1 00:00:49,003 --> 00:00:52,836 Once upon a time, an English journalist came to New York. 2 00:00:57,836 --> 00:00:59,795 Elizabeth was attractive and bright. 3 00:00:59,878 --> 00:01:01,170 And right away she hooked up 4 00:01:01,253 --> 00:01:03,753 with one of the city's typically eligible bachelors. 5 00:01:03,836 --> 00:01:07,045 The question remains… Is this really a company we want to own? 6 00:01:07,128 --> 00:01:11,211 Tim was 42, a well-liked and respected investment banker 7 00:01:11,295 --> 00:01:13,586 who made about $2 million a year. 8 00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:19,086 They met one evening, in typical New York fashion… 9 00:01:19,795 --> 00:01:21,420 at a gallery opening. 10 00:01:28,295 --> 00:01:29,336 Like it? 11 00:01:30,295 --> 00:01:33,420 Yes, actually. I think it's quite interesting. 12 00:01:34,545 --> 00:01:35,795 What? 13 00:01:35,878 --> 00:01:38,336 I feel like I know you from somewhere. 14 00:01:38,420 --> 00:01:40,711 Oh, doubtful. I only just moved here from London. 15 00:01:40,795 --> 00:01:44,045 London? Really? That's my all-time favorite city. 16 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:46,628 - It is? - Absolutely. 17 00:01:47,086 --> 00:01:49,003 It was love at first sight. 18 00:01:49,295 --> 00:01:50,670 You know… 19 00:01:52,003 --> 00:01:54,878 I think perhaps I have met you somewhere before. 20 00:01:59,170 --> 00:02:01,586 For two weeks they snuggled… 21 00:02:03,628 --> 00:02:05,670 went to romantic restaurants… 22 00:02:08,711 --> 00:02:10,795 had wonderful sex… 23 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:14,128 and shared the most intimate secrets. 24 00:02:16,795 --> 00:02:18,503 One warm spring day… 25 00:02:18,586 --> 00:02:21,878 he took her to a town house he saw in Sunday's New York Times. 26 00:02:21,961 --> 00:02:24,711 How about if we start at the top and work our way down? 27 00:02:24,795 --> 00:02:27,545 There are four bedrooms upstairs. Do you have any children? 28 00:02:27,628 --> 00:02:28,836 Not yet. 29 00:02:31,045 --> 00:02:33,461 That day, Tim popped the question. 30 00:02:33,545 --> 00:02:36,128 How'd you like to have dinner with my folks Tuesday night? 31 00:02:36,211 --> 00:02:37,628 I'd love to. 32 00:02:38,836 --> 00:02:41,378 On Tuesday, he called with some bad news. 33 00:02:41,753 --> 00:02:43,961 My mother's not feeling very well. 34 00:02:44,045 --> 00:02:45,586 Well, gosh, I'm sorry. 35 00:02:45,836 --> 00:02:48,253 - Could we take a rain check? - Of course. 36 00:02:48,753 --> 00:02:50,878 Tell your mum I hope she feels better. 37 00:02:51,961 --> 00:02:54,795 When she hadn't heard from him for two weeks, she called. 38 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:58,586 Tim, it's Elizabeth. It's an awfully long rain check. 39 00:02:58,670 --> 00:03:01,795 He said he was up to his ears and that he'd call her the next day. 40 00:03:04,545 --> 00:03:06,628 He never did call, of course. Bastard. 41 00:03:06,711 --> 00:03:08,628 She told me one day over coffee. 42 00:03:08,711 --> 00:03:10,003 I don't understand. 43 00:03:10,086 --> 00:03:13,920 In England, looking at houses together would have meant something. 44 00:03:14,003 --> 00:03:18,045 Then I realized no one had told her about the end of love in Manhattan. 45 00:03:20,461 --> 00:03:23,045 Welcome to the age of "un-innocence." 46 00:03:24,253 --> 00:03:27,961 No one has breakfast at Tiffany's, and no one has affairs to remember. 47 00:03:28,711 --> 00:03:31,420 Instead, we have breakfast at 7:00 am 48 00:03:31,503 --> 00:03:34,295 and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible. 49 00:03:36,086 --> 00:03:39,295 Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount. 50 00:03:39,378 --> 00:03:42,086 Cupid has flown the co-op. 51 00:03:45,211 --> 00:03:47,378 How the hell did we get into this mess? 52 00:03:49,170 --> 00:03:50,336 There are thousands… 53 00:03:50,420 --> 00:03:53,170 maybe tens of thousands of women like this in the city. 54 00:03:53,545 --> 00:03:56,586 We all know them, and we all agree they're great. 