1 00:00:47,631 --> 00:00:50,467 Last night, my friend Miranda got invited to a dinner party 2 00:00:50,551 --> 00:00:52,427 by a man she hardly knew. 3 00:00:53,845 --> 00:00:55,847 She was the date of Nick Waxier, 4 00:00:55,931 --> 00:00:59,977 a fairly successful sports agent who once told her she had nice legs. 5 00:01:00,727 --> 00:01:01,770 Okay. 6 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:06,400 Old movie stars you'd have liked to fuck when they were young. 7 00:01:06,483 --> 00:01:08,235 Alive or dead? 8 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:10,112 It doesn't matter. I'll start. 9 00:01:10,571 --> 00:01:14,116 Veronica Lake, the year she made Sullivan's Travels. 10 00:01:14,616 --> 00:01:16,159 -Dave? -Huh... 11 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,787 I'd have to say Sophia Loren. 12 00:01:19,580 --> 00:01:21,748 Probably 'cause my dad had this thing for her. 13 00:01:21,832 --> 00:01:24,543 Oh, we won't go there. Montgomery Clift. 14 00:01:24,626 --> 00:01:26,545 -He was gay. -Oh. 15 00:01:26,628 --> 00:01:29,381 Marilyn Monroe, before the Kennedys got to her. 16 00:01:29,464 --> 00:01:31,508 -Honey? -Bing Crosby. 17 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:34,761 - I stand by my choice. 18 00:01:35,429 --> 00:01:37,055 Sean Connery... 19 00:01:37,139 --> 00:01:40,350 -Yesterday, today and tomorrow. 20 00:01:40,434 --> 00:01:41,685 For a first date, 21 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:44,938 Miranda felt like she was hitting it out of the ballpark. 22 00:01:45,897 --> 00:01:47,107 Thanks. 23 00:01:47,566 --> 00:01:49,776 So, how long have you known Nick? 24 00:01:50,277 --> 00:01:53,363 We've been riding the same elevator line for years, 25 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:55,532 and then we had lunch a few weeks ago, 26 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:57,743 and then he invited me here to dinner. 27 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:01,288 -Well, we adore him. -He's very smart. 28 00:02:01,371 --> 00:02:03,332 I guess he took our little ultimatum seriously. 29 00:02:03,415 --> 00:02:04,750 Deanne! 30 00:02:06,418 --> 00:02:07,753 What are you talking about? 31 00:02:08,086 --> 00:02:11,965 They told Miranda that Nick had this thing for models. 32 00:02:12,049 --> 00:02:15,427 Okay. Old movie stars you'd have liked to fuck when they were young. 33 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:20,057 I'll start. Veronica Lake, the year she made Sullivan's Travels. 34 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,851 -Dave? -I'd have to go with Sophia Loren. 35 00:02:22,934 --> 00:02:25,604 Probably. My dad had a thing for her. 36 00:02:25,687 --> 00:02:28,315 -Montgomery Clift. -Marilyn Monroe. 37 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:29,900 Bing Crosby. 38 00:02:31,526 --> 00:02:32,653 Yvette? 39 00:02:33,612 --> 00:02:37,032 Um, I don't know. Charlie Sheen? 40 00:02:37,366 --> 00:02:38,909 They'd come to dinner... 41 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:42,454 push their food around and pout. 42 00:02:42,704 --> 00:02:43,955 Veronica Lake. 43 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:46,416 -Sophia Loren. -Montgomery Clift. 44 00:02:46,500 --> 00:02:47,834 Marilyn Monroe. 45 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:49,586 Bing Crosby. 46 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:51,046 Marissa? 47 00:03:02,974 --> 00:03:06,269 She had to make a phone call. 48 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:10,649 It got to be a problem. They decided to take action. 49 00:03:10,732 --> 00:03:14,611 Can't you find a woman who can carry on a decent conversation? 50 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:17,656 Yeah, Nick. And eat without purging. 51 00:03:17,739 --> 00:03:19,157 -What are you saying? 52 00:03:19,241 --> 00:03:21,660 You can't bring around any more of these so-called models, Nick. 53 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:23,286 Uh-uh. It's too depressing. 54 00:03:24,746 --> 00:03:28,500 Okay, okay. I'll see what I can do. 55 00:03:29,334 --> 00:03:30,669 And then he brought you. 56 00:03:30,752 --> 00:03:34,047 -So obviously not a model. -In a good way! 57 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:36,967 Nick dates models? 58 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:47,894 Miranda confronted him, and it didn't take him long to fold. 59 00:03:47,978 --> 00:03:51,356 It's true. It's true, okay? I'm obsessed. 