1 00:00:59,417 --> 00:01:01,207 Once upon a time 2 00:01:01,291 --> 00:01:03,631 an English journalist came to New York. 3 00:01:08,125 --> 00:01:09,995 Elizabeth was attractive and bright, 4 00:01:10,083 --> 00:01:12,293 and right away she hooked up with one of the city's 5 00:01:12,375 --> 00:01:14,375 typically eligible bachelors. 6 00:01:14,458 --> 00:01:15,538 The question remains, 7 00:01:15,625 --> 00:01:17,575 is this really a company we want to own? 8 00:01:17,667 --> 00:01:19,037 Tim was forty-two. 9 00:01:19,125 --> 00:01:21,455 A well-liked and respected investment banker, 10 00:01:21,542 --> 00:01:24,462 who made about two million a year. 11 00:01:26,417 --> 00:01:29,167 They met one evening in typical New York fashion, 12 00:01:30,125 --> 00:01:31,875 at a gallery opening. 13 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:40,209 Like it? 14 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:44,040 Yes, actually. I think it's quite interesting. 15 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:45,995 What? 16 00:01:46,291 --> 00:01:48,501 I feel like I know you from somewhere. 17 00:01:48,583 --> 00:01:49,793 Oh, doubtful. 18 00:01:49,875 --> 00:01:51,325 I only just moved here from London. 19 00:01:51,417 --> 00:01:52,497 London, really? 20 00:01:52,583 --> 00:01:54,173 That's my all-time favorite city. 21 00:01:54,250 --> 00:01:55,750 It is? 22 00:01:55,834 --> 00:01:57,084 Absolutely. 23 00:01:57,166 --> 00:01:59,376 It was love at first sight. 24 00:01:59,458 --> 00:02:01,038 You know... 25 00:02:02,291 --> 00:02:05,041 I think perhaps I have met you somewhere before. 26 00:02:09,542 --> 00:02:12,712 For two weeks they snuggled, 27 00:02:14,166 --> 00:02:16,376 went to romantic restaurants... 28 00:02:19,041 --> 00:02:21,211 had wonderful sex... 29 00:02:22,458 --> 00:02:25,328 and shared the most intimate secrets. 30 00:02:26,834 --> 00:02:29,794 One warm spring day he took her to a townhouse 31 00:02:29,875 --> 00:02:32,205 he saw in Sunday's New York Times. 32 00:02:32,291 --> 00:02:34,831 How about if we start at the top and work our way down? 33 00:02:34,917 --> 00:02:36,877 There are four bedrooms upstairs. 34 00:02:36,959 --> 00:02:38,129 Do you have any children? 35 00:02:38,208 --> 00:02:39,708 Not yet. 36 00:02:41,375 --> 00:02:43,785 That day, Tim popped the question. 37 00:02:43,875 --> 00:02:46,455 How'd you like to have dinner with my folks Tuesday night? 38 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:49,042 I'd love to. 39 00:02:49,125 --> 00:02:51,745 On Tuesday, he called with some bad news. 40 00:02:51,834 --> 00:02:54,424 My mother's not feeling very well. 41 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:56,000 Oh, gosh, I'm sorry. 42 00:02:56,083 --> 00:02:57,383 Can we take a rain check? 43 00:02:57,458 --> 00:02:58,668 Of course. 44 00:02:58,750 --> 00:03:01,500 Tell your mom I hope she feels better. 45 00:03:01,583 --> 00:03:05,003 When she hadn't heard from him for two weeks, she called. 46 00:03:05,083 --> 00:03:07,083 Tim, it's Elizabeth. 47 00:03:07,166 --> 00:03:08,956 That's an awfully long rain check. 48 00:03:09,041 --> 00:03:12,421 He said he was up to his ears and that he'd call the next day. 49 00:03:14,625 --> 00:03:16,995 He never did call, of course. Bastard. 50 00:03:17,083 --> 00:03:18,963 She told me one day over coffee... 51 00:03:19,041 --> 00:03:20,171 I don't understand. 52 00:03:20,250 --> 00:03:22,580 In England, looking at houses together, 53 00:03:22,917 --> 00:03:24,247 would have meant something. 54 00:03:24,333 --> 00:03:26,423 Then I realized, no one had told her 55 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:28,210 about the end of love in Manhattan. 56 00:03:30,834 --> 00:03:33,464 Welcome to the age of un-innocence. 57 00:03:34,542 --> 00:03:36,132 No one has "breakfast at Tiffany's" 58 00:03:36,208 --> 00:03:38,878 and no one has "affairs to remember." 59 00:03:38,959 --> 00:03:41,499 Instead, we have breakfast at 7:00 a.m. 60 00:03:41,583 --> 00:03:44,833 and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible. 61 00:03:46,291 --> 00:03:49,791 Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount. 62 00:03:49,875 --> 00:03:52,915 Cupid has flown the co-op. 63 00:03:55,625 --> 00:03:58,125 How the hell did we get into this mess? 64 00:03:59,375 --> 00:04:00,785 There are thousands, 65 00:04:00,875 --> 00:04:03,705 maybe tens of thousands of women like this in the city. 66 00:04:03,792 --> 00:04:07,332 We all know them and we all agree they're great. 