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[theme music playing]
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-[people chattering]
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[Carrie] Two weeks ago,
I had my picture taken.
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[photographer] Look up. Good, good.
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[upbeat music]
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[Carrie] It was a promotional
photo for my column,
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scheduled to run on the side of a bus.
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I had misgivings.
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Which were somewhat mollified when
they told me I could keep the dress.
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-[laughter]
-[photographer] All right, we got it.
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[Carrie] Friday night.
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In lieu of any actual
social life of their own,
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Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte
had all stopped by
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to live vicariously through
my first official date with Mr. Big.
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Carrie!
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[Samantha] Oh, honey, it's fabulous.
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Bravo!
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It's tits on toast, baby.
But you make it work.
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Well, let's just say it.
It's the "naked dress."
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I mean, you're obviously
gonna have sex with him tonight.
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Come on, it's our first date!
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She's not gonna have sex.
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She's just gonna look like sex.
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That's right, I'm just the trailer.
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Please, if it happens, it happens.
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-[Samantha] Bottoms up.
-Wait a second.
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[Samantha] Ooh...
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I thought you were serious
about this guy.
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You can't sleep with him
on the first date.
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Oh, God, here she goes again
with "the rules."
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The women who wrote that book,
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they wrote it because
they couldn't get laid.
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So they constructed
this whole bullshit theory
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to make women who can get laid feel bad.
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But if you're serious about a guy,
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then you have to keep him
in a holding pattern
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for at least five dates.
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Oh, you've gone up.
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Yes, because the number of dates
that you wait to have sex with a man
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is directly proportional to your age.
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Forget the math.
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Just don't fuck
on a first date, you're fine.
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-Third date.
-Too soon!
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[Samantha] Reality check.
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A guy can just as easily dump you
if you fuck him on the first date
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as he can if you wait until the tenth!
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When have you ever been on a tenth date?
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And by then, at least
you're emotionally involved.
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[Samantha] Exactly.
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I mean, isn't it better
to find out if the sex
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is good right off the bat,
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before anybody's feelings get hurt?
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But it's okay to have hurt feelings.
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And you always handle those so well.
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Well, there is something
to be said for restraint.
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When did you become such a Victorian?
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The Victorians were on to something.
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They valued romance.
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True romance cannot exist
without good sex.
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And yet you can have
good sex with someone
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you don't like or respect...
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Or even remember.
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[doorbell buzzes]
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All right, well, ladies,
I'm just going to dinner.
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Goodnight.
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Bye, have fun.
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Bye.
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The truth is, I was dying
to sleep with him.
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But isn't delayed gratification
the definition of maturity?
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Interesting dress.
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Meaning?
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Interesting dress.
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[Mr. Big chuckles]
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[sighs]
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[both sighing]
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Don't worry. I'm perfectly
capable of restraining myself.
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So am I.
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[Carrie] I can't be hemmed in by rules.
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I go with my emotions.
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I mean, some of the greatest
romances of all time
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began with sex on the first date...
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I bet.
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I will not be the first one to speak.
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And if he never calls me again,
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I'll always think of him fondly...
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as an asshole.
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That was really...
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I mean, can you believe we,
on the first date?
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I mean, I didn't plan that,
you know. I...
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[chuckles]
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What do you think?
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What? Ow.
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-Oh...
-[gasps]
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Uh, I thought it was
pretty fucking great.
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But what do I know?
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You feel like having some Szechuan?
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[speaking in foreign language]
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[Carrie] Had Mr. Big
discovered my weakness
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for great sex and greasy Chinese?
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Or was going out to dinner
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simply a diversionary tactic to keep me
from spending the night?
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Before I was able to completely
indulge my paranoia...
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It was my pal, Mike Singer.
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We've known each other for ten years,
but never had sex,
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because we want to know each other
for another ten years.
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Hey!
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Carrie, what are you doing here?
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-Well, I'm with, um...
