1 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:54,551 In life, certain events come along so rarely, 2 00:00:54,635 --> 00:00:55,843 that when they do, 3 00:00:55,926 --> 00:00:57,718 special attention must be paid. 4 00:00:58,551 --> 00:01:02,135 Events like Halley's comet, solar eclipses, 5 00:01:02,218 --> 00:01:04,010 getting that second latte for free. 6 00:01:05,593 --> 00:01:09,343 And one night at a salsa club in very downtown Manhattan, 7 00:01:09,426 --> 00:01:11,468 four single girlfriends all found themselves 8 00:01:11,551 --> 00:01:14,635 without a relationship at the exact same time. 9 00:01:27,343 --> 00:01:28,510 She's not bad. 10 00:01:43,968 --> 00:01:45,718 Here's to us, without men. 11 00:01:45,801 --> 00:01:46,968 - Whoo! - Here, here. 12 00:01:47,051 --> 00:01:48,635 I'm not toasting to that, it's bad luck. 13 00:01:49,010 --> 00:01:50,260 Ha! 14 00:01:53,301 --> 00:01:55,218 If I end up old and alone, it's all your fault. 15 00:01:55,301 --> 00:01:57,635 Oh, Charlotte, sweetie, we're all alone, 16 00:01:57,718 --> 00:01:59,093 even when we're with men. 17 00:01:59,176 --> 00:02:00,926 Yeah, you tell her, Mister Sister. 18 00:02:01,010 --> 00:02:03,593 My advice to you, is to embrace that fact, 19 00:02:03,676 --> 00:02:06,468 slap on some armor and go through life like I do. 20 00:02:06,551 --> 00:02:09,426 Enjoying men but not expecting them to fill you up. 21 00:02:09,510 --> 00:02:11,718 Except when, well, you know… 22 00:02:11,801 --> 00:02:13,260 We know, we know, we know. 23 00:02:13,343 --> 00:02:15,926 Excuse me, I was wondering if you'd like to dance. 24 00:02:17,468 --> 00:02:21,301 Oh, well, thanks, but tonight it's just us girls. 25 00:02:21,676 --> 00:02:23,968 I'm William, one of the club owners. 26 00:02:24,135 --> 00:02:25,426 Samantha. 27 00:02:25,551 --> 00:02:28,426 If you ever feel like a dance, we could have some fun. 28 00:02:30,385 --> 00:02:32,843 I'm impressed, not dumping us for a guy. 29 00:02:32,926 --> 00:02:34,551 Is that the kind of girl you think I am? 30 00:02:34,635 --> 00:02:36,135 - Well… - Oh, you guys, I gotta go, 31 00:02:36,218 --> 00:02:38,843 I'm getting my picture taken for that magazine article in the morning. 32 00:02:38,926 --> 00:02:40,135 What magazine article? 33 00:02:40,218 --> 00:02:42,176 All press needs to be cleared through me. 34 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:43,510 It's New York Magazine, 35 00:02:43,593 --> 00:02:45,885 they're doing a profile of 20 Manhattan singles, 36 00:02:45,968 --> 00:02:48,801 and it's called "Single and Fabulous." 37 00:02:48,885 --> 00:02:50,010 Why wasn't I picked? 38 00:02:50,093 --> 00:02:51,843 I'm single and I'm definitely fabulous. 39 00:02:51,926 --> 00:02:54,301 Well, I was picked because Stanford's new boyfriend, Nevin… 40 00:02:54,385 --> 00:02:56,010 - Nevin? - …is the assistant photo editor. 41 00:02:56,093 --> 00:02:58,426 No, Carrie, you cannot leave, we never go dancing. 42 00:02:58,510 --> 00:03:00,093 - Come on, one more drink. - All right, one drink. 43 00:03:00,176 --> 00:03:01,468 One. One drink. 44 00:03:01,718 --> 00:03:03,676 To hot men. 45 00:03:04,635 --> 00:03:05,968 One drink turned into many, 46 00:03:06,051 --> 00:03:07,301 and before I knew it… 47 00:03:08,135 --> 00:03:09,426 I was dragging my tired, 48 00:03:09,510 --> 00:03:11,926 yet single and fabulous ass home at dawn. 49 00:03:12,051 --> 00:03:13,051 Ho! 50 00:03:14,176 --> 00:03:17,676 I decided my best bet to avoid looking like I'd been up all night 51 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,135 was to stay up all morning. 52 00:03:25,426 --> 00:03:27,468 It's Stanford, you're 40 minutes late. 53 00:03:27,551 --> 00:03:29,885 I'm at the photo shoot and everyone's freaking out! 54 00:03:30,218 --> 00:03:31,301 I'm there, 20 minutes. 55 00:03:31,385 --> 00:03:33,676 - Twenty minutes? - I said 20 minutes! 56 00:03:40,468 --> 00:03:42,468 Oh, God, I could not get a cab. 57 00:03:42,551 --> 00:03:43,801 So what did you do, 58 00:03:43,885 --> 00:03:46,051 grab on to a bumper and let one drag you here? 59 00:03:46,135 --> 00:03:47,843 Oh, stop, I was up all night. 60 00:03:47,926 --> 00:03:49,885 And I need a coffee the size of my head. 61 00:03:49,968 --> 00:03:51,885 Um, Carrie, this is Nevin. 62 00:03:51,968 --> 00:03:53,051 Oh, gosh, hi. 63 00:03:53,135 --> 00:03:55,051 Stanford has told me so much about you. 64 00:03:55,135 --> 00:03:56,593 It's really nice to finally meet you. 65 00:03:56,968 --> 00:03:59,510 Hello, you're about a fucking month late! 66 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:00,843 Follow me. 67 00:04:01,093 --> 00:04:02,385 - Jesus! - Don't look at me. 68 00:04:02,468 --> 00:04:04,260 You're the one who's about a fucking month late. 69 00:04:06,135 --> 00:04:07,260 My poncho! 