67 00:04:07,417 --> 00:04:10,537 They travel, they pay taxes, 68 00:04:10,625 --> 00:04:12,245 they'll spend $400 on a pair of 69 00:04:12,333 --> 00:04:14,963 Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals, 70 00:04:15,041 --> 00:04:16,831 and they're alone. 71 00:04:21,458 --> 00:04:23,378 It's like the riddle of the Sphinx. 72 00:04:23,458 --> 00:04:25,998 Why are there so many great unmarried women 73 00:04:26,083 --> 00:04:29,083 and no great unmarried men? 74 00:04:29,166 --> 00:04:31,456 I explore these sorts of issues in my column 75 00:04:31,542 --> 00:04:34,082 and I have terrific sources, my friends. 76 00:04:34,166 --> 00:04:36,286 When you're a young guy in your twenties, 77 00:04:36,375 --> 00:04:38,325 women are controlling the relationships. 78 00:04:38,417 --> 00:04:40,667 By the time you're an eligible man in your thirties, 79 00:04:40,750 --> 00:04:43,290 you feel like you're being devoured by women. 80 00:04:43,375 --> 00:04:46,375 Suddenly the guys are holding all the chips. 81 00:04:46,917 --> 00:04:50,037 I call it "the mid-thirties power flip." 82 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:57,380 It's all about age and biology. 83 00:04:57,875 --> 00:04:59,035 I mean, if you want to get married, 84 00:04:59,125 --> 00:05:00,535 it's to have kids, right? 85 00:05:00,625 --> 00:05:02,705 And you don't want to do it with someone older than 35 86 00:05:02,792 --> 00:05:04,382 'cause then you have to have kids right away 87 00:05:04,458 --> 00:05:05,708 and that's about it. 88 00:05:06,250 --> 00:05:09,170 I think these women should forget about marriage... 89 00:05:10,083 --> 00:05:11,543 and have a good time. 90 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:15,960 I have a friend 91 00:05:16,208 --> 00:05:18,878 who'd always gone out with extremely sexy guys 92 00:05:18,959 --> 00:05:20,419 and just had a good time. 93 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:23,460 One day she woke up and she was forty-one. 94 00:05:23,542 --> 00:05:25,632 She couldn't get any more dates. 95 00:05:25,709 --> 00:05:27,459 She had a complete physical breakdown, 96 00:05:27,542 --> 00:05:28,832 couldn't hold on to her job, 97 00:05:28,917 --> 00:05:30,327 and had to move back to Wisconsin 98 00:05:30,417 --> 00:05:31,997 to live with her mother. 99 00:05:35,667 --> 00:05:36,787 Trust me, 100 00:05:36,875 --> 00:05:39,285 this is not a story that makes men feel bad. 101 00:05:39,667 --> 00:05:43,037 Most men are threatened by successful women. 102 00:05:43,125 --> 00:05:44,955 If you want to get these guys, 103 00:05:45,041 --> 00:05:48,751 you have to keep your mouth shut and play by the rules. 104 00:05:52,083 --> 00:05:54,503 I totally believe that love conquers all. 105 00:05:54,583 --> 00:05:57,003 Sometimes you just have to give it a little space 106 00:05:57,083 --> 00:05:59,383 and that's exactly what's missing in Manhattan, 107 00:05:59,458 --> 00:06:01,578 the space for romance. 108 00:06:04,750 --> 00:06:06,670 The problem is expectations, 109 00:06:06,750 --> 00:06:10,250 older women don't want to settle for what's available. 110 00:06:12,417 --> 00:06:14,327 By the time you reach your mid-thirties, 111 00:06:14,417 --> 00:06:16,827 you think, why should I settle? 112 00:06:18,583 --> 00:06:19,543 You know? 113 00:06:20,041 --> 00:06:22,671 It's like the older we get the more we keep self-selecting 114 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:25,540 down to a smaller and smaller group. 115 00:06:25,625 --> 00:06:28,075 What women really want is Alec Baldwin. 116 00:06:29,375 --> 00:06:31,245 There's not one woman in New York 117 00:06:31,333 --> 00:06:33,713 who hasn't turned down ten wonderful guys 118 00:06:33,792 --> 00:06:37,382 because they were too short, or too fat, or too poor. 119 00:06:37,458 --> 00:06:39,248 I have been out with some of those guys, 120 00:06:39,333 --> 00:06:40,833 the short, fat, poor ones. 121 00:06:40,917 --> 00:06:42,537 It makes absolutely no difference. 122 00:06:42,625 --> 00:06:44,785 They are just as self-centered and unappreciative 123 00:06:44,875 --> 00:06:46,375 as the good-looking ones. 124 00:06:46,458 --> 00:06:49,458 Why don't these women just marry a fat guy? 125 00:06:49,542 --> 00:06:51,542 Why don't they just marry 126 00:06:51,625 --> 00:06:54,535 a big fat tub of lard? 127 00:06:54,625 --> 00:06:58,825 ♪ Happy birthday Dear Miranda ♪ 128 00:06:59,792 --> 00:07:03,382 ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪ 129 00:07:03,458 --> 00:07:05,078 Another thirty-something birthday 130 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:07,416 with a group of unmarried female friends. 