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00:01There are over 7 million people in New York and that's not including house guests.
00:06Visitors are a vital part of the city's economy.
00:09Most single people in Manhattan do not buy furniture or hang pictures
00:12until faced with the arrival of an out-of-towner.
00:14Hey, that's a great couch. Where'd it come from?
00:17I have no idea.
00:18Everything in Miranda's new apartment was hand-picked, covered,
00:21finished and arranged by Charlotte's friend Madeline Dunn,
00:24an up-and-coming interior designer.
00:26I've been looking for one of those.
00:27That's very stylish for a pull-out.
00:30I'll have that end table for you tomorrow.
00:39This is a sofa bed?
00:41Yeah, that's what started this whole thing.
00:43I needed a sofa bed for Jeremy and now if he actually sleeps on it
00:47while staying in my fabulous apartment I may have to throw myself out of window treatment.
00:51Jeremy was an old friend of Miranda's who'd been in London for several years writing for The Economist.
00:56He was coming to New York to scope out the job situation
00:58and Miranda suggested he be her house guest because his emails,
01:02always entertaining, had started to border on flirtatious.
01:05Meanwhile, I had become a frequent house guest of Big's.
01:10I had to go to New York.
01:10Hey, do you have a spare toothbrush I could use?
01:15A spare toothbrush?
01:16Well, I'll bring you a new one.
01:18Excuse me?
01:45Excuse me?
01:48It was the single most encouraging moment so far in our relationship.
01:53The next night when Jeremy arrived, he was even more adorable than Miranda remembered.
01:57I love your flat.
01:59Thanks.
02:00So how the hell are you?
02:01Especially when he said...
02:03I'm tired of dating.
02:04I'm ready to get married.
02:08Miranda, are you here?
02:10Um, coming!
02:12That must be my end table.
02:14Now see, my end table is afraid to go out alone.
02:18I hope you like the finish.
02:21It's a hair darker than I was thinking.
02:23Oh, hi. Sorry to interrupt.
02:25That's beautiful. Is it Biedermeyer?
02:27Inspired by Biedermeyer. Good eye.
02:29I'm addicted to Architectural Digest. Jeremy Fields.
02:33Oh, I'm sorry.
02:34Madeline. Madeline Dunn.
02:37Pleasure.
02:39Well, thanks for bringing that vibe. We were just about to go out and get some dinner.
02:42Yes, did you want to join us?
02:46Last week I was doing an interview at a restaurant in Kensington.
02:50Miranda suddenly found herself in a situation every woman dreams of.
02:53She was on a truly great first date.
02:56Just be careful not to eat any buckshot.
02:59Unfortunately, it was somebody else's.
03:02I should get Jeremy home. He must be jet-lagged.
03:06Actually, I feel great. I slept on a plane for once.
03:09Well, I'm pretty beat.
03:10Did you want to go?
03:12No. Not if you're...
03:14Okay, I can find my way back.
03:18Right, of course. We don't have to...
03:20Except I forgot to make a copy of the key.
03:24Um, Jeremy could use my key.
03:28Of course.
03:30I gave you a key.
03:34Well, then.
03:35Good night. I...
03:38Yeah.
03:41So I was at that same restaurant.
03:44A week later, Miranda threw Jeremy a going-away party.
03:54I'd like to make a toast to my good friend Miranda, who not only put me up, she threw this
03:59soiree in celebration of my departure.
04:02Okay, Miranda, I get the hint.
04:05Uh, I'd especially like to thank her for introducing me to Madeline.
04:09An incredible, beautiful woman, who must be drunk off her ass because she just agreed to marry me.
04:15Oh, my God!
04:16Apparently, the only thing going away was Miranda's dream.
04:20Congratulations!
04:23Ice!
04:25We should get more ice.
04:28Everyone says as soon as you get a place of your own, someone will propose.
04:31I thought it would be to me.
04:33Well, at the very least, the woman owes you a mortgage payment.
04:35How is this even possible?
04:37These people have just met.
04:38It's love at first sight.
04:40Oh, honey, this isn't love.
04:41This is about two people justifying a week of non-stop fucking.
04:44On my furniture, I have to redecorate.
04:47Well, I think this is encouraging.
04:49This means that even if you're not dating anybody, you could be engaged in a couple of weeks.
04:53Or you could be dating someone for a year and be thrilled to get an electric toothbrush head.
04:58I don't understand why women are so obsessed about getting married.
05:01I mean, married people just want to be single again.
05:03If you're single, the world is your smorgasbord.
05:06Excuse me.
05:07Can you tell me if this is where Jeremy Field's engagement party is?
05:10It's the red awning, and it's a going-away party.
05:13I can take you there if you like.
05:14Were you going to the party?
05:15Well, I was actually leaving the party because there were no handsome men there,
05:18but maybe the tide is turning.
05:26Oh, I get it.
05:27My apartment is going to be lucky for everybody but me.
