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The Worst Episodes of Sex and the City

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Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 4 - Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...
    6.9/10(1088 votes)

    S3:E4

    Carrie dates a twenty-something man who's openly bisexual. Miranda deals with personal issues when Steve proposes moving in with her. Charlotte poses as a drag king for an artist at her gallery. Samantha butts heads with her new twenty-something male assistant.

    Director:Pam Thomas
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  2. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 5 - Four Women and a Funeral
    7.2/10(1073 votes)

    S2:E5

    Carrie starts seeing Mr. Big again. Miranda buys her own apartment on the Upper West Side. Charlotte meets a recent widower at a cemetery. Samantha's actions with a married man gets her in trouble with the New York high-society "ladies who lunch" and only a titanic star can help her out.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writers:Darren Star, Jenny Bicks

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  3. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 3 - Defining Moments
    7.2/10(884 votes)

    S4:E3

    Carrie meets a jazz musician while on a pseudo-date with Big. Miranda tries to get more comfortable using the bathroom in front of her date. Charlotte is dismayed that Trey only wants to have sex in places where they can get caught. Samantha meets Maria, a lesbian painter, at Charlotte's gallery, and questions her own sexuality.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  4. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 4 - What's Sex Got to Do with It?
    7.2/10(855 votes)

    S4:E4

    Carrie continues to date Ray King, the jazzman, but finds he has an ADHD problem. Miranda substitutes chocolate for sex. Charlotte deals with Trey getting a little too overconfident in bed. Samantha tells the girls she's in a relationship with Maria and is now a lesbian.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Nicole Avril

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  5. Sex and the City Season 6 Episode 3 - The Perfect Present
    7.2/10(790 votes)

    S6:E3

    After Berger flips out and flips off his ex-girlfriend's answer-phone message, Carrie tries to not think about her influence on his life. Miranda finds condoms in Brady's diaper bag and gets upset with Steve. Newly converted Charlotte mourns the loss of Christmas. An on-the-job quickie with Samantha gets Smith fired from a catering gig.

    Director:David Frankel
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  6. Sex and the City Season 6 Episode 13 - Let There Be Light
    7.2/10(809 votes)

    S6:E13

    Carrie begins to feel attached to Aleksandr but cannot ignore his womanizing past. Together again, Steve moves into Miranda's apartment and finds it hard to avoid her angry ex-boyfriend Robert. Charlotte tries to forget her miscarriage by volunteering. Samantha accompanies Smith to an industry party hosted by Richard Wright.

    Director:Michael Patrick King
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  7. Sex and the City Season 6 Episode 17 - The Cold War
    7.2/10(766 votes)

    S6:E17

    Aleksandr refuses to talk about his work or introduce Carrie to his friends. Miranda adjusts to life in Brooklyn. Charlotte decides to enter Elizabeth Taylor in a dog show. Samantha makes a sex tape with Smith after a tabloid reports that she's his "fag hag".

    Director:Julian Farino
    Writer:Aury Wallington

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  8. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 1 - Sex and the City
    7.3/10(2071 votes)

    S1:E1

    At a birthday party for thirty-something Miranda, Carrie and her friends vow to stop worrying about finding the "perfect" male and start having sex "like men". Carrie has several encounters with tycoon heartthrob Mr. Big. Miranda starts dating nice-guy Skipper Johnston. Charlotte goes on a date with Capote Duncan, but when she tells him she won't have sex with him, he goes to a club and winds up going home with Samantha.

    Director:Susan Seidelman
    Writer:Darren Star

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  9. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 2 - Models and Mortals
    7.3/10(1625 votes)

    S1:E2

    After Miranda and Skipper bump into each other at the convenience store, they sleep together for the first time. Carrie interviews Barkley, a modelizer who videotapes his conquests. Derek, a male model client of Stanford Blatch, spends the night with Carrie after a fashion show, although they don't sleep together. Samantha chases Barkley while at a fashion show, in order to be taped.

    Director:Alison Maclean
    Writer:Darren Star

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  10. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 6 - Secret Sex
    7.3/10(1286 votes)

    S1:E6

    Carrie and Mr. Big have their first official "date", but Carrie suspects Mr. Big is keeping her secret from his social circle. Miranda dates a man from her gym class, but she discovers a spanking video in Ted's apartment.

    Director:Michael Fields
    Writer:Darren Star

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  11. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 7 - The Monogamists
    7.3/10(1252 votes)

    S1:E7

    Carrie and Mr. Big begin dating on a regular basis, but she learns after bumping into him that he is dating other women. Samantha begins to look for an apartment to purchase.

    Director:Darren Star
    Writer:Darren Star

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  12. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 9 - The Turtle and the Hare
    7.3/10(1208 votes)

    S1:E9

    Mr. Big tells Carrie he's never going to marry again, which unsettles her. Miranda introduces the friends to the Rabbit, a mechanical aid, and Charlotte becomes addicted. Stanford Blatch proposes to Carrie as a cover, so he can inherit his part of the family fortune.

    Director:Michael Fields
    Writers:Nicole Avril, Sue Kolinsky

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  13. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 2 - The Awful Truth
    7.3/10(1107 votes)

    S2:E2

    Carrie accidentally suggests that her friend Susan Sharon leave her domineering, violent husband. Miranda builds up the courage to talk dirty in bed. Charlotte tries to replace the perfect man with the perfect dog. Samantha gets dragged to couples' therapy with James and tries to avoid talking about her real problem with their sex life.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Darren Star

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  14. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 9 - Old Dogs, New Dicks
    7.3/10(1046 votes)

    S2:E9

    Carrie tries to get Big to stop checking out other women when they're together. Miranda and Steve's opposite schedules become a problem. Samantha runs into an old hockey-player boyfriend who is now a blonde drag queen named Samantha. Charlotte is turned-off when she dates a man who has not been circumcised; Carrie points out to Charlotte that 85% of men are not circumcised while Samantha claims to prefer uncircumcised men.

