1 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:54,429 Once upon a time, an English journalist came to New York. 2 00:00:59,434 --> 00:01:01,395 Elizabeth was attractive and bright. 3 00:01:01,478 --> 00:01:02,771 And right away she hooked up 4 00:01:02,854 --> 00:01:05,315 with one of the city's typically eligible bachelors. 5 00:01:05,399 --> 00:01:08,610 The question remains... Is this really a company we want to own? 6 00:01:08,694 --> 00:01:12,781 Tim was 42, a well-liked and respected investment banker 7 00:01:12,864 --> 00:01:15,158 who made about $2 million a year. 8 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:20,664 They met one evening, in typical New York fashion... 9 00:01:21,373 --> 00:01:23,000 at a gallery opening. 10 00:01:29,881 --> 00:01:30,924 Like it? 11 00:01:31,883 --> 00:01:35,012 Yes, actually. I think it's quite interesting. 12 00:01:36,138 --> 00:01:37,389 What? 13 00:01:37,472 --> 00:01:39,933 I feel like I know you from somewhere. 14 00:01:40,017 --> 00:01:42,311 Oh, doubtful. I only just moved here from London. 15 00:01:42,394 --> 00:01:45,647 London? Really? That's my all-time favorite city. 16 00:01:45,772 --> 00:01:48,191 - It is? -Absolutely. 17 00:01:48,650 --> 00:01:50,569 It was love at first sight. 18 00:01:50,861 --> 00:01:52,237 You know... 19 00:01:53,572 --> 00:01:56,408 I think perhaps I have met you somewhere before. 20 00:02:00,746 --> 00:02:03,165 For two weeks they snuggled... 21 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:07,252 went to romantic restaurants... 22 00:02:10,297 --> 00:02:12,382 had wonderful sex... 23 00:02:13,508 --> 00:02:15,719 and shared the most intimate secrets. 24 00:02:18,388 --> 00:02:20,098 One warm spring day... 25 00:02:20,182 --> 00:02:23,477 he took her to a town house he saw in Sunday's New York Times. 26 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,313 How about if we start at the top and work our way down? 27 00:02:26,396 --> 00:02:29,107 There are four bedrooms upstairs. Do you have any children? 28 00:02:29,191 --> 00:02:30,400 Not yet. 29 00:02:32,611 --> 00:02:35,030 That day, Tim popped the question. 30 00:02:35,113 --> 00:02:37,699 How'd you like to have dinner with my folks Tuesday night? 31 00:02:37,783 --> 00:02:39,201 I'd love to. 32 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:42,954 On Tuesday, he called with some bad news. 33 00:02:43,330 --> 00:02:45,540 My mother's not feeling very well. 34 00:02:45,624 --> 00:02:47,167 Well, gosh, I'm sorry. 35 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:49,836 -Could we take a rain check? - Of course. 36 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:52,464 Tell your mum I hope she feels better. 37 00:02:53,548 --> 00:02:56,385 When she hadn't heard from him for two weeks, she called. 38 00:02:56,468 --> 00:03:00,180 Tim, it's Elizabeth. It's an awfully long rain check. 39 00:03:00,263 --> 00:03:03,392 He said he was up to his ears and that he'd call her the next day. 40 00:03:06,144 --> 00:03:08,230 He never did call, of course. Bastard. 41 00:03:08,313 --> 00:03:10,190 She told me one day over coffee. 42 00:03:10,273 --> 00:03:11,566 I don't understand. 43 00:03:11,650 --> 00:03:15,487 In England, looking at houses together would have meant something. 44 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:19,616 Then I realized no one had told her about the end of love in Manhattan. 45 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:24,621 Welcome to the age of "un-innocence." 46 00:03:25,831 --> 00:03:29,543 No one has breakfast at Tiffany's, and no one has affairs to remember. 47 00:03:30,293 --> 00:03:33,004 Instead, we have breakfast at 7:00 am 48 00:03:33,088 --> 00:03:35,882 and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible. 49 00:03:37,676 --> 00:03:40,887 Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount. 50 00:03:40,971 --> 00:03:43,682 Cupid has flown the co-op. 51 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:48,979 How the hell did we get into this mess? 52 00:03:50,772 --> 00:03:51,898 There are thousands... 53 00:03:51,982 --> 00:03:54,735 maybe tens of thousands of women like this in the city. 54 00:03:55,110 --> 00:03:58,155 We all know them, and we all agree they're great. 55 00:03:58,780 --> 00:04:01,658 They travel. They pay taxes. 56 00:04:01,742 --> 00:04:05,412 They'll spend $400 on a pair of Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals. 57 00:04:06,121 --> 00:04:07,414 And they're alone. 