05:30What apartment isn't lucky for Samantha?
05:32This is all your fault.
05:34What?
05:34You introduced me to Madeline.
05:36I could have hired a nice gay decorator, and none of this would have happened.
05:40But then Madeline and Jeremy might never have met.
05:42Yes, and Jeremy would have fallen in love with me.
05:44It's not like musical chairs.
05:46Why not me?
05:47What am I doing wrong?
05:48Am I invisible?
05:49Can I help you?
05:51I live here!
05:56That night, I needed a little reality check.
06:04Hello?
06:05Hey, I was just at this party, and two people who met a week ago announced their engagement.
06:10And?
06:11Well, I don't know.
06:13Isn't that a bit shocking?
06:14Well, this is New York.
06:15Nothing is shocking.
06:16We've embraced public urination.
06:17Yeah, but these people think they're soulmates.
06:21Did they actually use the term soulmates?
06:23Yeah, several times.
06:25Then I give them three months.
06:26What are you wearing?
06:29Do you believe in love at first sight?
06:31I believe in lust at first sight.
06:34I'm serious.
06:35So am I.
06:36Come on.
06:37I need a visual.
06:39I don't know.
06:40I don't know.
06:40A top.
06:41Strapless.
06:42It's denim.
06:43Ooh.
06:44Hey, will you sleep when I called?
06:46Yes.
06:47Sorry.
06:48It's okay.
06:49But next time be at the door.
06:52Naked.
06:54I started to wonder, in a city as cynical as New York, is it still possible to believe
07:00in love at first sight?
07:02I'd completely given up on the idea.
07:04But now I know the people who don't believe in love at first sight are the people who haven't
07:08experienced it.
07:09Love at first sight is for Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman.
07:12It's too flaky for New York.
07:14Here, women want to see a blood test and an ATM receipt before they give you their number.
07:18How can you believe in love at first sight in a city where people jerk off on you in the
07:23subway?
07:23I'm picking a harpist for the ceremony.
07:25A bride, four weeks from her wedding, doesn't have time to meet you for coffee.
07:28So I joined Madeline for a mind-boggling hour in the presence of absolute certainty.
07:32Gorgeous Hampton's wedding.
07:33Flowers, flowers, flowers everywhere.
07:35I'd like each bridesmaid to carry a different flower.
07:37So tulips, irises, lilies, Gerber daisies.
07:39Charlotte should have the tulips.
07:41Did she mention she's one of my bridesmaids?
07:42Oh, of course.
07:43She's thrilled.
07:44And we asked Miranda to do the guest books and she introduced us.
07:47And, you know, Carrie, I'm such a fan of your column.
07:51No.
07:51Is there any way you would consider writing something to read at our wedding?
07:56What does she want you to write?
07:58A poem about love.
07:59Dear God, I hope you said no.
08:01How do you say no to somebody who wants you to be involved in the wedding?
08:03If I could answer that, I wouldn't be in charge of the guest book.
08:06Oh, why did I agree to this?
08:08I write about sex, not love.
08:10What do I know about love?
08:10I might have to get married now.
08:12What?
08:13That guy I picked up at Miranda's?
08:15If you're engaged, I am selling the apartment.
08:18Hardly.
08:19That night, we went back to my place.
08:23Tuck my hair!
08:24Tuck my...
08:26I'm so familiar.
08:28She was having a deja fuck.
08:30What's wrong?
08:31I've slept with you before.
08:32Yeah, yeah, like 15 years ago.
08:34Why the hell didn't you say something?
08:36I just thought you were paying the sexy stranger again.
08:39So it was kind of a reunion.
08:40I don't understand.
08:41How could you forget someone you've slept with?
08:43Toto, I don't think we're in single digits anymore.
08:45Okay, but it's not like you shared a cab with this guy.
08:48I mean, you slept with him.
08:49Maybe we did it in a cab.
08:51I'd like to forget some of the men I've slept with.
08:53I keep a list.
08:54How sweet.
08:55Men to do today.
08:56So I'm officially out of men to fuck.
08:58I have to get married or move.
08:59That's lovely.
09:01Can I use that in my poem?
09:02It's yours.
09:03Wait till you guys see my bridesmaid's dress.
09:05Is it hideous?
09:06No, we got to pick our own.
09:08It's this amazing, backless, black satin.
09:11Hmm, pretty sexy for a bridesmaid.
09:13Well, all Madeline said was that it had to be black.
09:15Honey, calm down.
09:17No, I have been tasteful and appropriate at seven other weddings.
09:21I'm always, Charlotte, don't look at me.
09:23Look at the bride.
09:24This time, people are going to look at me.
09:26For some reason, this whirlwind wedding
09:28was creating a great deal of stress for everyone
09:30but the bride and groom.
09:34The next night, I made the mistake of telling Big
09:36about the poem.
09:38Love, glove, dove.
09:40Dove is good.
09:42Love is like a dove.
