1 00:00:49,146 --> 00:00:52,563 New York City restaurants are always looking for the next new angle 2 00:00:52,646 --> 00:00:55,646 to grab that elusive and somewhat jaded Manhattan palate. 3 00:00:56,146 --> 00:00:58,146 Last year, it was "Fusion-Cajun." 4 00:00:58,438 --> 00:01:00,396 Last month, it was "Mussels from Brussels." 5 00:01:00,688 --> 00:01:02,813 And tonight, it's "S & M." 6 00:01:03,813 --> 00:01:08,355 Samantha's PR firm was hired to do the opening party for La Douleur Exquise. 7 00:01:08,521 --> 00:01:10,813 Translation, The Exquisite Pain. 8 00:01:11,063 --> 00:01:12,813 Of course, we were all invited. 9 00:01:13,063 --> 00:01:16,021 See, this is what happens when the Mayor shuts down the sex shops. 10 00:01:16,105 --> 00:01:17,105 Pops up in your cuisine. 11 00:01:18,230 --> 00:01:19,688 Hey, Stanford! 12 00:01:20,521 --> 00:01:22,271 Well, I know where I'm taking Mother for dinner 13 00:01:22,355 --> 00:01:23,521 the next time she's in town. 14 00:01:24,521 --> 00:01:27,146 - Oh, honey! - Excuse me. 15 00:01:27,771 --> 00:01:29,355 Let her through! 16 00:01:29,771 --> 00:01:30,715 Hi. 17 00:01:30,730 --> 00:01:33,855 What are you wearing? The invitation said "kinky." 18 00:01:33,938 --> 00:01:35,271 I kinked my hair. 19 00:01:35,938 --> 00:01:38,230 The ladies are inside. Go have fun. 20 00:01:39,605 --> 00:01:40,646 Next! 21 00:01:43,063 --> 00:01:46,563 Excuse me, but when did wild sex come back in style? 22 00:01:46,730 --> 00:01:50,188 Oh, I think it was the weekend you spent at the Barneys warehouse sale. 23 00:01:50,563 --> 00:01:53,396 Three Cosmopolitans, a diet Coke 24 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,355 and a vodka Martini with a twist. 25 00:01:56,021 --> 00:01:57,146 I said olive. 26 00:01:58,688 --> 00:02:00,355 Bad waiter, bad waiter. 27 00:02:00,646 --> 00:02:03,855 - What do you tip for that? - Anyone else want a whack? 28 00:02:05,646 --> 00:02:09,230 How does he wait on tables dressed like that? It's humiliating. 29 00:02:09,355 --> 00:02:12,396 The summer I worked at Howard Johnsons, I had to wear an orange hat. 30 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,771 Don't be so judgmental. This is just a sexual expression. 31 00:02:15,896 --> 00:02:18,438 All these people have jobs and pay their bills. 32 00:02:18,521 --> 00:02:20,480 They're just having fun with fetishes. 33 00:02:20,771 --> 00:02:24,188 I wonder what your fetish is? 34 00:02:24,688 --> 00:02:27,480 Charlotte has a thing for Crabtree and Evelyn potpourri. 35 00:02:27,563 --> 00:02:30,521 - I don't have a fetish! - We all have a fetish. 36 00:02:30,938 --> 00:02:32,938 The difference between us and them is, 37 00:02:33,021 --> 00:02:35,521 they're putting it out there where everyone can see. 38 00:02:35,605 --> 00:02:38,063 I think it's healthy and fabulous. 39 00:02:38,271 --> 00:02:40,230 Well, it was lovely to see you all. 40 00:02:41,188 --> 00:02:42,355 And remember ladies, 41 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,771 whipping on the first date is considered forward. 42 00:02:45,855 --> 00:02:48,855 Sit your ass down, Mistress Carrie. There are drinks present. 43 00:02:48,938 --> 00:02:50,063 No can do. 44 00:02:50,146 --> 00:02:52,688 Big's flying to Paris tomorrow for business and I wanna say goodbye. 45 00:02:53,105 --> 00:02:55,605 Why not give him a goodbye he'll never forget? 46 00:02:56,896 --> 00:02:58,396 Sacrebleu! 47 00:02:58,730 --> 00:02:59,730 Go get him, girl. 48 00:03:07,271 --> 00:03:09,146 Well, laugh, it's a joke. 49 00:03:09,688 --> 00:03:10,688 Oh. 50 00:03:12,063 --> 00:03:14,396 Woah, wait, wait. Not so fast. 51 00:03:15,063 --> 00:03:16,063 Let me see. 52 00:03:20,646 --> 00:03:21,855 Oh, baby. 53 00:03:26,813 --> 00:03:27,813 Oh, baby? 54 00:03:42,188 --> 00:03:46,146 I wasn't sure if it was the cap, the crop, or me, but it worked. 55 00:03:47,271 --> 00:03:52,105 Meanwhile, at a fetish across town, Stanford Blatch had a secret sex life. 56 00:03:52,188 --> 00:03:56,813 A very active secret sex life on the Internet as "Rick9Plus." 57 00:03:57,146 --> 00:04:00,480 It all started innocently enough as a goof on a lonely Friday night. 