55 00:03:57,211 --> 00:04:00,086 They travel. They pay taxes. 56 00:04:00,170 --> 00:04:03,836 They'll spend $400 on a pair of Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals. 57 00:04:04,545 --> 00:04:05,836 And they're alone. 58 00:04:11,211 --> 00:04:13,170 It's like the riddle of the Sphinx. 59 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:16,045 Why are there so many great unmarried women… 60 00:04:16,128 --> 00:04:18,378 and no great unmarried men? 61 00:04:19,253 --> 00:04:21,170 I explore these sorts of issues in my column, 62 00:04:21,253 --> 00:04:22,753 and I have terrific sources, 63 00:04:22,836 --> 00:04:24,045 my friends. 64 00:04:24,128 --> 00:04:27,711 When you're a young guy in your 20s, women are controlling the relationship. 65 00:04:27,795 --> 00:04:30,461 So by the time you're an eligible man in your 30s, 66 00:04:30,545 --> 00:04:33,128 you feel like you're being devoured by women. 67 00:04:33,211 --> 00:04:36,086 Suddenly, the guys are holding all the chips. 68 00:04:36,628 --> 00:04:39,545 I call it the mid-30s power flip. 69 00:04:45,170 --> 00:04:46,961 It's all about age and biology. 70 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,295 I mean, if you want to get married, it's to have kids, right? 71 00:04:50,378 --> 00:04:52,420 And you don't want to do with someone older than 35, 72 00:04:52,503 --> 00:04:53,753 'cause then you'll have to have kids right away 73 00:04:53,836 --> 00:04:55,045 and that's about it. 74 00:04:56,170 --> 00:04:58,711 I think these women should just forget about marriage 75 00:04:59,670 --> 00:05:00,878 and have a good time. 76 00:05:04,253 --> 00:05:05,586 I have a friend 77 00:05:05,961 --> 00:05:08,503 who'd always gone out with extremely sexy guys 78 00:05:08,586 --> 00:05:09,878 and just had a good time. 79 00:05:10,420 --> 00:05:13,253 One day she woke up, and she was 41. 80 00:05:13,628 --> 00:05:15,295 She couldn't get any more dates. 81 00:05:15,378 --> 00:05:18,503 She had a complete physical breakdown, couldn't hold on to her job 82 00:05:18,586 --> 00:05:21,420 and had to move back to Wisconsin to live with her mother. 83 00:05:25,295 --> 00:05:28,920 Trust me, this is not a story that makes men feel bad. 84 00:05:29,295 --> 00:05:32,795 Most men are threatened by successful women. 85 00:05:33,336 --> 00:05:36,628 If you want to get these guys, you have to keep your mouth shut, 86 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,336 and play by the rules. 87 00:05:41,711 --> 00:05:44,420 I totally believe that love conquers all. 88 00:05:44,503 --> 00:05:46,795 Sometimes you just have to give it a little space, 89 00:05:46,961 --> 00:05:49,170 and that's exactly what's missing in Manhattan. 90 00:05:49,420 --> 00:05:51,003 The space for romance. 91 00:05:54,336 --> 00:05:56,378 The problem is expectations. 92 00:05:56,461 --> 00:05:59,211 Older women don't want to settle for what's available. 93 00:06:02,211 --> 00:06:06,045 By the time you reach your mid-30s you think, "Why should I settle?" 94 00:06:08,045 --> 00:06:09,128 You know? 95 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:12,295 It's like the older we get, the more we keep self-selecting, 96 00:06:12,378 --> 00:06:14,836 down to a smaller and smaller group. 97 00:06:15,253 --> 00:06:17,211 What women really want is Alec Baldwin. 98 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:23,378 There's not one woman in New York who hasn't turned down ten wonderful guys 99 00:06:23,461 --> 00:06:26,795 because they were too short or too fat or too poor. 100 00:06:27,045 --> 00:06:30,503 I have been out with some of those guys, the short, fat, poor ones. 101 00:06:30,586 --> 00:06:32,170 It makes absolutely no difference. 