SEX AND THE CITY: THE FREAK SHOW (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about Carrie Bradshaw, a single Manhattanite who writes a popular sex-advice column for a newspaper while dishing out dating advice and dirt with her three closest friends. In this episode, Samantha reveals to her friends that the wealthy lawyer she is dating is a sadomasochistic pervert behind closed doors. Miranda replies that she is not surprised. "If a man is over thirty and single," she opines, "there's something wrong with him." Charlotte begins an affair with a man who is something of a legend for his voracious sexual appetite and considerable prowess. Carrie begins to consider Miranda's statement about men and decides after a series of bad dates with a sociopath, a rich kleptomaniac, and a soulless documentary filmmaker that all men over thirty must be freaks. Charlotte argues that if this is so, she has found a "good freak." After her seemingly neverending string of bad luck, Carrie meets a nice man named Ben in Central Park. The well heeled editor of a hip political magazine, Ben outwardly displays no really unusual behavior or quirks; in fact, he might even be more stable than Carrie. Samantha decides that she would become more comfortable with herself if she underwent some plastic surgery. Miranda goes on a "blind double date" with Carrie, Ben, and Ben's friend Luke -- who turns out to be a freak. Charlotte's friends begin to question whether her new boyfriend really is a "good freak" when they find out that the couple's entire relationship is limited to the bedroom.
(This program contains adult-oriented language and material.)
This selection from the Alan Gerry Cable Collection has been made available by the Gerry Foundation, Inc.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: June 20, 1999 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:25:57
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:59511
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1998-2004
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Michael Patrick King … Executive Producer
- Darren Star … Executive Producer, Created by
- John Melfi … Supervising Producer
- Jenny Bicks … Supervising Producer, Writer
- Allen Coulter … Director
- Candace Bushnell … Based on the book "Sex and the City" by
- Douglas J. Cuomo … Music by
- Sarah Jessica Parker … Cast, Carrie Bradshaw
- Kim Cattrall … Cast, Samantha Jones
- Kristin Davis … Cast, Charlotte York
- Cynthia Nixon … Cast, Miranda Hobbes
- Ian Kahn … Cast, Ben
- Marc Kudish … Cast, Harrison
- Claudia Besso … Cast, Monica
- Jamie Denbo … Cast, Woman in Bathroom
- Saidah Arrika Ekulona … Cast, Nurse
- Sam Freed … Cast, Doctor
- James Joseph O'Neil … Cast, Date #2
- Thomas Pescod … Cast, Date #3
- Charlie Schroeder … Cast, Mitchell
- Grant Varjas … Cast, Date #1
- David Wike … Cast, Luke