09:43Or a big fuzzy glove.
09:45Don't use that.
09:46I might have stolen it from a greeting card.
09:48Okay, thanks.
09:49Mom, this is fun.
09:51It's not supposed to be fun.
09:53This is somebody's wedding.
09:54Wedding is serious to some people.
09:56Then shove probably won't work.
10:01When is this wedding?
10:03It doesn't matter.
10:04You're not going.
10:04Oh, yes, I am.
10:07I wouldn't miss you reciting
10:09love, glove, dove
10:10in front of all of New York for anything.
10:14Please.
10:20Things with Big were good.
10:22He was actually going with me for a wedding.
10:27Can I just say, wow.
10:32Hey, I need a few minutes.
10:34Oh, I left the card here for you to sign.
10:37I don't need to sign it.
10:38They're your friends.
10:39They're not my friends.
10:40And your name's on the invitation, too.
10:42Really?
10:43Yes.
10:43It was my first time to get something other than
10:46Carrie Bradshaw and Guest.
10:47How'd they get my name?
10:51Um, I don't know.
10:52I guess Madeline must have asked Charlotte or something.
10:55I mean, whatever.
10:56If you don't want to sign the card, it's not a big deal.
11:04Would you like to sign the guest book?
11:10Would you like to sign the guest book?
11:12Hi, would you like to sign the guest book?
11:14At least we get to see who's arriving alone.
11:17Samantha could always be counted on
11:19to take life's lemons and make them into Spanish fly.
11:22Do you know where they want the gifts?
11:24Chris, excuse me, I'm not the gift person.
11:26That's some other B-list friend.
11:28Oh, Christ!
11:29My rerun's here!
11:30Of course he's here.
11:31You met him at the engagement party.
11:32I have to start writing things down.
11:35I also have to start drinking heavily.
11:39Where's Big?
11:41Inside, looking bored.
11:43Hey, that's my look.
11:44Should I be bothered by the fact
11:46that he wouldn't sign the card?
11:47Well, I'm certainly glad I didn't ask him
11:49to sign the guest book.
11:50Oh, yeah, that would have put him over the edge.
11:52Oh.
11:53Charlotte wasn't kidding about the dress.
11:55It was hard not to notice her.
11:57Look at you!
11:58Oh, my God!
12:00You had a holy...
12:01Oh, my gosh, I am so late.
12:03Hi, are you with the bride or the groom?
12:05Actually, I'm a bridesmaid.
12:07Oh, are you Charlotte?
12:08Yes.
12:09I'm Martin Healy.
12:09I'll be walking you down the aisle.
12:11All her life,
12:12Charlotte had imagined doing exactly that
12:14with someone exactly like Martin.
12:17I'll show you where you're supposed to be.
12:19Okay.
12:20Hello, are you seeing this?
12:22I've been here half an hour.
12:23That guy never even looked at me.
12:25While Miranda was feeling invisible,
12:27I was feeling far too visible.
12:28I'm in the program?
12:29I barely know the bride and groom.
12:31They barely know each other.
12:32Hey, look, I'm right between the vows
12:34and the fish course.
12:35Am I in there?
12:36No, of course not.
12:38Well, I better find Big.
12:40I'm coming with you.
12:41Can you leave the guest book unattended?
12:43It's a bullshit job, Carrie.
12:45People know what to do with the guest book.
12:46The ceremony was short and sweet,
12:48just like the engagement.
12:49And now, please welcome our newlyweds,
12:52Mr. Jeremy Fields
12:53and Mrs. Madeleine Dunfield.
13:09It's amazing.
13:10It took her six months to find me an end table,
13:13but she can plan a wedding at the plaza in four weeks.
13:15Five bucks says that your end table lasts longer than her marriage.
13:26People have said a lot of nice things about Jeremy
13:30and I am here to make a rebuttal.
13:33Seriously, I have known Jeremy a long time.
13:36Which is more than the bride could say.
13:38I am very happy for you both.
13:39I only hope that someday I can have what you two have,
13:438,000 little napkins with my name on them.
13:47And, you know, of course, someone to love.
13:51Cheers.
13:59And now, we have a very special treat.
14:02One of my favorite writers, Carrie Bradshaw,
14:05has agreed to share a poem that she wrote for the occasion.
14:08Oh, give it a hug.
14:17As I made my way to the microphone,
14:19I could only think one thing.
14:21Dead woman walking.
14:35His hello was the end of her endings.
14:39Her laugh was their first step down the aisle.
14:43His hand would be hers to hold forever.
14:48His forever was as simple as her smile.
14:53And suddenly, it hit me.
14:56Two people were committing to a life together,
14:58and I couldn't even get a guy to be on a card with me.
15:04He said she was what was missing.
15:08She said instantly she knew.
15:12She was a question to be answered.
15:18And his answer was, I do.
15:22I had no choice but to embrace the moment
15:24and try to pass off my tears
15:26as tears of joy for the happy couple.