102 00:06:32,253 --> 00:06:34,420 They are just as self-centered and unappreciative 103 00:06:34,503 --> 00:06:35,753 as the good-Iooking ones. 104 00:06:36,128 --> 00:06:39,128 Why don't these women just marry a fat guy? 105 00:06:39,211 --> 00:06:43,795 Why don't they just marry a big, fat tub of lard? 106 00:06:44,211 --> 00:06:48,920 Happy Birthday, dear Miranda 107 00:06:49,420 --> 00:06:53,003 Happy Birthday to you… 108 00:06:53,086 --> 00:06:54,628 Another 30-something birthday 109 00:06:54,711 --> 00:06:56,836 with a group of unmarried female friends. 110 00:06:57,253 --> 00:06:59,961 We would all have preferred a nice celebratory conference call. 111 00:07:00,045 --> 00:07:01,961 - You were saying? - Look. 112 00:07:02,045 --> 00:07:05,503 If you're a successful single woman in this city, you have two choices. 113 00:07:05,586 --> 00:07:08,128 You can bang your head against the wall and try and find a relationship, 114 00:07:08,211 --> 00:07:11,003 or you can say "screw it," and just go out and have sex like a man. 115 00:07:11,795 --> 00:07:16,461 - You mean with dildos? - No, I mean without feeling. 116 00:07:16,795 --> 00:07:19,378 Samantha Jones was a New York inspiration, 117 00:07:19,461 --> 00:07:21,253 a public relations executive. 118 00:07:21,336 --> 00:07:24,586 She routinely slept with good-Iooking guys in their 20s. 119 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,753 Remember that guy I was going out with? Oh, God, what was his name? Drew. 120 00:07:27,836 --> 00:07:29,503 - Drew. - Drew, the sex god. 121 00:07:29,586 --> 00:07:31,586 Right. Well, afterwards, I didn't feel a thing. 122 00:07:31,670 --> 00:07:34,128 It was like, "Hey, babe, gotta go. Catch ya later." 123 00:07:34,211 --> 00:07:36,836 And I completely forgot about him after that. 124 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,586 But are you sure that isn't just 'cause he didn't call you? 125 00:07:39,670 --> 00:07:43,045 Sweetheart, this is the first time in the history of Manhattan… 126 00:07:43,128 --> 00:07:45,503 that women have had as much money and power as men… 127 00:07:45,586 --> 00:07:48,795 plus the equal luxury of treating men like sex objects. 128 00:07:48,878 --> 00:07:51,878 Yeah, except men in this city fail on both counts. 129 00:07:51,961 --> 00:07:53,920 I mean, they don't want to be in a relationship with you, 130 00:07:54,003 --> 00:07:56,503 but as soon as you only want them for sex, they don't like it. 131 00:07:56,586 --> 00:07:59,045 All of a sudden they can't perform the way they're supposed to. 132 00:07:59,128 --> 00:08:00,503 That's when you dump them. 133 00:08:00,586 --> 00:08:02,920 Oh, come on, ladies, are we really that cynical? 134 00:08:03,045 --> 00:08:04,378 What about romance? 135 00:08:04,503 --> 00:08:06,128 - Yeah! - Who needs it? 136 00:08:06,211 --> 00:08:08,503 It's like that guy, Jeremiah, the poet. 137 00:08:08,795 --> 00:08:11,586 I mean, the sex was incredible. 138 00:08:11,878 --> 00:08:14,711 But then he wanted to read me his poetry and go out to dinner… 139 00:08:14,795 --> 00:08:17,878 and the whole chat bit, and I'm like, "Let's not even go there." 140 00:08:17,961 --> 00:08:20,920 What are you saying? Are you saying you're just going to give up on love? 141 00:08:21,003 --> 00:08:23,045 - That's sick. - No, no, no. Believe me. 142 00:08:23,128 --> 00:08:25,461 The right guy comes along, and you two right here, this whole thing… 143 00:08:25,545 --> 00:08:27,503 - right out the window. - That's right! 144 00:08:28,628 --> 00:08:29,753 Listen to me! The right guy is an illusion. 145 00:08:29,836 --> 00:08:32,211 You understand? You can all start living your lives. 146 00:08:32,295 --> 00:08:36,045 So you think it's really possible to pull off this whole, um… 147 00:08:36,670 --> 00:08:38,336 women-having-sex-like-men thing? 148 00:08:38,420 --> 00:08:42,086 - You're forgetting The Last Seduction. - You're obsessed with that movie. 149 00:08:42,170 --> 00:08:47,670 Okay, Linda Fiorentino fucking that guy up against the chain-link fence. 150 00:08:47,753 --> 00:08:50,586 And never having one of those "Oh, my God, what have I done?" epiphanies. 151 00:08:50,670 --> 00:08:52,086 I hated that movie. 