Sex and the City (SATC pilot)

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“Sex and the City”
Sex and the City episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 1
Written by Darren Star
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Guest stars Chris Noth

Willie Garson
Ben Weber
Donna Hanover
Sarah Wynter
Navia Nguyen
Laura Silverman
Original airdate June 6, 1998
Episode chronology
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List of Sex and the City episodes
“ Welcome to the age of uninnocence. No one has breakfast at Tiffany's and no one has affairs to remember.
—Carrie Bradshaw
 ”

"Sex And The City" is the name of the pilot episode of the HBO series Sex and the City which became a worldwide hit over the following six years. This episode introduces the characters of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha, as well as the recurring characters of Big, Stanford and Skipper.

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[edit] Episode synopsis

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 experiments with a former lover and meets a new man (nicknamed Mr. Big); Miranda warms up to Skipper; Samantha has a one night stand with a man Charlotte would not sleep with on the first date.

[edit] Quotes

"You see that guy? He's the next Donald Trump — only he's younger and much better looking."

—Samantha

"It's like that guy Jeramiah, the poet. I mean the sex was incredible but then he wanted to read me his poetry and go out to dinner and the whole chat bit and I'm like 'Let's not even go there.'"

—Miranda

"Abso-fuckin'-lutely!"

—Mr. Big

[edit] Guest star appearances

[edit] Soundtrack

  • "A Martini For Mancini" by Joey Altruda
  • "Mucci's Jag Mark II" by Joey Altruda

[edit] Pop culture references

  • Samantha mentions the movie The Last Seduction which is about a woman who steals her husband's drug money and uses her beauty to entrap men.

[edit] Background information

  • Aside from the four main characters, Big is the only character to appear in both the pilot show and the series finale "An American Girl in Paris, Part Deux".
  • Mr. Big's nickname is created by Carrie. His real name is jokingly covered up throughout the series run and remains unknown until the last scene of the final episode; it is revealed to be "John".
  • All of Season 1 was shot with 16mm film. This was later changed to 35mm for the five following seasons.

[edit] Nit-picks

  • During the opening credits a bus is seen twice, the first time you see the bus there are people on it, the second time, 3 seconds later, the passengers have all disappeared. This continues throughout the series run.
  • Mr. Big's car windows are not tinted when he offers Carrie a ride. When she exits and asks him a question, they are tinted.


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