    Director:Alan Taylor
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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  15. Sex and the City Season 2 Episode 14 - The Fuck Buddy
    7.3/10(979 votes)

    S2:E14

    Carrie tries to make a relationship with her "fuck buddy." Miranda dates an abusive, condescending lawyer. Charlotte becomes a free-wheeling dater and double-books dates with two guys on the same night. Samantha overhears the couple moaning next door, and decides to outdo them.

    Director:Alan Taylor
    Writers:Darren Star, Merrill Markoe

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  16. Sex and the City Season 3 Episode 7 - Drama Queens
    7.3/10(896 votes)

    S3:E7

    Carrie obsesses about her perfect relationship when Aidan suggests she meet his parents. Miranda enjoys her intimate life with Steve. Charlotte gets upset when a married friend won't set her up with his bachelor buddy. Samantha tries Viagra while sleeping with a doctor.

    Director:Allison Anders
    Writer:Darren Star

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  17. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 6 - Baby, Talk Is Cheap
    7.3/10(847 votes)

    S4:E6

    Carrie realizes she wants to get back together with Aidan. Miranda gets a surprise when she sleeps with "marathon man". Charlotte and Trey decide to start trying to have a baby. Samantha uses fake nipples and attracts a man who uses "baby-talk" during sex.

    Director:Michael Spiller
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  18. Sex and the City Season 4 Episode 9 - Sex and the Country
    7.3/10(842 votes)

    S4:E9

    Carrie is dragged to Aidan's country home in Suffern, New York. Charlotte visits the MacDougal "compound" in Connecticut. Miranda yells at Steve when he tells her he has testicular cancer but has no clue about his condition. Samantha gets annoyed when her dates keep asking her what she's doing "next weekend".

    Director:Michael Spiller
    Writer:Allan Heinberg

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  19. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 1 - Anchors Away
    7.3/10(912 votes)

    S5:E1

    Carrie realizes her relationship with New York City is as dysfunctional as is her relationship with men. Charlotte decides she needs to distance herself from her former life as "Mrs. MacDougal". Miranda tries to adjust to her new life with her baby, Brady Hobbes. Samantha gets phone calls from Richard begging her to take him back.

    Director:Charles McDougall
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  20. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 2 - Unoriginal Sin
    7.3/10(812 votes)

    S5:E2

    Carrie gets an offer from a publisher who wants to make a book out of her column. Charlotte takes a self-help seminar and takes affirmations to try to find love again. Miranda agrees to have Brady baptized, and chooses Carrie as the godmother. Samantha takes Richard back, despite the girls advising against it.

    Director:Charles McDougall
    Writer:Cindy Chupack

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  21. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 4 - Cover Girl
    7.3/10(827 votes)

    S5:E4

    Carrie works with publicist Samantha to try to get the perfect look for her book cover. Charlotte starts reading self-help books. Miranda goes to Weight Watchers to lose her baby weight. Samantha gets upset when she feels the girls are judging her outrageous sex life.

    Director:John David Coles
    Writers:Judy Toll, Michael Patrick King

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  22. Sex and the City Season 5 Episode 7 - The Big Journey
    7.3/10(814 votes)

    S5:E7

    Carrie goes to San Francisco to promote her book and visit Big. Charlotte sleeps with her unappealing (to her) divorce lawyer, Harry Goldenblatt. Samantha accompanies Carrie to California, looking for a good time.

    Director:Michael Engler
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  23. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 3 - Bay of Married Pigs
    7.4/10(1471 votes)

    S1:E3

    Carrie is invited to go up to their Hamptons beach house by Patience and Peter, but in the morning she bumps into Peter in the hall without his underwear on. Some friends introduce her to Sean, 'The Marrying Guy'; when she can't keep up on his quick-march to commitment, he ditches her for commitment-phile Charlotte. Miranda's colleague from work, Jeff, introduces her to a lesbian, Sid, at a baseball game, and they are invited to her senior partner's dinner party.

    Director:Nicole Holofcener
    Writer:Michael Patrick King

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  24. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 5 - The Power of Female Sex
    7.4/10(1350 votes)

    S1:E5

    Carrie bumps into international party-girl Amalita and her latest man Carlo in a shoe store, who in turn introduce her to a French Architect, Gilles. He leaves Carrie $1,000 on the nightstand after a one-night stand. Charlotte meets Neville Morgan, a renowned artist, who paints pictures of her vagina for his latest exhibition.

    Director:Susan Seidelman
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Sex and the City Season 1 Episode 8 - Three's a Crowd
    7.4/10(1220 votes)

    S1:E8

    Charlotte is dating Jack, who wants a threesome, but she is unsure. Carrie discovers that Mr. Big has an ex-wife, and feels threatened. Samantha is seeing a married man; when his wife finds out, she proposes a threesome to keep their marriage together. Miranda feels unattractive and looks for affirmation that she isn't.

    Director:Nicole Holofcener
    Writer:Jenny Bicks

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl..." is the worst rated episode of "Sex and the City". It scored 6.9/10 based on 1088 votes. Directed by Pam Thomas and written by Jenny Bicks, it aired on 6/25/2000. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Four Women and a Funeral".