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UNITED STATES – JUNE 03: Actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrell, Cynthia Nixon and Kristen Davis (l. to r.) arrive at the Sony Theatre for the screening of the HBO series “Sex and the City.” (Photo by Richard Corkery\/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Season 1, Episode 1: “Sex and the City”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie and Mr. Big meet cute when she spills her purse of condoms on the sidewalk. Later, a lusty Samantha compares Big to \u201ca young Donald Trump.\u201d Throwback!<\/p>\n

Season 1, Episode 3: “Bay of Married Pigs”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samantha shrieks \u201cBig pepper mill dick!\u201d at a boring couples\u2019 party and flashes Charlotte\u2019s Irish doorman on Fifth Avenue in La Perla and a trench coat. All we can say is, we really like Sam when she\u2019s drunk.<\/p>\n

Season 1, Episode 4: “Valley of the Twenty-something Guys”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte\u2019s confession that \u201cI don\u2019t want to be Mrs. Up the Butt!\u201d causes Carrie to call a hilarious emergency taxi ride with multiple friend-stops so everyone can, er, get to the bottom of it.<\/p>\n

Season 1, Episode 6: “Secret Sex”<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a slam dunk for Carrie\u2019s career when her photo appears on the side of an M2 bus. Too bad there\u2019s a graffiti penis drawn next to her head.<\/p>\n

Season 1, Episode 10: “The Baby Shower”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smug, pregnant suburbanite Laney (who stole Charlotte\u2019s baby name \u201cShayla\u201d \u2026 that bitch!) gets stage fright while stripping. \u201cWho wants to see my tits?\u201d doesn\u2019t sound so hot when you\u2019re close to delivering.<\/p>\n

Season 1, Episode 12: “Oh Come All Ye Faithful”<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Carrie stalks Big and his mother at church \u2014 and drops a hymnal from the balcony \u2014 he introduces her to mom as \u201cmy friend Carrie.\u201d Ouch!<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 1: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda deserves a standing ovation when she says, \u201cHow does it happen that four such smart women have nothing to talk about but boyfriends? It\u2019s like seventh grade with bank accounts.\u201d Now, where were we \u2026 Mr. Big or low-hanging balls?<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 4: “They Shoot Single People, Don’t They?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie discovers her bedraggled looking self on the cover of New York<\/em> magazine with the snarky title \u201cSingle and Fabulous?\u201d Talk about your worst fear come true!<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 8: “The Man, The Myth, The Viagra”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trump, whose tangerine pompadour apparently hasn\u2019t changed since 1999, makes an appearance in the flesh \u2014 as does his fictional business partner Ed\u2019s 72-year-old cracked pancake butt.<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 9: “Old Dogs, New Dicks”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Single White Female meets RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/em> when Samantha\u2019s ex-boyfriend Brad, now a sultry drag queen named Samantha, co-opts her persona. Should we all be that legendary!<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 12: “La Douleur Exquise”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big is leaving for Paris. After an epic fight involving flying Filet-O-Fish, Carrie wonders, \u201cDid I ever really love Big, or was I addicted to the pain, the exquisite pain of wanting someone so unattainable?\u201d Oui, oui.<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 13:\u00a0<\/strong>“20-something Girls vs. 30-something women”<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s nauseating enough when a younger girl steals your job, but the love of your life? Cue the vomit and fireworks.<\/p>\n

Season 2, Episode 18: “Ex and the City”<\/strong><\/p>\n

A friendly lunch, what could go wrong? Big serves up a main course called \u201cI\u2019m engaged\u201d and Carrie has a meltdown for dessert. But no fear: Carrie\u2019s kiss-off to Big outside the Plaza hotel is worth reusing on anyone who dumps you for a boring babe.<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 3: “Attack of the Five-foot-ten Woman”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big and Natasha\u2019s gushy spread in The New York Times<\/em> wedding section crushes Carrie\u2019s self-confidence. At least this was pre-Instagram.<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 4: “Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte posing in drag is an idea we like for so many obvious reasons, but our favorite one is hearing her say, \u201cI think I need a bigger sock.\u201d<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 9: “Easy Come, Easy Go”<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all heard of lame proposal stories, but Charlotte\u2019s to Trey is about as funky as Sam\u2019s boyfriend\u2019s Adam\u2019s spunk. All righty.<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 11: “Running With Scissors”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gripping TV makes you want to pull your own arm hair out, and we feel that way watching Carrie sneak down the stairs after boinking Big, only to be caught by Natasha who \u2014 crack! \u2014 won\u2019t be smiling in the near future.<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 12: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie tells Aidan about her affair with Big, and they break up at Charlotte\u2019s wedding. Miranda\u2019s posing as a flight attendant with a perky neckerchief and flight-friendly hand motions is a much needed stress buster.<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 17: “What Goes Around Comes Around”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Big\u2019s scorned, soon-to-be-ex-wife Natasha gives Carrie a satisfying reaming-out at a restaurant, ending with, \u201cNot only have you ruined my marriage, you\u2019ve ruined my lunch.\u201d<\/p>\n