152 00:08:54,711 --> 00:08:56,045 Was it true? 153 00:08:56,128 --> 00:09:00,211 Were women in New York really giving up on love and throttling up on power? 154 00:09:01,795 --> 00:09:03,295 What a tempting thought. 155 00:09:07,003 --> 00:09:08,586 You know, I'm beginning to think 156 00:09:08,670 --> 00:09:12,711 the only place where one can still find love and romance in New York 157 00:09:12,795 --> 00:09:14,211 is the gay community. 158 00:09:14,461 --> 00:09:16,753 It's straight love that's become closeted. 159 00:09:17,295 --> 00:09:19,295 Stanford Blatch was one of my closest friends. 160 00:09:19,378 --> 00:09:21,170 He was the owner of a talent agency, 161 00:09:21,253 --> 00:09:23,961 who at the moment was down to a single client. 162 00:09:24,420 --> 00:09:26,003 So, are you telling me 163 00:09:26,086 --> 00:09:27,961 that you're in love? 164 00:09:28,045 --> 00:09:30,961 How could I possibly sustain a relationship? 165 00:09:31,378 --> 00:09:34,420 You know, Derek takes up like, a 1,000% of my time. 166 00:09:34,961 --> 00:09:36,878 Don't you think that's a bit obsessive? 167 00:09:36,961 --> 00:09:40,336 Carrie, I'm a passionate person. His career is all I care about. 168 00:09:40,420 --> 00:09:43,878 When that's under control, then I can concentrate on my personal life. 169 00:09:43,961 --> 00:09:47,086 Stanford, he's an underwear model. 170 00:09:47,170 --> 00:09:49,628 With a billboard in Times Square. 171 00:09:50,503 --> 00:09:52,378 Oh, my God. Don't turn around. 172 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:54,670 The loathe of your life is at the bar. 173 00:09:56,128 --> 00:09:57,711 It was Kurt Harrington. 174 00:09:58,128 --> 00:10:00,545 A mistake I made when I was 26, 175 00:10:01,378 --> 00:10:02,836 and 29, 176 00:10:03,336 --> 00:10:04,670 and 31. 177 00:10:04,753 --> 00:10:07,670 Carrie, don't even go there. 178 00:10:07,753 --> 00:10:09,586 What? Do you think I'm a masochist? 179 00:10:09,670 --> 00:10:11,253 - The man is scum. - Good. 180 00:10:11,378 --> 00:10:15,253 Because I don't have the patience to clean up this mess for the fourth time. 181 00:10:15,336 --> 00:10:18,253 Will you relax? I don't have a shred of feeling left. 182 00:10:18,336 --> 00:10:19,628 Thank God. 183 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:23,336 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to visit the ladies' room. 184 00:10:23,586 --> 00:10:24,711 Carrie! 185 00:10:25,378 --> 00:10:28,503 It was true. I no longer felt a thing for Kurt. 186 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:32,545 After all these years, I finally saw him for what he was, 187 00:10:32,628 --> 00:10:34,920 a self-centered, withholding creep, 188 00:10:35,003 --> 00:10:37,503 who was still the best sex I ever had in my life. 189 00:10:37,753 --> 00:10:41,378 However, I did have a little experiment in mind. 190 00:10:48,253 --> 00:10:49,253 Kurt! 191 00:10:50,795 --> 00:10:52,461 Wow. What are you doing here? 192 00:10:52,545 --> 00:10:53,545 Hey, babe. 193 00:10:55,586 --> 00:10:58,295 - God, you look gorgeous. - Thanks. 194 00:10:59,586 --> 00:11:01,670 So, how's life? 195 00:11:02,378 --> 00:11:04,961 Not bad. Can't complain. You? 196 00:11:05,503 --> 00:11:07,461 Oh, you know, just writing the column. The usual. 197 00:11:08,503 --> 00:11:11,003 So, you seeing anyone special? 198 00:11:12,336 --> 00:11:14,420 Not really. You? 199 00:11:15,045 --> 00:11:16,503 Oh, just a couple guys. 200 00:11:18,128 --> 00:11:20,211 - Well, you look good, though. - So do you. 201 00:11:25,295 --> 00:11:27,003 So… 202 00:11:28,086 --> 00:11:29,628 what are you doing later? 203 00:11:29,753 --> 00:11:32,378 I thought you weren't talking to me for the rest of your life. 204 00:11:32,503 --> 00:11:34,211 Who said anything about talking? 205 00:11:37,461 --> 00:11:40,461 What do you say to my place, three o'clock? 206 00:11:41,586 --> 00:11:43,711 All right. See you there. 207 00:11:55,503 --> 00:11:58,920 Are you out of your mind? What the hell do you think you're doing? 