58 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:14,755 It's like the riddle of the Sphinx. 59 00:04:14,838 --> 00:04:17,632 Why are there so many great unmarried women... 60 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:19,968 and no great unmarried men? 61 00:04:20,844 --> 00:04:22,763 I explore these sorts of issues in my column, 62 00:04:22,846 --> 00:04:24,347 and I have terrific sources, 63 00:04:24,431 --> 00:04:25,640 my friends. 64 00:04:25,724 --> 00:04:29,311 When you're a young guy in your 20s, women are controlling the relationship. 65 00:04:29,394 --> 00:04:32,063 So by the time you're an eligible man in your 30s, 66 00:04:32,147 --> 00:04:34,691 you feel like you're being devoured by women. 67 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:37,652 Suddenly, the guys are holding all the chips. 68 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:41,114 I call it the mid-30s power flip. 69 00:04:46,745 --> 00:04:48,538 It's all about age and biology. 70 00:04:49,498 --> 00:04:51,875 I mean, if you want to get married, it's to have kids, right? 71 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:54,002 And you don't want to do with someone older than 35, 72 00:04:54,085 --> 00:04:55,337 'cause then you'll have to have kids right away 73 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:56,588 and that's about it. 74 00:04:57,756 --> 00:05:00,300 I think these women should just forget about marriage 75 00:05:01,259 --> 00:05:02,469 and have a good time. 76 00:05:05,847 --> 00:05:07,182 I have a friend 77 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:10,101 who'd always gone out with extremely sexy guys 78 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:11,478 and just had a good time. 79 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:14,815 One day she woke up, and she was 41. 80 00:05:15,190 --> 00:05:16,858 She couldn't get any more dates. 81 00:05:16,942 --> 00:05:20,070 She had a complete physical breakdown, couldn't hold on to her job 82 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:22,989 and had to move back to Wisconsin to live with her mother. 83 00:05:26,868 --> 00:05:30,497 Trust me, this is not a story that makes men feel bad. 84 00:05:30,872 --> 00:05:34,376 Most men are threatened by successful women. 85 00:05:34,918 --> 00:05:38,213 If you want to get these guys, you have to keep your mouth shut, 86 00:05:38,505 --> 00:05:39,923 and play by the rules. 87 00:05:43,301 --> 00:05:46,012 I totally believe that love conquers all. 88 00:05:46,096 --> 00:05:48,390 Sometimes you just have to give it a little space, 89 00:05:48,557 --> 00:05:50,767 and that's exactly what's missing in Manhattan. 90 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:52,602 The space for romance. 91 00:05:55,939 --> 00:05:57,941 The problem is expectations. 92 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,777 Older women don't want to settle for what's available. 93 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:07,617 By the time you reach your mid-30s you think, "Why should I settle?" 94 00:06:09,619 --> 00:06:10,704 You know? 95 00:06:11,246 --> 00:06:13,874 It's like the older we get, the more we keep self-selecting, 96 00:06:13,957 --> 00:06:16,418 down to a smaller and smaller group. 97 00:06:16,835 --> 00:06:18,795 What women really want is Alec Baldwin. 98 00:06:20,505 --> 00:06:24,968 There's not one woman in New York who hasn't turned down ten wonderful guys 99 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:28,388 because they were too short or too fat or too poor. 100 00:06:28,638 --> 00:06:32,100 I have been out with some of those guys, the short, fat, poor ones. 101 00:06:32,183 --> 00:06:33,768 It makes absolutely no difference. 102 00:06:33,852 --> 00:06:36,021 They are just as self-centered and unappreciative 103 00:06:36,104 --> 00:06:37,355 as the good-looking ones. 104 00:06:37,689 --> 00:06:40,692 Why don't these women just marry a fat guy? 105 00:06:40,775 --> 00:06:45,363 Why don't they just marry a big, fat tub of lard? 106 00:06:45,780 --> 00:06:50,493 Happy Birthday, dear Miranda 107 00:06:50,994 --> 00:06:54,581 Happy Birthday to you... 108 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:56,207 Another 30-something birthday 109 00:06:56,291 --> 00:06:58,418 with a group of unmarried female friends. 