-Oh, that's him.
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No, no, I'll tell you about it later.
I'll tell you later.
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-[Carrie sighs]
-You look great.
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-Not too naked?
-Uh...
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Just naked enough.
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Hmm...
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Hi, I'm Carrie Bradshaw.
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I'm an old friend of Mike's.
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I'm Libby Biyalick.
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It's so nice to finally meet a friend.
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So, I'll call you.
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Okay, great. Well, have a good dinner.
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Nice to meet you.
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I left the table wondering why Mike
didn't want to introduce me to his date.
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[instructor] Jab, cross!
Again, jab, cross!
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[Carrie] That very same night,
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something absolutely
amazing happened to Miranda.
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[instructor] Come on! Jab, cross, kick!
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-[groans]
-[screams]
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Oh, my God, oh, my God!
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I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean--
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[Carrie] She met someone in gym class.
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[Miranda] Are you... Oh, God.
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-[laughing] Are you sure you're okay?
-I'm fine, really.
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So, what exactly about my head
pissed you off?
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I wish there was something I could do.
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Well, you could buy me dinner sometime.
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-And a CAT scan.
-[giggles]
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[Carrie] His name was Ted Baker.
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He was 32 years old,
a sports medicine doctor
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with an apartment overlooking
the Natural History Museum.
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Three prior serious relationships,
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none resulting in marriage.
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[kisses]
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A kiss to make it better.
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So, really, can I call you sometime?
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Sure.
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He left a message
on my machine when I got home.
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He wants to go out this week.
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Hey, that's fantastic!
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No, it's too quick.
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I think maybe that kick in his head
scrambled his brains.
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No, too quick is sleeping
with him on the first date.
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That's too quick.
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You both got excited
and you went for it.
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Stop blaming yourself.
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No, I don't blame myself.
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-I blame the dress, the dress.
-[laughs]
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The dress led me on,
had a life of its own.
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Oh, then we went to this
Chinese restaurant afterwards,
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and you'll never guess who I ran into.
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-Who?
-Mike Singer, out on a date.
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The whole world's in love.
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[Carrie] Oh. I'm not sure, I don't know.
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He was acting very weird.
Like, he, uh...
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like he didn't want me
to meet her or something.
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What's her name?
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[Carrie] Her name was Libby Biyalick.
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Mike told me everything that afternoon,
while I helped him pick out sheets
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at Bed, Bath & Beyond.
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So, how long have you been seeing her?
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A while.
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-Is this a painful topic?
-[sighs]
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No, it's just, she's not
someone I date openly.
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Why, is she married?
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[chuckles] No.
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Is she a cousin?
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No.
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Look, the thing is, she's smart,
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she's incredibly sweet,
and the sex is great.
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Well, she's just not
the one I see myself with.
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Why not?
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It was about three months ago.
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Mike had been dumped by Fiona Brooks,
a cellist for the Philharmonic,
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who he was trying to forget
as quickly as possible.
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They had both loved to cook,
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and shopping for the week
was a Saturday morning ritual.
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So he was feeling
particularly vulnerable when...
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[Libby] Care to try some
aged sheep's milk cheese
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from the Tyrolean Alps?
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Thanks.
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Mmm, it's good.
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It's made by monks. [chuckles softly]
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-Really?
-Trappist monks.
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Fresh goat cheese from the Napa Valley.
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It's delicious.
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L'explorateur. [laughs]
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It's a triple creme from France.
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[giggles]
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[groaning]
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[Carrie] Mike found himself
very uninhibited.
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Since he didn't think
Libby was that gorgeous,
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there wasn't any pressure.
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[breathing heavily]
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[Mike chuckles]
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[Carrie] The next morning,
he woke up and felt at ease,
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very relaxed.
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I'm a creative director of an ad agency,
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but eventually I'd love
to have my own shop.
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I'd love to have my own shop, too.
