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The Worst Episodes of Sex and the City

Every episode of Sex and the City ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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 thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 

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Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Sex and the City" is "Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...", rated 7/10 from 857 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl..." aired on 6/25/2000 and is rated 0.2 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "The Monogamists".

  • Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...
    7.0/10 857 votes

    #1 - Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/25/2000

    Carrie dates a twenty-something man who's openly bisexual. Miranda deals with personal issues when Steve proposes moving in with her. Charlotte poses as a drag king for an artist at her gallery. Samantha butts heads with her new twenty-something male assistant.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Monogamists
    7.2/10 980 votes

    #2 - The Monogamists

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/19/1998

    Carrie and Mr. Big begin dating on a regular basis, but she learns after bumping into him that he is dating other women. Samantha begins to look for an apartment to purchase.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Four Women and a Funeral
    7.2/10 838 votes

    #3 - Four Women and a Funeral

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/4/1999

    Carrie starts seeing Mr. Big again. Miranda buys her own apartment on the Upper West Side. Charlotte meets a recent widower at a cemetery. Samantha's actions with a married man gets her in trouble with the New York high-society "ladies who lunch" and only a titanic star can help her out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Defining Moments
    7.2/10 713 votes

    #4 - Defining Moments

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/2001

    Carrie meets a jazz musician while on a pseudo-date with Big. Miranda tries to get more comfortable using the bathroom in front of her date. Charlotte is dismayed that Trey only wants to have sex in places where they can get caught. Samantha meets Maria, a lesbian painter, at Charlotte's gallery, and questions her own sexuality.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • What's Sex Got to Do with It?
    7.2/10 691 votes

    #5 - What's Sex Got to Do with It?

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 6/17/2001

    Carrie continues to date Ray King, the jazzman, but finds he has an ADHD problem. Miranda substitutes chocolate for sex. Charlotte deals with Trey getting a little too overconfident in bed. Samantha tells the girls she's in a relationship with Maria and is now a lesbian.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Let There Be Light
    7.2/10 658 votes

    #6 - Let There Be Light

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/2004

    Carrie begins to feel attached to Aleksandr but cannot ignore his womanizing past. Together again, Steve moves into Miranda's apartment and finds it hard to avoid her angry ex-boyfriend Robert. Charlotte tries to forget her miscarriage by volunteering. Samantha accompanies Smith to an industry party hosted by Richard Wright.

    Director: Michael Patrick King

    Writer: N/A

  • The Cold War
    7.2/10 634 votes

    #7 - The Cold War

    Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/2004

    Aleksandr refuses to talk about his work or introduce Carrie to his friends. Miranda adjusts to life in Brooklyn. Charlotte decides to enter Elizabeth Taylor in a dog show. Samantha makes a sex tape with Smith after a tabloid reports that she's his "fag hag".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sex and the City
    7.3/10 1,638 votes

    #8 - Sex and the City

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/6/1998

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Models and Mortals
    7.3/10 1,273 votes

    #9 - Models and Mortals

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/14/1998

    After Miranda and Skipper bump into each other at the convenience store, they sleep together for the first time. Carrie interviews Barkley, a modelizer who videotapes his conquests. Derek, a male model client of Stanford Blatch, spends the night with Carrie after a fashion show, although they don't sleep together. Samantha chases Barkley while at a fashion show, in order to be taped.

    Director: Alison Maclean

    Writer: Darren Star

  • Secret Sex
    7.3/10 1,014 votes

    #10 - Secret Sex

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/12/1998

    Carrie and Mr. Big have their first official "date", but Carrie suspects Mr. Big is keeping her secret from his social circle. Miranda dates a man from her gym class, but she discovers a spanking video in Ted's apartment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Turtle and The Hare
    7.3/10 955 votes

    #11 - The Turtle and The Hare

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/2/1998

    Mr. Big tells Carrie he's never going to marry again, which unsettles her. Miranda introduces the friends to the Rabbit, a mechanical aid, and Charlotte becomes addicted. Stanford Blatch proposes to Carrie as a cover, so he can inherit his part of the family fortune.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Awful Truth
    7.3/10 875 votes

