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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!

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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
    Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 1 - Anchors Away
    5.2/10(9 votes)

    #1 - Anchors Away

    S5:E1

    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:Charles McDougall
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  2. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 2 - Unoriginal Sin
    6.4/10(7 votes)

    #2 - Unoriginal Sin

    S5:E2

    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:Charles McDougall
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  3. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 3 - Luck Be an Old Lady
    6.4/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Luck Be an Old Lady

    S5:E3

    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:John David Coles
    Writers:Julie Rottenberg, Elisa Zuritsky

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  4. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 4 - Cover Girl
    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Cover Girl

    S5:E4

    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
    Writers:Judy Toll, Michael Patrick King

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  5. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 5 - Plus One Is the Loneliest Number
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Plus One Is the Loneliest Number

    S5:E5

    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:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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

    #6 - 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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  7. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 7 - The Big Journey
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #7 - The Big Journey

    S5:E7

    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:Michael Engler
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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

    #8 - 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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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Anchors Away" is the best rated episode of "Sex and the City" season 5. It scored 5.2/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Charles McDougall and written by Michael Patrick King, it aired on 7/21/2002. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Unoriginal Sin".