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  • HBO
  • May 6, 1998
  • HBO
  • May 6, 1998

Summary Carrie Bradshaw writes a column about sex and relationships in New York city. With three of her closest friends: Samantha Jones, who owns her own PR firm and is more interested in exciting "one-nighters" than long-term relationships; Miranda Hobbes, a cynical lawyer who prioritizes her career over her erratic lovelife, and Charlotte York...

Created By: Darren Star

  • HBO
  • May 6, 1998
  • HBO
  • May 6, 1998
Sex and the City
Season 1
6 Seasons
Season Premiere: May 6, 1998
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
52
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 47 User Ratings
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Summary Carrie Bradshaw writes a column about sex and relationships in New York city. With three of her closest friends: Samantha Jones, who owns her own PR firm and is more interested in exciting "one-nighters" than long-term relationships; Miranda Hobbes, a cynical lawyer who prioritizes her career over her erratic lovelife, and Charlotte York...

Created By: Darren Star

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Episode 1 • May 6, 1998 • 30 m
Sex and the City
Sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw and her close friends navigate the complex world of dating in New York City.
Episode 2 • Jun 6, 1998 • 30 m
Models and Mortals
Episode 3 • Jun 21, 1998 • 30 m
Bay of Married Pigs
Episode 4 • Jun 28, 1998 • 30 m
Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys
Episode 5 • Jul 5, 1998 • 30 m
The Power of Female Sex
Episode 6 • Jul 12, 1998 • 30 m
Secret Sex
Episode 7 • Jul 19, 1998 • 30 m
The Monogamists
Episode 8 • Jul 26, 1998 • 30 m
Three's a Crowd
Episode 9 • Aug 2, 1998 • 30 m
The Turtle and the Hare
After Samantha is dumped, she tries to turn 'The Turtle' into a catch.
Episode 10 • Aug 9, 1998 • 30 m
The Baby Shower
The girls attend a baby shower for their formerly hard-partying friend Laney, which leads each of them to reflect on where they are in their lives.
Episode 11 • Aug 16, 1998 • 30 m
The Drought
Episode 12 • Aug 23, 1998 • 30 m
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
6 Seasons

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
52
41% Positive
7 Reviews
24% Mixed
4 Reviews
35% Negative
6 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 17 Critic Reviews
52
41% Positive
7 Reviews
24% Mixed
4 Reviews
35% Negative
6 Reviews

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  • Mixed Reviews
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83
Jun 13, 2013
Funny fabulousness ... [with] a few too many talk-to-the-camera moments.
FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 8, 2013
When the series moves away from stereotyping its main female characters into the slutty (Kim Cattrall), the savvy (Cynthia Nixon) and the sweet (Kristin Davis), and dives right into the muck of the boy-girl thing, it's laugh-out-loud funny. [6 June 1998, p.1C]
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70
Apr 8, 2013
Almost none of the characters is particularly likable - unless he or she is angling for something. What's refreshing about Sex and the City is that it pushes to a darkly comic extreme the situations that already fuel the many urban-singles sitcoms on network TV, particularly those with female leads like "Suddenly Susan" and "Caroline in the City." More social satire than sitcom, it looks openly at relationships steeped in ambivalence, fear, and the games people play. [6 Jun 1998, p.C6]
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 8, 2013
Though stylishly directed, Sex and the City isn't especially funny, and it isn't as campy as Melrose Place in its prime. [6 June 1998, p.E1]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
37
Apr 9, 2013
The series itself turns out to be less "candid and comic" (as HBO puts it) than tired and tacky. [4 June 1998, p.G6]
By Gail Pennington FULL REVIEW
30
Apr 9, 2013
From the constant smoking to the constant whining, Star, who wrote several of the scripts, has again given his actors and directors dialogue and plot lines that make it virtually impossible for them to do anything but laboriously go through the motions of real life. [4 June 1998, p.104]
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30
Apr 8, 2013
A dark, outrageously cynical, cold take on the lives of thoroughly unpleasant people living in present-day Manhattan...What's supposed to be entertainment is wearisome, whiny and annoying. [6 June 1998, p.E07]
By Scott D. Pierce FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 47 User Ratings
8.2
85% Positive
40 Ratings
6% Mixed
3 Ratings
9% Negative
4 Ratings

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Universal Acclaim Based on 47 User Ratings
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85% Positive
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6% Mixed
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9% Negative
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