60 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,400 -Obsessed with models. -Correct. 61 00:03:53,483 --> 00:03:56,319 So what am I? Your intellectual beard for the evening? 62 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:58,029 Don't be pissed, all right? 63 00:03:58,113 --> 00:04:01,199 You gotta admit, you met some nice people. 64 00:04:01,283 --> 00:04:03,994 All right, you had a good time. Okay? 65 00:04:05,495 --> 00:04:07,414 You were on a date with a modelizer 66 00:04:07,497 --> 00:04:09,207 and you didn't even know it? 67 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:13,462 If men like Nick are dating models, what chance do ordinary women have? 68 00:04:13,545 --> 00:04:16,631 I mean, do you have to be a supermodel to get a date in New York? 69 00:04:17,591 --> 00:04:19,843 Modelizers are a particular breed. 70 00:04:20,343 --> 00:04:22,137 They're a step beyond womanizers 71 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:24,681 who will sleep with just about anything in a skirt. 72 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:29,019 Modelizers are obsessed not with women, but with models, 73 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:33,064 who in most cities are safely confined to billboards and magazines. 74 00:04:33,148 --> 00:04:36,276 But in Manhattan, actually run wild on the streets, 75 00:04:36,359 --> 00:04:39,362 turning the city into a virtual Model Country Safari 76 00:04:39,446 --> 00:04:41,990 where men can pet the creatures in their natural habitat. 77 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,242 As if we didn't have enough problems. 78 00:04:46,411 --> 00:04:48,997 They're stupid and lazy and they should be shot on sight. 79 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,582 I've been out with a lots of guys 80 00:04:50,665 --> 00:04:53,585 and they say that I am just as beautiful as a model, but I work for a living. 81 00:04:53,668 --> 00:04:55,128 I mean, I'm like, well... 82 00:04:55,212 --> 00:04:57,464 I'm like a model who's taken the high road. 83 00:04:57,547 --> 00:05:01,051 The advantages given to models and to beautiful women in general 84 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:03,053 are so unfair, it makes me wanna puke. 85 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:05,096 Sweetheart, you shouldn't say that. You are so cute. 86 00:05:05,180 --> 00:05:06,723 Cute doesn't cut it in this town. 87 00:05:06,807 --> 00:05:09,017 What's cute compared to supermodel? 88 00:05:09,226 --> 00:05:11,686 There's nothing like raising the subject of models 89 00:05:11,770 --> 00:05:13,063 among four single women... 90 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:15,565 to spice up an otherwise dull Tuesday night. 91 00:05:15,941 --> 00:05:18,318 They have this distant, sexy look. 92 00:05:18,401 --> 00:05:20,320 That's not sexy, it's starvation. 93 00:05:20,403 --> 00:05:22,697 That's starvation in the best restaurants. 94 00:05:22,781 --> 00:05:24,449 Yeah. What I wanna know is... 95 00:05:24,533 --> 00:05:27,118 when did all the men get together and decide 96 00:05:27,202 --> 00:05:29,663 that they would only get it up for giraffes with big breasts? 97 00:05:30,872 --> 00:05:35,293 In some cultures, heavy women with mustaches are considered beautiful. 98 00:05:35,377 --> 00:05:37,295 And you're looking at me while you're saying that? 99 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:39,422 We should just admit that we live in a culture 100 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:41,550 that promotes impossible standards of beauty. 101 00:05:41,633 --> 00:05:43,385 Yeah, except men think they're possible. 102 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:44,302 Yeah. 103 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:46,930 I just know, no matter how good I feel about myself, 104 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:49,474 if I see Christy Turlington, I just wanna give up. 105 00:05:49,558 --> 00:05:52,185 I just wanna tie her down and force-feed her lard, 106 00:05:52,269 --> 00:05:53,895 but that's the difference between you and me. 107 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:55,897 -What are you talking about? 108 00:05:55,981 --> 00:05:57,983 Look at you two. You're beautiful. 109 00:05:58,108 --> 00:06:01,486 - I hate my thighs. -Oh, come on. 110 00:06:01,570 --> 00:06:03,113 I can't even open a magazine 111 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:05,699 without thinking, "thighs, thighs, thighs." 