Sex and the City: Season 2
Sex and the City Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes. Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, the series tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. The show is based on writer Candace Bushnell's column Sex and the City published in The
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series centers on four best friends who are all single and in their late thirties.
- The characters pursue their careers while talking about their sex lives and trying to survive the New York social scene.
- The show is based on the bestselling book and newspaper column by Candace Bushnell.
- Carrie Bradshaw serves as the narrator and central character of the series.
Season overview
Sex and the City Season 2 continues the overarching saga across 18 episodes. Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, the series tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. The show is based on writer Candace Bushnell's column Sex and the City published in The New York Observer, which was later compiled into a book of the same name. Carrie Bradshaw is the narrator and central character. The television series was originally broadcast by the cable channel HBO from 1998 to 2004 and explores drama and comedy.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Jun 6, 1999 · 24 min
Carrie meets "the new Yankee," Joe, at a baseball game, all the while preparing for her first post-breakup encounter with Big. Miranda gets fed up with the girls always talking abo
The Awful Truth
Jun 13, 1999 · 24 min
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
The Freak Show
Jun 20, 1999 · 24 min
Carrie turns freakish herself after dating a string of freaky guys and freaks out the very normal Ben when trying to discover his secret freakiness. Miranda dates "Manhattan Guy,"
They Shoot Single People, Don't They?
Jun 27, 1999 · 25 min
Single and fabulous Carrie gets a horrible photo taken for the cover story of New York Magazine: Single and Fabulous...?. Miranda fakes orgasms with her current boyfriend. Charlott
Four Women and a Funeral
Jul 4, 1999 · 26 min
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 get
The Cheating Curve
Jul 11, 1999 · 24 min
Carrie starts to "officially" date Mr. Big again. Miranda dates a guy who insists on watching porn while they have sex. Fed up with cheating men, Charlotte spends time with her new
The Chicken Dance
Jul 18, 1999 · 24 min
Carrie gets fed up with Big's inability to pay attention to her. Miranda inadvertently sets her interior designer up with a long-distance would-be boyfriend, and they marry after o
The Man, the Myth, the Viagra
Jul 25, 1999 · 24 min
A frustrated Carrie tries to get Big to make time to meet the girls. Miranda meets Steve Brady, a cute bartender who wants to be more than a one-night stand. Samantha dates an incr
Old Dogs, New Dicks
Aug 1, 1999 · 25 min
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 boy
The Caste System
Aug 8, 1999 · 26 min
Carrie gets fed up with high society while at an Upper East Side party with Big. Miranda and Steve have an argument over money and social status. Charlotte meets Wiley Ford, the mo
Evolution
Aug 15, 1999 · 25 min
Carrie tries to leave her mark at Big's place by leaving some personal items behind. Miranda finds out that one of her ovaries has stopped producing eggs. Charlotte dates Stefan, a
La Douleur Exquise!
Aug 22, 1999 · 27 min
Carrie is horrified when Big casually tells her he's moving to Paris for seven months. Miranda dates a man who only wants to have sex in places where they might get caught. Charlot
Games People Play
Aug 29, 1999 · 20 min
Carrie starts going to therapy after obsessing about Big for too long. Offended by the diagnosis of dating men who are wrong for her, she dates cute fellow-patient Seth (Jon Bon Jo
The Fuck Buddy
Sep 5, 1999 · 24 min
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 g
Shortcomings
Sep 12, 1999 · 25 min
Carrie dates an author who has a premature ejaculation problem and finds that she regrets having to break-up... with his perfect family. Child-phobic Miranda dates a divorced fathe
Was It Good for You?
Sep 19, 1999 · 26 min
Carrie dates a recovering alcoholic who becomes obsessed with her. Charlotte is determined to learn how to have good sex after her latest partner falls asleep on her, and drags the
Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women
Sep 26, 1999 · 24 min
Carrie unexpectedly runs into Mr. Big—and his new 27-year-old girlfriend, Natasha—at a Hamptons party. Miranda tries in vain to have some mature fun in the Hamptons. Charlotte pret
Ex and the City
Oct 3, 1999 · 31 min
After learning of Big's engagement, a freaked-out Carrie tries to cope with the ramifications. Miranda sleeps with Steve for the first time after their breakup. Charlotte tries to