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Well, cheese shop, I mean. [giggles]
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[Carrie] She was one of the only women
he'd ever met
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who he felt he could just be with.
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So what's the problem?
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Look, she's not beautiful,
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and we don't have a lot in common.
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I mean, you know,
most of her friends are in dairy.
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But she's warm,
and unpretentious, and...
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it is the best sex
I've ever had in my life.
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What are you afraid of?
What other people are gonna think?
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Look, all I know is that
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she's not the right woman
for me in the larger sense.
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So I keep her a secret.
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[Carrie] I couldn't decide whether
Mike was being shallow or honest.
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But the question nagged me for days.
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How many of us out there
are having great sex
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with people we're ashamed to
introduce to our friends?
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Have I ever had fabulous sex
with someone I didn't want to admit to?
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Hmm...
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Mm.
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Did I ever tell you
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about that jazz musician
who lived with his mother in Queens?
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Yeah, Alex.
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What about the window washer?
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The one who doesn't wear any underwear?
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I met this gorgeous kid
in Spy Bar last year.
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He turned out to be in high school.
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Evidently, Samantha had had lots of sex,
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none of which was secret.
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Fine, it just proves that
I'm not ashamed of anyone
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who I've slept with.
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Okay, here it is.
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Up here.
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Oh, you look...
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Naked.
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[Carrie] There it was,
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the dress that lead me down
the garden path with Mr. Big.
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I shouldn't be embarrassed?
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No, you look fabulous!
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Besides, there's no such thing
as bad publicity.
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Yeah. You would say that,
you're a publicist.
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You know, we need to go
some place absolutely fabulous
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where we can toast you,
where the bus goes by.
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And you can invite Mr. Big.
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No, no, no, I don't think so.
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I haven't heard from him
since we spent the night together.
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Oh, sweetie, forget about him.
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You are gonna be on the side of a bus.
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00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,132
Ten million men are gonna
be drooling over you
257
00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:57,800
every morning on their way to work.
258
00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:01,137
It's the best personal ad
I've ever seen in my life.
259
00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:03,389
[Carrie] Samantha had a particular knack
260
00:12:03,473 --> 00:12:06,309
for turning a desperate situation
into a hopeless one.
261
00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:08,895
Oh, speaking of secret sex,
262
00:12:09,604 --> 00:12:12,065
did Charlotte ever tell you
about the rabbi?
263
00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:13,149
The rabbi?
264
00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:14,150
Excuse me?
265
00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:15,735
You know who I'm talking about.
266
00:12:15,818 --> 00:12:17,487
I cannot believe that
the two of you came down here
267
00:12:17,570 --> 00:12:18,780
to interrogate me at work!
268
00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:20,448
I'm sorry, it's my fault.
269
00:12:21,157 --> 00:12:23,660
[sighs] Anyway, he wasn't a rabbi.
270
00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:26,454
He was a Hasidic folk artist
from Brooklyn.
271
00:12:26,704 --> 00:12:28,164
Close enough.
272
00:12:29,874 --> 00:12:33,169
[Carrie] Evidently, Charlotte
had seen Shmuel's work in an exhibition,
273
00:12:33,253 --> 00:12:35,630
and scheduled an appointment
to meet him at his studio.
274
00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:36,798
[indistinct]
275
00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:38,841
These are outstanding.
276
00:12:39,634 --> 00:12:40,760
So much life.
277
00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:43,388
You have a beautiful way with light.
278
00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:44,931
Thank you.
279
00:12:45,014 --> 00:12:47,684
[folk music playing]
280
00:12:52,939 --> 00:12:54,941
Now, this one is really special.
281
00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:56,859
That's my Yeshiva.
282
00:12:59,028 --> 00:13:02,115
I wanted to capture
the exuberance of youth.
283
00:13:02,490 --> 00:13:05,785
[Carrie] Charlotte quickly became
intoxicated by his talent,
284
00:13:05,868 --> 00:13:08,997
his strangeness
and the smell of his wool.
