidem (Susan) Debbon Ayer (Mindy) Blair Hickey (Jonathan) Anne Lange (Gretchen) Toby Poser (Mother) Lois Robbins (Brigid) Robin Ruzan (Roxanne) Richard Toth (Fred) Welker White (Rebecca)

The four friends are invited to a baby shower out in Connecticut for Laney, a wild child turned soccer mom, gets the girls thinking about their futures and they each react differently.

Carrie is late, and wonders how she would be as a mother.

Charlotte is fearful she may never have the daughter for which she has been preparing her whole life, while Laney yearns for the freedom she sacrificed for her family

Samantha throws an I don't have a baby shower party.

11- 1.11 the drought
16 Aug 98

Directed by: Matthew Harrison
Written by: Michael Green and Michael Patrick King

"One month was interesting, two months was numbing... three months, I'm going out of my mind." -Miranda

Guess stars: Anthony DeSando (Siddhartha) David Lee Russek (Kevin) Dann Fink (Man) Joe Gately (Wall St guy) Angela McNally (Early thirties woman) Joe Mosso (Very married man) Ellen Synn (Korean woman) Ed Vassallo (Eddie) Chris Noth (Mr. Big)

Carrie's relationship with Mr. Big is moving into a more mundane, less physical stage, and she's worried whether it's due to her inadvertant flatulent indiscretion.

Charlotte is dating a former lover of Carrie's, and finds that he's not interested in sex anymore.

A foray into tantric celibacy leaves Samantha craving old-fashioned sex.

12- 1.12 oh come, all ye faithful
23 Aug 98

Directed by: Mathew Harrison
Written by: Michael Patrick King

"I was once with a guy the size of one of those little miniature golf pencils. I couldn't tell if he was trying to fuck me or erase me." -Miranda

Guess stars: Jamie Goodwin (James) John Benjamin Hickey (Thomas John Anderson) Marian Seldes (Mrs. Big) Duane Boutte (Allanne) Marcia Jean Kurtz (Noanie) Novella Nelson (Mme Lordes) Lazaro Perez (Interpreter) Christopher Wynkoop (Minister) Chris Noth (Mr. Big) Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch) Ben Weber (Skipper Johnston)

Carrie discovers Mr. Big takes his mother to church on Sundays and Mr. Big introduces Carrie to his mother as a friend, causing Carrie to ponder where their relationship is headed

Miranda breaks up with Catholic Guy because of his sexual hangups and returns to Skipper's always open arms.

Samantha finally gives relationships a try, and falls in love with a perfect man, but soon finds out that size does matter.

Charlotte is dismayed to discover that all the fortune tellers in the city agree on one thing--her eternal status as a single woman.

Carrie breaks up with Mr. Big.

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