58 00:04:00,855 --> 00:04:04,855 But pretty soon he was logging in hours and hours on his favorite website. 59 00:04:05,146 --> 00:04:08,271 It was a comfort to know that others shared his underwear fetish. 60 00:04:08,355 --> 00:04:11,313 Sometimes as many as 2,000 hits a day. 61 00:04:11,855 --> 00:04:14,896 No sooner had Rick9Plus entered the chat room 62 00:04:15,021 --> 00:04:19,480 that he got a message from his favorite on-screen pal, "Bigtool4U." 63 00:04:20,355 --> 00:04:23,271 Some fetishes can only flourish behind closed doors 64 00:04:23,355 --> 00:04:25,646 in the very late night hours on a laptop. 65 00:04:28,688 --> 00:04:32,105 While others are out in the broad daylight where everyone can see them. 66 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:39,063 Charlotte, like every other normal woman in Manhattan, had a thing for shoes. 67 00:04:43,396 --> 00:04:45,771 - Good morning. - Good morning. 68 00:04:46,563 --> 00:04:49,105 - Beautiful shoes. - Just got those in. 69 00:04:49,938 --> 00:04:52,146 - Would you like to try them on? - No. 70 00:04:52,355 --> 00:04:56,063 I'm just looking. I have way too many shoes as it is. 71 00:04:57,146 --> 00:04:58,688 Size seven? 72 00:04:59,230 --> 00:05:00,230 Uh-huh. 73 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:02,855 Size seven. 74 00:05:05,396 --> 00:05:07,563 Oh, you are bad. 75 00:05:09,021 --> 00:05:11,021 Okay, I'm just trying them on. 76 00:05:12,938 --> 00:05:16,063 I can't even afford them. I'm saving for a summershare in the Hamptons. 77 00:05:17,105 --> 00:05:18,521 Beautiful. 78 00:05:19,063 --> 00:05:20,521 Look at that craftsmanship. 79 00:05:21,813 --> 00:05:23,271 Oh, I love them. 80 00:05:24,771 --> 00:05:26,730 - How much? - $400. 81 00:05:27,438 --> 00:05:28,896 No. I can't. 82 00:05:29,813 --> 00:05:31,980 Please take it off before I start to cry. 83 00:05:32,813 --> 00:05:33,896 $200. 84 00:05:34,271 --> 00:05:36,438 - Why? - Shoes were meant to be loved. 85 00:05:36,521 --> 00:05:39,063 And you're gonna need a beautiful sandal like that in the Hamptons. 86 00:05:39,313 --> 00:05:40,313 Oh. 87 00:05:40,730 --> 00:05:42,313 Thank you so much. 88 00:05:43,271 --> 00:05:45,688 - Buster. - Thank you, Buster. 89 00:05:46,521 --> 00:05:50,063 While one woman was uptown eyeing her artful new sandal 90 00:05:50,188 --> 00:05:53,313 another was downtown eyeing Art of Scandal, 91 00:05:53,438 --> 00:05:56,063 The Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner. 92 00:05:56,313 --> 00:05:59,230 Miranda was obsessed with reading historical biographies. 93 00:05:59,313 --> 00:06:02,980 In fact she spent all last weekend in bed with Philip of Spain. 94 00:06:05,271 --> 00:06:06,438 'Morning. 95 00:06:06,730 --> 00:06:07,730 Oh. 96 00:06:08,021 --> 00:06:10,355 That's very good. Crazy Horse and Custer, 97 00:06:10,646 --> 00:06:12,896 The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors. 98 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:14,938 Stephen Ambrose. Great writer. 99 00:06:15,605 --> 00:06:18,230 Yeah. I know. I just finished his… 100 00:06:18,313 --> 00:06:21,855 Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Jefferson, Undaunted Courage. 101 00:06:22,646 --> 00:06:23,855 - Amazing. - Oh. 102 00:06:24,355 --> 00:06:28,188 I'll pick that up right after I finish F.D.R., The New York Years. 103 00:06:29,938 --> 00:06:30,938 Jack. 104 00:06:31,688 --> 00:06:32,730 Miranda. 105 00:06:33,313 --> 00:06:37,480 And right after Miranda picked up Elizabeth I by Jasper Riley… 106 00:06:38,021 --> 00:06:39,938 Jack picked up Miranda. 107 00:06:41,271 --> 00:06:42,938 Big and I stayed in bed all morning, 108 00:06:43,021 --> 00:06:46,730 which gave us just enough time for coffee and some last minute details. 109 00:06:46,813 --> 00:06:48,605 - I'm gonna miss you. - Well, 110 00:06:49,313 --> 00:06:51,855 in a week I'll be back and you can sit there and watch as I unpack. 111 00:06:58,938 --> 00:07:00,605 There. I helped. 