Synopsis

At a birthday party for thirtysomething Miranda, Carrie and her friends vow to stop worrying about finding the perfect male and start having sex like men. Carrie experiments with an old flame and meets Mr. Big; Miranda warms up to Skipper; Samantha has a one night stand with a man Charlotte wouldn't sleep with on the first date.

Pilot desk note

From the desk: Sex and the City opens its catalog run with “Sex and the City” (1998-06-06). Cable comedy-drama that made female friendship and fashion appointment TV. Carrie discourse forever, reboot wars, and the original big-city single-woman template.

In the series

This episode is part of Sex and the City (1998–2004) on HBO.

Brunch, Manolos, and voiceover dating dispatches from a mythic Manhattan.

Key cast

Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis as Charlotte York
Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes
Chris Noth as Mr. Big

Also in season 1

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