285
00:13:09,372 --> 00:13:10,540
Magical.
286
00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:17,088
[groans]
287
00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:20,174
[Carrie] It was so sexy, so forbidden.
288
00:13:20,550 --> 00:13:22,552
Daddy's little Episcopalian princess
289
00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:25,138
in the arms
of one of God's chosen people.
290
00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:30,977
We would talk about art
and sex and the Torah.
291
00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:33,521
Well, why didn't you
introduce him to anybody?
292
00:13:33,604 --> 00:13:35,064
I was embarrassed.
293
00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:36,733
I mean, I couldn't really date him.
294
00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,484
And he couldn't date me.
295
00:13:38,568 --> 00:13:40,194
I mean, what would people think?
296
00:13:40,278 --> 00:13:43,031
If the sex is good,
who cares what anybody thinks?
297
00:13:43,114 --> 00:13:46,367
Now you cannot put this
in your column. Promise?
298
00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:47,702
I promise.
299
00:13:47,994 --> 00:13:50,872
[Carrie] Was secret sex
the ultimate form of intimacy,
300
00:13:50,955 --> 00:13:55,001
since it existed in a pure state,
exempt from the judgment of the world?
301
00:13:55,084 --> 00:13:57,754
Or is it just another way in
which we deny our feelings
302
00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,381
and emotionally
compartmentalize our lives?
303
00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:02,759
[phone ringing]
304
00:14:05,887 --> 00:14:06,763
Hello?
305
00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:08,431
Do you miss me yet?
306
00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:09,849
Who is this?
307
00:14:09,932 --> 00:14:11,017
[Mr. Big] How've you been?
308
00:14:11,642 --> 00:14:13,436
Oh, great.
309
00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:16,898
Fabulous, fantastic actually, and you?
310
00:14:17,065 --> 00:14:20,568
Well, at the risk of sounding trite...
311
00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:24,739
I haven't been able
to stop thinking about you.
312
00:14:25,239 --> 00:14:26,574
I adore trite.
313
00:14:26,908 --> 00:14:28,201
[laughs]
314
00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:32,497
Listen, we should have
a real first date.
315
00:14:32,789 --> 00:14:34,957
You know, the traditional American kind.
316
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:36,501
Dinner and a movie?
317
00:14:36,834 --> 00:14:38,961
Of course, knowing us,
we'll skip the movie.
318
00:14:39,295 --> 00:14:41,130
Just as long as we don't skip dinner.
319
00:14:42,924 --> 00:14:44,008
What a relief.
320
00:14:44,092 --> 00:14:46,302
I had just escaped
the "sex on the first date" curse.
321
00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:47,303
Whew!
322
00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:50,056
[Carrie] That weekend,
I was out with a man whose name
323
00:14:50,139 --> 00:14:52,350
I wanted to shout from the rooftops.
324
00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:54,143
Let me get this straight,
325
00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:57,647
your picture is going to be on a bus?
326
00:14:57,730 --> 00:14:59,107
That's right.
327
00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:02,110
A cross town bus, or a downtown bus?
328
00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:04,570
The M2. It goes right down Fifth.
329
00:15:05,696 --> 00:15:06,989
That's a good line.
330
00:15:07,073 --> 00:15:08,658
I'm getting together
a group of my friends
331
00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:10,410
tomorrow afternoon to watch it go by.
332
00:15:10,493 --> 00:15:13,246
I thought, maybe if you
weren't doing anything--
333
00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:14,789
Hey, how are ya?
334
00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:18,167
Hey, hey, how are ya?
It's good to see you.
335
00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:20,253
-You remember Phyllis.
-Of course, Phyllis.
336
00:15:20,336 --> 00:15:22,296
-How are you?
-Everything good?
337
00:15:22,380 --> 00:15:24,715
Yeah, everything's dandy.
338
00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:26,259
[man] Well, that's what I hear.