112 00:07:01,896 --> 00:07:02,980 Hey. 113 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,230 Oh. Before I forget, Charlotte wants to do a share in the Hamptons. 114 00:07:09,313 --> 00:07:12,146 So, are we thinking about it or should I go in on that? 115 00:07:12,271 --> 00:07:13,271 Don't think I can. 116 00:07:13,313 --> 00:07:16,480 Why, not a big fan of the 40 dollar crab salad? 117 00:07:17,021 --> 00:07:19,730 Actually, there's a possibility I'm not gonna be here this summer. 118 00:07:22,021 --> 00:07:25,188 I may have to move to Paris for work. 119 00:07:25,438 --> 00:07:26,521 Just for a while. 120 00:07:27,230 --> 00:07:28,688 For how long a while? 121 00:07:28,980 --> 00:07:31,688 I don't know. Seven months, maybe a year. 122 00:07:31,896 --> 00:07:33,105 Nothing's definite. 123 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:34,563 Wait! 124 00:07:34,896 --> 00:07:37,438 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 125 00:07:39,021 --> 00:07:40,855 How long have you known about this? 126 00:07:41,188 --> 00:07:45,021 It's been in the works for a while. I'll know more details after this trip. 127 00:07:45,813 --> 00:07:48,105 When did you plan on telling me? 128 00:07:48,980 --> 00:07:52,813 When I knew more. Nothing's definite. I mean, don't get carried away. 129 00:07:54,771 --> 00:07:55,980 There's the car. 130 00:07:57,021 --> 00:07:59,563 I have to go or I'm gonna miss the plane. 131 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:01,605 We'll figure this all out when I get back. 132 00:08:04,021 --> 00:08:05,480 I wanted to kill him! 133 00:08:05,688 --> 00:08:08,563 And he's standing there giving me the "what's-the-big-problem" eyes. 134 00:08:08,646 --> 00:08:10,813 I don't understand, like it's my problem. 135 00:08:10,896 --> 00:08:13,105 Okay, just calm down. There are ways to make this work. 136 00:08:13,230 --> 00:08:15,438 It's just seven months. You can go visit him in Paris 137 00:08:15,521 --> 00:08:17,730 - and he can come back here… - No, it's not about that. 138 00:08:17,813 --> 00:08:22,021 It's about the fact that I wasn't even a factor in his decision-making process. 139 00:08:22,105 --> 00:08:24,396 - Totally. - Men do this all the time. 140 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:26,480 Women walk around thinking "we." 141 00:08:26,563 --> 00:08:29,355 And their version of "we" is "me and my dick." 142 00:08:29,438 --> 00:08:30,381 Totally. 143 00:08:30,396 --> 00:08:33,063 I mean just tell me what's going on! Is that too much to ask? 144 00:08:33,146 --> 00:08:36,771 "Um, Carrie, I'm thinking about going to France for the rest of my life!" 145 00:08:37,313 --> 00:08:38,771 - Am I right? - Totally. 146 00:08:38,855 --> 00:08:41,980 One minute he's all over me, and the next he's pushing me away. 147 00:08:42,105 --> 00:08:45,896 And I just cannot believe this is happening, again! 148 00:08:45,980 --> 00:08:49,105 Yes, calm down. There'll be no breaking of things. 149 00:08:49,771 --> 00:08:53,230 Why do I keep doing this to myself? 150 00:08:54,396 --> 00:08:56,480 I must be a masochist or something. 151 00:08:56,938 --> 00:08:58,605 That's when I first realized it. 152 00:08:59,688 --> 00:09:02,271 I was in an S & M relationship with Mr. Big. 153 00:09:03,646 --> 00:09:04,813 Excuse me. 154 00:09:05,230 --> 00:09:09,230 In love relationships, there is a fine line between pleasure and pain. 155 00:09:09,313 --> 00:09:12,480 In fact, it's a common belief that a relationship without pain, 156 00:09:12,605 --> 00:09:14,605 is a relationship not worth having. 157 00:09:15,021 --> 00:09:17,271 To some, pain implies growth. 158 00:09:17,563 --> 00:09:20,188 But how do we know when the growing pains stop 159 00:09:20,313 --> 00:09:22,313 and the "pain-pains" take over? 160 00:09:22,646 --> 00:09:26,771 Are we masochists or optimists, if we continue to walk that fine line? 161 00:09:27,021 --> 00:09:28,896 When it comes to relationships, 162 00:09:29,188 --> 00:09:32,146 how do you know when enough is enough? 