70 00:04:08,093 --> 00:04:10,385 - Hi, I am so, so sorry. - It's fine. 71 00:04:10,468 --> 00:04:11,760 - Could you sit? - Sure. 72 00:04:15,551 --> 00:04:18,926 Oh, we're gonna… There's gonna be time for makeup, right? 73 00:04:19,010 --> 00:04:20,510 - Yeah. - Thank God! 74 00:04:20,926 --> 00:04:23,593 I just wanna do a few test shots before I check the lighting. 75 00:04:23,676 --> 00:04:25,135 Hey, coffee, please. 76 00:04:26,593 --> 00:04:27,843 Oh, do you mind if I smoke? 77 00:04:27,926 --> 00:04:29,510 I don't care if you shoot up. 78 00:04:31,968 --> 00:04:33,468 Listen, I never keep people waiting. 79 00:04:33,551 --> 00:04:35,468 I just… I got to bed really late last night. 80 00:04:35,551 --> 00:04:37,968 And it's my personal belief, I lapsed into a coma. 81 00:04:38,051 --> 00:04:39,051 Mmm. 82 00:04:40,551 --> 00:04:42,968 - Oh, thank you. - They only had decaf. 83 00:04:44,010 --> 00:04:45,135 Wha… 84 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:48,676 Being single and fabulous also frees up one's weekends. 85 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:51,843 Saturdays usually spent browsing with him in SoHo 86 00:04:51,926 --> 00:04:54,801 are left to more practical things like power walking 87 00:04:54,885 --> 00:04:57,010 with your single and fabulous girlfriends. 88 00:04:57,135 --> 00:04:58,510 We're walking way too slow. 89 00:04:58,593 --> 00:04:59,968 We're not burning off anything. 90 00:05:00,176 --> 00:05:02,218 Let's gossip to get our heart rates up. 91 00:05:03,635 --> 00:05:04,968 Hey, Miranda. 92 00:05:05,051 --> 00:05:07,010 Josh, hey, hi, how are you? 93 00:05:07,135 --> 00:05:09,551 Good, great, training for the marathon. 94 00:05:09,635 --> 00:05:11,593 Right, right, I forgot you do that. 95 00:05:11,676 --> 00:05:12,926 Five years in a row. 96 00:05:15,926 --> 00:05:18,051 Well, you got my number, so, give me a call. 97 00:05:20,801 --> 00:05:22,051 Cute, who's that? 98 00:05:22,135 --> 00:05:25,301 An ophthalmologist I once faked orgasms with. 99 00:05:25,385 --> 00:05:27,176 Okay, we're officially stopping… 100 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:29,551 The idea that Miranda would fake anything 101 00:05:29,635 --> 00:05:30,885 stopped me cold. 102 00:05:30,968 --> 00:05:32,343 I only slept with him twice. 103 00:05:32,426 --> 00:05:35,426 The first time I faked it because it was never gonna happen. 104 00:05:35,510 --> 00:05:38,135 And the second time, I had to fake it 'cause I faked it the first time. 105 00:05:38,218 --> 00:05:39,218 Oh, naturally. 106 00:05:39,301 --> 00:05:42,176 And I didn't wanna fake it again, so I just forgot to return his last call. 107 00:05:42,260 --> 00:05:44,301 You broke up with an ophthalmologist over that? 108 00:05:44,385 --> 00:05:46,635 Orgasm, major thing in a relationship? 109 00:05:46,718 --> 00:05:48,093 Yeah, but not the only thing. 110 00:05:48,176 --> 00:05:50,343 Orgasms don't send you Valentine's day cards, 111 00:05:50,426 --> 00:05:52,385 and they don't hold your hand in a sad movie. 112 00:05:52,468 --> 00:05:53,468 Mine do. 113 00:05:53,510 --> 00:05:55,926 You're seriously advocating faking? 114 00:05:56,010 --> 00:05:57,385 No, but if you really like the guy, 115 00:05:57,468 --> 00:05:59,176 what's one little moment of "Ooh, ooh," 116 00:05:59,260 --> 00:06:01,385 versus spending the whole night in bed alone? 117 00:06:01,635 --> 00:06:02,968 These are my options? 118 00:06:03,426 --> 00:06:04,635 And who's to say that one moment 119 00:06:04,718 --> 00:06:06,426 is any more important than when he gets up 120 00:06:06,510 --> 00:06:08,676 and pours you a cup of coffee in the morning? 121 00:06:08,926 --> 00:06:09,926 Let's go! 122 00:06:10,010 --> 00:06:11,260 I'll take an orgasm 123 00:06:11,343 --> 00:06:14,135 over a cup of French drip Colombian any day. 124 00:06:14,218 --> 00:06:15,801 See, for me, it's a toss-up. 125 00:06:16,676 --> 00:06:18,260 Hey, the usual, please. 126 00:06:18,343 --> 00:06:21,218 Having smoked all my cigarettes during our workout, 127 00:06:21,301 --> 00:06:23,301 I stopped for fresh supplies when… 128 00:06:29,093 --> 00:06:30,135 There I was. 129 00:06:32,843 --> 00:06:35,385 Hanging right next to Martha Stewart Living. 130 00:06:36,260 --> 00:06:39,718 Carrie Bradshaw, dying of embarrassment. 131 00:06:41,176 --> 00:06:43,343 "Single and Fabulous, question mark"? 