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The second season builds on the foundation of the first season with plot arcs that are both hilarious and heartfelt, taking the show from breakout hit to true pop-culture phenomenon. Relationship epiphanies coexist happily alongside farcical plots and zingy one-liners, resulting in emotionally satisfying episodes that feature the sharp kind of character-defining dialogue that seems to have disappeared from the rest of TV long ago. When last we left the NYC gals, Carrie had just broken up with a commitment-phobic Mr. Big (Chris Noth), but fans of Noth's seductive-yet-distant rake didn't have to wait long until he was back in the picture, as he and Carrie tried to make another go of it. Their relationship evolution, from reunion to second breakup, provides the core of the second season. Among other adventures, Charlotte puzzles over whether one of her beaus was "gay-straight" or "straight-gay"; Miranda tries to date a guy who insists on having sex only in places where they might get caught; and Samantha copes with dates who range from, um, not big enough to far too big--with numerous stops in between.
The third season was the charm, as the series earned its first Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series to go along with its Golden Globes for Best Comedy Series and Best Actress (Parker). One of this season's two principal story arcs concerned hapless-in-love Charlotte and her pursuit of a husband; enter (if only...) Kyle McLachlan as the unfortunately impotent Trey. Meanwhile, Carrie has a brief but memorable fling with a politician who's golden, but not in the way she anticipated. She then sabotages her too-good-to-be-true relationship with furniture designer Aidan (John Corbett) by having an affair with Mr. Big (Chris Noth), who himself has gotten married. Like I Love Lucy, the series benefited from a brief change of scenery with a three-episode jaunt to Los Angeles, where Carrie and company encountered, among others, Matthew McConaughey, Vince Vaughn, Hugh Hefner, and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
The fourth season is just as smart and sexy as ever, mixing caustic adult wit and sharply observed situation comedy on the mean streets of Manhattan, though this time the quartet of singleton city girls must endure even tougher combat in the unending war of love, sex, and shopping. Carrie finally seems to have found her ideal life partner when she is reunited with handsome craftsman Aidan. But can their relationship survive trial by cohabitation? Meanwhile Charlotte seems to have both her dream Park Avenue apartment and a solution to her marital problems with Trey. But when the subject of babies comes up, everything starts to unravel for her, too. It's not just Charlotte who has baby issues either: after what seems like an eternity of enforced sexual abstinence Miranda is horrified to discover she's pregnant. And as for the sultry Samantha, she's on a quest for monogamy, first with an exotic lesbian artist, then with a philandering businessman, with whom to her utter dismay she just might have fallen in love.
It was a short but sweet fifth season, as HBO's resident comediennes found themselves affected by forces beyond their control--the pregnancies of both Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon. A truncated shooting schedule to accommodate the actresses forced this season to be reduced to a mere eight episodes, but they and creators forged ahead, creating a handful of episodes that if short in content were long on emotion and laughs. Carrie and Miranda wrestled with their solitary lifestyles, albeit with new attachments--Miranda had new baby Brady and single motherhood, while Carrie found herself in the world of publishing as the author of a real-life book of her columns. Charlotte wondered if she'd ever find another man, while Samantha finally got rid of the one that had been vexing her far too much. If the season as a whole felt less than the sum of its parts, those parts were some of the best comedy in the show's history. The season's climactic episode, "I Love a Charade," was one of the series' best episodes ever, equally touching and funny, and grounded the show in an emotional maturity that announced that after all their wild travails, these women had truly grown up.
| ACTORS: | Sarah Jessica Parker |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | HBO Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 13 |
| UPC: | 026359882227 |
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Customer Reviews of Sex and the City - The Complete First Five Seasons (5-pack)
Hilarious and real life as well... I've watched many of the episodes of Sex and The City since it's beginning. I realize it's the kind of show that people either love or hate. Being close to being a "middle-aged, unappealing, but wiser" woman, as one 20 year old boy in a previous review described it, I also know that, hey, there's a lot of real life here in this show, all tossed in amongst the Manolo Blahniks (kind of like the interest football holds for men, silly perhaps, but still a passion for many) and some of the wilder antics of someone like Samantha (isn't she the perfect feminine reflection of the supreme macho male?...what fun!). Let us remember that these ladies live in a very sophisticated city, New York (perhaps a little more up-to-date than even good old Baton Rouge can purport to be) and are basically just trying to be content, enjoy life, have some fabulous sex, and follow their own paths in order to be true to themselves and their histories. The fact that in the meantime these characters entertain us, remind us of our foibles and vulnerabilities, and pursue their own happiness no matter what anyone thinks seems to rankle quite a few men I know, and even a couple of rather uptight women. I can't help, then, but to respond to the boy from Baton Rouge, who I am sure considers himself very intelligent and may even be a high school graduate...after all, no average young man could have thought up the concept of calling the characters Cory, Corvette, Mirabel, and Semolina, not to mention Tom and Jerry. All I can say is, life leads you places you may never think, in your youthful arrogance, you would go, and I imagine that at 35 to 45, you may be a rather "middle-aged and unappealing", and may I say, bitter and unloved little old man in your own right. Now you are still young, and already you haven't got a stitch of tolerance or fun in you (that very thinly veiled angry imitation thereof aside). Imagine yourself twenty years from now...nowhere near as hopeful and brave as the girls from Sex and the City, in their "tottering old age" are, I'll bet. By the way, I'm 30, ancient by your standards, I'm sure, and happily single. From my viewpoint here on the path to being a crone, may I pass back to you some of my hard-earned wisdom...never be so absolutely smug about anything, because life loves giving you a kick in the chops, just to let you know who's boss.
All that aside, I think this show is hilarious and gender-bending, and catches you when you aren't really paying attention with a real-life hook, and also, it's just great "don't have to think TOO hard fun". I'm in!
Smartest comedy I've seen in a long time
I should start by confessing that I came to watch SATC very late in the game - not until the start of the 6th Season. After watching the final episode, the decision to buy the complete season DVDs was a no-brainer, and I have not been disappointed. The writing on this show is some of the smartest I've encountered in a long time. It has been interesting and highly entertaining to watch these characters evolve. (The 5th Season may be short, but the writing quality never wavers.) I'll watch one episode thinking I that can really relate to Charlotte, only to relate to Miranda, Carrie or (heaven forbid!) Samantha in the next. And it really isn't just about sex - or the city - but ultimately about the joy and heartbreak in all of life, such as the loss of a parent or dealing with an unexpected pregnancy.
Of course, most of the funniest bits deal with the search for "the one" - something everyone can relate to. I think the decision to end after 6 seasons - and on a positive note for all characters - was a smart one. It may have taken Big six seasons to realize Carrie was "the one" but the journey made the result more worthwhile. (Here again, I must confess that prior to seeing the earlier seasons, I was not entirely convinced that Carrie and Big should live happily ever after. Mr. Big now gets my full endorsement!)
I highly recommend this boxed set (instead of the watered down syndication version being contemplated on other cable channels), and have already pre-ordred Season Six, Part One. Those concerned with what they perceive to HBO price gouging should consider that an individual season on DVD still costs less than one month of cable service... And if, like me, the only reason you're watching HBO is SATC (and maybe The Sopranos) perhaps it's better just to cancel HBO and get the DVDs instead!
The only DVD set you'll ever need!
This DVD set was one of the best investments i've made. I've watched all 5 seasons at least 4 times already and will continue to watch them for years to come. If you're a Sex and the City fan you've got to get the set.