Carrie Bradshaw writes a column regarding sex and relationships for a local paper ("Carrie Bradshaw knows good sex") and has a long on-and-off relationship with a mysterious man they call "Mr. Big", while her friends, Samantha Jones, a big time publicist who is more interested on being "on the spot" than keeping a long lasting relationship; Miranda Hobbs, a lawyer who refuses to accept the possibility of being single and fights society against the social pre-concepts to keep a relationship with whoever she finds it's perfect, regardless if society says otherwise; and Charlotte McDougal, an art gallery curator who is a bit prudish when it comes to sex, but hasn't yet lost her faith in finding true love. The four single women live in the most sexy city of the world - New York - and try to survive the often sufocating social scene of Manhattan. Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, "Sex and the City" revolves around the lives of four young professional women in search of the perfect relationship... and orgasm!  When these four Manhattanites get together, they cause a commotion in whatever they do... especially Samantha! Warning: some episodes contain quotes with strong language.  Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, "Sex and the City" revolves around the lives of four young professional women in search of the perfect relationship... and orgasm!

Sarah Jessica Parker - Carrie Bradshaw

Kim Cattrall - Samantha Jones

Kristin Davis - Charlotte York

Cynthia Nixon - Miranda Hobbes

Chris Noth - Mr. Big

David Eigenberg - Steve Brady

Willie Garson - Stanford Blatch

Kyle MacLachlan - Trey MacDougal

John Corbett - Aidan Shaw

The medicine cabinet in Carrie's apartment was first spied by Sarah Jessica Parker at a flea market shortly before filming began on the series. She and Matthew Broderick didn't buy it but reconsidered. When they went back, the cabinet was already sold to "some TV show". When she showed up for filming, the medicine cabinet was there.

The naturally blond Cynthia Nixon dyes her hair red to play Miranda on the show.

In the final episode, we finally learn the first name of "Mr. Big" (played by Chris Noth) - John. However, his last name is never given.

The final word spoken in the very last episode was "Fabulous".

The show became so popular that a tour was setup to view the New York City locations of the series by bus.

In the very beginning of the show the last thing "Mr. Big" says to Carrie is Abso-fuckin-lutely. And in the very last episode, he says that after he and Carrie return from Paris.

The funeral of Lexi Featherstone (Kristen Johnston) in the episode "Splat!" takes place at St. Mark's Church in the east village on a snowy day. As there was no snow on the ground, HBO trucked in a large amount to use for the filming. Two days after filming, it snowed eight inches.

From the very first season up to the 12th episode of the 4th season, in the opening credits, Sarah Jessica Parker's name was shown with the World Trade Center towers behind her name. After the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001 and the collapse of the towers, her name then appeared with the Empire State Building in the background. The same thing happened with the show's main title.

In the episode "Four Women and a Funeral", Samantha is a social outcast. In the original showing, she is returned to social acceptance by meeting John Kennedy Jr. After his death, she now meets Leonardo DiCaprio.

Kim Cattrall turned down the role of Samantha Jones twice before being convinced by Darren Star's boyfriend to give it a try and shoot the pilot episode.

The Versace "dress of a thousand layers" that Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) wore in the final episode has a retail price of $79,000.

In the episode where Carrie is invited to Mr Big's wedding to Natasha, the props department decided to make up a first name for the character to appear on the invitation, knowing that it would never appear on screen. Sarah Jessica Parker opened the envelope to find she had been invited to the wedding of "Boris and Natasha" (named after the villains in "Rocky and His Friends" (1959)), she reportedly couldn't stop laughing for five minutes.

In episode "The Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman" there are several references to Natasha (Bridget Moynahan) being a giant at 5'10". However, Moynahan is actually only 5 feet 9 inches, while both Samantha (Kim Cattrall - 5 foot 10) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon 5 foot 11) are much taller; the episode is shot to cover up the discrepancy and make Natasha seem much taller.

The early episodes of the show had characters looking directly at the camera lens and commenting on the events in the story. This element was dropped in later episodes.

Continuity error: In the opening credits, a close-up of the bus that splashed Carrie shows that it was full of people. But as the bus rounds the corner, it is totally empty.