110 00:06:58,835 --> 00:07:01,546 We would all have preferred a nice celebratory conference call. 111 00:07:01,630 --> 00:07:03,548 -You were saying? -Look. 112 00:07:03,632 --> 00:07:07,093 If you're a successful single woman in this city, you have two choices. 113 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:09,721 You can bang your head against the wall and try and find a relationship, 114 00:07:09,804 --> 00:07:12,599 or you can say "screw it," and just go out and have sex like a man. 115 00:07:13,391 --> 00:07:18,063 -You mean with dildos? -No, I mean without feeling. 116 00:07:18,396 --> 00:07:20,941 Samantha Jones was a New York inspiration, 117 00:07:21,024 --> 00:07:22,817 a public relations executive. 118 00:07:22,901 --> 00:07:26,154 She routinely slept with good-looking guys in their 20s. 119 00:07:26,488 --> 00:07:29,324 Remember that guy I was going out with? Oh, God, what was his name? Drew. 120 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:31,076 - Drew. -Drew, the sex god. 121 00:07:31,159 --> 00:07:33,161 Right. Well, afterwards, I didn't feel a thing. 122 00:07:33,244 --> 00:07:35,705 It was like, "Hey, babe, gotta go. Catch ya later." 123 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:38,416 And I completely forgot about him after that. 124 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:41,169 But are you sure that isn't just 'cause he didn't call you? 125 00:07:41,252 --> 00:07:44,631 Sweetheart, this is the first time in the history of Manhattan... 126 00:07:44,714 --> 00:07:47,092 that women have had as much money and power as men... 127 00:07:47,175 --> 00:07:50,387 plus the equal luxury of treating men like sex objects. 128 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:53,473 Yeah, except men in this city fail on both counts. 129 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:55,517 I mean, they don't want to be in a relationship with you, 130 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:58,103 but as soon as you only want them for sex, they don't like it. 131 00:07:58,186 --> 00:08:00,647 All of a sudden they can't perform the way they're supposed to. 132 00:08:00,730 --> 00:08:02,065 That's when you dump them. 133 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:04,484 Oh, come on, ladies, are we really that cynical? 134 00:08:04,609 --> 00:08:05,944 What about romance? 135 00:08:06,069 --> 00:08:07,696 -Yeah! -Who needs it? 136 00:08:07,779 --> 00:08:10,073 It's like that guy, Jeremiah, the poet. 137 00:08:10,365 --> 00:08:13,159 I mean, the sex was incredible. 138 00:08:13,451 --> 00:08:16,287 But then he wanted to read me his poetry and go out to dinner... 139 00:08:16,371 --> 00:08:19,457 and the whole chat bit, and I'm like, "Let's not even go there." 140 00:08:19,541 --> 00:08:22,502 What are you saying? Are you saying you're just going to give up on love? 141 00:08:22,585 --> 00:08:24,629 -That's sick. - No, no, no. Believe me. 142 00:08:24,713 --> 00:08:27,048 The right guy comes along, and you two right here, this whole thing... 143 00:08:27,132 --> 00:08:29,092 -right out the window. -That's right! 144 00:08:30,218 --> 00:08:31,344 Listen to me! The right guy is an illusion. 145 00:08:31,428 --> 00:08:33,805 You understand? You can all start living your lives. 146 00:08:33,888 --> 00:08:37,642 So you think it's really possible to pull off this whole, um... 147 00:08:38,268 --> 00:08:39,936 women-having-sex-like-men thing? 148 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:43,648 -You're forgetting The Last Seduction. -You're obsessed with that movie. 149 00:08:43,732 --> 00:08:49,237 Okay, Linda Fiorentino fucking that guy up against the chain-link fence. 150 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,157 And never having one of those "Oh, my God, what have I done?" epiphanies. 151 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,658 I hated that movie. 152 00:08:56,286 --> 00:08:57,620 Was it true? 153 00:08:57,704 --> 00:09:01,791 Were women in New York really giving up on love and throttling up on power? 154 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:04,878 What a tempting thought. 155 00:09:08,590 --> 00:09:10,175 You know, I'm beginning to think 156 00:09:10,258 --> 00:09:14,304 the only place where one can still find love and romance in New York 157 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:15,805 is the gay community. 