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The Best Episodes of Sex and the City

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Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 5 - The Power of Female Sex
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #1 - The Power of Female Sex

    S1:E5

    Carrie bumps into international party-girl Amalita and her latest man Carlo in a shoe store, who in turn introduce her to a French Architect, Gilles. He leaves Carrie $1,000 on the nightstand after a one-night stand. Charlotte meets Neville Morgan, a renowned artist, who paints pictures of her vagina for his latest exhibition.

    Director:Susan Seidelman
    Writer:Darren Star

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  2. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 13 - Games People Play
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Games People Play

    S2:E13

    Carrie starts going to therapy after obsessing about Big for too long. Offended by the diagnosis of dating men who are wrong for her, she dates cute fellow-patient Seth (Jon Bon Jovi)...a guy who loses interest in women after sleeping with them. Miranda plays "peek-a-boo" with her cute across-the-airshaft neighbor. Samantha dates a sports fanatic whose mood depends on who won the game that night.

    Director:Michael Spiller
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  3. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 17 - Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #3 - Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women

    S2:E17

    Carrie unexpectedly runs into Mr. Big—and his new 27-year-old girlfriend, Natasha—at a Hamptons party. Miranda tries in vain to have some mature fun in the Hamptons. Charlotte pretends to be in her twenties so she can date a cute 26-year-old. Samantha's 25-year-old ex-assistant is hired to throw a big Hamptons party using her Rolodex for the guest list.

    Director:Darren Star
    Writer:Darren Star

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  4. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 3 - The Freak Show
    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #4 - The Freak Show

    S2:E3

    Carrie turns freakish herself after dating a string of freaky guys and freaks out the very normal Ben when trying to discover his secret freakiness. Miranda dates "Manhattan Guy," a guy who hasn't left Manhattan in ten years. Charlotte dates the renowned "Mr. Pussy" and tries to make a real relationship out of it. Samantha decides to get plastic surgery and freaks out during the consult.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  5. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 8 - The Man, the Myth, the Viagra
    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #5 - The Man, the Myth, the Viagra

    S2:E8

    A frustrated Carrie tries to get Big to make time to meet the girls. Miranda meets Steve Brady, a cute bartender who wants to be more than a one-night stand. Samantha dates an incredibly wealthy man in his seventies with a sumptuous lifestyle and a pocket full of Viagra.

    Director:Victoria Hochberg
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  6. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 15 - Hot Child in the City
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #6 - Hot Child in the City

    S3:E15

    Carrie dates a hunky comic-book store owner who still lives with his parents. Miranda gets braces. Charlotte is shocked when she catches the supposedly impotent Trey masturbating. Samantha's latest client is Jenny Brier (Kat Dennings), a 13-year-old Jewish-American princess, planning her million-dollar bat mitzvah.

    Director:Michael Spiller
    Writer:Allan Heinberg

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  7. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 12 - Just Say Yes
    6.9/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Just Say Yes

    S4:E12

    Aidan proposes to Carrie. Charlotte discusses adoption with Trey, but hits a wall when Bunny finds out that the baby could be Chinese. Miranda tells Steve she's having his baby. Samantha starts sleeping with her boss, Richard Wright.

    Director:David Frankel
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  8. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 10 - The Caste System
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #8 - The Caste System

    S2:E10

    Carrie gets fed up with high society while at an Upper East Side party with Big. Miranda and Steve have an argument over money and social status. Charlotte meets Wiley Ford, the movie star and joins his entourage. Samantha dates a wealthy real-estate developer with a Southeast Asian live-in servant who has her master wrapped around her little finger.

    Director:Allison Anders
    Writer:Darren Star

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  9. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 12 - La Douleur Exquise!
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #9 - La Douleur Exquise!

    S2:E12

    Carrie is horrified when Big casually tells her he's moving to Paris for seven months. Miranda dates a man who only wants to have sex in places where they might get caught. Charlotte meets Buster, a high-end shoe salesman with a serious foot fetish. Samantha introduces the girls to a hot new S&M restaurant.

    Director:Allison Anders
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  10. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 18 - Ex and the City
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Ex and the City

    S2:E18

    After learning of Big's engagement, a freaked-out Carrie tries to cope with the ramifications. Miranda sleeps with Steve for the first time after their breakup. Charlotte tries to overcome her fear of horseback riding. Samantha dates a guy who's "Mr. Too-Big", determined to overcome his over-endowment.

    Director:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  11. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 2 - Politically Erect
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Politically Erect

    S3:E2

    Carrie continues dating her politician beau, but finds his sexual fetish to be anything but 'golden'. Miranda doesn't know how to respond when Steve asks her to "go steady". Charlotte throws a "used date" party to find a new man. Samantha dates a short man who shops at the Boy's Department in Bloomingdale's.

    Director:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Darren Star

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  12. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 2 - The Real Me
    6.7/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The Real Me

    S4:E2

    Carrie is reluctant when asked to be a celebrity model in a high-profile fashion show. Miranda gets a lesson in confidence when a buff guy at the gym asks her out. Charlotte works up the courage to look at her "depressed" vagina in a hand-mirror. Samantha immortalizes herself by having nude photographs taken.

    Director:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  13. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 1 - Take Me Out to the Ballgame
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Take Me Out to the Ballgame

    S2:E1

    Carrie meets "the new Yankee," Joe, at a baseball game, all the while preparing for her first post-breakup encounter with Big. Miranda gets fed up with the girls always talking about men. Samantha gets frustrated with James' "deficiencies". Charlotte dates a guy named Paul Ericson who has a tendency to adjust his package... a lot.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  14. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 7 - The Chicken Dance
    6.6/10(8 votes)

    #14 - The Chicken Dance

    S2:E7

    Carrie gets fed up with Big's inability to pay attention to her. Miranda inadvertently sets her interior designer up with a long-distance would-be boyfriend, and they marry after only four weeks. Charlotte has a "warp speed" relationship with a guy she meets at the wedding. Samantha is upset when she experiences "déjà-screw": sleeping with a guy she previously did fifteen years ago.

