Sex and the City
The Drought
TV Flash files “The Drought” as hour 11 of 94 in the TV Flash guide — Sex and the City (1998–2004) on HBO, season 1, episode 11, aired 1998-08-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E11: listed hour 11 of 94 in the Sex and the City guide, hour 11 of 12 in season 1. It aired 1998-08-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Baby Shower” (S01E10). Next is “Oh Come All Ye Faithful” (S01E12).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An accidental emission has Carrie certain that she and Mr. Big will never share a bed again. The last three months have Miranda convinced she will never share a bed with any man again. A foray into tantric celibacy leaves Samantha craving old-fashioned sex, and Charlotte's boyfriend would rather be mentally balanced than sexually active.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Drought sit in the Sex and the City guide?
S01E11 is listed hour 11 of 94 — hour 11 of 12 in season 1, season 1 episode 11.
When did Sex and the City S01E11 air?
The Drought aired 1998-08-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Season 1, episode 1. The voiceover and the four-silhouette contract are the whole machine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it as the original big-city look book: four women, a voiceover, and shoes that did more character work than half the boyfriends. Manhattan is a lighting setup. The reboot noise is later; this run is the template every brunch-core series still copies.
The first thing you see is a woman on a street that is really a runway. Carrie Bradshaw’s voiceover is a fashion dispatch with dating as the alibi. HBO at the end of the 1990s did not accidentally invent the look book as comedy-drama. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon made Manhattan photograph as a weekly fitting: four silhouettes, four theories of sex, one city that never dressed casual unless the casual cost more. Style is the plot. The shoe is not a punchline. The shoe is a…
Filed against
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw
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- Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones
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- Kristin Davis as Charlotte York
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- Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes
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- Chris Noth as Mr. Big
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