Sex and the City
Summary
The original run ofSex and the Citywas a touchtone of modern popular culture , but even the most forgiving of viewers had to admit that Carrie Bradshaw did some really bad things throughout its six - season ravel . As audiences witness the travesty that was Carrie ’s on - again - off - again relationship with Big , countless incidents , which let in unfaithfulness and selfishness , really undermine the positive aspects of Carrie ’s personality . While Carrie loved to preach about animation and love in her weekly chromatography column , watch the decisions she made in her everyday liveliness showcased her as the last soul people should be taking advice from .
Carrie did some bad thing throughoutSex and the City , but no matter what , she always had her closest friends , Charlotte , Miranda , and Samantha , by her side , as the foursome made their way through the trouble of being a woman in New York City . There were plenty ofpeople left hurt by the actions of Carrie , such as Aidan Shaw or Natasha Naginsky , who grow trust issues due to her privateness and deceit . While the mischance of Carrie continued inAnd Just Like That … ,Carrie did plenty of questionable things during the originalSex and the Cityseries .
10Carrie Forgets Her Friends For Big
Season 2, Episode 8, “The Man, The Myth, The Viagra”
The most consistent romantic relationship for Carrie Bradshaw inSex and the Citywas with the man she called large , and this always follow as the determinant to her endlessly patient groups of friends . WheneverCarrie find herself back in her on - again - off - again relationship with Bigit would take over every aspect of her liveliness , and she was never there to facilitate provide supporting and encouragement to the very real issuing that Charlotte , Miranda , and Samantha were make out with . Carrie had tunnel vision when it came to Big , and all her ally had to have because of it .
With the level of selfishness Carrie showcased throughout the run ofSex and the City , it ’s commendable that her friends stuck by her through thick and thin .
One major exemplar ofCarrie ’s trend to put her human relationship bragging above the importance of her friendswas in the 2d season episode " The Man , The Myth , The Viagra " when Carrie ditch Miranda to have a veal dinner with Big . While this could be a pocket-sized issue if was done just once , Carrie repeat this behavior throughout the whole series . With the storey of selfishness Carrie showcased throughout the run ofSex and the City , it ’s commendable that her friends stick by her through heavyset and lean .
9Carrie Abandoned Her Alcoholic Boyfriend
Season 2, Episode 16, “Was It Good For You?"
It ’s no secret that Carrie Bradshaw always had a hard fourth dimension line up the correct humans and this became implausibly apparent when she started go steady a go back alcoholic who was obsessed with her in the 2nd season ofSex and the City . In this episode , Carrie fulfil Patrick Casey ( Richard Joseph Paul ) who carelessly fox a cigarette at her which , in typical Carrie mode , moderate to the two having deep brown and soon getting together . ruby-red flags were on full display when Patrick told Carrie he loved her after just 10 daylight , and it became obvious that this family relationship was too acute to last .
Having replaced alcohol with a Carrie addiction , Carrie cut off sex to Patrick and he quickly relapsed and appeared outside her apartment drunk . Carrie ’s unprompted nature leave her to jump into a ready relationship with someone dealing with serious dependency issues and in need of aesculapian intervention . This was just one of many examples whereCarrie put her short - sight desire into recitation without think of the grander effect , as , if she had pay attention to the clue she was give from the root , she would have known that Patrick was not in the right headspace for a relationship .
8Carrie Dismissed Bisexuality
Season 3, Episode 4 “Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl”
Carrie ’s outdated views on sexualitywere on full video display in the third season episode “ Boy , Girl , Boy , Girl ” where she date stamp a bisexual man whose indistinguishability she described as a “ stop to Gay Town . ” Carrie ’s reproducible joking and uncomfortable response to her novel boyfriend ’s sexuality highlighted that , for a sex editorialist , she was not so understanding about the complexness of human desire . It was not just Carrie who had a trouble with her fellow ’s sex , as none of her friends called her out for her questionable eyeshot on bisexuality .