15:37Charlotte, can I have a salad dressing?
15:38I want three or four cakes, too.
15:40Okay, okay.
15:41Well, where do you stand on dog versus cat?
15:45You know, I think that this should be our song.
15:48Then we should dance to it.
15:49Okay.
15:52What, are they on the Evelyn Wood plan, too?
15:56Sorry.
15:57I had to take a call.
15:58Did I miss anything?
16:00Well, you missed my poem in most of the reception.
16:03But there's nothing like a slow dance
16:05to make you forgive and forget.
16:06Maybe later.
16:07I hate to dance while people are eating.
16:09Alrighty.
16:10Well, I'll be at the bar where people are drinking.
16:13Say hello to my date.
16:20I think I know you from somewhere.
16:23It's very possible we fucked.
16:25No.
16:26I think I know you from college.
16:27Then we probably fucked in college.
16:33Another cosmopolitan, please.
16:34And a scotch straight up.
16:36Oh, it's the famous poet, Carrie Bradshaw.
16:39Can we not talk about the poem, please?
16:41Honey, come on.
16:42It was perfect.
16:43Except the crying.
16:44What was that about?
16:46Big took a call during my poem.
16:49It's not important to him.
16:50Nothing is important to him.
16:52Guess what?
16:53The guest book person is also the
16:55put the gifts in the van person.
16:56Does anybody want to help me
16:57or should I just go stand out in the street
16:58and wait for somebody else not to see me
17:00so I can end it?
17:01I'll help you.
17:02What street do you want to stand in?
17:09If they get married in less than a month,
17:11I'm not going.
17:12Oh, careful.
17:13That one's from me.
17:14What are you giving them?
17:16The dancing frogs.
17:22Even while on the verge
17:24of breaking the land speed record
17:25for relationships,
17:26Charlotte took her duties
17:27as bridesmaid very seriously.
17:29Wow.
17:30Isn't it beautiful?
17:32So how do we do this exactly?
17:33Oh, we just throw some silly string around
17:36and write something funny
17:37on the mirror and lipstick
17:38and then some people throw condoms
17:39on the bed,
17:40but I personally prefer rose petals.
17:41Oh, yeah.
17:42I would love to wake up in rose petals.
17:48It was all so romantic.
17:50The bed,
17:51the rose petals,
17:53the bed.
17:55Oh!
17:59Technically, it wasn't a third date,
18:01but they'd already had dinner
18:01and been dancing.
18:0520 minutes later,
18:06Charlotte worried
18:07she'd made a rookie mistake
18:08by sleeping with a man
18:09she thought she could marry.
18:10But then something wonderful happened.
18:13Charlotte,
18:14I want to introduce you
18:14to my parents.
18:15Meeting the parents.
18:16Charlotte was back on schedule.
18:18Did you see us?
18:19We've been dancing up a storm.
18:22Uh, yeah.
18:23Would you like a free lesson?
18:24Oh, my dad considers himself
18:26quite the dancer.
18:27Oh, that would be great.
18:29Good.
18:31Well, is she the one?
18:34They're a beautiful dancer.
18:35Oh, thank you.
18:45May I cut in?
18:46You must.
18:51Isn't he something?
18:52And he's very smart.
18:53He's pretty much my role model.
18:55He used to take me to his office
18:56when I was a little kid.
18:57Your father just felt me up.
18:59What?
19:00We were dancing,
19:01and he just put his hand down.
19:02My parents have been married
19:03for 50 years.
19:05My dad would not cop a field
19:06just because some girl
19:07is wearing a slutty dress.
19:09Suddenly,
19:10it was clear to Charlotte
19:11that Martin wasn't going
19:12to take her side now,
19:13or after three or four kids,
19:15or ever.
19:16Did the last four and a half hours
19:17mean nothing to you?
19:22The chicken dance.
19:24Oh, don't.
19:25I miss the chicken dance.
19:27Excuse me.
19:28Have you seen my date?
19:29I'm sorry.
19:31I had to help Miranda
19:32put the gifts into the van.
19:37So, are you ready to go?
19:39Well, have they even
19:39cut the cake yet?
19:40I don't know,
19:41but I can tell you
19:42how it turns out.
19:44If you want to go, go.
19:49What's wrong?
19:50You wouldn't even sign the card.
19:54The card.
19:57I'm afraid we don't want
19:58the same things.
20:01Things like cake?
20:04I want someone
20:05who's going to be with me
20:07until the end
20:09of a wedding.
20:13Okay.
20:15I'll stay.
20:17You will?
20:19Yes.
20:20Single ladies!
20:22It's time for the
20:23tossing of the bouquet.
20:25Isn't the bouquet
20:26tossed yet?
20:27Congratulations.
20:27You lucked out.
20:29Get us some cake.
20:30I want to say goodbye
20:30to my friends.
20:33Hello.
20:34Hey.
20:34Hi.
20:35Big moment.