    Director:Victoria Hochberg
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  15. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 9 - Easy Come, Easy Go
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Easy Come, Easy Go

    S3:E9

    Big tells Carrie that he's leaving his wife. Miranda deals with her breakup and Steve moving out of the apartment. After meeting the MacDougal family matriarch, Charlotte maneuvers Trey into making an "alrighty" proposal. Samantha is upset when dating a hot guy with "funky spunk".

    Director:Charles McDougall
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  16. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 17 - What Goes Around Comes Around
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #16 - What Goes Around Comes Around

    S3:E17

    Carrie decides, after a broad-daylight Manolo mugging, that she must clear herself of bad karma and decides she needs to talk with Natasha about her affair with Big. Miranda dates a gorgeous NYPD detective and becomes self-conscious about her own looks. Unhappily-married Charlotte struggles with her lust for a hunky gardener; she and Trey decide to separate. Samantha meets another Sam Jones, who turns out to be an NYU student and desperate virgin.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Darren Star

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  17. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 1 - The Agony and the 'Ex'-tacy
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #17 - The Agony and the 'Ex'-tacy

    S4:E1

    Carrie thinks about men and the future when no one shows up for her birthday party. Miranda confronts her married friends about her single life. Charlotte tries to deal with her separation from Trey. Samantha tries to seduce a celibate monk. The girls make a pact that they are soulmates, and men are nice guys to have fun with.

    Director:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  18. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 8 - My Motherboard, My Self
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #18 - My Motherboard, My Self

    S4:E8

    Carrie's laptop crashes, and when Aidan tries to help, she pushes him away. Miranda's mother dies unexpectantly, but at the funeral, her family is more upset by her single status. Charlotte becomes the "Martha Stewart of funerals". Samantha "loses" her orgasm.

    Director:Michael Engler
    Writers:Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky

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  19. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 16 - Ring a Ding Ding
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Ring a Ding Ding

    S4:E16

    Carrie is forced to buy her apartment back from Aidan or move out. Mr. Big writes her a check as a loan, but she doesn't know whether she should accept it. Charlotte doesn't know what to do with her engagement ring. Miranda has to refurbish her wardrobe after gaining pregnancy weight. Samantha tries to trick Richard into saying he loves her.

    Director:Alan Taylor
    Writer:Amy Harris

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  20. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 18 - I Heart NY
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #20 - I Heart NY

    S4:E18

    Carrie is shocked to find out that Big is moving to Napa, California and plans to give him a New York send-off. Charlotte begins dating another recent divorcé. Miranda prepares for the new baby as her delivery date nears. Samantha suspects Richard may be cheating on her.

    Director:Martha Coolidge
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  21. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 6 - Critical Condition
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #21 - Critical Condition

    S5:E6

    Carrie deals with her past with Aidan when she runs into Nina Katz, who had dated Aidan after he and Carrie split up. Charlotte gets a tough lawyer to go up against Bunny in a fight to keep her apartment. Miranda has no one to turn to when she needs help taking care of Brady. Samantha tries to return a spent vibrator, then spends some of her free time on Miranda.

    Director:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Alexa Junge

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  22. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 8 - I Love a Charade
    6.6/10(7 votes)

    #22 - I Love a Charade

    S5:E8

    The girls attend the Hamptons wedding of an over-the-hill socialite and a lounge singer whom they all thought was gay. Carrie encounters Jack Berger again. Charlotte goes public with her relationship with Harry. Miranda gets more comfortable with the baby and with her role as a mother. Samantha throws a huge party at Richard Wright's Hamptons house.

    Director:Michael Engler
    Writers:Michael Patrick King, Cindy Chupack

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  23. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 1 - Sex and the City
    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Sex and the City

    S1:E1

    At a birthday party for thirty-something Miranda, Carrie and her friends vow to stop worrying about finding the "perfect" male and start having sex "like men". Carrie has several encounters with tycoon heartthrob Mr. Big. Miranda starts dating nice-guy Skipper Johnston. Charlotte goes on a date with Capote Duncan, but when she tells him she won't have sex with him, he goes to a club and winds up going home with Samantha.

    Director:Susan Seidelman
    Writer:Darren Star

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  24. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 11 - Evolution
    6.5/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Evolution

    S2:E11

    Carrie tries to leave her mark at Big's place by leaving some personal items behind. Miranda finds out that one of her ovaries has stopped producing eggs. Charlotte dates Stefan, a pastry chef who she mistakenly thought was gay but is, in his own words, a "gay straight man". Samantha tries to get revenge on Dominic, her ex who broke her heart.

    Director:Pam Thomas
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  25. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 14 - The Fuck Buddy
    6.5/10(8 votes)

    #25 - The Fuck Buddy

    S2:E14

    Carrie tries to make a relationship with her "fuck buddy." Miranda dates an abusive, condescending lawyer. Charlotte becomes a free-wheeling dater and double-books dates with two guys on the same night. Samantha overhears the couple moaning next door, and decides to outdo them.

    Director:Alan Taylor
    Writer:Darren Star

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Power of Female Sex" is the best rated episode of "Sex and the City". It scored 7.1/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Susan Seidelman and written by Darren Star, it aired on 7/5/1998. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Games People Play".