132 00:06:43,426 --> 00:06:44,760 There was no question mark implied. 133 00:06:44,843 --> 00:06:46,843 I would never have agreed to be in an article 134 00:06:47,093 --> 00:06:49,593 "Single and Fabulous, question mark." 135 00:06:50,093 --> 00:06:52,135 - I was set up. - Oh, I agree. 136 00:06:52,218 --> 00:06:54,468 You're single, fabulous, and fucked. 137 00:06:54,551 --> 00:06:56,385 Not after that picture, I won't be. 138 00:06:56,718 --> 00:06:59,093 They said "Single and Fabulous" exclamation point. 139 00:06:59,176 --> 00:07:02,051 They did not say "Single and Fabulous" question mark. 140 00:07:02,385 --> 00:07:04,301 That question mark is hostile. 141 00:07:04,385 --> 00:07:06,176 Miranda, can't we sue them or something? 142 00:07:06,260 --> 00:07:07,760 For what, mispunctuation? 143 00:07:07,843 --> 00:07:09,843 It's too late to sue. I'm all over the city looking like… 144 00:07:09,926 --> 00:07:12,676 like something that got caught in a drain. 145 00:07:13,010 --> 00:07:14,843 Okay, you know what? I just quit smoking. 146 00:07:14,926 --> 00:07:16,510 "Single was fun at 20. 147 00:07:16,593 --> 00:07:17,926 But you wanna ask these women, 148 00:07:18,010 --> 00:07:20,468 how fun will all night club-hopping be at 40?" 149 00:07:20,551 --> 00:07:22,635 - Who's out all night? - Who's 40? 150 00:07:22,718 --> 00:07:23,703 Do you know what I say? 151 00:07:23,718 --> 00:07:25,801 Fuck them, exclamation point. 152 00:07:25,885 --> 00:07:26,885 Fuck them! 153 00:07:26,926 --> 00:07:28,426 Yeah, fuck them! 154 00:07:28,551 --> 00:07:29,801 Charlotte said "Fuck." 155 00:07:29,885 --> 00:07:31,260 Every couple of years, 156 00:07:31,343 --> 00:07:33,676 an article like this surfaces as a cautionary tale 157 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,468 to scare young women into marriage. 158 00:07:35,551 --> 00:07:37,551 Oh, I'm a cautionary tale? Shoot me. 159 00:07:37,635 --> 00:07:39,301 "Filling their lives with an endless parade 160 00:07:39,385 --> 00:07:42,760 of decoys and distractions to avoid the painful fact 161 00:07:42,843 --> 00:07:44,343 that they're completely alone." 162 00:07:44,426 --> 00:07:45,593 How is that helping? 163 00:07:46,343 --> 00:07:49,801 This piece of trash has nothing, I repeat, nothing to do with us. 164 00:07:49,885 --> 00:07:52,468 Exactly, we are single and fabulous. 165 00:07:52,551 --> 00:07:53,926 Absolutely. 166 00:07:54,510 --> 00:07:57,801 But I had a sneaking suspicion they didn't quite believe it. 167 00:07:58,301 --> 00:08:01,468 Somehow, the question mark had leapt off my cover 168 00:08:01,551 --> 00:08:02,843 and onto each of them, 169 00:08:02,926 --> 00:08:04,510 because, within a week… 170 00:08:06,593 --> 00:08:09,093 Miranda met Josh for old time's sake… 171 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,051 Samantha met William for a dance… 172 00:08:15,885 --> 00:08:18,176 And Charlotte met a deadline head-on. 173 00:08:18,260 --> 00:08:21,635 So, I'm moving to Salt Lake City. 174 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:23,468 What? Why? 175 00:08:23,718 --> 00:08:26,218 The acting thing in New York is definitely not happening, you know… 176 00:08:26,635 --> 00:08:28,885 I have a chance to get on a Christian soap opera 177 00:08:28,968 --> 00:08:30,010 if I move out west. 178 00:08:30,093 --> 00:08:32,426 Wow, a Christian soap opera? 179 00:08:32,510 --> 00:08:33,551 Yeah. 180 00:08:33,843 --> 00:08:36,260 "The Days of our Mormon Lives" or some shit. 181 00:08:36,843 --> 00:08:38,426 Hand me the receiver cable. 182 00:08:40,093 --> 00:08:42,051 The… 183 00:08:42,218 --> 00:08:43,260 Jeez. 184 00:08:44,301 --> 00:08:45,718 What are you gonna do around here without me? 185 00:08:45,801 --> 00:08:47,801 Tom was an out-of-work actor friend 186 00:08:47,885 --> 00:08:51,218 Charlotte had come to depend on to do the occasional male things 187 00:08:51,301 --> 00:08:53,176 she needed done around her apartment. 188 00:08:53,510 --> 00:08:56,260 Because he was an out-of-work actor, he had a lot of time. 189 00:08:56,343 --> 00:09:00,176 And because he had a lot of time, he had a lot of tools. 190 00:09:00,635 --> 00:09:04,510 Okay, that is the VCR. 191 00:09:05,093 --> 00:09:07,885 After I rewire your lamp, I'm out of here. 192 00:09:08,968 --> 00:09:11,176 Unless you have something else you need done. 193 00:09:16,135 --> 00:09:17,885 Charlotte made a decision. 