20:36Big and I are leaving.
20:38He's crossed his pain threshold
20:39and he's carrying me
20:39along with him.
20:40Everybody ready?
20:43One, two, three.
20:54Okay, girls.
20:54See you tomorrow.
20:55Okay.
20:56Okay.
20:56Night-night.
20:58Well, let's get your coats.
21:02Some people know
21:03they're meant to be together.
21:05I knew I was meant to go home
21:07and have cake in bed with Big.
21:10Maybe we're more
21:11the fuzzy glove types.
21:21Once upon a second time around
21:24in a mythical land
21:25between Carmine and Mulberry Streets
21:30two mere mortals
21:31were having a wonderful time.
21:33Hello.
21:35How are you?
21:37Carrie, this is the gangster
21:38I was telling you about.
21:39No gangster.
21:40No gangster.
21:40No gangster.
21:41Come this way.
21:43Hi.
21:51Ah, grazie.
21:53Carrie, this is Paulo.
21:54Hello.
21:54Paulo, this is my girlfriend Carrie.
21:57Fred?
21:59You've never called me
22:00your girlfriend before?
22:01Sure I have.
22:02Just not to your face.
22:14Bravo!
22:16Hey!
22:18Bravo!
22:20Hey, grazie, grazie.
22:22And now, and now you
22:24the wise guy.
22:25Come on, it's your turn.
22:26Come on.
22:26Me?
22:27Come on.
22:27Okay.
22:28No, no, no.
22:29No, not funny, Mr. Sambuca.
22:31I'm a regular.
22:32I'm a regular.
22:33I'm a regular.
22:38I'd like to dedicate this song
22:39to the lovely lady
22:40sitting right over there.
22:44When I was 17
22:48It was a very good year
22:52It was a very good year
22:55For small town girls
22:57And soft summer nights
22:59We'd hide from the lights
23:03In the village green
23:08When I was 17
23:10It was perfect.
23:13I felt like I was in heaven.
23:19Meanwhile, across town
23:20Miranda was in hell
23:21Or its modern day equivalent
23:25The comedy club
23:26Are we having fun yet?
23:28Yeah, when does the comedy start?
23:30I've never been this close to suicide
23:32Not pussy
23:34I'll get the check
23:35If you ditch me in this place
23:36I will hunt you down
23:38We'll kill you
23:40Alan Miller was a divorced architect
23:42Miranda met in aisle number three
23:44At the food emporium
23:45They immediately bonded
23:46Over a shared hatred
23:47Of designer croutons
23:48And I don't know
23:49About all you other guys
23:50But if all I was interested in
23:52Was freshness
23:53Then I would be
23:54Fucking my salad crisper
24:01Yo, Ray
24:02Do you want to answer
24:05Your fucking phone?
24:06It's, uh
24:07It's not my phone
24:09Go ahead
24:10Answer it
24:12Answer it
24:13Answer it
24:15Answer it
24:16Answer it
24:18Answer it
24:18Answer it
24:20Alan Miller's phone
24:24No, this is his date
24:26Who's this?
24:26Who is it?
24:31I'm sorry
24:31His date can't speak right now
24:33Who may I say is calling?
24:37His wife!
24:40Why?
24:41I'm nuts
24:42Wife's on the phone
24:44You told me you were divorced
24:47I'm not really divorced
24:48I'm really separated
24:49No, we're really separated
24:51See?
24:51This is me
24:52Separated
24:54Yo, man
24:55Not so bad
24:56I'll fuck you
25:00Honey?
25:02If they're not married
25:03They're gay
25:04Or burned from a divorce
25:05Or aliens from the planet
25:06Don't date me
25:07It's amazing how many of them
25:08Walk among us now
25:09Only recognizable
25:10By their slightly larger heads
25:12I asked him
25:12Point blank
25:13How long have you been divorced?
25:15Three years
25:15Just like that
25:16Three years
25:17Guys are such liars
25:19And 97% of them
25:20Can't fuck you worth a damn
25:21He tells me how much
25:22He likes me
25:23And boom
25:23I believe him
25:24Am I that needy?
25:25Well maybe he really did like you
25:27I swear
25:28If you Pollyanna
25:28Out on me today
25:29I'm gonna have to hit you
25:30With this rice pudding
25:31This married man
25:32Fell madly in love
25:34With my friend
25:34Amanda's friend Ashley
25:36And he said he would get a divorce
25:37And he did
25:38And they got married
25:39And they moved to Connecticut
25:40And he is this amazing
25:41Husband and father
25:42Never happened
25:43Excuse me?