208 00:11:59,003 --> 00:12:01,836 Oh, calm down. It's research. 209 00:12:03,545 --> 00:12:05,795 Oh, God. Oh, Kurt. 210 00:12:05,878 --> 00:12:07,836 Kurt was just like I remembered… 211 00:12:08,545 --> 00:12:09,711 better… 212 00:12:10,086 --> 00:12:15,045 because this time there would be none of that messy emotional attachment. 213 00:12:23,628 --> 00:12:26,836 All righty. My turn. 214 00:12:27,211 --> 00:12:30,170 Oh, sorry. I have to go back to work. 215 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,961 What? Are you kidding? You're serious? 216 00:12:34,045 --> 00:12:36,711 Oh, yeah. Completely. But I'll give you a call. 217 00:12:36,795 --> 00:12:38,336 Maybe we can do it again sometime. 218 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,336 Yeah, but… 219 00:12:43,461 --> 00:12:47,170 As I began to get dressed, I realized that I'd done it. 220 00:12:48,670 --> 00:12:50,670 I'd just had sex like a man. 221 00:12:52,878 --> 00:12:56,503 I left feeling powerful, potent and incredibly alive. 222 00:12:56,586 --> 00:12:58,545 I felt like I owned this city. 223 00:12:58,628 --> 00:13:01,086 Nothing and no one could get in my way. 224 00:13:11,961 --> 00:13:13,378 - Number one… - There you go. 225 00:13:13,461 --> 00:13:14,628 …he's very handsome. 226 00:13:14,711 --> 00:13:17,170 Number two, he's not wearing a wedding ring. 227 00:13:17,253 --> 00:13:20,086 Number three, he knows I carry a personal supply 228 00:13:20,170 --> 00:13:22,461 of ultra-textured Trojans with a reservoir tip. 229 00:13:22,545 --> 00:13:23,795 Thanks a lot. 230 00:13:24,336 --> 00:13:25,545 Anytime. 231 00:13:42,628 --> 00:13:45,586 Later that night, Skipper Johnston met me for coffee 232 00:13:45,670 --> 00:13:47,836 and confessed a shocking intimate secret. 233 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,170 Thank you. 234 00:13:49,628 --> 00:13:52,295 Do you know that it has been, like, a year? 235 00:13:53,378 --> 00:13:54,795 Really? 236 00:13:55,045 --> 00:13:57,420 I don't understand that. You're such a nice guy. 237 00:13:57,503 --> 00:14:00,711 That's the problem, you know. I'm too nice, you know? 238 00:14:00,795 --> 00:14:04,003 I'm a romantic. I just have so much feeling. 239 00:14:05,003 --> 00:14:06,086 Are you sure you're not gay? 240 00:14:06,336 --> 00:14:11,795 No! I'm sensitive and I don't objectify women. 241 00:14:12,003 --> 00:14:15,503 You know, most guys, when they meet a girl, 242 00:14:15,586 --> 00:14:18,170 the first thing that they see is, um… 243 00:14:19,045 --> 00:14:20,461 - You know… - Pussy? 244 00:14:20,545 --> 00:14:22,670 Oh, God! Oh! 245 00:14:23,003 --> 00:14:24,753 I hate that word. 246 00:14:25,545 --> 00:14:28,461 Don't you have any friends that you can hook me up with? 247 00:14:28,545 --> 00:14:32,003 - No. They're too old for you. - I like older women. 248 00:14:33,128 --> 00:14:34,211 Maybe. 249 00:14:35,711 --> 00:14:38,836 - Maybe my friend Miranda. - When? 250 00:14:39,253 --> 00:14:42,670 Tomorrow night. We're all going downtown to this club, Chaos. 251 00:14:42,753 --> 00:14:43,961 Great. 252 00:14:45,503 --> 00:14:47,461 - Don't tell her I'm nice. - Mmm. 253 00:14:48,961 --> 00:14:50,878 Miranda was gonna hate Skipper. 254 00:14:51,961 --> 00:14:54,336 She'd think he was mocking her with his sweet nature 255 00:14:54,420 --> 00:14:56,128 and decide he was an asshole… 256 00:14:57,420 --> 00:14:59,878 …the way she had decided all men were assholes. 257 00:15:06,753 --> 00:15:09,128 - Hello? - Hey, Carrie, it's Charlotte. 258 00:15:09,211 --> 00:15:10,795 - Hey, sweetie. - Hey. 259 00:15:10,878 --> 00:15:12,836 Look, I can't meet you guys for dinner tomorrow night 260 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,961 because I have an amazing date. 261 00:15:15,045 --> 00:15:16,128 With who? 262 00:15:16,211 --> 00:15:19,628 Capote Duncan. He's supposedly some big shot in the publishing world. 