7Carrie Took Aidan For Granted
Season 3, Episode 5, “No Ifs, Ands, or Butts”
The relationship between Carrie Bradshaw and Aidan Shaw inSex and the Citywas one of the most frustrative in the intact show as time and time again he showcased his love life and cultism toward her , and she hold it in his aspect . Aidan was head - over - heel in lovemaking with Carrieand amounted to everything that she claim she was look for , yet she always had Big in the back of her mind and ceaselessly take Aidan for concede . This was disappointing as it meant she strung Aidan along and stall his chances of discover someone who appreciated him .
This tendency to string Aidan along and take him for allow went right back to their very first merging in the third time of year episode “ No Ifs , Ands , or Butts ” as despite finding everything she needed in Aidan she struggled with his aversion to her smoking . While it ’s true it can be operose to take leave that substance abuse , this was an example of Aidan wanting to make Carrie ’s life better with her ineffectual to see his kind - hearted nature . Of naturally , Carrie ’s lack of appreciation for Aidangot worse as the series went on , but it was on presentation from the beginning .
6Carrie’s Affair With Big While He Was Married To Natasha
Season 3, Episode 9, “Easy Come, Easy Go”
Thetimeline of Carrie Bradshaw ’s relationship with BiginSex and the Citywas confusing , especially considering how much it overlap with the part ’s other relationships . While the two always had a rollercoaster Latinian language , the fact that they allowed it to hurt so many the great unwashed along the agency act as asone of the worst thing that Carrie ever did . Not only did Carrie rig on her own boyfriend Adian Shaw with Big , but she did so while he was married to Natasha Naginsky .
Despite learning thatBig was matrimonial to Natashain the third time of year , Carrie still slept with him in “ Easy Come , Easy Go ” and the two then continued to see each other behind both of their partners ' rear . As a withering secret with the power to emotionally ruin two innocent people , Carrie also drew her near champion into the lie and somehow justified her actions to herself . Of course , this all later came crash down on Carrie , but her continued actions throughoutSex and the Citymade it obvious that she did not hear much from this particular lesson .
5Carrie Tried To Force Her Apology On Natasha
Season 3, Episode 17, “What Goes Around Comes Around”
If there was one thing was sure about Carrie Bradshaw inSex and the Cityit was that she always found a way to make every spot about herself , and that let in step in and ensuring she was cardinal to her thing partner ’s married woman ’s struggle to come to terminal figure with the unfaithfulness of her husband . With a guilty conscious following her occasion with Big , Carrie resolve that she needed to get the issues off her mind by forcing an apologia on Big ’s married woman Natasha . Despite brush aside her attempt to reconcile , Carrie stay on to pursue Natasha for a meeting .
While it can be a noble matter to decide to apologize to those who have wrong , it ’s not correct to coerce that apologia on somebody who was not ready to take it . This was precisely what Carrie did in the third time of year episode “ What Goes Around come Around ” when Carrie ambushed Natasha during a lunch date . However , Natasha was quick for Carrie ’s narcissistic waysas she replied with the grampus comeback : “ Now not only have you ruined my spousal relationship , you ruin my lunch . ”
4Carrie Did Not Bother To Help Miranda After Her Injury
Season 4, Episode 7, “Time and Punishment”
While at its coreSex and the Citywas a show about kinship and friendly relationship , the actions of Carrie Bradshaw often cast her friends as secondary theatrical role in the story of her biography . This was peculiarly apparent when the mass close to Carrie needed her help and she was otherwise preoccupied with her own often egotistical and self - centered problem . woefully , Carrie was not always the keen supporter and often dropped the ball in her loved ones ' time of need .
One time that Miranda postulate a friend by her side came in the fourth season episode “ Time and Punishment ” after she suffered a neck injury after get out of the bathing tub in just a towel . In dire need of assistance , Miranda call Carrie for help , however , Carrie delegate this employment to Aidanwho was task with come in to her deliverance . Aidan was then put in a precarious position as he helped a naked Miranda covering fire up and get off the bathroom trading floor , and while this was a genial thing to do , it should have been Carrie helping out her supporter .
