Six Sex and the City’s to Savor

In preparation for the upcoming Sex and the City movie, I’ve been “studying” a sampling of each season’s best.  

Season 1- Models and Mortals

This episode explored the attraction (of men in particular) to models, initiated by Miranda’s dating encounter with a “modelizer”.  I personally have never been attracted to men who look model-perfect.  This might have something to do with my possibly unfair assumptions about vanity and fidelity.  Or it might have something to do with not wanting my guy to be prettier than I am.  In any case, I prefer something a little more rugged…a scar here, a cowlick there.  Men on the other hand (or at least the ones in this episode) don’t seem to have the same concerns about dating female models.

Season 2- Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women

This episode delved into the differences between the two, one being that a twenty-something will hold her friend’s hair when she vomits (and is more frequently in the position to do so).  Charlotte got crabs at the Hamptons while masquerading as a twenty-something and Carrie was crushed when she discovered that Big moved back from Paris and became involved with Natasha, a twenty-something.  This got me to thinking about my life has changed since my twenty-something days…I have an imp child now,  I wear sunscreen (sometimes) now, and I no longer participate in late nights with David Letterman to name but a few.  I may have a few more laugh lines now, but I like to think that I’m a whole lot smarter now than I was then and that’s worth a laugh line or two.

Season 3- No ifs, ands or Butts

 This one was all about the deal-breakers.  For Charlotte, it was a bad kisser (the guy licked her teeth) and for Carrie’s new love interest, Aidan, it was smoking.  The episode ended with Carrie affixing a nicotine patch to her arm.  Everybody has or had deal breakers of their own.  Some of the ones I can recall were bad breath, being rude to waiters/waitresses, and reckless driving. 

Season 4- Change of a Dress

I have an intense emotional reaction everytime I watch this episode.  Carrie wore Aidan’s engagement ring around her neck instead of on her finger claiming, “It’s closer to my heart this way.”  Carrie was crazy.  Aidan was a saint, and Carrie was lucky to have him.  So what if she didn’t love him enough to marry him?  He sanded her floors and made leather chairs for a living.  Isn’t that enough?  In the end, I coped by telling myself that Aidan deserved somebody better than Carrie (I like Carrie, but she definitely had relationship issues) and was happy to see that he had moved on the next season.

Season 5- Plus one is the Loneliest Number

 This episode addressed the secrets we keep at the beginning of a relationship…Charlotte withheld her marriage and pending divorce from her fling, Miranda withheld the fact that she has a child from her date, and Berger waited until after Carrie became smitten with him to mention his girlfriend.  I don’t think you necessarily have to throw all your cards on the table on a first date but marital status and the existence of a child or boyfriend/girlfriend seem pretty important.  Oh, and Samantha had a chemical peel gone awry.  I could completely relate as I once had a violent allergic reaction to a facial product (some kind of Aveeda product designed especially for senistive skin).  Think Rocky from Mask.

Season 6- An American Girl in Paris (part deux)

 This is my favorite episode in the whole series.  I laughed, I cried, I watched it over and over again.  Carrie moved with her boyfriend, Aleksandre, to Paris;  Miranda and Steve dealt with his mother’s dementia (I cried during the scene with Miranda showing uncharacteristic gentleness in bathing her mother-in-law);  Samantha underwent treatment for breast cancer and works through a “dry spell” with Smith;  Charlotte and Harry experience the heartache and joys of the adoption process (which also made me cry).  Carrie’s relationship with Aleksandre deteriorated rapidly ultimately ending with a backhanded slap.  Moments later,  Carrie discovered Big in the hotel lobby, and managed to stop Big from avenging the slap.  That was probably the moment I finally started liking Big.  Or should I say John?

Should I be this invested in a show?  It is normal to ask WWCD (What Would Carrie Do) when faced with a dilemma?  And I promise I’ll quit referencing SATC episodes so often in my blog comments.  Let the countdown to the movie begin!