158 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:18,349 It's straight love that's become closeted. 159 00:09:18,892 --> 00:09:20,894 Stanford Blatch was one of my closest friends. 160 00:09:20,977 --> 00:09:22,771 He was the owner of a talent agency, 161 00:09:22,854 --> 00:09:25,523 who at the moment was down to a single client. 162 00:09:25,982 --> 00:09:27,567 So, are you telling me 163 00:09:27,650 --> 00:09:29,527 that you're in love? 164 00:09:29,611 --> 00:09:32,530 How could I possibly sustain a relationship? 165 00:09:32,947 --> 00:09:35,992 You know, Derek takes up like, a 1,000% of my time. 166 00:09:36,534 --> 00:09:38,453 Don't you think that's a bit obsessive? 167 00:09:38,536 --> 00:09:41,915 Carrie, I'm a passionate person. His career is all I care about. 168 00:09:41,998 --> 00:09:45,460 When that's under control, then I can concentrate on my personal life. 169 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:48,671 Stanford, he's an underwear model. 170 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:51,216 With a billboard in Times Square. 171 00:09:52,092 --> 00:09:53,968 Oh, my God. Don't turn around. 172 00:09:54,511 --> 00:09:56,262 The loathe of your life is at the bar. 173 00:09:57,722 --> 00:09:59,307 It was Kurt Harrington. 174 00:09:59,724 --> 00:10:02,143 A mistake I made when I was 26, 175 00:10:02,977 --> 00:10:04,437 and 29, 176 00:10:04,896 --> 00:10:06,231 and 31. 177 00:10:06,314 --> 00:10:09,234 Carrie, don't even go there. 178 00:10:09,317 --> 00:10:11,152 What? Do you think I'm a masochist? 179 00:10:11,236 --> 00:10:12,821 -The man is scum. - Good. 180 00:10:12,904 --> 00:10:16,825 Because I don't have the patience to clean up this mess for the fourth time. 181 00:10:16,908 --> 00:10:19,828 Will you relax? I don't have a shred of feeling left. 182 00:10:19,911 --> 00:10:21,204 Thank God. 183 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:24,916 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to visit the ladies' room. 184 00:10:25,166 --> 00:10:26,292 Carrie! 185 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:30,088 It was true. I no longer felt a thing for Kurt. 186 00:10:30,213 --> 00:10:34,134 After all these years, I finally saw him for what he was, 187 00:10:34,217 --> 00:10:36,511 a self-centered, withholding creep, 188 00:10:36,594 --> 00:10:39,097 who was still the best sex I ever had in my life. 189 00:10:39,347 --> 00:10:42,934 However, I did have a little experiment in mind. 190 00:10:49,816 --> 00:10:50,775 Kurt! 191 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:54,028 Wow. What are you doing here? 192 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:55,113 Hey, babe. 193 00:10:57,157 --> 00:10:59,868 -God, you look gorgeous. - Thanks. 194 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:03,246 So, how's life? 195 00:11:03,955 --> 00:11:06,541 Not bad. Can't complain. You? 196 00:11:07,083 --> 00:11:09,043 Oh, you know, just writing the column. The usual. 197 00:11:10,086 --> 00:11:12,589 So, you seeing anyone special? 198 00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:16,009 Not really. You? 199 00:11:16,634 --> 00:11:18,094 Oh, just a couple guys. 200 00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:21,806 -Well, you look good, though. -So do you. 201 00:11:26,895 --> 00:11:28,605 So... 202 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,191 what are you doing later? 203 00:11:31,316 --> 00:11:33,943 I thought you weren't talking to me for the rest of your life. 204 00:11:34,068 --> 00:11:35,778 Who said anything about talking? 205 00:11:39,032 --> 00:11:42,035 What do you say to my place, three o'clock? 206 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:45,288 All right. See you there. 207 00:11:57,091 --> 00:12:00,511 Are you out of your mind? What the hell do you think you're doing? 208 00:12:00,595 --> 00:12:03,431 Oh, calm down. It's research. 209 00:12:05,141 --> 00:12:07,393 Oh, God. Oh, Kurt. 210 00:12:07,477 --> 00:12:09,437 Kurt was just like I remembered... 211 00:12:10,146 --> 00:12:11,272 better... 212 00:12:11,648 --> 00:12:16,611 because this time there would be none of that messy emotional attachment. 213 00:12:25,203 --> 00:12:28,414 All righty. My turn. 214 00:12:28,790 --> 00:12:31,751 Oh, sorry. I have to go back to work. 215 00:12:33,503 --> 00:12:35,546 What? Are you kidding? You're serious? 