131 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:08,630 We would all have preferred 132 00:07:08,709 --> 00:07:10,249 a nice celebratory conference call. 133 00:07:10,333 --> 00:07:11,923 You were saying? 134 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,630 Look... Look, if you're a successful saleswoman in this city, 135 00:07:14,709 --> 00:07:15,879 you have two choices. 136 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:17,419 You can bang your head against the wall 137 00:07:17,500 --> 00:07:19,750 and try and find a relationship, or you can say "screw it," 138 00:07:19,834 --> 00:07:22,004 and just go out and have sex like a man. 139 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:23,208 You mean with dildos? 140 00:07:23,291 --> 00:07:27,041 No. I mean without feeling. 141 00:07:27,125 --> 00:07:29,745 Samantha Jones was a New York inspiration. 142 00:07:29,834 --> 00:07:31,584 A public relations executive, 143 00:07:31,667 --> 00:07:34,287 she routinely slept with good-looking guys in their twenties. 144 00:07:34,375 --> 00:07:36,705 Mmm! Remember that guy that I was going out with? 145 00:07:36,792 --> 00:07:38,172 Oh, God, what was his name? Drew? 146 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:39,790 Drew. -Drew the sex god. 147 00:07:39,875 --> 00:07:41,825 Right, well, afterwards, I didn't feel a thing. 148 00:07:41,917 --> 00:07:44,457 It was like, "Hey, babe, gotta go, catch you later." 149 00:07:44,542 --> 00:07:47,002 And I completely forgot about him after that. 150 00:07:47,083 --> 00:07:49,793 But are you sure that that isn't just 'cause he didn't call you? 151 00:07:49,875 --> 00:07:53,205 Sweetheart, this is the first time in the history of Manhattan 152 00:07:53,291 --> 00:07:55,671 that women have had as much money and power as men, 153 00:07:55,750 --> 00:07:59,130 plus the equal luxury of treating men like sex objects. 154 00:07:59,208 --> 00:08:02,078 Yeah, except men in this city fail on both counts. 155 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:04,036 I mean, they don't want to be in a relationship with you, 156 00:08:04,125 --> 00:08:06,875 but as soon as you only want them for sex, they don't like it. 157 00:08:06,959 --> 00:08:09,629 All of a sudden they can't perform the way they're supposed to. 158 00:08:09,709 --> 00:08:10,999 That's when you dump them. 159 00:08:11,083 --> 00:08:13,293 Oh, come on, ladies, are we really that cynical? 160 00:08:13,542 --> 00:08:14,962 What about romance? 161 00:08:15,041 --> 00:08:16,381 -Yeah! -Who needs it? 162 00:08:16,458 --> 00:08:18,918 It's like that guy, Jeremiah, the poet. 163 00:08:19,166 --> 00:08:21,996 I mean the sex was incredible, 164 00:08:22,083 --> 00:08:24,173 but then he wanted to read me his poetry 165 00:08:24,250 --> 00:08:26,170 and go out to dinner and the whole chat bit, 166 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:28,170 and I'm like, let's not even go there. 167 00:08:28,250 --> 00:08:30,170 What are you saying? Are you saying you're just gonna 168 00:08:30,250 --> 00:08:31,500 give up on love? 169 00:08:31,583 --> 00:08:32,833 -That's sick! Oh, no. No, no. 170 00:08:32,917 --> 00:08:34,537 Believe me, the right guy comes along 171 00:08:34,625 --> 00:08:36,285 and you two right here, this whole thing, 172 00:08:36,375 --> 00:08:38,165 -shew, right out the window. -That's right! 173 00:08:38,250 --> 00:08:40,000 Listen, the right guy is an illusion. 174 00:08:40,083 --> 00:08:42,423 You understand that, you can start living your life. 175 00:08:42,500 --> 00:08:44,250 So you think it's really possible 176 00:08:44,333 --> 00:08:46,713 to pull off this whole, um... 177 00:08:46,792 --> 00:08:48,752 women having sex like men thing? 178 00:08:48,834 --> 00:08:50,504 You're forgetting The Last Seduction. 179 00:08:50,583 --> 00:08:52,463 You're obsessed with that movie. 180 00:08:52,542 --> 00:08:54,712 Oh, okay! Linda Fiorentino 181 00:08:54,792 --> 00:08:58,042 fucking that guy up against the chain link fence. 182 00:08:58,125 --> 00:08:59,455 And never having one of those, 183 00:08:59,542 --> 00:09:01,082 "Oh, my God, what have I done?" epiphanies. 184 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:02,706 I hated that movie. 185 00:09:04,834 --> 00:09:06,174 Was it true? 186 00:09:06,250 --> 00:09:08,670 Were women in New York really giving up on love 187 00:09:08,750 --> 00:09:11,130 and throttling up on power? 