163 00:09:34,188 --> 00:09:38,021 When you read The Complete War Memoirs of Charles de Gaulle 164 00:09:38,105 --> 00:09:39,355 get back to me. 165 00:09:39,855 --> 00:09:42,480 On Tuesday night, Miranda and Jack had dinner. 166 00:09:42,771 --> 00:09:44,480 In the biography of her life 167 00:09:44,563 --> 00:09:47,771 this would go down as the best first date in history. 168 00:09:48,646 --> 00:09:50,188 This is kind of what I wanted to show you. 169 00:09:50,271 --> 00:09:51,271 Oh. 170 00:09:51,938 --> 00:09:53,105 Yeah. Um. 171 00:09:53,855 --> 00:09:55,230 Mark Twain lived here. 172 00:09:56,105 --> 00:09:58,021 Right around the time he wrote Huck Finn. 173 00:09:59,021 --> 00:10:00,271 Really? 174 00:10:01,730 --> 00:10:02,980 Come on. 175 00:10:04,396 --> 00:10:07,105 - It's private property. - I know. Shh. 176 00:10:08,063 --> 00:10:09,896 I'm gonna show you his little house. 177 00:10:12,063 --> 00:10:13,438 Right there, number 27. 178 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:17,480 It's cute. 179 00:10:17,938 --> 00:10:18,938 Yeah. 180 00:10:31,355 --> 00:10:34,563 And just when Miranda thought she could read Jack perfectly 181 00:10:34,688 --> 00:10:36,980 he opened an entire new chapter. 182 00:10:37,063 --> 00:10:38,188 No, no. 183 00:10:38,980 --> 00:10:41,480 Someone might come by, we could get caught. 184 00:10:42,563 --> 00:10:43,813 I know. 185 00:10:45,855 --> 00:10:47,230 A chapter entitled, 186 00:10:47,605 --> 00:10:50,855 "I like to have sex in places I can get caught." 187 00:10:52,438 --> 00:10:54,480 With my one man out of town in Paris, 188 00:10:54,563 --> 00:10:57,021 I found time to have drinks with my other man. 189 00:10:57,105 --> 00:10:58,605 I need your advice. 190 00:10:59,021 --> 00:11:02,063 But in order to get it, I have to confess something. 191 00:11:02,146 --> 00:11:05,230 - I'm asking you not to judge me. - Who am I to judge anyone? 192 00:11:05,313 --> 00:11:06,605 I had bangs in the '80s. 193 00:11:06,730 --> 00:11:07,730 Okay. 194 00:11:08,438 --> 00:11:10,271 I have cybersex on the Internet. 195 00:11:11,563 --> 00:11:13,730 And this would be the nonjudgment part? 196 00:11:13,855 --> 00:11:15,896 My name is Rick9PIus. 197 00:11:16,688 --> 00:11:18,230 No, you didn't! 198 00:11:19,646 --> 00:11:22,188 Rick9PIus, how sad is that? 199 00:11:22,271 --> 00:11:24,146 Actually, I think it shows a great deal of restraint. 200 00:11:24,230 --> 00:11:25,980 You could have been "Rick11." 201 00:11:26,980 --> 00:11:31,480 So, I've been chatting with this guy and we have a really great time. 202 00:11:31,813 --> 00:11:35,146 But now he wants to meet and I don't know if I should. 203 00:11:35,396 --> 00:11:36,396 Okay. 204 00:11:36,605 --> 00:11:37,771 Let's figure this out. 205 00:11:38,271 --> 00:11:39,771 What do you know about him? 206 00:11:40,313 --> 00:11:42,313 His name is Bigtool4U. 207 00:11:43,563 --> 00:11:44,605 My God. 208 00:11:45,313 --> 00:11:48,438 Come on, Carrie. This is serious. 209 00:11:49,146 --> 00:11:50,480 I'm sorry. 210 00:11:51,105 --> 00:11:52,230 I'm sorry, Rick. 211 00:11:56,146 --> 00:11:57,146 Okay. 212 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,771 Where does he want to meet you? 213 00:11:58,855 --> 00:12:03,271 At an after-hours gay club in the Meatpacking District. 214 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,896 Makes sense. Tell me why you want to go. 215 00:12:05,980 --> 00:12:08,563 He seems hot. It's exciting. 216 00:12:09,063 --> 00:12:12,855 And I haven't had good sex since before Cats was on Broadway. 217 00:12:12,938 --> 00:12:14,146 I say go. 218 00:12:14,396 --> 00:12:17,521 Have a naughty little adventure. Be safe, have fun. 219 00:12:17,605 --> 00:12:18,938 What if he disses me? 220 00:12:19,021 --> 00:12:23,146 He said he's really great looking and has a really ripped body. 221 00:12:23,605 --> 00:12:25,813 Well, Stanford, are you Rick9PIus? 222 00:12:27,355 --> 00:12:29,188 I'm so getting your point. 223 00:12:32,146 --> 00:12:34,146 After Rick9Plus went home 224 00:12:34,230 --> 00:12:37,271 I decided I was just drunk enough to call Big. 225 00:12:40,105 --> 00:12:41,188 Hello? 