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The Best Episodes of Sex and the City Season 5

Every episode of Sex and the City Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sex and the City Season 5!

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 sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 

Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:HBO

Season 5 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Sex and the City" season 5 is "Anchors Away", rated 7.3/10 from 751 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Anchors Away" aired on 7/21/2002 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Unoriginal Sin".

  • Anchors Away
    7.3/10 751 votes

    #1 - Anchors Away

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/21/2002

    Carrie realizes her relationship with New York City is as dysfunctional as is her relationship with men. Charlotte decides she needs to distance herself from her former life as "Mrs. MacDougal". Miranda tries to adjust to her new life with her baby, Brady Hobbes. Samantha gets phone calls from Richard begging her to take him back.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Unoriginal Sin
    7.3/10 703 votes

    #2 - Unoriginal Sin

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/28/2002

    Carrie gets an offer from a publisher who wants to make a book out of her column. Charlotte takes a self-help seminar and takes affirmations to try to find love again. Miranda agrees to have Brady baptized, and chooses Carrie as the godmother. Samantha takes Richard back, despite the girls advising against it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Luck Be an Old Lady
    7.5/10 730 votes

    #3 - Luck Be an Old Lady

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2002

    Carrie desperately tries to get everyone together for Charlotte's "thirty-faux" birthday. Charlotte doesn't want to turn 36 because she feels she's getting old. Miranda goes to Atlantic City with the girls, feeling self-conscious about her weight. Samantha is paranoid that Richard is cheating with the entire female hotel staff.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cover Girl
    7.3/10 719 votes

    #4 - Cover Girl

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/2002

    Carrie works with publicist Samantha to try to get the perfect look for her book cover. Charlotte starts reading self-help books. Miranda goes to Weight Watchers to lose her baby weight. Samantha gets upset when she feels the girls are judging her outrageous sex life.

    Director: John David Coles

    Writer: Judy Toll, Michael Patrick King

  • Plus One Is the Loneliest Number
    7.4/10 714 votes

    #5 - Plus One Is the Loneliest Number

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 8/18/2002

    Carrie invites Jack Berger to her book opening party, which turns out to be a huge event. Charlotte butts heads with Bunny MacDougal. Miranda's single life and her life with Brady conflict. Samantha gets an impulse-buy chemical peel that goes awry.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Critical Condition
    7.5/10 664 votes

    #6 - Critical Condition

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/25/2002

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Journey
    7.3/10 655 votes

    #7 - The Big Journey

    Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 9/1/2002

    Carrie goes to San Francisco to promote her book and visit Big. Charlotte sleeps with her unappealing (to her) divorce lawyer, Harry Goldenblatt. Samantha accompanies Carrie to California, looking for a good time.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • I Love a Charade
    7.7/10 706 votes

    #8 - I Love a Charade

    Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 9/8/2002

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A