112 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:08,034 Well, I'll take your thighs and raise you a chin. 113 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:10,161 I'll take your chin and raise you a... 114 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:17,252 -What? -Oh, come on. 115 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:20,046 I happen to love the way I look. 116 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:21,798 You should. You paid enough for it. 117 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:23,592 Hey, I resent that. 118 00:06:23,675 --> 00:06:25,635 I do not believe in plastic surgery. 119 00:06:26,136 --> 00:06:27,262 Well, not yet. 120 00:06:27,345 --> 00:06:32,100 I find it fascinating that four beautiful flesh and blood women 121 00:06:32,183 --> 00:06:34,603 could be intimidated by some unreal fantasy. 122 00:06:34,686 --> 00:06:36,688 I mean, look. Look at this. 123 00:06:37,105 --> 00:06:39,065 Is this really intimidating to any of you? 124 00:06:40,108 --> 00:06:42,360 -I hate my thighs. -Pass the chicken. 125 00:06:42,444 --> 00:06:43,945 You know, I have that dress. 126 00:06:44,696 --> 00:06:46,114 Suddenly I was interested. 127 00:06:46,197 --> 00:06:49,326 If models could cause otherwise rational individuals 128 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:53,371 to crumble in their presence, exactly how powerful was beauty? 129 00:06:53,747 --> 00:06:56,124 There are two types of guys that fall for beautiful women. 130 00:06:56,499 --> 00:06:59,085 Either they're slime-balls that are just out to get laid, 131 00:06:59,169 --> 00:07:01,630 or they fall in love with you instantly. It's pathetic. 132 00:07:02,005 --> 00:07:03,757 Why fuck the girl in the skirt, 133 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,801 if you can fuck the girl in the ad for the skirt? 134 00:07:07,218 --> 00:07:10,931 Being beautiful is such a power. You can get whatever you want. 135 00:07:11,014 --> 00:07:12,223 You can get anything. 136 00:07:12,307 --> 00:07:15,518 I've been offered trips to Aspen, weekends in Paris, 137 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:17,354 Christmas in St. Barts. 138 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:20,231 A motorcycle, a juicer... 139 00:07:20,315 --> 00:07:22,817 It's not like models don't have brains. 140 00:07:23,234 --> 00:07:24,194 They have them. 141 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:26,905 They just don't need to use them. 142 00:07:27,030 --> 00:07:31,242 Most guys just think you're dumb, but I'm really very literary. I read. 143 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:34,371 I'll sit down and I'll read a whole magazine from cover to cover. 144 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:35,747 Some scuba gear... 145 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:39,793 a Herb Ritts photo. 146 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:43,171 A BVLGARI necklace, a breast job. 147 00:07:43,630 --> 00:07:47,300 My friends think I'm shallow. Sometimes I think they're right. 148 00:07:47,634 --> 00:07:51,763 Other times I think, "Hey, I'm fucking a model." 149 00:07:52,555 --> 00:07:55,392 Models are a lot looser than you think. 150 00:07:56,184 --> 00:07:59,104 It's way easier to screw a model than a regular girl 151 00:07:59,187 --> 00:08:01,231 'cause that's what they do all the time. 152 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:03,942 It's how regular people are when they're on vacation. 153 00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:06,611 Barkley, a notorious modelizer 154 00:08:06,695 --> 00:08:10,281 was one of those SoHo wonders who maintained a fabulous lifestyle 155 00:08:10,365 --> 00:08:13,451 despite never having sold a single painting. 156 00:08:13,535 --> 00:08:15,954 So you're saying it's easy to meet them? 157 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:17,956 No, it's not so easy. 158 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:21,126 The trick is, you gotta treat them like they're regular girls. 159 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:24,379 You gotta be able to roll into a place, walk up to the hottest thing there. 160 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:27,632 Otherwise you're finished. It's kind of like being around dogs. 161 00:08:27,716 --> 00:08:30,468 -You gotta show no fear. - Things? 162 00:08:30,552 --> 00:08:32,387 You call them things? 163 00:08:32,470 --> 00:08:34,848 Yeah. Well, they are things. 