I have grown up hearing people talk about this show. I mean, it is a classic. I just never felt the need to watch a show about women so much older than me, in a city I will never live in, talking about topics I don’t know much about. However, the other day I felt my frontal lobe develop, logged onto Max, and started the pilot episode.
Where was this show all my life!
I broke up with my boyfriend of three years over the summer, and I thought for sure this was going to be the person I spent the rest of my life with. Because of that, I never once thought about the dating scene of someone in their early 20’s. This breakup felt as though my entire worldview was shifted and I was so incredibly behind in my life (love wise). Starting back at square 1 in dating after being with someone since I was 18 was scary and I did not know where to start. I explained this to a friend of mine and she recommended I start watching Sex and The City. At first I was apprehensive, but then a clip of the show came onto my for you page on Tik Tok and I was sucked in.
Sex and The City is a show that follows a group of 4 women; Carrie Bradshaw, Samantha Jones, Charlotte York, and Miranda Hobbes as they navigate relationships in New York City. These women are flawed, and I think that is what I love most about this show. I am tired of seeing perfect people in perfect relationships all over my TV, Sex and The City is refreshing. Each episode follows a new topic pertaining to relationships from monogamy to dry spells to pregnancy, each is honest and raw. I can look past the fact that no conversation in this show thus far passes the bechdel test.
There are some plot points and conversations that aged pretty poorly, but that’s something I appreciate about this show. They even poke fun at themselves for not being ‘politically correct’ all of the time, and that is human. No one is perfect, no one says the right thing every single time they speak, and everybody has their unpopular opinions they shy away from sharing. Do I agree with every decision these four women make, no. These are four of the most annoying women I have ever seen, but that’s why I adore them. I truly believe this show stands the tests of time and you will find something within this show that resonates with you, and you will see yourself in one of the girls (or as a mix of them all).