216 00:12:35,630 --> 00:12:38,299 Oh, yeah. Completely. But I'll give you a call. 217 00:12:38,383 --> 00:12:39,926 Maybe we can do it again sometime. 218 00:12:41,511 --> 00:12:42,929 Yeah, but... 219 00:12:45,056 --> 00:12:48,768 As I began to get dressed, I realized that I'd done it. 220 00:12:50,270 --> 00:12:52,272 I'd just had sex like a man. 221 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,069 I left feeling powerful, potent and incredibly alive. 222 00:12:58,152 --> 00:13:00,113 I felt like I owned this city. 223 00:13:00,196 --> 00:13:02,657 Nothing and no one could get in my way. 224 00:13:13,543 --> 00:13:14,961 - Number one... -There you go. 225 00:13:15,044 --> 00:13:16,212 ...he's very handsome. 226 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:18,756 Number two, he's not wearing a wedding ring. 227 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,676 Number three, he knows I carry a personal supply 228 00:13:21,759 --> 00:13:24,053 of ultra-textured Trojans with a reservoir tip. 229 00:13:24,137 --> 00:13:25,388 Thanks a lot. 230 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:27,140 Anytime. 231 00:13:44,198 --> 00:13:47,160 Later that night, Skipper Johnston met me for coffee 232 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:49,412 and confessed a shocking intimate secret. 233 00:13:49,495 --> 00:13:50,747 Thank you. 234 00:13:51,205 --> 00:13:53,875 Do you know that it has been, like, a year? 235 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:56,377 Really? 236 00:13:56,627 --> 00:13:59,005 I don't understand that. You're such a nice guy. 237 00:13:59,088 --> 00:14:02,300 That's the problem, you know. I'm too nice, you know? 238 00:14:02,383 --> 00:14:05,595 I'm a romantic. I just have so much feeling. 239 00:14:06,596 --> 00:14:07,680 Are you sure you're not gay? 240 00:14:07,930 --> 00:14:13,394 No! I'm sensitive and I don't objectify women. 241 00:14:13,603 --> 00:14:17,065 You know, most guys, when they meet a girl, 242 00:14:17,148 --> 00:14:19,734 the first thing that they see is, um... 243 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:22,028 -You know... -Pussy? 244 00:14:22,111 --> 00:14:24,238 Oh, God! Oh! 245 00:14:24,572 --> 00:14:26,324 I hate that word. 246 00:14:27,116 --> 00:14:30,036 Don't you have any friends that you can hook me up with? 247 00:14:30,119 --> 00:14:33,581 -No. They're too old for you. -I like older women. 248 00:14:34,707 --> 00:14:35,792 Maybe. 249 00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:40,421 -Maybe my friend Miranda. -When? 250 00:14:40,838 --> 00:14:44,258 Tomorrow night. We're all going downtown to this club, Chaos. 251 00:14:44,342 --> 00:14:45,551 Great. 252 00:14:47,095 --> 00:14:49,055 -Don't tell her I'm nice. -Mmm. 253 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:52,475 Miranda was gonna hate Skipper. 254 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:55,937 She'd think he was mocking her with his sweet nature 255 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:57,730 and decide he was an asshole... 256 00:14:58,981 --> 00:15:01,442 ...the way she had decided all men were assholes. 257 00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:10,701 -Hello? -Hey, Carrie, it's Charlotte. 258 00:15:10,785 --> 00:15:12,370 -Hey, sweetie. - Hey. 259 00:15:12,453 --> 00:15:14,414 Look, I can't meet you guys for dinner tomorrow night 260 00:15:14,497 --> 00:15:16,541 because I have an amazing date. 261 00:15:16,624 --> 00:15:17,708 With who? 262 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:21,212 Capote Duncan. He's supposedly some big shot in the publishing world. 263 00:15:21,295 --> 00:15:22,630 -Do you know him? -Did I know him? 264 00:15:22,713 --> 00:15:25,716 He was one of the city's most notoriously "un-gettable" bachelors. 265 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,636 Wait, wait, don't even answer that question 266 00:15:28,719 --> 00:15:30,680 because, frankly, I don't care. 267 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:32,223 And another thing. 268 00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:35,977 I'm not buying into any of that women-having-sex-like-men crap. 269 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:39,355 I didn't want to tell her about my afternoon of cheap and easy sex 270 00:15:39,439 --> 00:15:40,773 and how good it felt. 271 00:15:41,065 --> 00:15:43,192 All right. Fine. Listen, have a good time, 272 00:15:43,276 --> 00:15:44,610 and promise to tell me everything. 