188 00:09:12,375 --> 00:09:14,245 What a tempting thought. 189 00:09:17,333 --> 00:09:19,043 You know, I'm beginning to think 190 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:21,035 the only place where one can still find 191 00:09:21,125 --> 00:09:22,875 love and romance in New York 192 00:09:22,959 --> 00:09:24,749 is the gay community. 193 00:09:24,834 --> 00:09:27,384 It's straight love that's become closeted. 194 00:09:27,458 --> 00:09:29,668 Stanford Blatch was one of my closest friends. 195 00:09:29,750 --> 00:09:31,540 He was the owner of a talent agency 196 00:09:31,625 --> 00:09:34,205 who at the moment was down to a single client. 197 00:09:34,291 --> 00:09:38,211 So are you telling me that you're in love? 198 00:09:38,291 --> 00:09:41,291 How could I possibly sustain a relationship? 199 00:09:41,583 --> 00:09:44,833 You know Derek takes up, like, 1000% of my time. 200 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:47,127 Don't you think that's a bit obsessive? 201 00:09:47,208 --> 00:09:49,078 Carrie, I'm a passionate person. 202 00:09:49,166 --> 00:09:50,746 His career is all I care about. 203 00:09:50,834 --> 00:09:52,134 When that's under control, 204 00:09:52,208 --> 00:09:54,418 then I can concentrate on my personal life. 205 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:55,750 Stanford, 206 00:09:55,834 --> 00:09:57,044 he's an underwear model. 207 00:09:57,125 --> 00:10:00,035 With a billboard in Times Square. 208 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:02,827 Oh, my God, don't turn around. 209 00:10:02,917 --> 00:10:05,537 The loathe of your life is at the bar. 210 00:10:06,458 --> 00:10:08,328 It was Kurt Harrington. 211 00:10:08,417 --> 00:10:10,997 A mistake I made when I was twenty-six, 212 00:10:11,792 --> 00:10:13,332 and twenty-nine... 213 00:10:13,834 --> 00:10:15,044 and thirty-one. 214 00:10:15,125 --> 00:10:18,035 Carrie, don't even go there. 215 00:10:18,125 --> 00:10:19,915 What, do you think, I'm a masochist? 216 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,250 The man is scum. 217 00:10:21,333 --> 00:10:23,043 Good, because I don't have the patience 218 00:10:23,125 --> 00:10:25,745 to clean up this mess for the fourth time. 219 00:10:25,834 --> 00:10:27,004 Will you relax? 220 00:10:27,083 --> 00:10:28,793 I don't have a shred of feeling left. 221 00:10:28,875 --> 00:10:30,205 Thank God. 222 00:10:30,625 --> 00:10:34,075 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to visit the ladies' room. 223 00:10:34,291 --> 00:10:35,541 Carrie! 224 00:10:35,709 --> 00:10:36,999 It was true, 225 00:10:37,083 --> 00:10:39,003 I no longer felt a thing for Kurt. 226 00:10:39,083 --> 00:10:40,883 After all these years, 227 00:10:40,959 --> 00:10:42,999 I finally saw him for what he was, 228 00:10:43,083 --> 00:10:45,133 a self-centered withholding creep, 229 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:48,128 who was still the best sex I ever had in my life. 230 00:10:48,208 --> 00:10:49,378 However, 231 00:10:49,458 --> 00:10:52,208 I did have a little experiment in mind. 232 00:10:58,625 --> 00:10:59,995 Kurt... 233 00:11:00,917 --> 00:11:02,957 Wow, what are you doing here? 234 00:11:03,041 --> 00:11:04,381 Hey, babe. 235 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,790 God, you look gorgeous. 236 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:09,415 Thanks. 237 00:11:10,083 --> 00:11:12,253 So, how's life? 238 00:11:12,792 --> 00:11:14,712 Not bad, can't complain. 239 00:11:14,792 --> 00:11:16,002 You? 240 00:11:16,083 --> 00:11:18,713 Oh, you know, just writing the column, the usual. 241 00:11:18,917 --> 00:11:22,287 So, you seeing anyone special? 242 00:11:22,709 --> 00:11:25,169 Not really... You? 243 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:27,630 Oh, just a couple guys... 244 00:11:28,250 --> 00:11:29,670 But you look good though. 245 00:11:29,750 --> 00:11:31,210 So do you. 246 00:11:35,917 --> 00:11:37,287 So, uh... 247 00:11:38,417 --> 00:11:39,917 What are you doing later? 248 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,920 I thought you weren't talking to me for the rest of your life. 249 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,420 Who said anything about talking? 250 00:11:47,583 --> 00:11:51,133 What do you say to my place, three o'clock. 251 00:11:51,625 --> 00:11:52,955 Alright. 252 00:11:53,041 --> 00:11:54,961 See you there. 