164 00:08:34,931 --> 00:08:35,974 They're beautiful things. 165 00:08:36,391 --> 00:08:37,809 And that's what my life's about, you know? 166 00:08:40,145 --> 00:08:41,354 Beauty. 167 00:08:42,772 --> 00:08:44,399 Come here. I want to show you something. 168 00:08:48,737 --> 00:08:50,864 This is my real art, 169 00:08:50,947 --> 00:08:53,825 only I can't really show it to the public. 170 00:08:56,661 --> 00:08:58,788 Well, not yet, at least. Sit down. 171 00:09:07,589 --> 00:09:10,925 That's Vanessa. That's Tanya. 172 00:09:11,676 --> 00:09:12,969 Elana. 173 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:14,387 Katrina. 174 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:16,806 I couldn't believe it. 175 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:20,935 The man had slept with half the perfume ads in September's Vogue. 176 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:25,231 Do they... 177 00:09:25,315 --> 00:09:26,983 Do they know about this? 178 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:28,860 Maybe. 179 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:31,029 Oh, look at that one. 180 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:36,326 She does runway now, but I think she's gonna be huge someday. 181 00:09:36,826 --> 00:09:38,286 I didn't know what to say. 182 00:09:38,536 --> 00:09:40,955 There really wasn't anything to say except... 183 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:43,500 Do you have a light? 184 00:09:44,167 --> 00:09:45,293 Sure. 185 00:09:52,717 --> 00:09:55,220 Later that day, I was relieved to discover 186 00:09:55,303 --> 00:09:59,307 that at least one eligible bachelor got his kicks off the runway. 187 00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:02,644 -So I totally dig your friend Miranda. -You're kidding! That's great. 188 00:10:02,727 --> 00:10:06,356 Yeah, I think she is so sexy and smart and... 189 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,942 -Did she tell you that we made out? -No. 190 00:10:09,025 --> 00:10:11,820 -Yeah, it was totally hot. 191 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:14,656 So... why don't you call her? 192 00:10:14,739 --> 00:10:17,242 -You should call her. She'd love that. -I did, like a hundred times. 193 00:10:17,325 --> 00:10:18,952 She totally won't return my phone calls. 194 00:10:19,035 --> 00:10:21,663 I don't know. Did she say anything about me? 195 00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:23,081 No. 196 00:10:23,581 --> 00:10:25,542 I don't know, maybe she's just busy or... 197 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,502 Am I not cute enough for her? 198 00:10:27,585 --> 00:10:29,712 Of course you are, Skipper. You're adorable. 199 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:33,633 Well, I don't know. Find out for me. I wanna see if I still have a chance. 200 00:10:34,843 --> 00:10:37,637 -Right now, in front of you? -Go ahead. I can handle it. 201 00:10:40,932 --> 00:10:43,226 Hi, this is Miranda. Please leave me a message. 202 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:44,769 Oh, it's her machine. 203 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,606 Hey, this is Skipper. I'm in the street with Carrie. 204 00:10:48,690 --> 00:10:50,567 I just told her how you won't call me back. 205 00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:54,320 So now you have to call me back. You better call me back! 206 00:10:54,404 --> 00:10:56,948 No, I'm kidding. I'm joking. 207 00:10:57,031 --> 00:11:00,952 Um, but seriously, I hope you call me back and... 208 00:11:01,035 --> 00:11:02,620 did I mention this was Skipper? 209 00:11:04,622 --> 00:11:07,125 I believe there is a curse put on the head of anybody 210 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:08,918 who tries to fix up their friends. 211 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:15,758 Where better to find modelizers in their natural habitat 212 00:11:15,842 --> 00:11:17,135 than a fashion show? 213 00:11:17,218 --> 00:11:21,306 Luckily, my friend Stanford Blatch had a client in the hottest show in town. 214 00:11:21,848 --> 00:11:25,143 "The Bone" is like the human equivalent of the sable coat. 215 00:11:25,226 --> 00:11:28,855 He's so beautiful that I find that sometimes I have to look away. 216 00:11:29,522 --> 00:11:31,858 -Do you see him? -Oh. Right over there. 217 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:34,152 -Where? -Oh, my God! Look at him. 218 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:36,946 It's like he travels with his own personal lighting director. 