3Carrie’s Acceptance Of Aidan’s Proposal
Season 4, Episode 12, “Just Say Yes”
After all that Carrie Bradshaw put Aidan Shaw through conform to her liaison with Big in the third time of year ofSex and the City , he still never bring over her , and the two patched matter up and got back together during the quaternary season . While Aidan had been anguish in the practiced and was well cognizant ofall the awful things that Carrie was capable of , he still held out hope that they could have a long - lasting and glad relationship together . Aidan ’s religion in Carrie was so warm that he even asked her to marry him in “ Just Say Yes . ”
After this , Carrie and Aidan broke up for the second time and , in a not - so - shameful turn of effect , she later married Big or else .
Despite still holding a woolly mullein for Big , Carrie accept Aidan ’s proposalin yet another long - winding ill - flesh out romance that ascertain she had build Aidan up for maximum grief . While half - heartedly engaged Carrie did not express the delight and excitement that Aidan had hop and finally he pushed her to accept that she was not ready to get hitched with him . After this , Carrie and Aidan broke up for the second timeand , in a not - so - shocking turn of events of events , she later married Big instead .
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2Carrie Guilted Charlotte Into Offering Money For Her Apartment
Season 4, Episode 16, “Ring a Ding Ding”
The fiscal situation of Carrie Bradshaw was always a confutable one , as it never fully made sense that she could afford her voluptuary lifestyle , constant shopping sprees , and high - flying New York apartment on a pay that required just one curt article per week . However , a rare instance whereCarrie ’s fiscal insecurity came to the forefront was in the fourth season installment “ band a Ding Ding”when she needed $ 30,000 to go towards a down requital on her apartment . This , like so many things before it , also highlighted Carrie ’s entitled nature .
After struggling to come up with the money she needed , Carrie separate her champion about her financial woes and her indisposition to accept a loan from Big , to which Samantha and Miranda offered to lend her the money . However , Carrie was disappointed that Charlotte did not make a similar offering , and this led to a confrontation between the two where Carrie attacked Charlotte ’s deepest insecurity about her run out engagement . This lead toCharlotte offering Carrie her battle annulus for the down payment , and Carrie faced no event for her frankly impossible selfish demeanour to one of her closest friend .
1Carrie Prioritized Herself When Samantha Needed Her Most
Season 6, Episode 14, “The Ick Factor”
So much ofSex and the Cityrevolved around the trials and tribulations of Carrie Bradshawthat the other grapheme were often sideline to make way for her romantic failing , home struggles , and vacuous number . This was especially dead on target for Samantha Jones , Carrie ’s strong - willing and determined in force ally who was always there with a clever quip , and for the most part , never seemed to need anyone but herself to clear her job . While this was most often the case , in the final time of year ofSex and the City , Samantha come up herself in motive of the erotic love and support of her closest friend .
In the 2nd one-half of the sixth time of year ofSex and the City , Samantha was appalled to learn that she had breast cancer and after underwent chemotherapyand miss her hairsbreadth . While Samantha dealt with this in her distinctive optimistic style , with an assortment of chapeau and wigs , she never quite got the complete attention of Carrie Bradshaw who was often preoccupied with her new relationship with the Russian creative person Aleksandr Petrovsky . Of course , Carrie did struggle with Samantha ’s diagnosis , but she could have been a much more present and attentive friend during this difficult period in Samantha ’s spirit .
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Sex in the City accompany Carrie Bradshaw , a New York writer who determine intake for her tower from the genuine , emotional , and often humourous feat of life in the city . join by best champion Miranda Hobbes , Charlotte York , and Samantha Jones , Sex and the City comply the ups and Down of the characters ' romantic relationships , being single , sex , and friendly relationship as 30 - something charwoman .