226 00:12:41,271 --> 00:12:43,688 Hey, it's me. What are you doing? 227 00:12:44,146 --> 00:12:45,188 I'm in bed. 228 00:12:45,938 --> 00:12:47,855 I think it's called sleeping. 229 00:12:48,230 --> 00:12:49,980 Oh, so, you're funny in France? 230 00:12:53,230 --> 00:12:56,438 It's 5:30 in the morning. 231 00:12:57,563 --> 00:12:58,548 What is it? 232 00:12:58,563 --> 00:13:00,271 I would like to know 233 00:13:00,355 --> 00:13:03,063 how you could even think of going to Paris 234 00:13:03,188 --> 00:13:06,355 and not even think about discussing it with me. 235 00:13:07,063 --> 00:13:08,063 Huh? 236 00:13:08,230 --> 00:13:10,271 I think about you all the time. 237 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,438 What's he doing? What's he thinking? But you, no. 238 00:13:13,730 --> 00:13:15,855 When were you planning to tell me? 239 00:13:17,021 --> 00:13:18,480 Are you still there? 240 00:13:20,396 --> 00:13:21,340 Yes. 241 00:13:21,355 --> 00:13:24,396 Okay, because I think about you all the time. 242 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:26,521 No. Correction, correction. 243 00:13:26,771 --> 00:13:29,271 I think about us all the time. 244 00:13:29,521 --> 00:13:32,771 Can we get into this another time? I was sleeping. 245 00:13:32,855 --> 00:13:34,646 Oh look, look, look, it's never a good time for you. 246 00:13:34,730 --> 00:13:37,355 You're always sleeping, or you're going ready or going, going, 247 00:13:37,605 --> 00:13:39,605 You're always going, your fucking "Taxi!" 248 00:13:39,688 --> 00:13:42,188 Then you're on a plane to France for maybe a year. 249 00:13:42,313 --> 00:13:43,938 You're a freaking old man. 250 00:13:44,021 --> 00:13:46,188 You should be thinking about somebody else. 251 00:13:46,271 --> 00:13:49,313 This is not fake us. This is real. 252 00:13:49,688 --> 00:13:53,230 Even if you don't know it, it is. I am a woman. 253 00:13:53,563 --> 00:13:55,188 A wo-man! 254 00:13:58,521 --> 00:14:00,438 Have another cocktail, woman. 255 00:14:00,730 --> 00:14:04,688 No, no, no, this isn't about cocktails. This is about basic human decency. 256 00:14:04,771 --> 00:14:07,688 This is about taking responsibility. It's about being a grown-up. 257 00:14:08,063 --> 00:14:09,563 It's about being a man. 258 00:14:09,938 --> 00:14:11,063 I am a man. 259 00:14:11,480 --> 00:14:13,855 I'm a tired man. 260 00:14:14,105 --> 00:14:16,896 It's 5:30 in the morning here. 261 00:14:16,980 --> 00:14:19,646 You better get used to it because if you move there, 262 00:14:19,730 --> 00:14:21,646 this is how our relationship is gonna be. 263 00:14:21,730 --> 00:14:24,771 You'll be sleeping when I'm eating and I'll be sleeping when… 264 00:14:24,855 --> 00:14:25,855 Shit. 265 00:14:26,146 --> 00:14:27,938 Shit. 266 00:14:29,855 --> 00:14:31,813 Hey, are you still there? 267 00:14:33,230 --> 00:14:34,646 I'm going to bed. 268 00:14:34,813 --> 00:14:37,271 I have an important meeting at 9:00. 269 00:14:37,355 --> 00:14:40,521 Yeah, fine, hang up. Don't call me when I'm sleeping because… 270 00:14:40,938 --> 00:14:43,063 I have a job here, too, you know. 271 00:14:45,355 --> 00:14:46,646 Shit. 272 00:14:47,396 --> 00:14:52,021 Even through my Cosmopolitan haze, I knew I had gone too far. 273 00:14:53,188 --> 00:14:54,855 Take off your panties. 274 00:14:55,355 --> 00:14:56,563 What? 275 00:14:57,396 --> 00:14:58,771 I want to give you head. 276 00:14:59,896 --> 00:15:01,188 In the cab? 277 00:15:01,605 --> 00:15:03,646 You're not serious? The driver is right there. 278 00:15:21,313 --> 00:15:22,313 Yes. 279 00:15:25,146 --> 00:15:26,146 Yes! 280 00:15:26,646 --> 00:15:28,313 Take Ninth Avenue. 281 00:15:29,188 --> 00:15:33,021 A few days later on the way home, Charlotte couldn't help but notice 282 00:15:33,105 --> 00:15:36,105 a gorgeous pair of Italian slingbacks in the window. 283 00:15:36,188 --> 00:15:38,146 I just came in to look. 284 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,313 You have a very high arch. 285 00:15:40,438 --> 00:15:42,771 - Are you a dancer? - No. 286 00:15:43,313 --> 00:15:45,271 Such well-formed feet. 287 00:15:46,230 --> 00:15:50,188 Well, I was in Miss Debbie's Twirlers when I was a little girl. 288 00:15:56,396 --> 00:15:58,396 They are so beautiful. 