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The Best Episodes of Sex and the City

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...

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  1. Background image for Ex and the City
    8.2/10(1.1k votes)

    #1 - 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.

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  2. Background image for The Real Me
    8.2/10(1.1k votes)

    #2 - 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.

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  3. Background image for I Heart NY
    8.2/10(961 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.

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    8.1/10(944 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. Background image for Don't Ask, Don't Tell
    8.0/10(871 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. Background image for Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women
    7.9/10(951 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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    Director:Darren Star
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    7.9/10(1.0k votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. Background image for Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda
    7.9/10(812 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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    Director:David Frankel
  10. Background image for The Man, the Myth, the Viagra
    7.8/10(1.0k votes)

    #9 - 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.

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    7.8/10(966 votes)

    #10 - 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.

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  12. Background image for Running with Scissors
    7.8/10(834 votes)

    #11 - 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.

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    7.8/10(792 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. Background image for Just Say Yes
    7.7/10(736 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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    7.7/10(770 votes)

    #14 - 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.

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  16. Background image for I Love a Charade
    7.7/10(775 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. Background image for Take Me Out to the Ballgame
    7.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #16 - 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.

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  18. Background image for They Shoot Single People, Don't They?
    7.6/10(1.0k votes)

    #17 - They Shoot Single People, Don't They?

    S2:E4

    Single and fabulous Carrie gets a horrible photo taken for the cover story of New York Magazine: Single and Fabulous...?. Miranda fakes orgasms with her current boyfriend. Charlotte starts dating her handyman. Samantha dates a club owner, who calls them a "we" right away.

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    7.6/10(900 votes)

    #18 - Shortcomings

    S2:E15

    Carrie dates an author who has a premature ejaculation problem and finds that she regrets having to break-up... with his perfect family. Child-phobic Miranda dates a divorced father who has a son. Charlotte's brother Wesley stays with her after his wife leaves him. Samantha gives Charlotte's brother what he really needs: sex.

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    7.6/10(855 votes)

    #19 - Was It Good for You?

    S2:E16

    Carrie dates a recovering alcoholic who becomes obsessed with her. Charlotte is determined to learn how to have good sex after her latest partner falls asleep on her, and drags the girls to a Tantric sex class. Samantha gets an offer to have a threesome with two curious gay friends.

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    7.6/10(910 votes)

    #20 - 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.

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  22. Background image for Are We Sluts?
    7.6/10(811 votes)

    #21 - 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.

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    7.6/10(804 votes)

    #22 - 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.

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    Director:Allen Coulter
  24. Background image for Cock a Doodle Do!
    7.6/10(879 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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    7.6/10(862 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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  26. Background image for Belles of the Balls
    7.6/10(786 votes)

    #25 - 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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Ex and the City" is the best rated episode of "Sex and the City". It scored 8.2/10 based on 1116 votes. Directed by Michael Patrick King and written by Michael Patrick King, it aired on 10/3/1999. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Real Me".