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Your Complete Guide to Binge-Watching ‘Sex and the City’

How to Watch

HBO GO, Amazon Prime, and good ol’ DVD box set

Reason to Watch 

Because it is the best show in the history of the world? Literally, no other reason than it will make you laugh, cry, scream and live life to the fullest. Oh, and don’t forget the major fashion inspo you will get.

Suggested Rate of Watching

One season per week. If you try and binge-watch this show too fast, you are going to catch a really bad case of envy. Seriously. Symptoms are: dressing like you’re in 2002, writing school essays in Carrie Bradshaw’s voice, and searching for flights to NYC in your spare time. This is not a bug you want to catch. Or do you?

You Will Like This Show if You Like… 

Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls, The L Word, or seriously any show involving a scandalous #squad and a bit of nudity.

Best Season

Season Four

Worst Season

Season Two

Best & Worst Episodes From Each Season

Season One

Best: 1×11 — “The Drought”
Worst: 1×03 — “Bay of Married Pigs”

Season Two

Best: 2×18 — “Ex and the City”
Worst: 2×07 — “The Chicken Dance”

Season Three

Best: 3×05 — “No Ifs, Ands or Butts”
Worst: 3×16 — “Frenemies”

Season Four

Best: 4×10 — “Belles of the Balls”
Worst: 4×17 — “A ‘Vogue’ Idea”

Season Five

Best: 5×07 — “The Big Journey”
Worst: 5×02 — “Unoriginal Sin”

Season Six

Best: 6×07 — “The Post-It Always Sticks Twice”
Worst: 6×19 — “An American Girl in Paris: Part Une”

Character You Will Aspire to Be Like 

Samantha Jones

Character You Will Love to Hate 

Carrie Bradshaw

Couple You Will Be Shipping 

Miranda and Steve

Terminology You Need to Know

The Coffee Shop – this is the girls’ favorite breakfast location. It was a real restaurant located in Union Square in Manhattan, but closed in 2018.

A zillion other sexual words that you will find yourself Googling, then quickly regretting it.

Best Guest Stars

Jennifer Coolidge, Matthew McConaughey, Bradley Cooper

Snacks to Eat During 

Any kind of ice cream. And a Cosmopolitan, of course.

Best Quotes

“I’ve spent $40,000 on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes!” — Carrie Bradshaw

“I know your friends just fine. Charlotte is the brunette, Miranda is the redhead and Samantha is trouble.” — Mr. Big

“I like my money where I can see it—hanging in my closet.” — Carrie Bradshaw

“Maybe we can be each other’s soulmates. And then we can let men be just these great, nice guys to have fun with.” — Charlotte York

“I will not be judged by you or society. I will wear whatever and blow whomever I want as long as I can breathe—and kneel.” — Samantha Jones

What to Do When You’re Done Watching

Cry. Then watch the first Sex and the City movie; then the second Sex and the City movie. Move to NYC to be an aspiring writer and pretend to be Carrie Bradshaw for the rest of your days. The end. 

 

Isabel is a currently the Evening & Weekend Editor at Her Campus and a student at New York University in the Global Liberal Studies program with a concentration in Contemporary Culture and Creative Production. When she is not watching Gilmore Girls or playing with puppies at the local pet store, she spends her time freelancing for numerous publications about celebrities and life. You can find her work on the websites of Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Elle, and Buzzfeed. Follow her on Instagram at @isabelcalkins.