289 00:15:58,730 --> 00:16:01,188 For anyone else, $500. 290 00:16:02,230 --> 00:16:04,813 For you… free. 291 00:16:06,188 --> 00:16:09,855 What? No, Buster. Why would you do something like that? 292 00:16:10,063 --> 00:16:14,480 Because these beautiful feet are tired and they need a little rub. 293 00:16:19,271 --> 00:16:21,396 When a shoe fetish meets a foot fetish, 294 00:16:21,980 --> 00:16:24,021 all reason goes out the shop window. 295 00:16:31,396 --> 00:16:32,480 Thank you. 296 00:16:33,271 --> 00:16:36,521 I am way overreacting to this whole France situation. 297 00:16:36,605 --> 00:16:39,480 I think Charlotte's right, there are ways to work this out. 298 00:16:40,146 --> 00:16:41,646 What made you change your mind? 299 00:16:41,771 --> 00:16:44,355 I completely lost my shit to Big on the phone. 300 00:16:44,438 --> 00:16:48,146 And I realized how close this whole thing is to really blowing up. 301 00:16:48,438 --> 00:16:52,063 You know what, yes, it's painful sometimes, but it's worth it, you know? 302 00:16:52,396 --> 00:16:54,396 I mean the guy has to go there for work. 303 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:58,063 And what is so awful about spending a week here and there 304 00:16:58,146 --> 00:17:01,271 - with your boyfriend in Paris? - Nothing, it's so romantic. 305 00:17:01,355 --> 00:17:05,813 Great, your love life takes you to Paris and I'm fucking in the back of a cab. 306 00:17:05,896 --> 00:17:08,105 - That's lovely. - And not just there. 307 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:11,271 We've done it in the bathroom at Bond Street. 308 00:17:11,355 --> 00:17:12,855 Oh, I just ate there! 309 00:17:12,938 --> 00:17:16,938 The elevator at the Marriott Marquis and a public restroom in Central Park. 310 00:17:17,021 --> 00:17:18,855 How very "George Michael" of you. 311 00:17:18,938 --> 00:17:22,896 We've actually never done it lying down, or inside, for that matter. 312 00:17:22,980 --> 00:17:26,105 Miranda, this is supposed to be a relationship, not Outward Bound. 313 00:17:26,188 --> 00:17:29,563 You've got to get him in a bedroom and find out what's really there. 314 00:17:29,646 --> 00:17:33,063 I'm a little afraid to try. He likes the threat of getting caught. 315 00:17:33,146 --> 00:17:35,188 What if being with just me isn't enough? 316 00:17:35,313 --> 00:17:39,396 Excuse me, Miss Charlotte, what is happening south of your ankles? 317 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,563 - Oh, They're new. Do you like them? - I love them! $500? 318 00:17:43,646 --> 00:17:45,646 Oh, no, not that much. 319 00:17:45,771 --> 00:17:48,063 - The guy just kind of gave me a deal. - How much? 320 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:49,480 Um… 321 00:17:49,563 --> 00:17:50,771 Free. 322 00:17:52,021 --> 00:17:53,980 - Why? - And where is he? 323 00:17:54,438 --> 00:17:56,730 Well, he just… He just wanted me to have them. 324 00:17:56,855 --> 00:18:00,063 He just really loves it when people love shoes. 325 00:18:00,188 --> 00:18:03,230 Sweetie, this is New York City, nobody loves anything that much. 326 00:18:04,938 --> 00:18:08,438 Well, I let him hold my feet. Just a little. 327 00:18:08,938 --> 00:18:12,355 The second she said it out loud, she knew what she had to do. 328 00:18:18,188 --> 00:18:19,313 Hello, again. 329 00:18:19,438 --> 00:18:21,771 I can't keep these shoes you gave me. 330 00:18:22,188 --> 00:18:24,646 - Why? - You know why. 331 00:18:30,896 --> 00:18:34,105 You've already worn them, I can't take them back. Keep them. 332 00:18:34,188 --> 00:18:35,521 No, thank you! 333 00:18:36,230 --> 00:18:40,021 - Then I'll throw them in the garbage. - No, no, no, they're too beautiful. 334 00:18:40,813 --> 00:18:43,563 I'd buy them, but I can't afford it. 335 00:18:44,021 --> 00:18:45,730 What about a trade? 336 00:18:45,980 --> 00:18:48,105 Six new styles just came in. 337 00:18:48,605 --> 00:18:49,980 I've never seen them on a foot. 338 00:18:50,646 --> 00:18:53,313 Charlotte looked down at the exquisite shoes. 