263 00:15:19,711 --> 00:15:21,045 - Do you know him? - Did I know him? 264 00:15:21,128 --> 00:15:24,128 He was one of the city's most notoriously "un-gettable" bachelors. 265 00:15:24,211 --> 00:15:27,045 Wait, wait, don't even answer that question 266 00:15:27,128 --> 00:15:29,086 because, frankly, I don't care. 267 00:15:29,170 --> 00:15:30,628 And another thing. 268 00:15:30,711 --> 00:15:34,378 I'm not buying into any of that women-having-sex-like-men crap. 269 00:15:34,461 --> 00:15:37,753 I didn't want to tell her about my afternoon of cheap and easy sex 270 00:15:37,836 --> 00:15:39,211 and how good it felt. 271 00:15:39,503 --> 00:15:41,628 All right. Fine. Listen, have a good time, 272 00:15:41,711 --> 00:15:43,045 and promise to tell me everything. 273 00:15:43,336 --> 00:15:44,711 Well, if you're lucky. 274 00:15:44,795 --> 00:15:46,961 - Bye. - All right. Bye. 275 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:52,628 Friday night at Chaos… 276 00:15:53,211 --> 00:15:56,253 It was just like that bar in Cheers where everybody knows your name… 277 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:00,336 except here they were likely to forget it five minutes later. 278 00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:02,711 Hi. 279 00:16:03,045 --> 00:16:07,586 Still, it was the creme de la creme of New York whipped into a frenzy. 280 00:16:08,253 --> 00:16:10,545 Sometimes you got a souffle, 281 00:16:11,878 --> 00:16:13,878 sometimes cottage cheese. 282 00:16:13,961 --> 00:16:16,920 It is like a model bomb exploded in this room tonight. 283 00:16:17,003 --> 00:16:20,503 Is there a woman here aside from me that weighs more than a hundred pounds? 284 00:16:20,586 --> 00:16:22,961 I know. It's like "Undereaters Anonymous." 285 00:16:23,753 --> 00:16:25,045 That's funny, Skippy. 286 00:16:25,503 --> 00:16:27,628 - Skipper. - I have this theory 287 00:16:28,086 --> 00:16:29,836 that men secretly hate pretty girls 288 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,586 because they feel that they're the ones who rejected them in high school. 289 00:16:32,670 --> 00:16:35,461 Right. But if you're not part of the "Beauty Olympics" 290 00:16:35,545 --> 00:16:39,003 you can still become a very interesting person. 291 00:16:39,086 --> 00:16:40,711 Are you saying that I'm not pretty enough? 292 00:16:40,795 --> 00:16:42,795 No, no, no. Of course you are. 293 00:16:42,878 --> 00:16:45,211 So, ipso facto, I can't be interesting? 294 00:16:45,295 --> 00:16:47,295 Women either fall into one of two categories. 295 00:16:47,378 --> 00:16:49,295 Beautiful and boring or homely and interesting. 296 00:16:49,378 --> 00:16:50,628 Is that what you're saying, Skipper? 297 00:16:50,753 --> 00:16:52,461 No, that's not what I meant. 298 00:16:53,295 --> 00:16:55,711 Excuse me. Is this your hand on my knee? 299 00:16:55,795 --> 00:16:56,961 No. 300 00:16:57,295 --> 00:16:59,545 All right, let's just keep them where I can see them, all right? 301 00:17:00,211 --> 00:17:02,711 Well, I guess you must find me beautiful… 302 00:17:03,711 --> 00:17:04,961 Or interesting. 303 00:17:05,211 --> 00:17:06,795 I was about to rescue Skipper 304 00:17:06,878 --> 00:17:09,503 from an increasingly hopeless situation, when suddenly… 305 00:17:09,586 --> 00:17:11,003 - Hey. - Hey! 306 00:17:11,086 --> 00:17:12,836 Lucky me, twice in one week. 307 00:17:14,045 --> 00:17:16,586 Well, I don't know if you're going to be getting that lucky. 308 00:17:16,670 --> 00:17:18,961 You know, I was really pissed off the way you left the other day. 309 00:17:19,045 --> 00:17:20,670 - You were? - Yeah. 310 00:17:20,753 --> 00:17:22,378 Then I thought, how great! 311 00:17:22,461 --> 00:17:24,711 You finally understand the kind of relationship I really want. 312 00:17:24,795 --> 00:17:26,420 Now we can have sex without commitment. 313 00:17:27,711 --> 00:17:30,920 Yeah. Right. Sure. I guess. 314 00:17:31,670 --> 00:17:34,045 So whenever I feel like it, I'll give you a call. 315 00:17:34,128 --> 00:17:35,071 Yeah, please. 