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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 4 Episode 2 - The Real Me
    8.2/10(1115 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 8 - My Motherboard, My Self
    8.2/10(987 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 18 - I Heart NY
    8.2/10(998 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 12 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    8.1/10(913 votes)

    #4 - Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    S3:E12

    Carrie struggles to find the right time to tell Aidan about her affair. Miranda tells a guy she's a stewardess in hopes of getting a date. Charlotte has her dream wedding and marries Trey MacDougal—even after attempted late-night tryst reveals Trey's serious shortcomings. Cunning linguist Samantha sleeps with Trey's Scottish cousin, despite being unable to understand him.

    Director:Daniel Algrant
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  5. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 11 - Running with Scissors
    7.9/10(873 votes)

    #5 - Running with Scissors

    S3:E11

    Carrie continues her affair with Big, and tells Samantha after a girly night and Miranda after a drink on their cocktail night. Charlotte finds out by accident, when she bumps into them on the street together. No longer meeting in hotels where nobody knows them in to avoid getting caught,Natasha comes home early from the Hamptons catching Carrie in Big's apartment. She chases Carrie out, falls down the stairs and cracks her tooth. Carrie takes her to A&E where she tells Big "they are so over they need a new word for over". Miranda tries continually to get Carrie to end her affair. Charlotte hires stylist Anthony Marentino to help her find the perfect wedding dress. Samantha meets the "male version of herself", but he refuses to sleep with her because she hasn't had an HIV test.

    Director:Dennis Erdman
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  6. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 15 - Hot Child in the City
    7.9/10(1051 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 11 - Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
    7.9/10(841 votes)

    #7 - Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda

    S4:E11

    Carrie is reluctant to tell Aidan that she had an abortion when she was 22. Charlotte discovers she only has a fifteen percent chance of getting pregnant naturally. Miranda finds out she's pregnant by Steve, and debates whether or not to keep the baby. Samantha gets Lucy Liu as a client and tries to use the relationship to her advantage.

    Director:David Frankel
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  8. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 13 - The Good Fight
    7.8/10(824 votes)

    #8 - The Good Fight

    S4:E13

    Carrie and Aidan have a huge fight over the clutter in her apartment after Aidan moves in. Charlotte and Trey have a huge fight when he brings home a cardboard baby as a gag gift. Miranda goes on a date despite being pregnant. Samantha finally gives in to Richard's romantic overtures.

    Director:Charles McDougall
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  9. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 17 - What Goes Around Comes Around
    7.7/10(838 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 18 - Cock a Doodle Do!
    7.7/10(915 votes)

    #10 - Cock a Doodle Do!

    S3:E18

    Carrie meets with Big for the first time since his marriage ended. Miranda gets frustrated when she thinks the Chinese take-out girl mocks her stay-at-home lifestyle. Charlotte moves back into her old apartment and gets an up-lifting visit from Trey in the middle of the night. Samantha feuds with the raucous transsexual prostitutes who conduct business outside her apartment at two in the morning.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  11. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 12 - Just Say Yes
    7.7/10(764 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 14 - All That Glitters
    7.7/10(801 votes)

    #12 - All That Glitters

    S4:E14

    Carrie finds time away from stay-at-home boy Aidan with a gay Aussie shoe distributor at the exclusive Bungalow 8. Charlotte and Trey separate permanently after their apartment is photographed in House & Garden. Miranda accidentally outs her co-worker after he tells the office gossip that she's pregnant. Samantha tells Richard she loves him while high on ecstasy.

    Director:Charles McDougall
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  13. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 1 - Where There's Smoke...
    7.6/10(954 votes)

    #13 - Where There's Smoke...

    S3:E1

    Carrie meets a politician at a FDNY calendar benefit in Staten Island. Miranda gets help from Steve after she undergoes LASIK eye surgery. Tired of waiting for a fairytale romance, Charlotte begins aggressively searching for a "Prince Charming" to marry. Samantha dates the pinup-boy fireman she met at the benefit.

    Director:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  14. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 6 - Are We Sluts?
    7.6/10(848 votes)

    #14 - Are We Sluts?