339 00:18:53,396 --> 00:18:55,730 The smell of leather was intoxicating. 340 00:18:55,813 --> 00:18:58,271 And all I have to do is try the shoes on? 341 00:19:02,396 --> 00:19:04,271 Charlotte felt like Cinderella. 342 00:19:20,105 --> 00:19:23,521 Cinderella in a dirty, kinky, freaked out, storybook, parallel universe. 343 00:19:35,563 --> 00:19:36,563 Thank you. 344 00:19:37,021 --> 00:19:39,188 Big arrived on the 9:00 p.m. flight. 345 00:19:39,271 --> 00:19:42,396 I was at his door by 10:00 to welcome him home in style. 346 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:44,605 Bonjour, voila le French hat, 347 00:19:44,688 --> 00:19:46,646 Voila, le French fry. 348 00:19:48,646 --> 00:19:50,396 And it doesn't stop there. 349 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,938 I have le Big Mac and le Filet de Fish. 350 00:20:06,521 --> 00:20:08,063 What is all this? 351 00:20:08,438 --> 00:20:10,896 It's an apology for being le bitch. 352 00:20:11,146 --> 00:20:14,188 Now, I've been thinking about this. We can make this work. 353 00:20:14,605 --> 00:20:16,771 We'll do le phone sex. 354 00:20:16,980 --> 00:20:20,563 And if things get really bad, then I'll move to Paris for a while 355 00:20:20,646 --> 00:20:21,938 and write Le Sex in le City. 356 00:20:23,521 --> 00:20:25,605 - That would be great. - Which one? 357 00:20:27,146 --> 00:20:28,396 I don't care. 358 00:20:28,980 --> 00:20:31,688 But you'd be moving to Paris for yourself, right? 359 00:20:32,688 --> 00:20:34,771 I mean, don't move for me. 360 00:20:34,938 --> 00:20:37,146 Why would I move to Paris if it wasn't for you? 361 00:20:37,771 --> 00:20:39,188 I'm just saying… 362 00:20:39,355 --> 00:20:41,730 I don't want you to uproot your life and expect anything. 363 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,355 - I am such an idiot! - What the fuck? 364 00:20:48,646 --> 00:20:52,230 I'm running around town in a beret, buying your greasy food 365 00:20:52,730 --> 00:20:55,146 and you don't even care if I'm in your life! 366 00:20:55,230 --> 00:20:57,271 - Would you calm down? - No! You know what? 367 00:20:57,355 --> 00:20:59,563 I'm so tired of calming down! 368 00:20:59,813 --> 00:21:02,980 Look, I have to be in a relationship 369 00:21:03,313 --> 00:21:07,146 where if I have to go to Paris, I have to go to Paris. 370 00:21:07,271 --> 00:21:11,021 Fine, go to Paris. Then what happens to us next year 371 00:21:11,146 --> 00:21:14,188 when you decide you just have to go to Brazil? 372 00:21:14,271 --> 00:21:17,355 This isn't about us! This is about work! 373 00:21:17,438 --> 00:21:21,230 No, This isn't about work. This is about us getting closer 374 00:21:21,313 --> 00:21:23,521 and you getting so freaked out 375 00:21:23,605 --> 00:21:25,896 that you have to put an ocean between us. 376 00:21:28,230 --> 00:21:29,896 I don't want to talk about this anymore. 377 00:21:33,605 --> 00:21:35,230 Why is it so hard… 378 00:21:37,730 --> 00:21:41,563 for you to factor me into your life in any real way? 379 00:21:46,563 --> 00:21:48,063 I guess old habits die hard. 380 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,188 Maybe I can't do this anymore. 381 00:21:52,438 --> 00:21:53,521 I understand. 382 00:21:57,105 --> 00:21:58,480 I bet you do. 383 00:22:01,396 --> 00:22:02,688 You said you loved me. 384 00:22:03,896 --> 00:22:04,896 I do. 385 00:22:05,813 --> 00:22:08,313 Then why does it hurt so fucking much? 386 00:22:10,730 --> 00:22:12,521 On the way home I was furious. 387 00:22:13,105 --> 00:22:15,230 Not with Big, with myself. 388 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:16,980 I was the real sadist. 389 00:22:17,563 --> 00:22:20,938 He might be the one with the whip, but I was the one who tied myself up. 390 00:22:21,563 --> 00:22:25,438 Tied myself to a man who was terrified of being tied down. 391 00:22:31,313 --> 00:22:33,605 And downtown, in the Meatpacking District 392 00:22:33,730 --> 00:22:36,896 another terrified man was preparing to face his fears. 