253 00:12:05,875 --> 00:12:07,245 Are you out of your mind? 254 00:12:07,333 --> 00:12:09,673 What the hell do you think you're doing? 255 00:12:09,750 --> 00:12:12,460 Oh, calm down, it's research. 256 00:12:13,834 --> 00:12:15,044 Oh, God! 257 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:16,245 Oh, Kurt! 258 00:12:16,333 --> 00:12:19,043 Kurt was just like I remembered... 259 00:12:19,125 --> 00:12:20,415 -Better. -Yes. Oh... 260 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,330 Because this time 261 00:12:22,417 --> 00:12:25,077 -there would be none of that messy emotional attachment. -Yes. yes. Oh! 262 00:12:34,083 --> 00:12:35,883 Alrighty. 263 00:12:36,291 --> 00:12:37,711 My turn. 264 00:12:37,792 --> 00:12:39,212 Oh, sorry. 265 00:12:39,291 --> 00:12:40,961 I have to go back to work. 266 00:12:42,166 --> 00:12:44,326 What are you kidding? You serious? 267 00:12:44,417 --> 00:12:46,077 Oh, yeah, completely. 268 00:12:46,166 --> 00:12:49,166 But I'll give you a call? Maybe we can do it again some time? 269 00:12:51,041 --> 00:12:52,001 But... 270 00:12:53,792 --> 00:12:55,542 As I began to get dressed, 271 00:12:55,625 --> 00:12:58,125 I realized that I'd done it... 272 00:12:59,083 --> 00:13:01,463 I'd just had sex like a man. 273 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,960 I left feeling powerful, potent, and incredibly alive. 274 00:13:07,041 --> 00:13:09,171 I felt like I owned the city. 275 00:13:09,250 --> 00:13:12,380 Nothing and no one could get in my way. 276 00:13:22,375 --> 00:13:23,705 -Number one... -Here you go. 277 00:13:23,792 --> 00:13:25,132 ... he's very handsome. 278 00:13:25,208 --> 00:13:27,578 he's not wearing a wedding ring. 279 00:13:27,667 --> 00:13:30,457 he knows I carry a personal supply 280 00:13:30,542 --> 00:13:33,172 of ultra textured Trojans with the reservoir tip. 281 00:13:33,250 --> 00:13:34,380 Thanks a lot. 282 00:13:34,458 --> 00:13:35,998 Any time. 283 00:13:52,917 --> 00:13:54,167 Later that night, 284 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:56,130 Skipper Johnston met me for coffee 285 00:13:56,208 --> 00:13:58,328 and confessed a shocking intimate secret. 286 00:13:58,417 --> 00:13:59,827 Thank you. 287 00:13:59,917 --> 00:14:02,917 Do you know that it has been, like, a year? 288 00:14:03,709 --> 00:14:04,919 Really? 289 00:14:05,125 --> 00:14:07,915 I don't understand that, you're such a nice guy. 290 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 That's the problem. 291 00:14:09,083 --> 00:14:11,083 You know, I'm too nice, you know? 292 00:14:11,291 --> 00:14:12,671 I'm a romantic. 293 00:14:12,750 --> 00:14:14,710 I just have so much feeling. 294 00:14:15,250 --> 00:14:16,580 Are you sure you're not gay? 295 00:14:16,667 --> 00:14:17,877 No! 296 00:14:18,166 --> 00:14:19,456 I'm sensitive 297 00:14:19,542 --> 00:14:22,172 and I don't objectify women. 298 00:14:22,250 --> 00:14:25,500 You know, most guys, when they meet a girl, 299 00:14:25,583 --> 00:14:29,003 the first thing that they see is, um... 300 00:14:29,083 --> 00:14:30,173 You know... 301 00:14:30,250 --> 00:14:31,750 -Pussy? -Oh, God! 302 00:14:31,834 --> 00:14:34,884 Oh, I hate that word. 303 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:38,794 Don't you have any friends that you can hook me up with? 304 00:14:38,875 --> 00:14:40,955 No, they're too old for you. 305 00:14:41,041 --> 00:14:42,791 I like older women. 306 00:14:43,625 --> 00:14:45,075 Maybe. 307 00:14:46,208 --> 00:14:48,328 Maybe my friend Miranda. 308 00:14:48,417 --> 00:14:49,377 When? 309 00:14:49,458 --> 00:14:50,748 Tomorrow night. 310 00:14:50,834 --> 00:14:53,214 We're all going downtown to this club, Chaos. 311 00:14:53,291 --> 00:14:54,501 Great. 312 00:14:55,792 --> 00:14:57,292 Don't tell her I'm nice. 313 00:14:57,375 --> 00:14:58,915 Mmm. 314 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,210 Miranda was gonna hate Skipper. 315 00:15:02,291 --> 00:15:04,881 She'd think he was mocking her with his sweet nature 316 00:15:04,959 --> 00:15:06,459 and decide he was an asshole. 317 00:15:07,959 --> 00:15:10,039 The way she had decided all men were assholes. 318 00:15:16,917 --> 00:15:17,787 Hello? 319 00:15:17,875 --> 00:15:19,575 Hey, Carrie, it's Charlotte. 320 00:15:19,667 --> 00:15:21,127 -Hey, sweetie. -Hey, look, 321 00:15:21,208 --> 00:15:23,248 I can't meet you guys for dinner tomorrow night 322 00:15:23,333 --> 00:15:25,503 because I have an amazing date. 323 00:15:25,583 --> 00:15:26,633 With who? 324 00:15:26,709 --> 00:15:28,039 Capote Duncan, 325 00:15:28,125 --> 00:15:30,075 he's supposedly some big shot in the publishing world. 