339
00:15:29,220 --> 00:15:31,597
-So, uh, good to see you.
-Good to see you again.
340
00:15:31,889 --> 00:15:33,850
-Good seeing you. Bye.
-Bye-bye, cheers.
341
00:15:37,061 --> 00:15:37,895
Who was that?
342
00:15:37,979 --> 00:15:40,106
Oh, it's just some guy
I skied with in Aspen.
343
00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,358
[Carrie] I didn't understand.
344
00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:45,194
Had I suddenly become
the invisible woman?
345
00:15:45,278 --> 00:15:47,280
I tried not to let it bother me.
346
00:15:48,072 --> 00:15:51,742
I also tried not to let it bother me
that he took me back to Fung Wa,
347
00:15:51,826 --> 00:15:53,786
scene of our post-coital dinner.
348
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:56,581
Oh, I can't make your party tomorrow.
349
00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:57,915
Oh, no.
350
00:15:57,999 --> 00:15:59,834
I wanted to introduce you
to some of my friends.
351
00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:01,836
Well, I'll be home later if you miss me.
352
00:16:03,921 --> 00:16:05,590
[Carrie] As I surveyed the room,
353
00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:09,844
I realized it smelled like a cheap date
you don't want anyone to meet.
354
00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:13,431
I told Mr. Big I was on a deadline
and I had to get home.
355
00:16:13,514 --> 00:16:15,641
[phone ringing]
356
00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:18,311
-Hello?
-Listen, I have a question.
357
00:16:18,603 --> 00:16:20,855
Of all the restaurants in Manhattan,
358
00:16:20,938 --> 00:16:22,523
why did you take Libby to Fung Wa?
359
00:16:22,607 --> 00:16:24,400
Well, it's pretty obscure.
360
00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,235
There's not much of a chance
of running into anybody I know.
361
00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:28,112
[Carrie] So, you mean
it's the kind of a place
362
00:16:28,196 --> 00:16:30,573
that men take women they don't want
to be seen with in public?
363
00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,241
[Mike] Yes, it is perfect for that.
364
00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:34,410
Oh, sorry. [laughs]
365
00:16:34,494 --> 00:16:35,953
[Carrie] The evidence was mounting.
366
00:16:36,037 --> 00:16:39,749
Was it possible that I had become
Mr. Big's secret sex girl?
367
00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:41,834
The next morning,
368
00:16:41,918 --> 00:16:44,962
Miranda discovered a shocking
sex secret of her own.
369
00:16:45,296 --> 00:16:47,632
She had just spent
a wonderful night with Ted,
370
00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:49,091
who had to leave early in the morning
371
00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:51,802
to catch a flight to DC
for a spinal conference.
372
00:16:51,886 --> 00:16:53,596
I can go home, it's no big deal.
373
00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:55,806
No, stay, it's 6:00 a.m.
374
00:16:58,643 --> 00:16:59,685
I'll be back tonight.
375
00:17:00,770 --> 00:17:02,146
Want to do something?
376
00:17:02,230 --> 00:17:04,565
-I'd love to.
-All right, I'll call you at work.
377
00:17:04,649 --> 00:17:06,025
Have a good flight.
378
00:17:13,449 --> 00:17:15,451
[Carrie] Miranda waited
for the dead bolt to drop,
379
00:17:15,535 --> 00:17:18,204
and then used the opportunity
to ransack Ted's apartment
380
00:17:18,287 --> 00:17:20,373
and look for pictures
of old girlfriends.
381
00:17:24,919 --> 00:17:27,630
She was not at all prepared
for what she found.
382
00:17:34,345 --> 00:17:39,016
Yeah? Do you feel your cock
where it wants to be every night?
383
00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:43,062
Every single night when you come home
and everything's done in the house
384
00:17:43,145 --> 00:17:45,022
and I've been doing it all day long...
385
00:17:45,106 --> 00:17:46,649
I don't know what to do.