194 00:09:17,968 --> 00:09:21,301 She decided she wasn't gonna let her Mr. Fix-it get away. 195 00:09:22,885 --> 00:09:25,760 While women are certainly no strangers to faking it, 196 00:09:25,843 --> 00:09:29,218 we've faked our hair color, cup-size… hell, we've even faked fur, 197 00:09:29,301 --> 00:09:30,885 I couldn't help but wonder, 198 00:09:30,968 --> 00:09:34,593 has fear of being alone suddenly raised the bar on faking? 199 00:09:35,010 --> 00:09:37,010 Are we faking more than orgasms? 200 00:09:37,093 --> 00:09:39,801 Are we faking entire relationships? 201 00:09:39,885 --> 00:09:42,885 Is it better to "fake it" than be alone? 202 00:09:43,426 --> 00:09:45,801 Well, you know, my boyfriend and I were really compatible, 203 00:09:45,885 --> 00:09:47,010 except for one thing. 204 00:09:47,093 --> 00:09:49,343 He liked thin, blond, waspy types, so… 205 00:09:50,051 --> 00:09:51,051 Now I am. 206 00:09:51,093 --> 00:09:52,551 I think my wife's an idiot. 207 00:09:52,635 --> 00:09:55,218 Every day with her is like a trip to idiot island. 208 00:09:56,010 --> 00:09:57,343 I don't tell her how I really feel. 209 00:09:57,426 --> 00:09:59,510 I'm pretty sure she'd leave me. 210 00:10:04,176 --> 00:10:06,051 I don't understand sign language. 211 00:10:08,301 --> 00:10:09,843 A glamorous city like New York 212 00:10:09,926 --> 00:10:12,343 offers a sea of single and fabulous things 213 00:10:12,468 --> 00:10:14,260 for the fabulous and single to do. 214 00:10:14,551 --> 00:10:16,135 As long as that magazine's on the newsstand, 215 00:10:16,218 --> 00:10:17,510 I'm not going out in public 216 00:10:17,593 --> 00:10:20,051 for fear of being scorned and chased with sticks. 217 00:10:20,593 --> 00:10:22,218 Hey, one, one! 218 00:10:22,301 --> 00:10:23,343 I'm not smoking. 219 00:10:23,426 --> 00:10:25,760 Look at this, he climbs on top of her, 220 00:10:25,843 --> 00:10:28,260 and the next thing you know, she's coming. 221 00:10:28,343 --> 00:10:29,635 No wonder men are so lost. 222 00:10:29,718 --> 00:10:31,760 They have no idea there's more work involved. 223 00:10:31,843 --> 00:10:33,135 So, still faking it? 224 00:10:33,218 --> 00:10:35,010 - Yep. - Is he that bad in bed? 225 00:10:35,093 --> 00:10:37,760 No, he's just… he's a guy. 226 00:10:38,093 --> 00:10:41,260 They can rebuild a jet engine, but when it comes to a woman… 227 00:10:41,718 --> 00:10:42,760 What's the big mystery? 228 00:10:42,843 --> 00:10:44,551 It's my clitoris, not the sphinx! 229 00:10:44,968 --> 00:10:47,260 I think you just found the title for your autobiography. 230 00:10:47,343 --> 00:10:49,135 You know, it's really not their fault. 231 00:10:49,218 --> 00:10:50,551 They don't come with a manual. 232 00:10:50,635 --> 00:10:52,926 If I had a son, I'd teach him all about the vagina. 233 00:10:53,010 --> 00:10:55,093 If you had a son, we'd call social services. 234 00:10:55,176 --> 00:10:56,551 The other night, he told me 235 00:10:56,635 --> 00:10:59,676 he really likes that I can come while he's fucking me. 236 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,510 How can he actually believe that that's all it takes? 237 00:11:02,593 --> 00:11:04,301 Because you're faking it! 238 00:11:04,926 --> 00:11:07,051 I'm really hating myself right now. 239 00:11:07,135 --> 00:11:09,426 Could you please just tell me why? 240 00:11:10,218 --> 00:11:12,843 He's a nice guy. He means well. 241 00:11:12,926 --> 00:11:14,468 Oh, so it's codependent coming. 242 00:11:14,551 --> 00:11:17,260 Oh, well, I have to go. I got a date. 243 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:20,926 I'm meeting William after work, and then, who knows? 244 00:11:21,010 --> 00:11:22,343 But from the way he dances, 245 00:11:22,426 --> 00:11:25,135 I'm fairly certain I won't have to fake anything. 246 00:11:28,093 --> 00:11:30,301 This is a great club. 247 00:11:30,718 --> 00:11:32,801 Wait until you see my club in the Hamptons. 248 00:11:32,968 --> 00:11:34,426 Salsa East. 249 00:11:34,676 --> 00:11:35,676 Do you like the Hamptons? 250 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,093 No, love, love the Hamptons. 251 00:11:39,343 --> 00:11:41,718 I'm renting a great house in East Hampton. 252 00:11:41,885 --> 00:11:43,593 We can go out on the weekends. 253 00:11:44,718 --> 00:11:50,051 We can go sailing, and cook big old lobsters. 254 00:11:50,468 --> 00:11:52,093 We can walk on the beach. 255 00:11:52,176 --> 00:11:53,968 At first Samantha listened, 256 00:11:54,051 --> 00:11:55,926 fascinated, detached. 257 00:11:56,135 --> 00:11:57,885 It was rare to hear a man use the "we" word 258 00:11:58,135 --> 00:11:59,718 so comfortably, so early on. 259 00:11:59,801 --> 00:12:01,926 Or we could just lay around and do this. 260 00:12:06,385 --> 00:12:07,801 Whatever we want. 261 00:12:10,926 --> 00:12:12,843 But pretty soon she gave in. 262 00:12:12,926 --> 00:12:16,718 She lay back, opened up, and let the "we" wash over her. 263 00:12:24,218 --> 00:12:25,385 Hello. 