Continuity error: In "Secret Sex", Carrie and Samantha are both pinning up Carrie's bus poster on a wall. On Samantha's side, one of the pins falls out and the corner of the poster rolls up. In the next shot the corner is neatly pinned to the wall but no one had corrected the poster.

Crew or equipment visible: in Season 2, ep. 13 ("Games people play"), crew can be seen reflected on the TV in the back when Carrie writes her article

Factual error: In “The Good Fight”, the display on Samantha's cell phone shows 07/20/01 as the date. When she answers the phone, she says "Richard, it's Sunday." July 20, 2001, was a Friday.

Continuity error: In the first episode of the first season Mr. Big's car windows aren't tinted when he offers Carrie a ride. When she gets out and asks him a question, they are tinted.

Continuity error: In episode "Sex and the Country", Steve and Miranda are having an argument in Miranda's apartment. As Steve goes to put his shoes on to leave, in one shot we see him wearing glasses while in the next shot he isn't.

Continuity error: In "The Power of Female Sex," when Carrie is sitting with Amalita and being introduced to the French architect, a man with a dark blue suit and purple tie is seen approaching Carrie from behind three times in a row.

Factual error: In the episode "The Ick Factor" (season 6), Samantha picks up Carrie at her apartment in a cab for Miranda and Steve's wedding. Carrie is "a hundred blocks" out of Samantha's way, but the meter on the cab only reads $3.80.

Continuity error: In season 6 episode "A Woman's Right to Shoes", Harry meets Charlotte with a cocktail. When we see him from behind, his newspaper is under his right arm, but when the shot switches to the front, it is under his left.

Continuity error: In the fetish episode when Big goes to Paris for a few days for work, he returns to New York and Carrie shows up at his door with McDonalds. In the kitchen, the position of her bag and the french fries (both on the counter top) changes constantly throughout the scene.

Continuity error: In the episode, "Lights, Camera, Relationship" Miranda walks in and Steve is making cupcakes. There is a stick of butter in the bowl. The scene changes and the bowl is empty and remains empty until Miranda puts the cake mix in the bowl.

Continuity error: In the episode "Boy, Interrupted", the position of Carrie's necklace changes several times between shots during the picnic at Juniper Spears.

The producers cut a scene featuring a terrorist alert from the fifth season after deciding it was inappropriate. The show's main character Carrie Bradshaw - played by Sarah Jessica Parker - was to be seen being blocked when she tried to get onto a roped off New York subway which had been closed by the authorities.

From "The Good Fight" onwards, the credits were altered after the 9/11 attacks. New footage is now present, during the title and Sarah Jessica Parker's name, that originally featured shots of the Twin Towers.

Some commentators have criticized the television show as promoting immorality by encouraging a hedonistic lifestyle and treating women as sexual objects. Additionally, they argued that it is at times mere pornography with a superficial plot. The characters are also wealthy and unabashedly elitist, which raises further questions about the morality of the show.

Others claim in response that Sex and the City is an attempt to realistically – yet artistically – portray sexual behavior in the urban United States. Others have noted that the show tends to portray its main characters as shallow and superficial.

When Sex and the City was run in syndication on TBS, some viewers organized boycotts of the station, arguing that this would put the program within access of young children.

Some commentators criticized Sex and the City's distorted presentation of female sexuality, claiming the sexuality is more akin to that of the allegedly gay, male writers of the show. The frequent obsession with penis size by one character is taken to be atypical of women and more typical of a phallocentric male focus. Others have charged that the ridiculing of men with small penises is wrong, contributing to body issues for men similar to that of young women over their weight or breast size.

Samantha: There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Carrie: Of course you'd say that, you're a publicist.

Samantha: Until he says "I love you", you're a free agent.

Carrie: What is this? The Rules According to Samantha?

Samantha: See? I'm more old-fashioned than you think.

Carrie: Someone's definition of what constitutes cheating is in direct proportion to how much they themselves want to cheat.

Miranda: That's moral relativism.

Carrie: I prefer to think of it as quantum cheating.

Samantha: You men have no idea what we're dealing with down there. Teeth placement, and jaw stress, and suction, and gag reflex, and all the while bobbing up and down, moaning and trying to breathe through our noses. Easy? Honey, they don't call it a job for nothin'.

Charlotte: It's like we live in the Museum of Natural Ugliness!