219 00:11:37,822 --> 00:11:40,658 Derek, aka "The Bone"... 220 00:11:40,742 --> 00:11:44,871 was the world's biggest underwear model and Stanford's most important client. 221 00:11:44,954 --> 00:11:47,790 As well as the subject of his single-minded obsession. 222 00:11:48,917 --> 00:11:50,168 Hey, Stanny. 223 00:11:50,251 --> 00:11:53,588 Derek, I would like you to meet a very dear friend, Carrie Bradshaw. 224 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:55,089 -Hi. -Nice to meet you. 225 00:11:55,173 --> 00:11:57,217 Carrie writes the column Sex And The City. 226 00:11:57,300 --> 00:11:59,719 -Wow, that's great. -Oh, you've read it? 227 00:11:59,802 --> 00:12:01,095 Uh, no. 228 00:12:01,429 --> 00:12:04,515 You know, um, the other day, Derek and I were walking past his billboard, 229 00:12:04,599 --> 00:12:07,644 and he told me he'd like to get a piece of it for his apartment, 230 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:09,312 like maybe his nose. 231 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,190 And I said, "You should get the bulge in your pants. 232 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:16,110 That way when women ask how big you are, you can say, 14-feet." 233 00:12:16,194 --> 00:12:18,988 -That would be very funny, wouldn't it? - Yeah. 234 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:21,783 Everybody's talking about you. You are so great. 235 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,494 You're gonna be a star. Have I told you that enough times? 236 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:27,163 You're a star! You're a star! 237 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:30,667 -We'd better let you get dressed. -I am dressed. 238 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:32,043 Oh! 239 00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:34,379 -We'll see you after the show. -Bye. 240 00:12:35,129 --> 00:12:36,339 Okay, bye! 241 00:12:36,798 --> 00:12:39,926 Can you believe anyone that beautiful can be that nice? 242 00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:42,804 I keep dreaming that someday he's just gonna turn around and say, 243 00:12:42,887 --> 00:12:44,305 "Stanford, I love you." 244 00:12:44,722 --> 00:12:46,724 -Is he gay? -He denies it. 245 00:12:46,975 --> 00:12:49,143 How can anyone that gorgeous be straight? 246 00:12:50,645 --> 00:12:52,188 Sweetie, over here! 247 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:55,233 Samantha Jones never missed a major fashion show. 248 00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:58,903 She was one of the only people I knew who thought that proximity to beauty 249 00:12:58,987 --> 00:13:00,905 made her feel more attractive. 250 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:03,199 Hey, sweetie, so wait, what happened? 251 00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:05,201 You couldn't find seats right on the runway? 252 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,704 Oh, you can see all the flaws from this angle. 253 00:13:16,546 --> 00:13:19,173 -Hey, Carrie. -Hey! Hi, Barkley, how are you? 254 00:13:19,257 --> 00:13:22,135 -You going to the party afterwards? -Um, I don't know. 255 00:13:22,218 --> 00:13:25,638 Of course we are. Hi, I'm Samantha. 256 00:13:26,264 --> 00:13:27,348 Barkley. 257 00:13:31,311 --> 00:13:34,272 Martini straight up or with a twist? 258 00:13:34,856 --> 00:13:36,190 Straight up. 259 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:38,943 Really? He's very cute. 260 00:13:39,027 --> 00:13:40,445 You're not dating him, are you? 261 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:42,488 God, no. He's a total modelizer. 262 00:13:47,035 --> 00:13:50,538 Is he dating any one model in particular? 263 00:13:51,039 --> 00:13:54,417 Actually, he's sleeping with all of them in general. 264 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:58,629 -Only models? -Only models. 265 00:14:16,606 --> 00:14:19,192 Later that night we all went downtown for a party. 266 00:14:21,235 --> 00:14:24,405 I was beginning to float away on a sea of sweet potato puffs 267 00:14:24,489 --> 00:14:27,033 with smoked salmon and sour cream when... 268 00:14:28,743 --> 00:14:30,370 It was Mr. Big. 269 00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:32,038 Major tycoon, 270 00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:35,833 major dream boat, and majorly out of my league. 271 00:14:35,917 --> 00:14:38,336 -I thought I saw you on the runway. 