326 00:15:30,166 --> 00:15:31,536 -Do you know him? -Did I know him? 327 00:15:31,625 --> 00:15:33,375 He was one of the city's most notoriously 328 00:15:33,458 --> 00:15:34,628 un-gettable bachelors. 329 00:15:34,709 --> 00:15:35,709 Wait, wait. 330 00:15:35,792 --> 00:15:37,422 Don't even answer that question 331 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:38,750 because frankly, 332 00:15:38,834 --> 00:15:41,004 I don't care, and another thing, 333 00:15:41,083 --> 00:15:44,963 I'm not buying into any of that women having sex like men crap. 334 00:15:45,333 --> 00:15:46,963 I didn't want to tell her about my afternoon 335 00:15:47,041 --> 00:15:49,581 of cheap and easy sex and how good it felt. 336 00:15:49,667 --> 00:15:51,077 Alright, fine. 337 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:53,456 Listen, have a good time, and promise to tell me everything. 338 00:15:53,542 --> 00:15:55,172 Well, if you're lucky. 339 00:15:55,250 --> 00:15:57,290 -Bye. -Alright, bye. 340 00:16:01,333 --> 00:16:03,213 Friday night at Chaos. 341 00:16:03,291 --> 00:16:05,291 It was just like that bar in Cheers 342 00:16:05,375 --> 00:16:07,245 where everybody knows your name, 343 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:11,043 except here, they were likely to forget it five minutes later. 344 00:16:12,375 --> 00:16:13,705 Hi. 345 00:16:13,792 --> 00:16:16,292 Still, it was the creme de la creme of New York, 346 00:16:16,375 --> 00:16:18,625 whipped into a frenzy. 347 00:16:18,709 --> 00:16:21,329 Sometimes you got a soufflé, 348 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:24,210 sometimes cottage cheese. 349 00:16:24,291 --> 00:16:27,251 It is like a model bomb exploded in this room tonight. 350 00:16:27,333 --> 00:16:28,923 Is there a woman here aside from me 351 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,880 that weighs more than a hundred pounds? 352 00:16:30,959 --> 00:16:33,579 I know, it's like under-eaters anonymous. 353 00:16:33,875 --> 00:16:35,535 That's funny, Skippy. 354 00:16:35,834 --> 00:16:37,174 Skipper. 355 00:16:37,250 --> 00:16:39,790 I have this theory that men secretly hate pretty girls 356 00:16:39,875 --> 00:16:43,075 because they feel that they're the ones who rejected them in high school. 357 00:16:43,166 --> 00:16:45,826 Right, but if you're not part of the beauty Olympics, 358 00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:47,827 you can still become a very, you know... 359 00:16:47,917 --> 00:16:49,627 interesting person. 360 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:51,499 Are you saying that I'm not pretty enough? 361 00:16:51,583 --> 00:16:53,173 No, no, no, of course you are. 362 00:16:53,250 --> 00:16:55,500 So, ipso facto, I can't be interesting? 363 00:16:55,583 --> 00:16:57,543 Women either fall into one of two categories, 364 00:16:57,625 --> 00:16:59,575 beautiful and boring, or homely and interesting? 365 00:16:59,667 --> 00:17:01,127 Is that what you're saying, Skippy? 366 00:17:01,208 --> 00:17:03,168 No, no, no, no, that's not what I meant. 367 00:17:03,458 --> 00:17:06,168 Excuse me, is this your hand on my knee? 368 00:17:06,250 --> 00:17:07,380 No. 369 00:17:07,583 --> 00:17:10,503 Alright, let's keep 'em where I can see 'em, alright? 370 00:17:10,583 --> 00:17:13,583 Well, I guess you must find me beautiful... 371 00:17:14,083 --> 00:17:15,253 or interesting. 372 00:17:15,333 --> 00:17:17,003 I was about to rescue Skipper 373 00:17:17,083 --> 00:17:20,043 from an increasingly hopeless situation when suddenly... 374 00:17:20,125 --> 00:17:21,325 -Hey! -Hey! 375 00:17:21,417 --> 00:17:23,457 Lucky me, twice in one week. 376 00:17:24,333 --> 00:17:26,963 Well, I don't know if you're going to be getting that lucky. 377 00:17:27,041 --> 00:17:29,711 You know, I was really pissed off the way you left the other day. 378 00:17:29,792 --> 00:17:31,212 -You were? -Yeah. 379 00:17:31,291 --> 00:17:32,791 And I thought, "How great!" 380 00:17:32,875 --> 00:17:35,245 You finally understand the kind of relationship I really want, 381 00:17:35,333 --> 00:17:37,133 and now we can have sex without commitment. 382 00:17:38,458 --> 00:17:40,038 Yeah, right. 383 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:41,575 Sure, I guess. 384 00:17:41,834 --> 00:17:44,424 So, whenever I feel like it, I'll give you a call. 385 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:46,710 Yeah, please. I mean, whenever you feel like it. 386 00:17:46,792 --> 00:17:49,042 If I'm alone, I'm all yours. 