273 00:15:44,902 --> 00:15:46,279 Well, if you're lucky. 274 00:15:46,362 --> 00:15:48,531 - Bye. -All right. Bye. 275 00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:54,203 Friday night at Chaos... 276 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,832 It was just like that bar in Cheers where everybody knows your name... 277 00:15:58,499 --> 00:16:01,919 except here they were likely to forget it five minutes later. 278 00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:04,297 Hi. 279 00:16:04,630 --> 00:16:09,177 Still, it was the creme de la creme of New York whipped into a frenzy. 280 00:16:09,844 --> 00:16:12,138 Sometimes you got a souffle, 281 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,475 sometimes cottage cheese. 282 00:16:15,558 --> 00:16:18,519 It is like a model bomb exploded in this room tonight. 283 00:16:18,603 --> 00:16:22,064 Is there a woman here aside from me that weighs more than a hundred pounds? 284 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:24,525 I know. It's like "Undereaters Anonymous." 285 00:16:25,276 --> 00:16:26,611 That's funny, Skippy. 286 00:16:27,069 --> 00:16:29,197 -Skipper. - I have this theory 287 00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:31,407 that men secretly hate pretty girls 288 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:34,160 because they feel that they're the ones who rejected them in high school. 289 00:16:34,243 --> 00:16:37,038 Right. But if you're not part of the "Beauty Olympics" 290 00:16:37,121 --> 00:16:40,583 you can still become a very interesting person. 291 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,293 Are you saying that I'm not pretty enough? 292 00:16:42,376 --> 00:16:44,378 No, no, no. Of course you are. 293 00:16:44,462 --> 00:16:46,797 So, ipso facto, I can't be interesting? 294 00:16:46,881 --> 00:16:48,883 Women either fall into one of two categories. 295 00:16:48,966 --> 00:16:50,885 Beautiful and boring or homely and interesting. 296 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:52,220 Is that what you're saying, Skipper? 297 00:16:52,303 --> 00:16:54,055 No, that's not what I meant. 298 00:16:54,889 --> 00:16:57,308 Excuse me. Is this your hand on my knee? 299 00:16:57,391 --> 00:16:58,559 No. 300 00:16:58,893 --> 00:17:01,145 All right, let's just keep them where I can see them, all right? 301 00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:04,273 Well, I guess you must find me beautiful... 302 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:06,526 Or interesting. 303 00:17:06,776 --> 00:17:08,361 I was about to rescue Skipper 304 00:17:08,444 --> 00:17:11,072 from an increasingly hopeless situation, when suddenly... 305 00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:12,573 -Hey. -Hey! 306 00:17:12,657 --> 00:17:14,408 Lucky me, twice in one week. 307 00:17:15,618 --> 00:17:18,162 Well, I don't know if you're going to be getting that lucky. 308 00:17:18,246 --> 00:17:20,540 You know, I was really pissed off the way you left the other day. 309 00:17:20,623 --> 00:17:22,250 -You were? - Yeah. 310 00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:23,960 Then I thought, how great! 311 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:26,295 You finally understand the kind of relationship I really want. 312 00:17:26,379 --> 00:17:28,005 Now we can have sex without commitment. 313 00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:32,510 Yeah. Right. Sure. I guess. 314 00:17:33,261 --> 00:17:35,638 So whenever I feel like it, I'll give you a call. 315 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:36,597 Yeah, please. 316 00:17:36,681 --> 00:17:40,017 I mean, whenever you feel like it. If I'm alone, I'm all yours. 317 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:41,686 Right. 318 00:17:41,978 --> 00:17:43,354 I like this new you. 319 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:44,814 Call me. 320 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:46,190 Yup. 321 00:17:48,609 --> 00:17:50,027 I didn't understand. 322 00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:54,615 Did all men secretly want their women promiscuous and emotionally detached? 