25:44Urban relationship myth
25:45Unbelievable fairy tales
25:47Concocted by women
25:48To make their love lives
25:49Seem less hopeless
25:50Exactly
25:51Except it makes you feel
25:52Even more hopeless
25:53Because this fabulous
25:54Magical relationship
25:55Is never happening to you
25:57It did happen
25:58It's right up there
25:59With the one about the guy
25:59Who couldn't commit
26:00And the woman broke up with him
26:01And moved away to Kansas
26:02Or someplace
26:02And then one night
26:03She comes walking home
26:04In the rain
26:05Always in the rain
26:06And he's standing there
26:08In front of her door
26:09With an engagement ring
26:10And he says marry me
26:11And they live happily ever after
26:13But it can happen
26:14People do live happily ever after
26:16It happened to my friend
26:17Amanda's friend
26:18It's always a friend
26:19Who knows a friend
26:20Who knows a friend
26:21Charlotte, honey
26:22Have you actually ever known
26:24Anyone whose relationship
26:25Changed magically overnight?
26:27Yes
26:30Look at Gary and Big
26:31Their relationship
26:33Is totally different
26:34Than it used to be
26:35How?
26:35Tell me
26:36How is it different?
26:38It just is
26:39I can't explain it
26:42Actually I can
26:43But you're so scary right now
26:44I won't
26:45No, really
26:45Tell me
26:49It's just
26:50A feeling
26:51I don't know
26:52Something's shifted
26:53It's like
26:54Maybe we both know
26:55That if we came together again
26:57It must be for a reason
27:01What?
27:02Why is that so hard to believe?
27:03How much time have you got?
27:05That afternoon
27:06I got to thinking
27:07About myths and relationships
27:08Heroes, boyfriends
27:11Cyclopses
27:11Divorced guys
27:12Are they really that different?
27:14The primitive Greeks
27:16Clung desperately to myths
27:17To explain the random hopelessness
27:19Of their miserable lives
27:20Do modern day singles
27:22Need modern day myths
27:23Just to help us
27:24Get through our random
27:25And sometimes miserable relationships?
27:27And what about Big and me?
27:29After what seemed like
27:30An eternity
27:31Of not quite fitting together
27:32We suddenly fit
27:33Had the relationship God smiled
27:35Or was that something
27:35I desperately needed to believe
27:37Are we willing
27:38To believe anything to date?
27:41While Samantha had little belief
27:43In the idea of
27:44Happily ever after
27:45She had a very strong belief
27:46In the idea
27:47Of a smart cocktail
27:48At the end of the work day
27:51Samantha, a cosmopolitan
27:53And Donald Trump
27:54You just don't get
27:55More New York than that
27:56Listen, Ed
27:57I've got to go
27:58Yeah, do it, Don
27:59But think about it
28:00Yeah
28:00I'll be at my office
28:01At Trump Tower
28:01Good
28:09Excuse me
28:10I was so distracted
28:12By your beauty
28:13I think I just agreed
28:14To finance Mr. Trump's
28:15New project
28:16You owe me
28:17$150 million
28:19Will you take a check?
28:20Can I buy you a drink?
28:21I already have one
28:23Thanks
28:24Can I buy you an island?
28:28I don't know
28:29Can you?
28:30The name's Ed
28:33Samantha
28:34So, Samantha
28:35Do you come here often?
28:38Honey, that line's
28:39Older than you are
28:40You are a pistol
28:41And you have no idea
28:43A bottle of their
28:45Best champagne later
28:46Samantha had learned
28:47That Ed was single
28:48Available
28:49And a millionaire
28:50Many, many times over
28:52What's your age
28:53Stealing with men?
28:55Fifty?
28:56Factor in millions
28:57And millions of dollars
28:58Fifty?
29:00Well, I just met
29:02The cutest older man
29:03How old?
29:04Fifty?
29:06Sixty?
29:09Sweetie, is he on Medicare?
29:10I'm guessing 72
29:12A young 72
29:15Your silence reeks
29:17Of ageism
29:18Are you serious?
29:19He took me to dinner
29:20At Jean-Georges
29:21We got right in
29:22No reservation needed
29:23I wasn't aware
29:24That Jean-Georges
29:25Had an early bird special
29:26He's vibrant and powerful
29:27And generous
29:28And he's just looking
29:29For someone to have
29:29A little fun with
29:31And would that include
29:32Bedroom fun?
29:33We haven't discussed it yet
29:34Are you telling me
29:35That you are
29:36Seriously capable
29:37Of having sex
29:38With a senior?
29:39Well, you know the saying
29:40All cats look the same
29:41In the dark
29:42It was pure urban legend
29:44Alligators in the sewer
29:45Pets in the microwave
29:46And now an old man
29:47In Samantha
29:49Is this a piece of veal
29:50Or is this a piece of veal?
29:51That is a piece of veal
29:53In every myth
29:54There comes a point
29:55When the mere mortals
29:56Are given a test
29:57The way they respond
29:58Usually determines
29:59Whether they find paradise
30:00Or are tied to a big rock
30:02For all eternity
30:05I have a huge request
30:07I want you to know
30:09My friends better
30:10I know your friends fine
30:12Charlotte is the brunette
30:14Miranda is the redhead
30:16And Samantha is trouble
30:19Okay then
30:20I want them to know you better
30:21They've never really
30:22Spent time with you
30:23And you're so funny
30:25And cute
30:26Carrie
30:28What is it you need?
