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The good news: For roughly the price of a monthly cable bill, you can own the entire 12-episode first season of the much-praised Sex and the City in either a two-DVD or three-tape set. The bad news: Once you start watching, you won't stop. This is easily the most addictive series to hit the small screen since sci-fi fans gobbled up The X-Files' first few enigmatic seasons. The show follows four single, spunky women in Manhattan as they wind their way around sensitive subject matter like threesomes, silent telephones, vibrators, and the effect of Prozac on a partner's libido. At Sex in the City's center is the remarkable Sarah Jessica Parker as sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw. Without her easy grin and comic delivery -- which switches from tomboyish to catty to sisterly without a hitch -- the series would be nothing more than a parade of designer shoes and thirtysomething chatter. Side characters like Carrie's uber-dish Mr. Big (Chris Noth) and her high-strung gay pal Stanford (Willie Garson) boost the show's watchability and add to its unique angle on femininity. There is no "chick flick" feel to Sex; its topics don't stoop to the trite cosmetic level of most sitcoms. Executive producer-writer Darren Star (whose pre-Sex credits include Melrose Place and Beverly Hills, 90210) has broken the mold with his witty scripts. Unlike the cookie-cutter eccentrics of many primetime network shows, these women will surprise and engulf you with each daily trudge to New York City's finest watering holes. Just don't say you weren't warned. Kristy Ojala

Product Details

• UPC: 026359930027
• Source: HBO HOME VIDEO
• Region Code: 1
• Sound: monaural, Dolby Digital Surround
• Language: English, Español
• Subtitles: English, Français
• Time: 5:00:00
• Sales Rank: 3,327

This set contains DVDs which may be available separately:

• Sex and the City: Sex and the City
• Sex and the City: Secret Sex
• Sex and the City: Valley of the Twenty-something Guys
• Sex and the City: Three's A Crowd
• Sex and the City: The Turtle and the Hare
• Sex and the City: The Power Of Female Sex
• Sex and the City: The Monogamists
• Sex and the City: Models and Mortals
• Sex and the City: Bay Of Married Pigs
• Sex and the City: The Baby Shower
• Sex and the City: The Drought
• Sex and the City: Oh Come, All Ye Faithful

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