387 00:17:49,125 --> 00:17:50,165 Alright. 388 00:17:50,917 --> 00:17:52,457 I like this new you. 389 00:17:52,792 --> 00:17:53,752 Call me. 390 00:17:53,834 --> 00:17:55,174 Yup. 391 00:17:57,375 --> 00:17:59,075 I didn't understand, 392 00:17:59,166 --> 00:18:01,036 did all men secretly want their women 393 00:18:01,125 --> 00:18:03,625 promiscuous and emotionally detached? 394 00:18:03,709 --> 00:18:06,249 And if I was really having sex like a man, 395 00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:08,333 why didn't I feel more in control? 396 00:18:08,417 --> 00:18:09,707 You see that guy? 397 00:18:09,792 --> 00:18:11,292 He's the next Donald Trump, 398 00:18:11,375 --> 00:18:14,325 except he's younger and much better looking. 399 00:18:15,583 --> 00:18:16,963 Hi. 400 00:18:17,166 --> 00:18:18,826 Do you know him? 401 00:18:18,917 --> 00:18:21,667 No, I've never seen him in my life. 402 00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:23,420 He usually dates models, but hey, 403 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:25,080 I'm as good-looking as a model, 404 00:18:25,166 --> 00:18:27,496 plus I own my own business. 405 00:18:27,583 --> 00:18:29,833 Samantha had the kind of deluded self-confidence 406 00:18:29,917 --> 00:18:33,037 that caused men like Ross Perot to run for president. 407 00:18:33,125 --> 00:18:35,165 And it usually got her what she wanted. 408 00:18:35,625 --> 00:18:38,285 Well, if you're not gonna hit on him, I will. 409 00:18:38,375 --> 00:18:40,285 And there she went, 410 00:18:40,375 --> 00:18:43,165 off to take her best shot with Mr. Big. 411 00:18:45,041 --> 00:18:46,671 Meanwhile, Charlotte York 412 00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:49,880 was passing the most splendid evening with Capote Duncan. 413 00:18:50,375 --> 00:18:52,915 Want to go back to my place and see the Ross Bleckner? 414 00:18:53,208 --> 00:18:55,918 I'd love to, but it's really getting late. 415 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,380 No problem. 416 00:18:58,291 --> 00:18:59,461 Uh... 417 00:18:59,667 --> 00:19:01,707 What year was it painted again? 418 00:19:02,792 --> 00:19:04,292 '89. 419 00:19:04,375 --> 00:19:06,455 Though Charlotte was determined to play hard to get, 420 00:19:06,542 --> 00:19:09,042 she didn't want to end the evening too abruptly. 421 00:19:09,125 --> 00:19:10,495 Well... 422 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:13,170 Maybe just for a minute. 423 00:19:17,959 --> 00:19:20,629 This could easily go for a hundred grand. 424 00:19:21,041 --> 00:19:23,501 Ross is so hot right now. 425 00:19:25,291 --> 00:19:27,331 It's beautiful. 426 00:19:28,542 --> 00:19:30,632 No, you're beautiful. 427 00:19:33,542 --> 00:19:35,132 Thank you... 428 00:19:35,750 --> 00:19:37,460 -for tonight. -Yeah? 429 00:19:37,542 --> 00:19:38,792 I had a wonderful time. 430 00:19:38,875 --> 00:19:40,535 -Well, it was my pleasure. -Mmm. 431 00:19:56,208 --> 00:19:58,958 I have to get up really early tomorrow. 432 00:20:00,250 --> 00:20:01,960 I'll get you a cab. 433 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,080 Charlotte told me later 434 00:20:08,166 --> 00:20:11,456 that she thought she had played the entire evening flawlessly. 435 00:20:16,792 --> 00:20:19,792 So, what are you doing next Saturday? 436 00:20:20,792 --> 00:20:23,292 I'm having dinner with you. 437 00:20:29,417 --> 00:20:30,707 Hey... 438 00:20:30,792 --> 00:20:33,212 Hey, you're going to the West Side, right? 439 00:20:33,291 --> 00:20:35,581 Right, uh, West 4th and Bank please. 440 00:20:36,959 --> 00:20:38,789 Scoot over, will you? 441 00:20:39,792 --> 00:20:41,172 Two stops. 442 00:20:41,250 --> 00:20:42,960 4th and Bank, and, uh... 443 00:20:43,041 --> 00:20:45,131 West Broadway and Broome. 444 00:20:46,083 --> 00:20:48,043 You're going to Chaos? 445 00:20:48,125 --> 00:20:49,625 Oh, yeah. 446 00:20:50,458 --> 00:20:51,458 Why? 447 00:20:52,834 --> 00:20:54,924 Look, I understand where you're coming from, 448 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:56,960 and I totally respect it... 449 00:20:57,041 --> 00:21:00,381 but, uh, I really need to have sex tonight. 450 00:21:04,667 --> 00:21:05,877 Back at Chaos, 451 00:21:05,959 --> 00:21:08,039 things were swinging into high gear 452 00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:10,625 and Samantha was putting the moves on Mr. Big. 453 00:21:10,709 --> 00:21:12,749 I've been smoking cigars for years, 454 00:21:12,834 --> 00:21:15,254 back when they were terminally uncool. 