30:30I want us all
30:31To have dinner
30:31Saturday night at Denial
30:33Denial was a very popular
30:34Manhattan hotspot
30:35Apparently
30:36Everyone in Manhattan
30:37Wanted to be in Denial
30:38Okay
30:40Why are you suddenly so
30:42Cute?
30:43Yes
30:44Why are you so cute?
30:50Oh
30:53Hello?
30:54Hey
30:55Where are you?
30:56I've been waiting here forever
30:57Well
30:57Didn't you get my message?
30:58I left it on your machine
30:59Like an hour ago
31:00No
31:00I didn't call home
31:01Is everything alright?
31:02I thought you were dead
31:03Or something
31:03No
31:04No I'm fine
31:04I'm at Biggs
31:05You're at Biggs?
31:07You and I are having dinner tonight
31:09Well
31:10He got
31:11This veal
31:12You blew me off
31:13For a piece of
31:14Politically incorrect meat?
31:15Well
31:16He wanted to make me dinner
31:18So you just dropped your life
31:20And ran right on over to his
31:21Um
31:22I really
31:22Can't get into that right now
31:24You know what?
31:25Your relationship
31:26Is exactly the same as always
31:28It's all about him
31:29Could you put Miranda on please?
31:31Enjoy your veal
31:35Problem?
31:37No
31:37No
31:40I'll have another glass of wine
31:47Please
31:49Please what?
31:51I'll have another glass of wine
31:52Please
31:53Um
31:54Are you allowed to talk to me like that?
31:56Yeah
31:56I think I am
31:58Enjoy
32:00Thank you
32:01Steve
32:02Thank you Steve
32:04Look
32:05That's really very cute
32:06But I'm not really in the mood
32:08I'm not really in the mood
32:09Steve
32:11I'm not a total bitch
32:12I just had a fight with somebody
32:13Yeah
32:14I heard
32:14Boyfriend?
32:15That's none of your business
32:16Girlfriend?
32:18Butcher
32:18Butcher?
32:19The veal
32:21I took a shot
32:25What are you reading?
32:27The joy of bartending
32:28Hemingway
32:30So what?
32:31You're funny?
32:35Whoa
32:36Whoa
32:36Whoa
32:36Slow down
32:37It's a nice cook
32:38The room
32:39Enjoy
32:43Nah
32:43It's on me
32:46And why would that be?
32:47A bribe
32:48So you'll hang out
32:49And talk
32:49If you leave
32:50I'll have to listen to those NYU kids
32:52With the Amsdell lights
32:53Discuss Fiona Apple
32:55I'm begging you
33:07But they did a little more than talk
33:09After work they went back to her place
33:11Where Steve the bartender served Miranda two orgasms straight up
33:20So, um, it was, uh, really special
33:25Sure
33:26Is that your shirt over there?
33:28Yeah
33:32So I can get your phone number
33:35Why?
33:36To call you up and ask you for a date
33:39Look
33:40Steve
33:41Look, Steve
33:43You don't have to do this
33:45You don't have to make believe you're gonna call
33:47Let's just call this what this was
33:49A one night stand
33:53Yeah, real pisser
33:59Stop by the bar
34:01See me sometime
34:02Sure
34:03Okay
34:03Whatever
34:04Thanks
34:05Bye
34:06Great sex
34:08Oh
34:13Three dinners and two extravagant lunches later
34:16Ed invited Samantha over to his townhouse
34:19Up until now
34:20Samantha would never have believed
34:21She would consider a relationship with an older man
34:23But there was something about Ed
34:28Well, how did that get there?
34:31I wonder if
34:41Oh, Ed, no
34:44Uh-huh
34:57After an impressive six-course dinner
34:59Ed put the moves on Samantha
35:01Ed's moves were from a different dating time
35:04Moves Samantha had heard of or seen in old movies
35:07But moves she never thought she'd experience firsthand
35:09I used to groove with these cats in Cuba
35:15What's the matter, Ed?
35:16Can't afford the light, Bill
35:18Oh, you're fun
35:19A toast of fun
35:23Oh, what the hell
35:28I'm gonna lay my cards on the table
35:31Samantha
35:32I figure I've only got a handful of good years left
35:35Oh, no
35:36Now, 10 to 12 tops
35:37And I'm looking for someone to have some fun with
35:40Now, I'm aware that a gorgeous woman like you
35:43Can get any young man you want
35:44So I'm willing to make it worth your wild
35:47And speaking of wild
35:50Don't worry
35:52I got a big old pocket full of Viagra
35:56Why, Ed
35:59That's not Viagra
36:02Samantha was suddenly living her own urban relationship myth
36:05The woman who stopped for a cocktail after work
36:08And lived happily ever after
36:09For 10 to 12 years tops
36:11I think in the dark
36:14This next year
36:15Could you get that light behind you?