272 00:14:38,419 --> 00:14:39,879 Hi. 273 00:14:40,838 --> 00:14:42,757 I started reading your column after we met. 274 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:45,134 -You did? -Yeah. 275 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:46,844 Cute. 276 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:48,137 Cute? 277 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:51,766 Well... Yeah, cute. 278 00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:53,434 What are you writing about this week? 279 00:14:53,601 --> 00:14:57,980 Um, well, I'm working on a story about men who date models. 280 00:14:58,272 --> 00:15:01,359 -Any thoughts? -Only that they're very lucky. 281 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,029 So what have you discovered about these men 282 00:15:05,113 --> 00:15:07,907 who are dating models? 283 00:15:08,241 --> 00:15:10,868 Well, I'm discovering that 284 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:13,871 some of them treat it as a competitive sport 285 00:15:13,955 --> 00:15:17,125 and others I think just need the validation. 286 00:15:17,375 --> 00:15:21,045 And probably others just have a thing for exceptionally beautiful women. 287 00:15:21,796 --> 00:15:23,214 Exactly. 288 00:15:23,297 --> 00:15:25,049 And there's something wrong with that? 289 00:15:25,174 --> 00:15:26,843 No! There's nothing wrong. 290 00:15:27,677 --> 00:15:30,388 I just think it might become a bit monotonous. 291 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:32,098 Puff? 292 00:15:32,557 --> 00:15:33,683 Um... 293 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:36,018 - No, thanks. - Excuse me. 294 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:37,979 So, um, where do you... 295 00:15:38,312 --> 00:15:42,191 -Where do you write these stories? -My cute stories? 296 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:43,943 Yeah, I mean have you got an office or anything? 297 00:15:44,068 --> 00:15:46,654 No. Well, about half the time I'm at my apartment, 298 00:15:46,737 --> 00:15:47,864 and the other half 299 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,992 I'm over at this coffee shop on 73rd and Madison. 300 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,828 Oh, Carrie, I'd like you to meet Misha. 301 00:15:55,037 --> 00:15:58,499 -Oh. Hi. You were great in the show. -Thank you. 302 00:15:59,041 --> 00:16:01,419 Suddenly I felt like I was wearing patchouli 303 00:16:01,502 --> 00:16:03,129 in a room full of Chanel. 304 00:16:03,588 --> 00:16:04,922 Well, it was nice talking to you. 305 00:16:05,256 --> 00:16:08,342 Oh. See you around sometime, I hope. 306 00:16:10,136 --> 00:16:13,055 The truth was, I thought I had come to terms with my looks 307 00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:14,682 the year I turned 30... 308 00:16:14,765 --> 00:16:18,728 when I realized that I no longer had the energy to be completely superficial. 309 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:22,273 Your friend, Barkley, he's really been coming on to me. 310 00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:24,275 Do you actually think he believes I'm a model? 311 00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:26,277 Well, whatever it is, you don't want to go there. 312 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:27,612 Why not? 313 00:16:27,695 --> 00:16:31,532 He has this thing for secretly taping his conquests. 314 00:16:31,949 --> 00:16:33,618 -Really? -Mm-hmm. 315 00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:35,119 What a pervert. 316 00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:40,208 As Samantha began to get ready for her close-up, 317 00:16:40,291 --> 00:16:42,585 I felt it was time to call it a night. 318 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,423 I had never felt so invisible in my entire life. 319 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:48,758 Taxi! 320 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:56,140 -Carrie. -Hey, hi. 321 00:16:56,224 --> 00:16:57,725 Did Stanford leave? 322 00:16:57,808 --> 00:17:00,561 No, he's in there giving a neck massage to a Versace model. 323 00:17:01,437 --> 00:17:02,647 So, where are you going now? 324 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:05,024 -Oh, I'm going home. -Can I come? 325 00:17:05,900 --> 00:17:08,569 -You wanna come home with me? -Sure, if it's quiet. 326 00:17:08,945 --> 00:17:10,196 I can't take these crowds. 327 00:17:15,284 --> 00:17:18,120 The things you gotta do in the name of research. 