Season 3, Episode 18: “Cock a Doodle Doo”<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Carrie admits Big\u2019s back in her life, Miranda calls her a \u201cpathetic, needy victim\u201d and Carrie calls her \u201ctough and judgmental\u201d in their first big brawl. Makes us want to call our BFFs and apologize for, like, everything rotten we\u2019ve ever said.<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 1: “The Agony and the Ex’tacy”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie\u2019s 35th birthday at Greenwich Village restaurant Il Cantinori starts out so promising \u2026 until no one shows up. It\u2019s enough to make you cry into your tiramisu.<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 2: “The Real Me”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tripping on the runway in Dolce & Gabbana? Epic fail. But instead of crawling off stage like fashion roadkill, Carrie picks herself back up and gets a standing ovation. Sashay, Shantay!<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 4: “What’s Sex Got to Do With It?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda eating leftover chocolate cake out of the trash can and licking her fingers during her \u201csex strike\u201d has to be one of the most GIF-able moments in TV history.<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 5: “Ghost<\/strong> Town”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trey declares, \u201cThis is heaven,\u201d when he\u2019s caught in a mattress sandwich between Charlotte and his mom Bunny at ABC Home. Bunny gets her comeuppance when she walks in on Trey and Charlotte having sex in their new bed.<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 6: “Baby, Talk Is Cheap”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Who can forget Aidan\u2019s voice booming, \u201cYou BROKE my heart!\u201d down from his stoop to Carrie in the middle of the night when she makes a desperate plea to get back together? He might as well have dropped one of his wood benches on her foot.<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 8: “My Motherboard, Myself”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samantha breaks down sobbing to Miranda while bra shopping before her mother\u2019s funeral. \u201cComputers crash, people die, relationships fall apart,\u201d says Carrie. \u201cThe best we can do is breathe and reboot.\u201d Amen.<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 12: “Just Say Yes”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Will Aidan propose (with that horrible pear-shaped diamond ring)? Nope, but Steve sure does and gets rejected by a pregnant Miranda. Silver lining: Carrie says yes at the least likely moment \u2026 and her rock turns out to be a wower.<\/p>\n

Season 4, Episode 18: “I Heart NY”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie and Big come together for a nostalgic night on the town that ends with a twist on Big\u2019s hardwood floor. Carrie supports Miranda in labor and forgives the fact that her perfect pink shoes are glazed in amniotic fluid.<\/p>\n

Season 5, Episode 2: “Unoriginal Sin”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dismissed in a self-help seminar for not trying hard enough to find love, Charlotte gets an assist from Carrie, who tells the room, \u201cBelieve me, she\u2019s out there.\u201d Bring on the warm fuzzies!<\/p>\n

Season 5, Episode 3: “Luck Be an Old Lady”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a casino guy shames Miranda\u2019s \u201cfat ass\u201d in Atlantic City, the girls make him wish he\u2019d never opened his mouth. \u201cI just had a baby, you a**hole,\u201d says Miranda. Sam: \u201cWhat\u2019s your excuse?\u201d Carrie: \u201cYeah, ya havin\u2019 triplets?\u201d That\u2019s how it\u2019s done.<\/p>\n

Season 5, Episode 5: “Plus One Is the Loneliest Number”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting a chemical peel before your bestie\u2019s book party, which you are also hosting? Not a wise idea, Sam! Still, she rocks the atomic tomato look with a black hat and veil.<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 4: “Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charlotte\u2019s disappointed because she braided the challah and Harry\u2019s watching the game. But telling Harry he\u2019s lucky to have you and everyone else sees it too? Harsh.<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 5: “Lights, Camera, Relationship”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie brags about a fat book advance before learning Berger was dropped by their publisher. Dang \u2026 and they just got over the scrunchie thing!<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 6: “Hop, Skip and a Week”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019M SORRY\/I CAN\u2019T\/ DON\u2019T HATE ME. Oh, but we do, Berger. We really do.<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 9: “A Woman’s Right to Shoes”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ah, moms with superiority complexes and shoe removal rules make you never want to set a Manolo-ed foot in an apartment like Kyra\u2019s again. Carrie\u2019s single girl registry revenge is genius. As is Charlotte\u2019s reform of a naked, tea bag-dropping Harry.<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 11: “The Domino Effect”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

When a feverish Big gazes at candy striper Carrie and says, \u201cWhat are we doing? I\u2019m talking about us. Life\u2019s too short,\u201d our hearts flutter. Too bad he\u2019s back to himself the next day.<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 14: “The Ick Factor”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda proposes to Steve (yay!), and they get hitched in a community garden. The crew huddles close when Samantha drops the breast cancer bomb, and somehow we know her girls will get her through.<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 16: “Out of the Frying Pan”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda breaks up with New York and moves to Brooklyn. Alarmed by her hair loss, chemopatient Samantha shaves her head. Carrie can\u2019t deal with the thought of losing Samantha, and frankly, neither can we.<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 19: “An American Girl in Paris, Part Une”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie tells off Big before she takes off for Paris, gets lonely pangs and loses her Carrie necklace. The girls brunch with Big, and Miranda tells him, \u201cGo get our girl.\u201d Whoop-whoop!<\/p>\n

Season 6, Episode 20: “An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie finds her necklace \u2014 and herself \u2014 again. Big shows up just in time to trip on the carpet and get corny on a bridge, for better or for worse. \u201cCarrie, you\u2019re the one.\u201d Finally! 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