316 00:17:35,086 --> 00:17:38,420 I mean, whenever you feel like it. If I'm alone, I'm all yours. 317 00:17:38,836 --> 00:17:40,086 Right. 318 00:17:40,378 --> 00:17:41,795 I like this new you. 319 00:17:42,295 --> 00:17:43,295 Call me. 320 00:17:43,670 --> 00:17:44,670 Yup. 321 00:17:47,045 --> 00:17:48,461 I didn't understand. 322 00:17:48,795 --> 00:17:53,045 Did all men secretly want their women promiscuous and emotionally detached? 323 00:17:53,336 --> 00:17:55,670 And if I was really having sex like a man, 324 00:17:55,753 --> 00:17:57,711 why didn't I feel more in control? 325 00:17:58,086 --> 00:18:00,711 You see that guy? He's the next Donald Trump. 326 00:18:00,836 --> 00:18:03,128 Except he's younger and much better looking. 327 00:18:05,295 --> 00:18:06,295 Hi. 328 00:18:06,961 --> 00:18:08,961 - You know him? - No. 329 00:18:09,045 --> 00:18:10,670 I've never seen him in my life. 330 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,420 He usually dates models, but, hey, I'm as good-Iooking as a model. 331 00:18:14,628 --> 00:18:17,128 Plus, I own my own business. 332 00:18:17,253 --> 00:18:19,628 Samantha had the kind of deluded self-confidence 333 00:18:19,711 --> 00:18:22,461 that caused men like Ross Perot to run for president. 334 00:18:22,545 --> 00:18:24,586 And it usually got her what she wanted. 335 00:18:25,253 --> 00:18:28,003 Well, if you're not gonna hit on him, I will. 336 00:18:28,086 --> 00:18:29,586 And there she went… 337 00:18:30,086 --> 00:18:32,586 off to take her best shot with Mr. Big. 338 00:18:34,628 --> 00:18:37,003 Meanwhile, Charlotte York was passing 339 00:18:37,086 --> 00:18:39,628 the most splendid evening with Capote Duncan. 340 00:18:39,961 --> 00:18:42,336 Wanna go back to my place and see the Ross Bleckner? 341 00:18:42,961 --> 00:18:45,336 I'd love to, but it's really getting late. 342 00:18:45,586 --> 00:18:46,878 No problem. 343 00:18:47,628 --> 00:18:48,711 Uh… 344 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:50,878 What year was it painted again? 345 00:18:52,420 --> 00:18:53,628 '89. 346 00:18:53,795 --> 00:18:56,045 Though Charlotte was determined to play hard-to-get, 347 00:18:56,128 --> 00:18:58,503 she didn't want to end the evening too abruptly. 348 00:18:58,586 --> 00:19:02,003 Well, maybe just for a minute. 349 00:19:07,753 --> 00:19:10,128 This could easily go for a hundred grand. 350 00:19:10,628 --> 00:19:12,670 Ross is so hot right now. 351 00:19:14,961 --> 00:19:16,628 It's beautiful. 352 00:19:18,211 --> 00:19:19,753 No, you're beautiful. 353 00:19:23,045 --> 00:19:26,420 Thank you for tonight. 354 00:19:26,503 --> 00:19:28,295 - Yeah? - I had a wonderful time. 355 00:19:28,378 --> 00:19:29,920 - Well, it was my pleasure. - Mmm. 356 00:19:45,795 --> 00:19:48,295 I have to get up really early tomorrow. 357 00:19:49,961 --> 00:19:51,295 I'll get you a cab. 358 00:19:56,628 --> 00:19:57,753 Charlotte told me later that 359 00:19:57,836 --> 00:20:00,795 she thought she had played the entire evening flawlessly. 360 00:20:06,461 --> 00:20:09,045 So, what are you doing next Saturday? 361 00:20:10,336 --> 00:20:12,420 I'm having dinner with you. 362 00:20:18,961 --> 00:20:20,711 Hey. 363 00:20:20,795 --> 00:20:25,128 - You're going to the West Side, right? - Right. West Fourth and Bank, please. 364 00:20:26,545 --> 00:20:30,086 Hey, scoot over, will you? Two stops. 365 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,461 Fourth and Bank and… 366 00:20:32,670 --> 00:20:34,086 West Broadway and Broom. 367 00:20:35,795 --> 00:20:39,003 - You're going to Chaos? - Oh, yeah. 368 00:20:40,170 --> 00:20:41,211 Why? 369 00:20:42,420 --> 00:20:44,378 Look, I understand where you're coming from… 370 00:20:44,461 --> 00:20:46,045 and I totally respect it. 371 00:20:46,461 --> 00:20:49,711 But, uh, I really need to have sex tonight. 372 00:20:54,628 --> 00:20:57,670 Back at Chaos, things were swinging into high gear 373 00:20:57,753 --> 00:21:00,128 and Samantha was putting the moves on Mr. Big. 374 00:21:00,211 --> 00:21:02,545 I've been smoking cigars for years, 375 00:21:02,628 --> 00:21:04,920 back when they were terminally uncool. 