    S3:E6

    Carrie wants to sleep with Aidan, but he's reluctant to rush into a physical relationship. Miranda discovers she has chlamydia and has to inform her past sexual partners. Charlotte's new boyfriend calls her names during sex. Samantha's neighbors disapprove of her sex life after a late-night visitor lets in a burglar.

    Director:Allison Anders
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  15. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 9 - Easy Come, Easy Go
    7.6/10(897 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 4 Episode 1 - The Agony and the 'Ex'-tacy
    7.6/10(899 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 10 - Belles of the Balls
    7.6/10(814 votes)

    #17 - Belles of the Balls

    S4:E10

    Carrie invites Big up to Aidan's country home to talk. Charlotte tries to discuss her and Trey's infertility problems. Miranda sleeps with Steve to cheer him up after he has one of his testicles removed. Samantha tries to get the PR position for hotelier Richard Wright.

    Director:Michael Spiller
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  18. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 2 - Politically Erect
    7.5/10(890 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 3 - Attack of the 5'10" Woman
    7.5/10(863 votes)

    #19 - Attack of the 5'10" Woman

    S3:E3

    Carrie must confront her past with Big when she runs into Natasha, Big's wife. Miranda hires Magda, an Eastern European maid with very traditional values. Charlotte deals with some of her body issues at a spa. Samantha gets banned from Helena Rubinstein when she gets physical with a masseur.

    Director:Pam Thomas
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  20. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 13 - Escape from New York
    7.5/10(900 votes)

    #20 - Escape from New York

    S3:E13

    Carrie meets with actor/producer Matthew McConaughey in LA to talk about optioning her columns to make a movie. Miranda wrestles with the level of open sexuality in Los Angeles. Charlotte uses the Internet to deal with Trey's impotence problem. Samantha meets a dildo model.

    Director:John David Coles
    Writers:Michael Patrick King, Becky Hartman Edwards

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  21. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 14 - Sex and Another City
    7.5/10(854 votes)

    #21 - Sex and Another City

    S3:E14

    Carrie meets a publicity agent for celebrities who shows her the perks of the rich and famous in LA. Miranda meets an old friend from New York who's lost his East-Coast edge. Charlotte comes to LA after getting fed up with Trey's sexual problems. Samantha meets her idol, Hugh Hefner, and gets the girls invited to a party at the Playboy Mansion.

    Director:John David Coles
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  22. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 16 - Frenemies
    7.5/10(827 votes)

    #22 - Frenemies

    S3:E16

    Carrie teaches at The Learning Annex—only her course on "How to Find Love" is as successful as her own love life. Miranda dates one of Carrie's ex-boyfriends (known as Mr. A--hole), whom she meets at the funeral of a dead never-met blind-date. Charlotte gets sexually frustrated with her sex life with Trey. Samantha gets in a fight with Charlotte about her attitude toward sex.

    Director:Michael Spiller
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  23. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 5 - Ghost Town
    7.5/10(803 votes)

    #23 - Ghost Town

    S4:E5

    Carrie gets an invitation to the opening of Steve—and Aidan's—new bar, Scout. Miranda thinks she has a ghost in her apartment. Charlotte butts heads with Trey's mother, Bunny, when redecorating their apartment. Samantha's girlfriend Maria gets fed up with the many, many men from Samantha's past.

    Director:Michael Spiller
    Writer:Allan Heinberg

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  24. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 16 - Ring a Ding Ding
    7.5/10(749 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 5 - No Ifs, Ands, or Butts
    7.4/10(852 votes)

    #25 - No Ifs, Ands, or Butts

    S3:E5

    Carrie's smoking becomes a problem when she goes on her first date with Aidan Shaw. Miranda makes more time for Steve in her life. Charlotte dates the worst kisser she's ever met. Samantha dates a black man whose sister is racist.

    Director:Nicole Holofcener
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Real Me" is the best rated episode of "Sex and the City". It scored 8.2/10 based on 1115 votes. Directed by Michael Patrick King and written by Michael Patrick King, it aired on 6/3/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "My Motherboard, My Self".