386
00:17:47,024 --> 00:17:48,317
I can't admit to having found this,
387
00:17:48,401 --> 00:17:50,444
but now I don't know
if I want to see him again.
388
00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:52,863
How can you judge him
until you spank him?
389
00:17:54,699 --> 00:17:55,866
I'm only kidding.
390
00:17:55,950 --> 00:17:59,036
But, I mean, obviously,
this is what he's into.
391
00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:01,414
Maybe it's just his fantasy life.
392
00:18:02,164 --> 00:18:04,417
[man groaning on video]
393
00:18:04,667 --> 00:18:05,710
[Carrie] Later that day,
394
00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:09,297
the cream of New York gathered to toast
the maiden voyage of my bus.
395
00:18:09,380 --> 00:18:10,548
Where's Mr. Big?
396
00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:12,258
Oh, he couldn't make it.
397
00:18:12,341 --> 00:18:13,843
What do you mean he couldn't make it?
398
00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:15,469
I don't know, it's a work thing.
399
00:18:15,553 --> 00:18:17,555
Oh, but this is your bus party!
400
00:18:17,638 --> 00:18:19,890
Oh, I told you, you shouldn't have...
401
00:18:19,974 --> 00:18:21,392
Well, never mind.
402
00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:24,645
What, he's not here because
I slept with him on the first date?
403
00:18:24,729 --> 00:18:26,188
Basically, yes.
404
00:18:26,314 --> 00:18:27,815
When you sleep with a man
on the first date,
405
00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:30,192
the relationship will never be
anything more than just sex.
406
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:31,819
-Uh-huh.
-[Carrie] Okay, thank you.
407
00:18:31,902 --> 00:18:33,070
-Cheers!
-[both] Cheers!
408
00:18:33,154 --> 00:18:34,697
[Carrie] I didn't want to admit
that she was right.
409
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,365
[Samantha] Ah, here it comes,
here it comes!
410
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:39,243
[Carrie] I just wanted to see my bus
and get the hell out of there.
411
00:18:40,870 --> 00:18:42,913
-Oh, shit.
-[Mike] Carrie!
412
00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,291
-Hi, did I miss it?
-Hey! Hi.
413
00:18:45,374 --> 00:18:46,459
Not yet, no.
414
00:18:46,542 --> 00:18:48,127
Hey, I thought you were
gonna bring Libby...
415
00:18:48,210 --> 00:18:50,254
Oh, yeah. I finally asked her
to join me in public
416
00:18:50,338 --> 00:18:51,756
and she turns me down.
417
00:18:51,881 --> 00:18:52,882
Why?
418
00:18:53,174 --> 00:18:54,300
She told me she met somebody else
419
00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:55,968
who doesn't have
my problems with intimacy.
420
00:18:56,052 --> 00:18:57,428
Oh, I'm sorry.
421
00:18:57,553 --> 00:18:59,221
[Samantha] Uh! Quiet!
422
00:18:59,305 --> 00:19:00,306
Here you come!
423
00:19:08,522 --> 00:19:10,066
[Samantha and Charlotte] Oh...
424
00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:14,779
Aw, don't worry, sweetie,
don't worry. Eh...
425
00:19:14,862 --> 00:19:18,491
Nobody in New York notices a bus
until it's about to hit them.
426
00:19:18,574 --> 00:19:19,742
That's right.
427
00:19:20,868 --> 00:19:21,994
[Carrie] Meanwhile,
428
00:19:22,078 --> 00:19:24,664
Miranda spent another
wonderful evening with Ted
429
00:19:24,747 --> 00:19:26,874
and began to re-evaluate her options.
430
00:19:26,957 --> 00:19:31,045
That was one of the most amazing meals
I have ever had.
431
00:19:31,128 --> 00:19:32,088
Thank you.
432
00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:33,422
My pleasure.
433
00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:37,593
You know, I missed you today.
434
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,846
-You did?