455 00:21:15,333 --> 00:21:17,673 I've got this great source that sends me Hondurans. 456 00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:19,130 Do you want to try one? 457 00:21:19,208 --> 00:21:21,668 -No, thank you. -Why? You can't find them anywhere. 458 00:21:21,959 --> 00:21:23,289 Cohibas... 459 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,500 That's all I smoke. 460 00:21:31,750 --> 00:21:33,210 Look... 461 00:21:33,542 --> 00:21:35,212 I do the P.R. for this club... 462 00:21:36,208 --> 00:21:38,998 and I have a key to the private room downstairs. 463 00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:41,210 Really? 464 00:21:41,792 --> 00:21:44,042 You want a private tour? 465 00:21:46,709 --> 00:21:49,579 No thanks, but maybe another time. 466 00:21:57,041 --> 00:21:59,041 Meanwhile, Skipper Johnston 467 00:21:59,125 --> 00:22:02,325 was hopelessly smitten with Miranda Hobbes. 468 00:22:02,417 --> 00:22:03,827 So where we going now? 469 00:22:03,917 --> 00:22:06,457 Listen, Skippy, you know, 470 00:22:06,542 --> 00:22:09,382 you really are a nice, sweet guy, but... 471 00:22:09,875 --> 00:22:11,875 Oh, I understand. 472 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:14,000 Goodnight. 473 00:22:20,083 --> 00:22:23,213 Miranda told me later that she thought he was too nice, 474 00:22:23,291 --> 00:22:26,251 but that she was willing to overlook one flaw. 475 00:22:28,709 --> 00:22:31,329 And Capote Duncan found his fix for the night. 476 00:22:31,417 --> 00:22:32,917 -After you. No. 477 00:22:34,125 --> 00:22:36,785 Where is it? I want to see the Ross Bleckner. 478 00:22:36,875 --> 00:22:40,245 Later. 479 00:22:49,750 --> 00:22:51,250 Oh, listen, I, uh... 480 00:22:52,583 --> 00:22:54,543 I gotta get up really early, 481 00:22:54,625 --> 00:22:56,535 so you can't stay over. 482 00:22:57,083 --> 00:22:58,293 Cool? 483 00:22:58,792 --> 00:23:01,252 Sure, I have to get up really early too. 484 00:23:17,250 --> 00:23:19,420 Taxi! Taxi! 485 00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:26,133 And so another Friday night in Manhattan crept towards dawn. 486 00:23:26,208 --> 00:23:27,458 Taxi! 487 00:23:30,625 --> 00:23:34,625 And just when I thought I would have to do the unspeakable, 488 00:23:34,709 --> 00:23:36,209 walk home... 489 00:23:47,542 --> 00:23:50,212 Well, get in for Christ's sakes. 490 00:23:59,375 --> 00:24:00,745 Where can I drop you? 491 00:24:00,834 --> 00:24:03,174 72nd Street, Third Avenue. 492 00:24:03,667 --> 00:24:04,827 You got that, Al? 493 00:24:04,917 --> 00:24:06,327 Yes, sir. 494 00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:10,210 So, what have you been doing lately? 495 00:24:10,291 --> 00:24:12,501 You mean besides going out every night? 496 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,210 Yeah, I mean what do you do for work? 497 00:24:15,291 --> 00:24:16,751 Well, this is my work. 498 00:24:17,041 --> 00:24:19,671 I'm sort of a sexual anthropologist. 499 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,420 You mean, like a hooker? 500 00:24:23,792 --> 00:24:25,082 No. 501 00:24:25,166 --> 00:24:27,746 I, um, I write a column called Sex and the City. 502 00:24:27,834 --> 00:24:29,384 Right now I'm researching an article 503 00:24:29,458 --> 00:24:31,248 about women who have sex like men. 504 00:24:32,792 --> 00:24:36,042 You know, they have sex and then afterwards they feel nothing. 505 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,830 But you're not like that. 506 00:24:38,917 --> 00:24:40,377 Well, aren't you? 507 00:24:40,917 --> 00:24:42,127 Not a drop. 508 00:24:42,208 --> 00:24:44,208 Not even half a drop. 509 00:24:45,542 --> 00:24:48,042 Wow, what's wrong with you? 510 00:24:51,625 --> 00:24:53,035 I get it. 511 00:24:53,709 --> 00:24:55,669 You've never been in love. 512 00:24:56,959 --> 00:24:58,419 Oh, yeah? 513 00:24:58,792 --> 00:25:00,172 Yeah. 514 00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:04,997 Suddenly I felt the wind knocked out of me. 515 00:25:05,083 --> 00:25:08,133 I wanted to crawl under the covers and go right to sleep. 516 00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:20,420 -Thanks for the ride. Any time. 517 00:25:24,458 --> 00:25:25,538 Wait. 518 00:25:31,125 --> 00:25:33,075 Have you ever been in love? 519 00:25:34,667 --> 00:25:37,077 Abso-fucking-lutely.