323 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:57,243 And if I was really having sex like a man, 324 00:17:57,326 --> 00:17:59,287 why didn't I feel more in control? 325 00:17:59,662 --> 00:18:02,290 You see that guy? He's the next Donald Trump. 326 00:18:02,373 --> 00:18:04,709 Except he's younger and much better looking. 327 00:18:06,877 --> 00:18:07,878 Hi. 328 00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:10,548 -You know him? -No. 329 00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:12,258 I've never seen him in my life. 330 00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:16,012 He usually dates models, but, hey, I'm as good-looking as a model. 331 00:18:16,220 --> 00:18:18,723 Plus, I own my own business. 332 00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:21,225 Samantha had the kind of deluded self-confidence 333 00:18:21,309 --> 00:18:24,061 that caused men like Ross Perot to run for president. 334 00:18:24,145 --> 00:18:26,188 And it usually got her what she wanted. 335 00:18:26,856 --> 00:18:29,567 Well, if you're not gonna hit on him, I will. 336 00:18:29,650 --> 00:18:31,152 And there she went... 337 00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:34,155 off to take her best shot with Mr. Big. 338 00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:38,576 Meanwhile, Charlotte York was passing 339 00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:41,203 the most splendid evening with Capote Duncan. 340 00:18:41,537 --> 00:18:43,914 Wanna go back to my place and see the Ross Bleckner? 341 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:46,917 I'd love to, but it's really getting late. 342 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:48,461 No problem. 343 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:50,296 Uh... 344 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,465 What year was it painted again? 345 00:18:54,008 --> 00:18:55,217 '89. 346 00:18:55,384 --> 00:18:57,637 Though Charlotte was determined to play hard-to-get, 347 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:00,097 she didn't want to end the evening too abruptly. 348 00:19:00,181 --> 00:19:03,601 Well, maybe just for a minute. 349 00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:11,692 This could easily go for a hundred grand. 350 00:19:12,193 --> 00:19:14,236 Ross is so hot right now. 351 00:19:16,530 --> 00:19:18,199 It's beautiful. 352 00:19:19,784 --> 00:19:21,327 No, you're beautiful. 353 00:19:24,622 --> 00:19:28,000 -Thank you for tonight. 354 00:19:28,084 --> 00:19:29,877 -Yeah? - I had a wonderful time. 355 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,462 -Well, it was my pleasure. -Mmm. 356 00:19:47,395 --> 00:19:49,897 I have to get up really early tomorrow. 357 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:52,858 I'll get you a cab. 358 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:59,323 Charlotte told me later that 359 00:19:59,407 --> 00:20:02,368 she thought she had played the entire evening flawlessly. 360 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,626 So, what are you doing next Saturday? 361 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,004 I'm having dinner with you. 362 00:20:20,553 --> 00:20:22,304 Hey. 363 00:20:22,388 --> 00:20:26,726 -You're going to the West Side, right? -Right. West Fourth and Bank, please. 364 00:20:28,144 --> 00:20:31,689 Hey, scoot over, will you? Two stops. 365 00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:34,024 Fourth and Bank and... 366 00:20:34,233 --> 00:20:35,651 West Broadway and Broom. 367 00:20:37,361 --> 00:20:40,573 -You're going to Chaos? -Oh, yeah. 368 00:20:41,741 --> 00:20:42,783 Why? 369 00:20:43,993 --> 00:20:45,953 Look, I understand where you're coming from... 370 00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:47,621 and I totally respect it. 371 00:20:48,038 --> 00:20:51,292 But, uh, I really need to have sex tonight. 372 00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:59,258 Back at Chaos, things were swinging into high gear 373 00:20:59,341 --> 00:21:01,719 and Samantha was putting the moves on Mr. Big. 374 00:21:01,802 --> 00:21:04,138 I've been smoking cigars for years, 375 00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:06,515 back when they were terminally uncool. 376 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:09,894 I've got this great source that sends me Hondurans. Do you want to try one? 377 00:21:09,977 --> 00:21:12,354 -No, thank you. -Why? You can't find them anywhere. 