A sex columnist, Carrie Bradshaw, and her three friends - Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda - explore Manhattan's dating scene, chronicling the mating habits of single New Yorkers. Not surprisingly, the ladies have a number of beaus throughout the series' run.
New York friends Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte explore sex and love in the Big Apple in the opening episode of the acclaimed comedy drama. (S1, ep 1)
After interviewing a man who only sleeps with models, Carries has her own encounter with a male underwear model. (S1, ep 2)
Carrie gets a nasty surprise when she visits some friends at their beach house. Meanwhile, Miranda pretends to be a lesbian to get ahead at work. (S1, ep 3)
Carrie has a fling with a younger man (Timothy Olyphant), while also arranging her first date with Mr Big. (S1, ep 4)
Carrie dates a French architect, who gives her $1000 as a thank you. Plus, Charlotte meets a painter who focuses on a particular part of the anatomy. (S1, ep 5)
Carrie thinks Mr Big might be keeping her a secret from his friends. Meanwhile, Miranda dates a guy from the gym, but discovers an unsettling secret about him. (S1, ep 6)
Carrie is upset to learn that Big is still seeing other women, Samantha goes apartment hunting and Miranda gets jealous when she sees Skipper with another woman. (S1, ep 7)
The girls debate the merit of threesomes when they all become involved with multiple partners. Carrie meets Big's ex-wife. (S1, ep 8)
Samantha tries to turn an undesirable man into a catch, Carrie poses as Stamford's fiancee and Miranda introduces Charlotte to 'The Rabbit'. (S1, ep 9)
The girls all ponder motherhood when they attend the buttoned-up baby shower of their formerly wild friend Laney. (S1, ep 10)
The friends go through a simultaneous sex drought, as Charlotte dates a man with no sex drive and Samantha experiments with tantric celibacy. (S1, ep 11)
O Come All Ye Faithful: After meeting Big's mother, Carrie begins to doubt his commitment to their future and Samantha dates a man who doesn't quite 'measure up'. (S1, ep 12)