-[chuckles]
435
00:19:41,597 --> 00:19:42,973
I guess I've just been
waiting all this time
436
00:19:43,057 --> 00:19:44,433
for a good kick in the head.
437
00:19:44,809 --> 00:19:47,269
And here I thought
that all you really wanted
438
00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:48,938
was a good spanking.
439
00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,023
Excuse me?
440
00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:53,150
You heard me.
441
00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:58,948
Oh.
442
00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:00,700
[laughs nervously]
443
00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:06,330
[Carrie] Ted didn't take Miranda
home that night.
444
00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:09,583
He never took her calls
or returned her messages.
445
00:20:10,376 --> 00:20:12,712
And she never saw him at the gym again.
446
00:20:15,673 --> 00:20:17,007
Very late that night,
447
00:20:17,091 --> 00:20:19,885
fueled by a massive
quantity of champagne,
448
00:20:20,261 --> 00:20:23,013
I decided to say goodbye to Mr. Big.
449
00:20:23,097 --> 00:20:24,140
[knocking at door]
450
00:20:28,686 --> 00:20:32,231
I just came here to tell you that,
if you're embarrassed or ashamed
451
00:20:32,314 --> 00:20:34,442
to be involved with me in any way,
452
00:20:34,525 --> 00:20:36,694
that we can no longer see each other.
453
00:20:37,027 --> 00:20:38,946
The truth is, I blamed myself.
454
00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:41,699
I wore the naked dress
on our first date,
455
00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,909
I slept with him too fast,
456
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:47,413
and now I'm on a Fifth Avenue bus
with a penis on my head.
457
00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,708
[clears throat]
What are you talking about?
458
00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:52,793
You won't introduce me to your friends.
459
00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:55,045
You bring me back to that restaurant
460
00:20:55,129 --> 00:20:57,923
where men take women
they don't want to be seen with.
461
00:20:58,007 --> 00:21:00,009
You won't come out and meet my friends.
462
00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:01,761
You have me in a niche.
463
00:21:01,844 --> 00:21:04,930
Certain events, certain restaurants,
certain people.
464
00:21:05,014 --> 00:21:09,143
Like I'm only a particular fragment
of the kind of person
465
00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:11,645
you think that you should be dating.
466
00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:15,775
But I've only gotten to know
a particular fragment.
467
00:21:15,858 --> 00:21:18,068
Although, I'm beginning to know more.
468
00:21:18,736 --> 00:21:19,862
No, this is not me.
469
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:22,948
This is me reacting
to your perception of me.
470
00:21:24,992 --> 00:21:26,368
Oh, okay.
471
00:21:28,496 --> 00:21:30,122
Well... [sighs]
472
00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:34,710
I think Fung Wa's
is the best Chinese food in the city,
473
00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:36,629
so that's why we went there.
474
00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:38,422
And, uh...
475
00:21:38,672 --> 00:21:39,507
Oh... the...
476
00:21:40,883 --> 00:21:42,468
The guy we met in the street,
477
00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,930
I couldn't remember his name,
which possibly means I have Alzheimer's.
478
00:21:46,013 --> 00:21:47,723
So that's what that was about.
479
00:21:47,932 --> 00:21:53,062
And this afternoon I had courtside
tickets to the Knicks,
480
00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:54,814
and...
481
00:21:56,065 --> 00:21:57,358
that's all folks!
482
00:21:58,150 --> 00:22:00,027
[Carrie] I should have been
jumping for joy,
483
00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,447
but I only felt a hard knot of fear.
484
00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:05,074
[Mr. Big sighs]
485
00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,284
So you and me...
486
00:22:09,286 --> 00:22:10,704
Then maybe this is for real?
487
00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:17,002
Could be...
488
00:22:19,922 --> 00:22:22,299
[jazz music playing]
489
00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:26,303
[Carrie laughs]
490
00:22:30,766 --> 00:22:35,688
[theme music playing]