328 00:17:24,502 --> 00:17:27,588 Shouldn't you be spending the night with some girl from the show? 329 00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:29,840 No, I never date models. 330 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:31,801 I think they're stupid. 331 00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:35,179 I wondered if there wasn't some kind of physics for beauty. 332 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:37,557 Maybe two models repelled. 333 00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:41,310 Maybe models could only be attracted to ordinary humans. 334 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:46,440 So, I think it's so cool that you write. 335 00:17:46,983 --> 00:17:49,485 -Thanks. -I wish I could write. 336 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:51,028 Got all these intense thoughts, 337 00:17:51,112 --> 00:17:52,822 but I can't keep them in my head long enough 338 00:17:52,905 --> 00:17:54,365 to get them down on paper. 339 00:17:54,448 --> 00:17:55,408 Well... 340 00:17:55,658 --> 00:17:57,159 That's the big trick. 341 00:17:57,243 --> 00:17:58,995 The truth is, I'm totally neurotic. 342 00:17:59,787 --> 00:18:02,790 One minute I can be walking down the street, totally cool, 343 00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:05,668 and the next minute I'm depressed for no reason. 344 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:08,045 I'm totally self-conscious. 345 00:18:08,254 --> 00:18:09,755 Like before I say something, 346 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:12,341 I say it in my head first so it doesn't come out wrong. 347 00:18:14,468 --> 00:18:16,387 Doesn't that seem like a waste of time? 348 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,472 Only takes a second. 349 00:18:22,476 --> 00:18:26,564 -And sometimes I get so distracted. -What's distracting you now? 350 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:28,232 -Your nose. 351 00:18:28,316 --> 00:18:31,027 -Thanks a lot. I hate my nose. -No. 352 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:34,614 It's just so cute. I hate my nose, too. It's too big. 353 00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:37,366 -But I think it depends on my hair. - Yeah. 354 00:18:39,994 --> 00:18:41,412 I see what you mean. 355 00:18:41,746 --> 00:18:43,497 So what do you want to be when you grow up? 356 00:18:43,706 --> 00:18:46,917 Oh, well, I think this might be it. 357 00:18:48,419 --> 00:18:49,962 What do you want to be when you grow up? 358 00:18:50,296 --> 00:18:53,799 I'd like to move back to Iowa and have kids and be a cop. 359 00:18:57,511 --> 00:19:00,181 I felt like I was in my bedroom when I was 16 360 00:19:00,264 --> 00:19:03,017 and I used to hang out with this guy who was really beautiful, 361 00:19:03,100 --> 00:19:06,103 and my parents thought I was helping him with his chemistry homework. 362 00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:08,439 Do you mind if we just lie here? 363 00:19:09,190 --> 00:19:10,775 I get so lonely in the city. 364 00:19:11,525 --> 00:19:13,778 Sometimes it's just nice to lie with someone. 365 00:19:14,779 --> 00:19:15,988 Sure. 366 00:19:17,281 --> 00:19:18,866 We could do that. 367 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:22,995 It was hard to imagine that anyone so beautiful, 368 00:19:23,079 --> 00:19:24,580 could ever be lonely. 369 00:19:26,874 --> 00:19:29,460 Meanwhile, somewhere below 14th Street, 370 00:19:29,543 --> 00:19:33,005 two ordinary joes were doing their own lonely late-night thing. 371 00:19:33,130 --> 00:19:35,007 -Anything else, miss? -No, that's it. 372 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:37,885 -Just cat food? -Yes, just cat food. 373 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:39,804 Hey! 374 00:19:40,554 --> 00:19:42,473 Oh, hi, Skipper. 375 00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:45,643 So like, how come you haven't been returning any of my calls? 376 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:47,978 I'm sorry. It's been a really busy week. 377 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:50,564 -I thought we had a connection. -Oh... 378 00:19:51,357 --> 00:19:53,818 I don't know. Could I get my change? 379 00:19:53,901 --> 00:19:56,195 You mean you get that way with every guy that you're with? 380 00:19:56,654 --> 00:19:58,447 No, it's just... 381 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:03,536 Don't you wanna go out with a girl your own age? 382 00:20:03,619 --> 00:20:05,162 It's got nothing to do with age. 383 00:20:05,246 --> 00:20:06,163 I... 384 00:20:06,997 --> 00:20:08,749 I think you're luminous. 