378 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:16,484 Cohibas. That's all I smoke. 379 00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:26,160 Look, I do the PR for this club 380 00:21:27,453 --> 00:21:30,039 and I have the key to the private room downstairs. 381 00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:31,957 Really? 382 00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:34,543 You want a private tour? 383 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:40,633 No, thanks, but maybe another time. 384 00:21:48,265 --> 00:21:53,270 Meanwhile, Skipper Johnston was hopelessly smitten with Miranda Hobbes. 385 00:21:53,521 --> 00:21:56,106 -So, uh, where we going now? -Listen, Skippy. 386 00:21:57,149 --> 00:22:00,194 You know, you really are a nice, sweet guy, but... 387 00:22:01,237 --> 00:22:02,655 Oh, I understand. 388 00:22:02,780 --> 00:22:04,406 Good night. 389 00:22:11,914 --> 00:22:14,500 Miranda told me later that she thought he was too nice, 390 00:22:14,583 --> 00:22:17,044 but that she was willing to overlook one flaw... 391 00:22:19,922 --> 00:22:22,383 and Capote Duncan found his fix for the night. 392 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:27,805 Where is it? I wanna see the Ross Bleckner. 393 00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:29,265 Wait. Later. 394 00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:31,684 Later. 395 00:22:40,901 --> 00:22:42,319 Oh, listen, I, uh... 396 00:22:43,988 --> 00:22:45,406 I gotta get up really early, 397 00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:47,241 and actually, you can't stay over. 398 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,285 Cool? 399 00:22:49,952 --> 00:22:52,037 Sure. I have to get up really early too. 400 00:23:08,596 --> 00:23:10,556 Taxi! Taxi! 401 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:17,271 And so, another Friday night in Manhattan crept towards dawn. 402 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:18,564 Taxi! 403 00:23:21,901 --> 00:23:24,862 And just when I thought I would have to do the unspeakable... 404 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:27,156 walk home... 405 00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:41,003 Well, get in, for Christ's sakes. 406 00:23:50,554 --> 00:23:54,016 - Where can I drop you? - 72nd Street and Third Avenue. 407 00:23:54,975 --> 00:23:56,894 -Have you got that, Al? - Yes, sir. 408 00:23:59,063 --> 00:24:01,023 So, what have you been doing lately? 409 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:03,442 You mean, besides going out every night? 410 00:24:04,234 --> 00:24:06,153 Yeah. I mean, what do you do for work? 411 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:07,780 Well, this is my work. 412 00:24:08,238 --> 00:24:10,658 I'm sort of a sexual anthropologist. 413 00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:14,328 You mean like a hooker? 414 00:24:14,912 --> 00:24:15,955 No... 415 00:24:16,038 --> 00:24:19,083 I, um, I write a column called "Sex and the City." 416 00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:22,169 Right now I'm researching an article about women who have sex like men. 417 00:24:24,171 --> 00:24:26,882 You know, they have sex and then afterwards, they feel nothing. 418 00:24:28,133 --> 00:24:31,261 -But you're not like that. -Well, aren't you? 419 00:24:32,096 --> 00:24:35,265 Not a drop. Not even half a drop. 420 00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:38,978 Wow. What's wrong with you? 421 00:24:42,773 --> 00:24:44,066 I get it. 422 00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:46,527 You've never been in love. 423 00:24:48,278 --> 00:24:49,405 Oh, yeah? 424 00:24:49,863 --> 00:24:51,115 Yeah. 425 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:55,619 Suddenly I felt the wind knocked out of me. 426 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:59,081 I wanted to crawl under the covers and go right to sleep. 427 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:11,051 - Thanks for the ride. - Anytime. 428 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:16,724 Wait. 429 00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:23,814 Have you ever been in love? 430 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:27,943 Abso-fuckin'-lutely.