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At Miranda's thirty-something birthday party, Carrie, Samantha and Miranda decide to start having sex like men, without feelings, but Charlotte doesn't buy into it. Carrie steps up to the plate first and has sex with an ex-boyfriend, but to her surprise he's fine with being used as a sex object. As she leaves, she bumps into a mystery man whom she will later see again.
Miranda is set up with Carrie's friend Skipper and though she hates him, he really likes her.

Charlotte thinks she's found a great guy in Capote Duncan until she tells him she has to be up early in the morning and he asks her to split a cab so he can go to Chaos and get laid.

Samantha hits on Mr. Big relentlessly at Chaos and he shoots her down every time so she ends up hooking up with Charlotte's date for the evening, Capote Duncan.

Carrie is left alone and can't catch a cab and is about to walk home when Mr. Big's car pulls up and he gives her a ride. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Darren Star

Director:: Susan Seidelman

Stars:: Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw); Kristin Davis (Charlotte York McDougal); Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones); Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes)

Recurring Role:: Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch); Ben Weber (Skipper Johnston); Chris Noth (Mr. Big)

Guest Star:: Laura Silverman (Alyssa); Navia Nguyen (Tatiana); Bruce McCarty (Peter Mason); Jeffrey R. Nordling (Capote Duncan); Bill Sage (Kurt Harrington); Scott Bryce (Tim); Donna Hanover (Realtor); Sarah Wynter (Elizabeth); Johnny Cienatiempo (Driver)

Carrie's apartment is different in this episode then in all of the other episodes. edit »
During the opening credits a bus is seen twice, the first time you see the bus there are people on it, the second time, 3 seconds later they have disappeared. edit »
Mr. Big's car windows aren't tinted when he offers Carrie a ride. When she gets out and asks him a question, they are tinted. edit »

Kim Cattral turned down the role of Samantha Jones twice before being convinced by Darren Star's boyfriend to give it a try and shoot the pilot episode. edit »
The naturally blond Cynthia Nixon dyes her hair red to play Miranda on the show. edit »
Carrie was researching about 'getting laid like a man' for this week's column. edit »
Mr Big

Carrie gave him his mystery name. edit »
All of Season 1 was shot with 16mm film. This was later changed to 35mm for the five following seasons. edit »

(After Carrie gets off Mr. Big's car)
Carrie: Wait! Have you ever been in love?
Mr. Big: Abso-fucking-lutely. edit »
Carrie: It's like the riddle of the Sphinx. Why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men? edit »
Carrie (voiceover): I didn't understand. Did all men secretly want their women promiscuous and emotionally detatched? And if I was really having sex like a man, why didn't I feel more in control? edit »
Mr. Big: So what have you been doing lately?
Carrie: You mean besides going out every night?
Mr. Big: Yeah. I mean, what do you do for work?
Carrie: Well, this is my work. I'm sort of a sexual anthropologist.
Mr. Big: You mean like a hooker?
Carrie: No. I write a column called 'Sex and the City.' Right now I'm researching an article about women who have sex like men. You know, they have sex and then afterwards they feel nothing.
Mr. Big: But you're not like that?
Carrie: Well, aren't you?
Mr. Big: Not a drop. Not even a half of a drop.
Carrie: Wow! What's wrong with you? edit »
(After Carrie had sex with Kurt and she left him 'hanging')
Carrie (voiceover): After I began to get dressed, I'd realized that I'd done it. I'd just had sex like a man. I left feeling powerful, potent and incredibly alive. I felt like I owned this city. Nothing and noone could get in my way. edit »

In the opening credits, Carrie's ad on the side of the bus says, "Carrie Bradshaw knows sex* (*and isn't afraid to ask)."

This is an allusion to the 1972 Woody Allen film, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* *But Were Afraid to Ask." edit »
The Last Seduction

Samantha makes reference to the movie Last Seduction which is about a woman who steals her husband's drug money and she use her beauty to entrap men. edit »

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