Sex and the City
What Goes Around Comes Around
TV Flash files “What Goes Around Comes Around” as hour 47 of 94 in the TV Flash guide — Sex and the City (1998–2004) on HBO, season 3, episode 17, aired 2000-10-08, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E17: listed hour 47 of 94 in the Sex and the City guide, hour 17 of 18 in season 3. It aired 2000-10-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Frenemies” (S03E16). Next is “Cock a Doodle Do!” (S03E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Increasingly depressed by Trey's lack of libido, Charlotte finds some relief when she stumbles into the studly sweaty gardener at the McDougal country house. Carrie's guilty conscience takes a beating when she's rudely snubbed by Natasha in a restaurant. To top things off, Carrie gets mugged, losing her favorite pair of Manolo Blahniks. Carrie wonders if it isn't all karma. Detective Stevens handles Carrie's case but when Miranda shows up at the police station, the good-looking detective focuses all his attentions on Miranda. Meanwhile, Samantha tells Carrie that Natasha has left Big, causing Carrie to feel even more guilty and more determined to apologize to Natasha for wrecking their marriage. Samantha drags Carrie to a party given by a certain "Sam Jones" -- only to find out it's a dorm party and this "Sam Jones" is a college-aged virgin lad. Sam Jones falls hard for the more experienced Samantha and before Samantha knows it, she has made Sam a real man. Unfortunately, the enamored Sam becomes completely obsessed with Samantha, ultimately causing her to change her phone number. Back in the suburbs, on Charlotte's second encounter with the gardener, the two share a secret kiss, unaware that Charlotte's sister-in-law witnessed the embrace. Later that evening, the sister-in-law spills the beans to the whole McDougal clan. Trey says it's acceptable for the two of them to lead separate lives while being married. Outraged, Charlotte says they should separate for a while and Trey responds, "Alrighty." Miranda, nervous that she isn't good-looking enough for her detective date, gets drunker and drunker as the night goes on. She seduces the detective back in her apartment, but when she wakes up the next morning, she finds a note recommending she call her local AA. Carrie finally tracks down Natasha in a restaurant and expresses how deeply sorry she is about what she did. Natasha tells Carrie that not only has she ruined her marriage, she's now ruined her lunch. Charlotte returns to the city and to her old apartment as a single woman.
Viewer FAQ
Where does What Goes Around Comes Around sit in the Sex and the City guide?
S03E17 is listed hour 47 of 94 — hour 17 of 18 in season 3, season 3 episode 17.
When did Sex and the City S03E17 air?
What Goes Around Comes Around aired 2000-10-08 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.
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