264 00:12:25,468 --> 00:12:27,385 Guess where I'm spending the summer? 265 00:12:27,468 --> 00:12:28,676 I don't know, Gucci? 266 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:30,135 East Hampton. 267 00:12:30,218 --> 00:12:31,426 William's renting a house, 268 00:12:31,510 --> 00:12:33,135 and he asked me to spend the summer with him. 269 00:12:33,218 --> 00:12:34,635 Isn't it a little early? 270 00:12:34,718 --> 00:12:35,926 Honey, no. 271 00:12:36,010 --> 00:12:38,635 All the great places are taken by January. 272 00:12:38,718 --> 00:12:40,885 No, I mean early in the relationship. 273 00:12:40,968 --> 00:12:42,676 You should have heard him last night. 274 00:12:42,843 --> 00:12:45,593 "We" can cook, "we" can swim. 275 00:12:45,676 --> 00:12:46,885 Oh, he's a "we" guy. 276 00:12:46,968 --> 00:12:49,760 Oh, so he's a "we" guy, who cares? 277 00:12:49,843 --> 00:12:52,843 We are going to spend the summer in East Hampton 278 00:12:52,926 --> 00:12:57,801 and the "we" I'm referring to right now, is you and me. 279 00:12:59,301 --> 00:13:02,010 They say that every great actor knows when to stop performing. 280 00:13:02,385 --> 00:13:04,760 I'm getting close, come with me. 281 00:13:05,260 --> 00:13:06,426 Oh, come with me. 282 00:13:06,510 --> 00:13:07,885 For Miranda Hobbes, 283 00:13:07,968 --> 00:13:10,760 it was that Saturday night at exactly 10:40. 284 00:13:10,843 --> 00:13:13,718 Ooh! Come with… 285 00:13:21,176 --> 00:13:23,051 Oh, God. 286 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,176 Wow. 287 00:13:26,343 --> 00:13:27,760 Hey, is everything all right? 288 00:13:27,843 --> 00:13:28,885 Mm-hmm. 289 00:13:29,718 --> 00:13:30,926 Are you sure? 290 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:32,385 'Cause you didn't cum. 291 00:13:32,926 --> 00:13:34,176 Did you? 292 00:13:34,260 --> 00:13:36,301 - No. - Oh. 293 00:13:37,801 --> 00:13:39,176 Did I do something wrong tonight? 294 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:42,760 'Cause, I mean, you came every other time. 295 00:13:46,135 --> 00:13:48,343 What? Hey, tell me. 296 00:13:48,426 --> 00:13:51,968 Well, I didn't exactly cum all those other times. 297 00:13:52,676 --> 00:13:53,801 You faked it? 298 00:13:54,385 --> 00:13:56,260 Well, how many of the other times? 299 00:13:57,801 --> 00:14:00,510 All of the other times? 300 00:14:02,218 --> 00:14:05,218 Oh, do you have like a physical problem or something? 301 00:14:05,301 --> 00:14:07,176 Me? What makes you assume it's me? 302 00:14:07,260 --> 00:14:09,593 Oh, no offense, it's just… 303 00:14:10,051 --> 00:14:13,010 Nobody I've ever slept with has had to, you know, fake it. 304 00:14:13,093 --> 00:14:14,676 You know, a lot of women fake it, 305 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:16,051 and up until five minutes ago, 306 00:14:16,135 --> 00:14:18,218 you didn't know that I was faking it, so… 307 00:14:18,301 --> 00:14:19,885 Well… what are you saying? 308 00:14:19,968 --> 00:14:22,968 All the women I've ever slept with have been faking it? 309 00:14:28,135 --> 00:14:29,801 What are you looking at? 310 00:14:30,676 --> 00:14:33,301 Nothing. I was just running a list in my head. 311 00:14:33,801 --> 00:14:37,843 Look, Josh, a woman's anatomy is a little more complicated… 312 00:14:37,926 --> 00:14:40,051 Hey, hey, I know all about a woman's anatomy. 313 00:14:40,135 --> 00:14:41,120 I'm a doctor. 314 00:14:41,135 --> 00:14:42,426 You're an eye doctor. 315 00:14:45,801 --> 00:14:49,051 Okay, give me some tips. 316 00:14:49,676 --> 00:14:51,760 - Pardon me? - Tips, tips to get you off. 317 00:14:51,843 --> 00:14:53,301 I am nobody's charity case. 318 00:14:53,385 --> 00:14:55,343 I run the marathon for Christ's sake. 319 00:14:55,426 --> 00:14:57,926 Okay, well, do you know how the clitoris works? 320 00:14:58,010 --> 00:14:59,010 Yes. 321 00:14:59,051 --> 00:15:00,760 - Do you know where it is? - Yes. 322 00:15:00,843 --> 00:15:03,426 Well, it's about two inches from where you think it is. 323 00:15:03,718 --> 00:15:04,620 Oh, my God. 324 00:15:04,635 --> 00:15:06,760 Relax, I'll show you. 325 00:15:08,260 --> 00:15:09,260 Later that week, 326 00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:12,176 I went over to Charlotte's to see some of Tom's handiwork. 