393 00:22:39,771 --> 00:22:40,771 Take them off. 394 00:22:41,730 --> 00:22:43,146 Excuse me? 395 00:22:48,146 --> 00:22:51,146 Stanford panicked. He hadn't been seen in his underwear 396 00:22:51,313 --> 00:22:53,980 by a roomful of men since seventh grade gym class. 397 00:22:54,271 --> 00:22:55,730 What's it gonna be, pal? In or out? 398 00:23:05,438 --> 00:23:08,230 So, Rick9Plus undressed. 399 00:23:08,438 --> 00:23:10,980 It would have been rude to stand up Bigtool4U. 400 00:23:12,980 --> 00:23:16,771 To her surprise, Miranda had no trouble getting Jack to agree to make love 401 00:23:16,855 --> 00:23:18,480 in his bedroom that night. 402 00:23:22,855 --> 00:23:24,313 Let's do it in bed. 403 00:23:24,396 --> 00:23:27,271 Suddenly, her fear of his fetish ended. 404 00:23:27,355 --> 00:23:30,605 Miranda realized that Jack's excitement wasn't about getting caught. 405 00:23:30,688 --> 00:23:33,730 It was about her and she really began to let loose. 406 00:23:33,813 --> 00:23:36,021 Something she'd been unable to do outside. 407 00:23:39,146 --> 00:23:41,480 Jack? Is everything all right? 408 00:23:43,021 --> 00:23:44,438 Who was that? 409 00:23:44,521 --> 00:23:47,521 It's my mother. My parents are visiting. 410 00:23:47,980 --> 00:23:49,021 Son? 411 00:23:49,730 --> 00:23:52,646 They sound like they're coming in here. Are they coming in here? 412 00:24:02,146 --> 00:24:04,688 The funk soul brother Check it out now 413 00:24:04,771 --> 00:24:07,521 The funk soul brother Right about now 414 00:24:08,021 --> 00:24:10,480 The funk soul brother Check it out now 415 00:24:11,105 --> 00:24:13,521 The funk soul brother Right about now 416 00:24:13,646 --> 00:24:14,688 'Bout now, 'bout now, 417 00:24:14,771 --> 00:24:16,730 At first, Stanford thought he'd be shunned 418 00:24:16,813 --> 00:24:19,188 for lack of the popular six-pack abs. 419 00:24:19,896 --> 00:24:21,105 But then… 420 00:24:33,688 --> 00:24:35,438 Never seen that kind before. 421 00:24:36,771 --> 00:24:38,188 They're French! 422 00:24:38,396 --> 00:24:40,355 I bought them in Paris. 423 00:24:41,438 --> 00:24:42,646 Turn around. 424 00:24:46,396 --> 00:24:49,855 Stanford Blatch had never felt more special. 425 00:24:55,355 --> 00:24:56,396 Nice. 426 00:24:59,146 --> 00:25:00,605 Bigtool4U? 427 00:25:01,021 --> 00:25:02,021 Excuse me? 428 00:25:03,313 --> 00:25:04,896 Another beer for you? 429 00:25:05,146 --> 00:25:06,271 Yeah. 430 00:25:08,938 --> 00:25:10,146 I'll buy. 431 00:25:10,813 --> 00:25:13,480 The funk soul brother Right about now 432 00:25:13,730 --> 00:25:16,438 The funk soul brother Check it out now 433 00:25:17,063 --> 00:25:18,230 The funk soul brother 434 00:25:18,438 --> 00:25:21,271 Stanford learned that sometimes a brief encounter 435 00:25:21,355 --> 00:25:22,813 can be quite fulfilling. 436 00:25:26,730 --> 00:25:28,396 I went to bed at 1:00. 437 00:25:28,563 --> 00:25:30,646 I was still wide-awake at 2:30. 438 00:25:45,063 --> 00:25:48,063 There were no words left. We'd said them all. 439 00:26:04,771 --> 00:26:07,063 After we made love, I knew it was over. 440 00:26:07,855 --> 00:26:11,688 Did I ever really love Big or was I addicted to the pain? 441 00:26:12,105 --> 00:26:15,980 The exquisite pain of wanting someone so unattainable. 442 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,771 What are you doing over there? 443 00:26:25,563 --> 00:26:26,730 Go to Paris. 444 00:26:28,063 --> 00:26:29,188 I'm not gonna come. 445 00:26:31,938 --> 00:26:33,646 Let's not pretend we're something we're not. 446 00:26:36,813 --> 00:26:38,188 It's okay. 447 00:26:39,896 --> 00:26:41,146 Come to bed. 448 00:26:42,105 --> 00:26:45,980 I wanted to go to him, but I felt like I was tied to the chair. 449 00:26:46,396 --> 00:26:50,313 Some part of me was holding me back, knowing I had gone too far. 450 00:26:50,605 --> 00:26:52,105 Reached my limit. 451 00:27:29,563 --> 00:27:33,313 And just like that, I had untied myself from Mr. Big. 452 00:27:34,063 --> 00:27:35,480 I was free. 453 00:27:35,813 --> 00:27:37,938 But there was nothing exquisite about it.