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Old 09-10-2006, 11:39 PM
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Isn't it a great show ? I resisted it for the first three seasons because I thought SJP was so ugly. What a fool I was.
No joke - sobbing wreck at the end. They handled the ending so well though. I will never agree with anyone about Big. I still can't stand him. Whenever he calls Carrie "kid" it just makes my skin crawl. There's this gross power thing in their relationship that gives me the willies. It's so out of a 40's romance. He's such a daddy to her.
Loved the Russian, but the relationship was clearly doomed. It made for some great location shooting, and illuminated a lot about Carrie. My favorite is still Aidan. What I was dying to mention earlier about Aidan was why they created the character. MPK, the creator, said they wanted to make the perfect guy for Carrie, just to show how screwed up and absolutely incapable she was of handling the perfect relationship. When he got on his knee in the street and proposed to her, my stomach knotted up so hard in emotion I almost barfed. It was so unbelievably moving. He was so friggin perfect and sweet. And I knew she would screw it up. It was my major relating to Carrie moment. Which is ironic, because I never related to Carrie - if I am anyone it is about a 50/50 split of Miranda and Samantha.
It seemed like Charlotte got the short end of the stick in the plot department at the end, but it didn't bother me, as she was always my least favorite character. It is a sign of the brilliant writing though that I nevertheless understood her eventually and saw the humanity in her character. I ended up being fond of her in spite of myself. The whole baby thing she went through at first struck me as shallow and stupid, and ended up being completely heartbreaking to watch. She went on a big journey in that show.

It's also interesting to note that they basically wrote much of the show like it was about 4 gay guys. So much of the dialogue and situations were colored by that. I would love to own the box set. Just to go back and watch it all from time to time. Even though I don't even watch TV anymore I will always have a soft spot for this show. TV at it's very best.
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Isn't it a great show ? I resisted it for the first three seasons because I thought SJP was so ugly. What a fool I was.
No joke - sobbing wreck at the end. They handled the ending so well though. I will never agree with anyone about Big. I still can't stand him. Whenever he calls Carrie "kid" it just makes my skin crawl. There's this gross power thing in their relationship that gives me the willies. It's so out of a 40's romance. He's such a daddy to her.
OOh that's interesting about Aidan - yet I can totally see that! Wow. Brilliant. Truly.

I still think SJP and Cynthia Nixon are quite unattractive - but I managed to get through it to completely fall in love with the show.

Ok - actually the Big calling Carrie "kid" thing did bug me....but gawd I love him still
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I still think SJP and Cynthia Nixon are quite unattractive - but I managed to get through it to completely fall in love with the show.
I still think SJP is a dog. But she can be charming. CN on the other hand...I think she is a knockout. She looked unbelievable at some awards show last year - Emmy's or GG, I can't remember which.
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I still think SJP is a dog. But she can be charming. CN on the other hand...I think she is a knockout. She looked unbelievable at some awards show last year - Emmy's or GG, I can't remember which.
REALLY!?! I can't get behind the CN...I find her to be pretty much repulsive - yet I did love her character - but never found her attractive...

The Miranda mother dying episode was a doozy - one of many that had me in tears.
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REALLY!?! I can't get behind the CN...I find her to be pretty much repulsive - yet I did love her character - but never found her attractive...
Here are my favorite shots of her. It was the Golden Globes. I love the internet !

I think she is stunning.

And how did I not hear she came out ?



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How about a killer of an episode - the one where Miranda's mother dies !

OMG. That enormous flower arrangement. And when Samantha finally mouthed "I'm sorry" to Miranda as she is walking away from the podium...Ripped. My. Guts. Out.

What a scene.

There was more said about those characters and the human condition in that one half hour than most shows can manage to reveal in an entire season.
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