327 00:15:12,385 --> 00:15:14,301 So after we finish in here with the lighting, 328 00:15:14,385 --> 00:15:15,635 we're gonna start in on the kitchen, 329 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:17,260 we're gonna re-tile everything. 330 00:15:17,343 --> 00:15:19,135 First Samantha, and now Charlotte went 331 00:15:19,218 --> 00:15:20,760 "we,"we,"we," all about her home. 332 00:15:20,843 --> 00:15:21,843 Well, that's amazing! 333 00:15:21,926 --> 00:15:23,843 How are you gonna get all that done before you leave? 334 00:15:24,301 --> 00:15:26,260 - I'm not leaving. - Oh. 335 00:15:26,343 --> 00:15:27,760 I've decided to stay. 336 00:15:28,385 --> 00:15:30,593 I have to go over to my place and get a voltmeter. 337 00:15:30,676 --> 00:15:32,010 - All right? - Okay. 338 00:15:32,676 --> 00:15:34,010 I'll be right back, okay? 339 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:35,885 Bye, honey. 340 00:15:38,718 --> 00:15:39,661 "Bye, honey"? 341 00:15:39,676 --> 00:15:40,676 Yeah. 342 00:15:41,385 --> 00:15:44,218 When he told me he was leaving, I suddenly had all these feelings, 343 00:15:44,301 --> 00:15:46,135 like, what if he was the one? 344 00:15:46,218 --> 00:15:48,718 He'd been right under my nose the entire time 345 00:15:48,801 --> 00:15:50,176 and I'd never even seen him. 346 00:15:50,260 --> 00:15:53,551 I let the whole, almost-40-out-of-work-actor thing 347 00:15:53,635 --> 00:15:54,760 get in the way. 348 00:15:54,843 --> 00:16:00,343 But Carrie, he is strong, and masculine, and he can fix things around the house. 349 00:16:00,426 --> 00:16:02,260 Charlotte, you can't create a relationship 350 00:16:02,343 --> 00:16:04,593 with a guy just 'cause he can caulk your tub. 351 00:16:05,301 --> 00:16:06,593 Yes, you can. 352 00:16:08,426 --> 00:16:10,926 As I walked home, I couldn't help but wonder, 353 00:16:11,010 --> 00:16:13,843 when did being alone become the modern-day equivalent 354 00:16:13,926 --> 00:16:15,301 of being a leper? 355 00:16:15,385 --> 00:16:18,135 Will Manhattan restaurants soon be divided up into sections, 356 00:16:18,218 --> 00:16:21,593 smoking, non-smoking, single, non-single? 357 00:16:22,301 --> 00:16:23,426 Yeah, the usual, please. 358 00:16:27,301 --> 00:16:29,010 And then I had a frightening thought. 359 00:16:29,093 --> 00:16:31,176 Maybe I was the one who was faking it. 360 00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:35,260 All these years faking to myself that I was happy being single. 361 00:16:39,968 --> 00:16:41,010 Yes, it's me. 362 00:16:42,843 --> 00:16:44,843 And there it was, pity. 363 00:16:44,926 --> 00:16:47,885 Pity from the man who sells me my Marlboro Lights. 364 00:16:47,968 --> 00:16:49,426 It was the final straw. 365 00:16:50,010 --> 00:16:53,843 I decided I wasn't gonna let a magazine, or my friends, or the surgeon general 366 00:16:53,926 --> 00:16:55,760 stop me from being who I was, 367 00:16:55,843 --> 00:16:58,218 "Single and fabulous, exclamation point." 368 00:16:59,843 --> 00:17:01,635 - Tartini? - Excuse me? 369 00:17:01,718 --> 00:17:03,385 Tartini, cranberry-flavored vodka. 370 00:17:03,468 --> 00:17:05,051 - Tartini. - Oh, Christ. 371 00:17:05,135 --> 00:17:07,718 I've been out of commission for four days, there's a new drink? 372 00:17:07,801 --> 00:17:11,260 I'd invited Stanford to join me at a fabulous party downtown 373 00:17:11,343 --> 00:17:13,635 to honor the fabulous conceptual photographer, 374 00:17:13,718 --> 00:17:15,176 Ellen von Unwerth. 375 00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:17,676 Unfortunately, he invited his new boyfriend, 376 00:17:18,301 --> 00:17:19,426 Nevin von Bitchy. 377 00:17:19,510 --> 00:17:20,495 Hi, I hate you. 378 00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:22,093 Join the club, I hate me, too. 379 00:17:22,176 --> 00:17:23,968 I'm so sorry about the cover. 380 00:17:24,051 --> 00:17:25,760 - I had nothing to do with it. - Who cares? 381 00:17:25,885 --> 00:17:27,968 Next week you'll have a coke-dealing slumlord on the cover, 382 00:17:28,051 --> 00:17:29,176 and I'll be history. 383 00:17:29,260 --> 00:17:30,801 You are fabulous. 384 00:17:31,010 --> 00:17:32,093 Excuse me. 385 00:17:33,801 --> 00:17:35,635 You realize you're going to have to dump him. 386 00:17:36,218 --> 00:17:39,635 I can't, we're getting a summer share in Sagaponack. 387 00:17:42,218 --> 00:17:43,343 Tartini! 388 00:17:43,426 --> 00:17:45,385 While Stanford and I did downtown… 389 00:17:47,010 --> 00:17:51,385 Samantha was uptown, waiting for William at her favorite romantic restaurant. 390 00:17:52,593 --> 00:17:53,635 Alone? 391 00:17:54,176 --> 00:17:56,176 No, I'm waiting for someone. 