    #12 - The Awful Truth

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 6/13/1999

    Carrie accidentally suggests that her friend Susan Sharon leave her domineering, violent husband. Miranda builds up the courage to talk dirty in bed. Charlotte tries to replace the perfect man with the perfect dog. Samantha gets dragged to couples' therapy with James and tries to avoid talking about her real problem with their sex life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Old Dogs, New Dicks
    7.3/10 814 votes

    #13 - Old Dogs, New Dicks

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 8/1/1999

    Carrie tries to get Big to stop checking out other women when they're together. Miranda and Steve's opposite schedules become a problem. Samantha runs into an old hockey-player boyfriend who is now a blonde drag queen named Samantha. Charlotte is turned-off when she dates a man who has not been circumcised; Carrie points out to Charlotte that 85% of men are not circumcised while Samantha claims to prefer uncircumcised men.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Fuck Buddy
    7.3/10 780 votes

    #14 - The Fuck Buddy

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 9/5/1999

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Drama Queens
    7.3/10 710 votes

    #15 - Drama Queens

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/23/2000

    Carrie obsesses about her perfect relationship when Aidan suggests she meet his parents. Miranda enjoys her intimate life with Steve. Charlotte gets upset when a married friend won't set her up with his bachelor buddy. Samantha tries Viagra while sleeping with a doctor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Baby, Talk Is Cheap
    7.3/10 688 votes

    #16 - Baby, Talk Is Cheap

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 7/1/2001

    Carrie realizes she wants to get back together with Aidan. Miranda gets a surprise when she sleeps with "marathon man". Charlotte and Trey decide to start trying to have a baby. Samantha uses fake nipples and attracts a man who uses "baby-talk" during sex.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sex and the Country
    7.3/10 686 votes

    #17 - Sex and the Country

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/22/2001

    Carrie is dragged to Aidan's country home in Suffern, New York. Charlotte visits the MacDougal "compound" in Connecticut. Miranda yells at Steve when he tells her he has testicular cancer but has no clue about his condition. Samantha gets annoyed when her dates keep asking her what she's doing "next weekend".

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Anchors Away
    7.3/10 751 votes

    #18 - 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

    #19 - 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

  • Cover Girl
    7.3/10 719 votes

    #20 - 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

  • The Big Journey
    7.3/10 655 votes

    #21 - 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

  • The Perfect Present
    7.3/10 643 votes

    #22 - The Perfect Present

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 7/6/2003

    After Berger flips out and flips off his ex-girlfriend's answer-phone message, Carrie tries to not think about her influence on his life. Miranda finds condoms in Brady's diaper bag and gets upset with Steve. Newly converted Charlotte mourns the loss of Christmas. An on-the-job quickie with Samantha gets Smith fired from a catering gig.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bay of Married Pigs
    7.4/10 1,147 votes

    #23 - Bay of Married Pigs

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/21/1998

    Carrie is invited to go up to their Hamptons beach house by Patience and Peter, but in the morning she bumps into Peter in the hall without his underwear on. Some friends introduce her to Sean, 'The Marrying Guy'; when she can't keep up on his quick-march to commitment, he ditches her for commitment-phile Charlotte. Miranda's colleague from work, Jeff, introduces her to a lesbian, Sid, at a baseball game, and they are invited to her senior partner's dinner party.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Power of Female Sex
    7.4/10 1,056 votes

    #24 - The Power of Female Sex

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 7/5/1998

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Three's a Crowd
    7.4/10 956 votes

    #25 - Three's a Crowd

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/26/1998

    Charlotte is dating Jack, who wants a threesome, but she is unsure. Carrie discovers that Mr. Big has an ex-wife, and feels threatened. Samantha is seeing a married man; when his wife finds out, she proposes a threesome to keep their marriage together. Miranda feels unattractive and looks for affirmation that she isn't.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A