385 00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:12,169 -You think I'm luminous? -Totally. 386 00:20:14,171 --> 00:20:16,424 Miranda couldn't resist the vision of herself 387 00:20:16,507 --> 00:20:18,884 reflected in Skipper's slightly smudged lenses. 388 00:20:21,512 --> 00:20:22,847 All right, let's get out of here. 389 00:20:23,681 --> 00:20:25,850 Okay, yeah. Let me just pay for my Cap'n Crunch. 390 00:20:26,475 --> 00:20:28,394 There's cereal at my place. 391 00:20:29,145 --> 00:20:29,979 Oh. 392 00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:39,029 And Samantha found the ultimate validation... 393 00:20:39,113 --> 00:20:40,740 Sex with Barkley. 394 00:20:41,115 --> 00:20:42,491 So, uh... 395 00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:46,287 where is it? 396 00:20:46,454 --> 00:20:47,413 What? 397 00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:49,498 The camera. 398 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:52,793 Your friend, Carrie, tell you about that? 399 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:54,211 Uh-huh. 400 00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:56,297 Don't worry. I only tape models. 401 00:20:59,175 --> 00:21:00,509 I won't mind. 402 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:04,472 Fine. I'll make an exception. 403 00:21:15,691 --> 00:21:18,402 Samantha demanded nothing less than the same consideration 404 00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:20,362 given every other model in town. 405 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:31,832 -Hello? - Carrie, it's Stanford. 406 00:21:32,333 --> 00:21:34,960 Do you have any idea what happened to Derek last night? 407 00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:36,462 Actually... 408 00:21:36,545 --> 00:21:38,255 you'll never believe it, but... 409 00:21:38,339 --> 00:21:39,632 Yes? 410 00:21:41,258 --> 00:21:42,885 It's Stanford. 411 00:21:47,431 --> 00:21:50,518 -Hi, Stanford. -Uh... Derek? 412 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:53,103 Could you put Carrie back on the phone? 413 00:21:53,187 --> 00:21:54,271 Sure. 414 00:21:57,817 --> 00:22:00,152 -Hello. - How could you? 415 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:03,322 I didn't. We just talked. 416 00:22:04,615 --> 00:22:06,075 I knew he was gay. 417 00:22:13,082 --> 00:22:15,501 It's amazing what you'll do to be with these models. 418 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,127 I've gotta retire soon. 419 00:22:17,378 --> 00:22:20,714 They keep me from getting work done, they make me fuck up my life. 420 00:22:20,798 --> 00:22:24,009 Look at me! I'm an old man at 34. 421 00:22:28,639 --> 00:22:30,891 I began to realize that being beautiful 422 00:22:30,975 --> 00:22:34,270 is like having a rent-controlled apartment overlooking the park. 423 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:38,983 Completely unfair and usually bestowed upon those who deserve it least. 424 00:22:39,608 --> 00:22:41,235 I'm not interrupting your work, am I? 425 00:22:41,318 --> 00:22:43,863 Hey, what a surprise. 426 00:22:44,113 --> 00:22:45,948 I can't stay. I'm late for a meeting. 427 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,325 But I've been thinking about that article you're writing 428 00:22:48,409 --> 00:22:49,660 about men who date models. 429 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:51,328 Yeah, what about them? 430 00:22:51,412 --> 00:22:52,413 First of all, 431 00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:55,541 well, there are so many goddamn gorgeous women out there in this city. 432 00:22:56,709 --> 00:22:58,627 What an amazing observation. 433 00:23:00,671 --> 00:23:02,006 But the thing is this. 434 00:23:03,007 --> 00:23:04,091 After a while, 435 00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:07,219 you just wanna be with the one that makes you laugh. 436 00:23:09,179 --> 00:23:10,472 Know what I mean? 437 00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:18,188 Okay. 438 00:23:18,814 --> 00:23:19,732 See ya. 439 00:23:30,701 --> 00:23:31,952 I take that back. 440 00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:33,579 Beauty is fleeting. 441 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:38,292 But a rent-controlled apartment overlooking the park is forever.