392 00:17:58,885 --> 00:18:01,301 At first she thought she had the wrong time. 393 00:18:01,385 --> 00:18:03,385 But when he still wasn't there 20 minutes later, 394 00:18:03,468 --> 00:18:05,176 she called her machine. 395 00:18:05,260 --> 00:18:06,260 No message. 396 00:18:06,718 --> 00:18:08,385 I don't know what's keeping him. 397 00:18:10,968 --> 00:18:13,593 Could you ask the waiter to bring me a red wine? 398 00:18:13,676 --> 00:18:16,760 She hadn't expected to be caught out in public alone 399 00:18:16,843 --> 00:18:20,676 without a book, or a project, or any of her dining-out-alone armor. 400 00:18:21,093 --> 00:18:24,010 She had nothing to do but sit and wait for him. 401 00:18:25,885 --> 00:18:28,885 By now, she knew that "we" William wasn't ever going to show up. 402 00:18:29,385 --> 00:18:31,301 He was one of those men who faked a future 403 00:18:31,385 --> 00:18:33,676 to get what he wanted in the present. 404 00:18:34,968 --> 00:18:36,010 More water? 405 00:18:36,093 --> 00:18:38,593 No, no more water. 406 00:18:38,676 --> 00:18:42,176 She felt exposed, vulnerable, like a fool. 407 00:18:44,676 --> 00:18:47,176 My God, people are looking. 408 00:18:47,676 --> 00:18:50,760 - I'm so embarrassed. - It's okay, it's okay. 409 00:18:51,218 --> 00:18:52,593 Where's the ladies'… 410 00:18:52,676 --> 00:18:53,620 This way. 411 00:18:53,635 --> 00:18:54,926 Show me the ladies' room. 412 00:19:00,301 --> 00:19:01,301 You okay? 413 00:19:01,676 --> 00:19:03,676 Thank you. You're very sweet. 414 00:19:04,968 --> 00:19:06,926 I'm not usually like this. 415 00:19:07,010 --> 00:19:10,176 I can't believe I fell for some guy's line. 416 00:19:10,593 --> 00:19:14,551 But, sometimes you just need to hear "we." 417 00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:16,593 You know? 418 00:19:19,010 --> 00:19:21,843 Samantha let the Pakistani busboy kiss her. 419 00:19:21,926 --> 00:19:24,968 After all, he'd been so sweet and attentive with the bread. 420 00:19:25,051 --> 00:19:27,343 You take me home, you're not alone. 421 00:19:27,426 --> 00:19:30,385 As Samantha looked into his sweet and hopeful eyes, 422 00:19:30,468 --> 00:19:32,093 she realized something. 423 00:19:32,176 --> 00:19:33,885 No matter how much it hurts, 424 00:19:33,968 --> 00:19:37,260 sometimes it's better to be alone than fake it. 425 00:19:54,010 --> 00:19:55,385 Meanwhile, downtown… 426 00:19:55,468 --> 00:19:57,468 I just heard the funniest thing I'd ever heard 427 00:19:57,551 --> 00:19:59,093 from a man I just met. 428 00:19:59,176 --> 00:20:02,426 Oh, my God. I'm sorry, oh, your pants… 429 00:20:02,510 --> 00:20:03,510 I'm sorry. 430 00:20:03,551 --> 00:20:05,176 - It's fine. - God, I'm sorry. 431 00:20:06,843 --> 00:20:08,385 Well, fuck you! 432 00:20:09,093 --> 00:20:10,676 Exclamation point. 433 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,551 Okay, you little tartini, time to go home. 434 00:20:13,635 --> 00:20:14,801 - What? - You've had enough! 435 00:20:14,885 --> 00:20:15,926 Oh, come on, it's early. 436 00:20:16,051 --> 00:20:17,551 It's 2:00 am on a Tuesday. 437 00:20:17,676 --> 00:20:19,218 Oh, Stanford, just go. 438 00:20:19,301 --> 00:20:22,968 Go, go, go home, take your tired, fabulous ass home. 439 00:20:23,676 --> 00:20:25,176 I want to meet cute guys. 440 00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:28,635 Everyone here is gay, gay, gay. 441 00:20:30,218 --> 00:20:31,426 I don't think so. 442 00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:45,551 You need a light? 443 00:20:46,551 --> 00:20:48,051 His name was Jake. 444 00:20:48,135 --> 00:20:50,051 He was everything I was looking for that night. 445 00:20:50,801 --> 00:20:53,218 Single, straight, and a smoker. 446 00:20:54,885 --> 00:20:57,093 There wasn't quite as much smoke uptown. 447 00:20:57,343 --> 00:20:59,176 How's that? Ooh! Is that better now? 448 00:20:59,260 --> 00:21:01,385 Oh, how about now, how about now? 449 00:21:01,468 --> 00:21:04,093 Miranda's two-day tutorial with her ophthalmologist 450 00:21:04,176 --> 00:21:07,218 had turned love-making into a kind of naked eye exam. 451 00:21:07,301 --> 00:21:10,801 Maybe we should just try and let it happen for a second. 452 00:21:10,885 --> 00:21:12,260 - I wanna do it right. - Yeah. 453 00:21:12,343 --> 00:21:14,093 Oh, oh, how's that, how's that? 454 00:21:14,176 --> 00:21:16,301 Even with all Josh's good intentions, 455 00:21:16,385 --> 00:21:18,593 Miranda found herself no closer. 456 00:21:18,676 --> 00:21:21,218 She realized she was not a jet engine. 