Sex and the City: Season 1

1998 · 12 episodes · ★ 5.7

What Season 1 of Sex and the City

Thirtysomething writer Carrie Bradshaw's experiences on the New York singles scene serve as the inspiration for her newspaper column: 'Sex and the City'. The struggles of finding a partner are seen through the eyes of Carrie and her best friends Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda.

12episodes

Jun 6, 1998released

Aug 23, 1998final episode

4.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Sex and the City
Jun 6, 1998 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
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 has several encounters with tycoon heartthrob Mr. Big. Miranda starts dating nice-guy Skipper Johnston. Charlotte goes on a date with Capote Duncan, but when she tells him she won't have sex with him, he goes to a club and winds up going home with Samantha.
Directing: Susan Seidelman · Writing: Darren Star · Starring: Jeffrey Nordling, Scott Bryce, Donna Hanover, Bruce McCarty
1x02 Models and Mortals
Jun 6, 1998 · 25 min · ★ 5.3
After Miranda and Skipper bump into each other at the convenience store, they sleep together for the first time. Carrie interviews Barkley, a modelizer who videotapes his conquests. Derek, a male model client of Stanford Blatch, spends the night with Carrie after a fashion show, although they don't sleep together. Samantha chases Barkley while at a fashion show, in order to be taped.
Directing: Alison Maclean · Writing: Darren Star · Starring: Gabriel Macht, Josh Pais, Andrea Boccaletti, Emily Cline
1x03 Bay of Married Pigs
Jun 21, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 5.7
Carrie is invited to go up to their Hamptons beach house by Patience and Peter, but in the morning she bumps into Peter in the hall without his underwear on. Some friends introduce her to Sean, 'The Marrying Guy'; when she can't keep up on his quick-march to commitment, he ditches her for commitment-phile Charlotte. Miranda's colleague from work, Jeff, introduces her to a lesbian, Sid, at a baseball game, and they are invited to her senior partner's dinner party.
Directing: Nicole Holofcener · Writing: Michael Patrick King · Starring: Jennifer Guthrie, Joanna Adler, Remy Auberjonois, Kristen Behrendt
1x04 Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys
Jun 28, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 5.4
Mr. Big and Carrie continue to bump into each other during social events, which leads them to try to organize their first "drink thing". On a night out, Carrie meets twenty-something Sam for a fling, which turns out not to be so glamorous in the light of day.
Directing: Alison Maclean · Writing: Michael Patrick King · Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Kohl Sudduth, French Napier, Panicker Upendran
1x05 The Power of Female Sex
Jul 5, 1998 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Carrie bumps into international party-girl Amalita and her latest man Carlo in a shoe store, who in turn introduce her to a French Architect, Gilles. He leaves Carrie $1,000 on the nightstand after a one-night stand. Charlotte meets Neville Morgan, a renowned artist, who paints pictures of her vagina for his latest exhibition.
Directing: Susan Seidelman · Writing: Darren Star · Starring: Charles Keating, Carole Davis, Ed Fry, Sean Arbuckle
1x06 Secret Sex
Jul 12, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 5.3
Carrie and Mr. Big have their first official "date", but Carrie suspects Mr. Big is keeping her secret from his social circle. Miranda dates a man from her gym class, but she discovers a spanking video in Ted's apartment.
Directing: Michael Fields · Writing: Darren Star · Starring: Michael Port, David Aaron Baker, Heather Ann Barclay, Philip Coccioletti
1x07 The Monogamists
Jul 19, 1998 · 23 min · ★ 5.3
Carrie and Mr. Big begin dating on a regular basis, but she learns after bumping into him that he is dating other women. Samantha begins to look for an apartment to purchase.
Directing: Darren Star · Writing: Darren Star · Starring: Caroline Aaron, Jack Koenig, Justin Theroux, James McCaffrey
1x08 Three's a Crowd
Jul 26, 1998 · 23 min · ★ 5.5
Charlotte is dating Jack, who wants a threesome, but she is unsure. Carrie discovers that Mr. Big has an ex-wife, and feels threatened. Samantha is seeing a married man; when his wife finds out, she proposes a threesome to keep their marriage together. Miranda feels unattractive and looks for affirmation that she isn't.
Directing: Nicole Holofcener · Writing: Jenny Bicks · Starring: Gerry Bamman, Noelle Beck, Joseph Murphy, Sherri Alexander
1x09 The Turtle and the Hare
Aug 2, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 5.8
Mr. Big tells Carrie he's never going to marry again, which unsettles her. Miranda introduces the friends to the Rabbit, a mechanical aid, and Charlotte becomes addicted. Stanford Blatch proposes to Carrie as a cover, so he can inherit his part of the family fortune.
Directing: Michael Fields · Writing: Nicole Avril, Sue Kolinsky · Starring: Haviland Morris, Timothy Wheeler, Sebastian Roché, Jack Merrill
1x10 The Baby Shower
Aug 9, 1998 · 22 min · ★ 5.7
The four women attend a baby shower for their one-time wild-child friend Laney in her new buttoned-down Connecticut-suburb environs. Carrie is forced to think about motherhood by her late period. Miranda regards the other guests as part of the cult of The Motherhood. Still-single Charlotte fears her dreams of being a wife and mother are slipping away. Samantha throws a "no-baby shower" in response to the one the four women attended.
Directing: Susan Seidelman · Writing: Terri Minsky · Starring: Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Betsy Aidem, Debbon Ayer, Blair Hickey
1x11 The Drought
Aug 16, 1998 · 25 min · ★ 5.4
Carrie's relationship with Mr. Big has been going on for long enough that it is becoming less physical, especially after she farts in bed. Charlotte is dating a man who isn't interested in sex anymore thanks to the side-effects of Prozac. Samantha discovers that not having sex can be erotic. Miranda realizes that she hasn't had sex for months.
Directing: Matthew Harrison · Writing: Michael Patrick King, Michael Green · Starring: Anthony DeSando, David Lee Russek, Dann Fink, Joe Gately
1x12 Oh Come All Ye Faithful Season Finale
Aug 23, 1998 · 27 min · ★ 5.5
After being introduced as "a friend" to his mother, Carrie realizes her relationship with Mr. Big is one-sided and breaks up with him. Miranda dates an up-and-coming playwright who is also an up-tight Catholic. Samantha falls in love with a perfect man, but he doesn't measure up to her requirements. Charlotte gets psychic readings to see if she'll ever marry.
Directing: Matthew Harrison · Writing: Michael Patrick King · Starring: John Benjamin Hickey, Marian Seldes, Duane Boutte, Marcia Jean Kurtz