376 00:21:05,003 --> 00:21:08,295 I've got this great source that sends me Hondurans. Do you want to try one? 377 00:21:08,378 --> 00:21:10,753 - No, thank you. - Why? You can't find them anywhere. 378 00:21:11,503 --> 00:21:14,920 Cohibas. That's all I smoke. 379 00:21:21,461 --> 00:21:24,586 Look, I do the PR for this club 380 00:21:25,878 --> 00:21:28,461 and I have the key to the private room downstairs. 381 00:21:29,211 --> 00:21:30,378 Really? 382 00:21:31,503 --> 00:21:32,961 You want a private tour? 383 00:21:36,378 --> 00:21:39,045 No, thanks, but maybe another time. 384 00:21:46,670 --> 00:21:51,670 Meanwhile, Skipper Johnston was hopelessly smitten with Miranda Hobbes. 385 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:54,545 - So, uh, where we going now? - Listen, Skippy. 386 00:21:55,586 --> 00:21:58,628 You know, you really are a nice, sweet guy, but… 387 00:21:59,670 --> 00:22:01,086 Oh, I understand. 388 00:22:01,211 --> 00:22:02,836 Good night. 389 00:22:10,336 --> 00:22:12,920 Miranda told me later that she thought he was too nice, 390 00:22:13,003 --> 00:22:15,461 but that she was willing to overlook one flaw… 391 00:22:18,336 --> 00:22:20,795 and Capote Duncan found his fix for the night. 392 00:22:23,836 --> 00:22:26,211 Where is it? I wanna see the Ross Bleckner. 393 00:22:26,295 --> 00:22:27,670 Wait. Later. 394 00:22:28,836 --> 00:22:30,086 Later. 395 00:22:39,336 --> 00:22:40,753 Oh, listen, l, uh… 396 00:22:42,420 --> 00:22:43,836 I gotta get up really early, 397 00:22:44,170 --> 00:22:45,670 and actually, you can't stay over. 398 00:22:46,628 --> 00:22:47,711 Cool? 399 00:22:48,378 --> 00:22:50,461 Sure. I have to get up really early too. 400 00:23:07,003 --> 00:23:08,961 Taxi! Taxi! 401 00:23:12,128 --> 00:23:15,670 And so, another Friday night in Manhattan crept towards dawn. 402 00:23:15,753 --> 00:23:16,961 Taxi! 403 00:23:20,336 --> 00:23:23,295 And just when I thought I would have to do the unspeakable… 404 00:23:24,253 --> 00:23:25,586 walk home… 405 00:23:37,211 --> 00:23:39,420 Well, get in, for Christ's sakes. 406 00:23:48,961 --> 00:23:52,420 - Where can I drop you? - 72nd Street and Third Avenue. 407 00:23:53,378 --> 00:23:55,295 - Have you got that, Al? - Yes, sir. 408 00:23:57,461 --> 00:23:59,461 So, what have you been doing lately? 409 00:24:00,003 --> 00:24:01,878 You mean, besides going out every night? 410 00:24:02,670 --> 00:24:04,586 Yeah. I mean, what do you do for work? 411 00:24:05,045 --> 00:24:06,211 Well, this is my work. 412 00:24:06,670 --> 00:24:09,086 I'm sort of a sexual anthropologist. 413 00:24:10,670 --> 00:24:12,753 You mean like a hooker? 414 00:24:13,336 --> 00:24:14,378 No… 415 00:24:14,461 --> 00:24:17,503 I, um, I write a column called "Sex and the City." 416 00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:20,586 Right now I'm researching an article about women who have sex like men. 417 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:25,295 You know, they have sex and then afterwards, they feel nothing. 418 00:24:26,545 --> 00:24:29,670 - But you're not like that. - Well, aren't you? 419 00:24:30,503 --> 00:24:33,670 Not a drop. Not even half a drop. 420 00:24:35,211 --> 00:24:37,378 Wow. What's wrong with you? 421 00:24:41,211 --> 00:24:42,503 I get it. 422 00:24:43,295 --> 00:24:44,961 You've never been in love. 423 00:24:46,711 --> 00:24:47,836 Oh, yeah? 424 00:24:48,295 --> 00:24:49,545 Yeah. 425 00:24:51,753 --> 00:24:54,045 Suddenly I felt the wind knocked out of me. 426 00:24:54,711 --> 00:24:57,503 I wanted to crawl under the covers and go right to sleep. 427 00:25:07,336 --> 00:25:09,461 - Thanks for the ride. - Anytime. 428 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,128 Wait. 429 00:25:20,753 --> 00:25:22,211 Have you ever been in love? 430 00:25:24,295 --> 00:25:26,378 Abso-fuckin'-lutely.