457 00:21:21,301 --> 00:21:23,426 She was a lot more complicated. 458 00:21:23,593 --> 00:21:24,926 It would never work between them. 459 00:21:25,010 --> 00:21:28,343 I'm close, I'm close. Are you close? I'm close. 460 00:21:28,426 --> 00:21:29,843 She wanted to give him something 461 00:21:29,926 --> 00:21:32,010 for learning so much and trying so hard. 462 00:21:32,135 --> 00:21:34,301 So, Miranda came… 463 00:21:36,260 --> 00:21:38,968 She came out of retirement for one final performance. 464 00:21:39,051 --> 00:21:42,176 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 465 00:21:42,260 --> 00:21:43,760 I'm the man. 466 00:21:51,051 --> 00:21:52,051 Hey! 467 00:21:53,010 --> 00:21:55,010 You wanna go for a ride in my Porsche? 468 00:21:55,093 --> 00:21:56,301 Fabulous. 469 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,051 I need some smokes. 470 00:22:04,801 --> 00:22:05,968 Do you want anything? 471 00:22:21,635 --> 00:22:22,968 I'll be right back. 472 00:22:28,051 --> 00:22:29,093 Hey, how you doing? 473 00:22:29,176 --> 00:22:31,010 I want a pack of Marlboro Lights. 474 00:22:31,093 --> 00:22:33,510 I looked at myself in the mirror. 475 00:22:33,593 --> 00:22:36,218 What had I been so afraid of all week? 476 00:22:36,301 --> 00:22:38,760 I was still young, still desirable. 477 00:22:38,843 --> 00:22:40,676 I would never wind up alone. 478 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:44,051 Is this you? 479 00:22:44,135 --> 00:22:45,551 And there it was. 480 00:22:46,010 --> 00:22:48,968 My question mark staring me right in the face. 481 00:22:49,551 --> 00:22:50,926 Was that me? 482 00:22:51,426 --> 00:22:53,260 And then I realized, if I went home with him, 483 00:22:53,343 --> 00:22:55,301 it would be the only time I'd ever slept with a man 484 00:22:55,385 --> 00:22:56,718 to validate my life. 485 00:22:56,801 --> 00:22:58,676 The question mark would no longer be a question, 486 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:00,093 it would be a fact. 487 00:23:00,218 --> 00:23:01,426 You know what, I gotta go home. 488 00:23:01,510 --> 00:23:04,176 No way, I'm not letting you out. 489 00:23:04,718 --> 00:23:05,760 Fine. 490 00:23:16,885 --> 00:23:18,051 Charlotte… 491 00:23:18,135 --> 00:23:21,176 I think I should go to Salt Lake City, give it a try. 492 00:23:21,718 --> 00:23:23,301 Oh, no, really? 493 00:23:23,385 --> 00:23:25,260 Charlotte was faking it. 494 00:23:25,343 --> 00:23:27,718 She'd realized two days ago that while she had no problem 495 00:23:27,801 --> 00:23:29,676 with the idea of faking orgasms, 496 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,551 she could never fake intimacy. 497 00:23:31,635 --> 00:23:33,218 My heart's still in acting. 498 00:23:33,551 --> 00:23:35,301 I'm not ready to let it go. 499 00:23:35,385 --> 00:23:36,801 Tom was faking, too. 500 00:23:36,885 --> 00:23:40,551 He was mostly just sick of New York and needed an excuse to leave. 501 00:23:41,426 --> 00:23:42,760 I'll miss you. 502 00:23:44,843 --> 00:23:46,343 I'll miss you, too. 503 00:23:46,926 --> 00:23:49,385 It was a perfectly timed double fake. 504 00:23:49,468 --> 00:23:51,176 Under any other circumstances, 505 00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:53,468 they could have shared a very long life together. 506 00:23:53,551 --> 00:23:56,343 Over the next week, things pretty much returned to normal. 507 00:24:00,510 --> 00:24:02,301 Miranda, babe, it's Josh. 508 00:24:02,385 --> 00:24:03,801 I'm home, give me a call. 509 00:24:03,885 --> 00:24:06,968 Miranda forgot to return Josh's last call, 510 00:24:07,051 --> 00:24:10,885 Samantha made peace with her feelings about "we" William, 511 00:24:11,343 --> 00:24:13,468 and Charlotte learned you don't have to rely 512 00:24:13,551 --> 00:24:16,385 on men's affections to get things fixed around the house. 513 00:24:16,468 --> 00:24:17,676 You can pay them. 514 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,926 And as for me, after I was recycled, 515 00:24:21,010 --> 00:24:24,676 I decided, instead of running away from the idea of a life alone, 516 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,010 I'd better sit down and take that fear to lunch. 517 00:24:27,093 --> 00:24:28,078 Waiting for someone? 518 00:24:28,093 --> 00:24:29,510 Oh, no, it's just me. 519 00:24:30,718 --> 00:24:31,885 Thanks. 520 00:24:33,260 --> 00:24:34,718 So, I sat there 521 00:24:34,801 --> 00:24:37,301 and had a glass of wine, alone. 522 00:24:37,885 --> 00:24:42,843 No books, no man, no friends, no armor, 523 00:24:42,926 --> 00:24:44,260 no faking.