36:17Oh
36:21In the dark, Samantha learned that all cats
36:23Not only looked the same, but they felt the same
36:26Ed's lips were not the lips of an older man
36:29Ed's touch was not the touch of an older man
36:32Excuse me, baby
36:33Little boy's room
36:38Unfortunately, Ed's ass was the ass of an older man
36:47She told him it was a bad reaction to the shellfish from dinner
36:55Saturday afternoon, Miranda was at home
36:58Enjoying a cup of coffee and her New York Times
37:00When fate came knocking
37:10Yes?
37:11It's Steve
37:12Steve who?
37:13Steve Brady, the bartender
37:16What do you want?
37:17You want your neighbors to hear?
37:24Hey
37:25Hi
37:26Thanks for letting me in
37:27Did you forget something the other night?
37:29No, I didn't have your number and I wanted to tell you something
37:33I like you
37:36Translation
37:37I think you're an easy lay and I'd like to have sex again
37:39No, it's not like that
37:43Have dinner with me
37:45Why?
37:46I don't know, because we're hungry
37:49I can't have dinner with you, I don't even know you
37:51You slept with me
37:52It's a different thing
37:54How about tonight?
37:56No, I have plans
37:57You don't have plans
37:58I have plans!
37:59What plans?
38:00Quick, before you can make one up
38:01I'm meeting my friends downtown at Denial for dinner
38:03Yeah?
38:04My buddy works over there
38:05I'll meet you for a drink
38:06What time?
38:07Seven
38:08Okay
38:14What time are you really meeting them?
38:19Nine
38:28At 8.15 I arrived at Biggs
38:30One quick drink at his place and we'd be out the door
38:32I told myself all day it was just another dinner with friends
38:35But as I stood waiting, in my new fairy favorite dress
38:39I realized it meant a lot more
38:43Hey baby, come on in
38:44Well, you are not properly attired to meet my friends, mister
38:47Now hop to it
38:49Yeah, about that
38:53Do you mind if I don't go?
38:55I mean, I've been out all day, it's gonna rain
39:00But my friends are expecting you
39:01Yeah, I know, but they're your friends
39:03And they'll be fine with just you
39:07Is it okay?
39:09Sure
39:11I was afraid if I looked up into his eyes
39:13I'd turn to stone
39:20How could I have let myself believe things would be different the second time around?
39:24I'd never even heard of an urban relationship myth
39:27In which a self-centered 42-year-old baby
39:30Magically transformed into a grown man that you could bring out in public
39:38They won't take us till all of our party's here
39:40How long do you think Big will be?
39:43I'm not sure he's coming from work
39:44I didn't have the strength to tell them about my fallen hero
39:47At least not without a cocktail
39:49I figured as long as I was in denial, I might as well stay there
39:53Look at you
39:54Well, if you want good service, send a bartender
39:56And if you want a good fuck, go home with one
40:02Hello, it was funny
40:04Miranda, can I talk to you over there for a second?
40:07The gods are punishing me for having casual sex
40:17Thank you
40:18One quick question and I'm out of here
40:20Why do you hate guys so much?
40:22Excuse me?
40:23We just met, so I know that ain't all about me
40:27Wait, wait, wait
40:28What? What do you want?
40:29I just want to get to know you better
40:32Do me a favor
40:34Can you for one second believe that maybe I'm not some full of shit guy?
40:39That maybe I do like you?
40:41That maybe the other night was special?
40:43Do you think that maybe you can believe that?
40:45No
40:46Maybe I've just slept with too many bartenders
40:54Are you okay?
40:55I don't want to talk about it
40:59Nice meeting you
41:00Excuse me
41:07Guys, maybe we should just get a table for us four
41:09I know it
41:11Big's not coming
41:12Men are shit
41:13Miranda, what are you talking about?
41:15He's coming, isn't he?
41:16I didn't know if I had the heart to tell Charlotte that happily ever after
41:19Really was just a myth
41:23See, there he is
41:36Hey
41:38Whoa
41:39Boy, it's really coming down out there
41:41You remember my friends?
41:42Of course I do
41:43Hello, ladies
41:44Seeing Big show up for me like that shook Miranda's lack of belief system to the very core
41:49Excuse me
41:52More drinks?
41:54And just like that, Miranda left denial
41:58Steve!
42:00Steve!
42:06Maybe I can believe it
42:12From that night on
42:14Promiscuous women everywhere would tell the tale of the one-night stand that turned into a relationship
42:19And as for Big and me
42:21So Samantha, tell me
42:23Did you ever get it on with that old coo?
42:25Oh
42:28That was the night we stopped being a myth
42:30And started becoming real
42:31All right
42:32Yes
42:32Bye
42:33Bye
42:33See you
42:33Bye
42:33Bye
42:33Bye
42:33Bye
42:34Bye