Catch-38 (18 Jan. 2004)

Carrie feels extremely welcome with her Russian when he spontaneously gives her keys and even the alarm code- which she can't remember. When the girls hear Miranda and Steve are going on a ... See full summary »

Director:

Michael Engler

Writers:

Darren Star (creator), Cindy Chupack,

Stars:

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall	...	Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis	...	Charlotte York
Cynthia Nixon	...	Miranda Hobbes
David Eigenberg	...	Steve Brady
Evan Handler	...	Harry Goldenblatt
Jason Lewis	...	Jerry 'Smith' Jerrod
Mikhail Baryshnikov	...	Aleksandr Petrovsky
David Deblinger	...	Dr. Pinkner
Julia Sweeney	...	Sister Anne Marie
Amy von Freymann	...	Receptionist
Jonathan Espolin	...	Paparazzi Photographer

Storyline

Carrie feels extremely welcome with her Russian when he spontaneously gives her keys and even the alarm code- which she can't remember. When the girls hear Miranda and Steve are going on a trip, the first after their marriage, so their honeymoon -according to Sam, 'sex with room service'- they offer to babysit Brady, and decide for the first watch on Carrie, who thus finds out Aleksandr has had a 22-year daughter in Paris and neither wants nor can sire another; Charlotte has him next, and panics when the baby sees her intimate with Harry. When Samanthas male gynecologist sort of suggests her childlessness contributed to her cancer-risk, she walks out indignant, but finds his best-reputed female colleague is booked for months, no matter who she knows, so she keeps waiting with another patient who happens to be a nun- until the receptionist sees in a magazine that Jared Smith is her boyfriend.

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Plot Keywords:

self narration | male nudity

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 2004 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

[Carrie and Charlotte are in the park]
Carrie: The Russian doesn't want to have kids. Had one a long time ago. He's done.
Charlotte: Well, then, "dosvidanya" or however you say it.
Carrie: What? No! For you maybe, but not for me.
Charlotte: Don't you want to have the option?
Carrie: Well, yes. But it's my experience that men like him don't come along that often.
Charlotte: But we're 38! These are the years.
Carrie: Yes, I know, I've heard. I'm running out of time. I don't even have time to eat this cookie.
Charlotte: How is it?
Carrie: It's so good I forgot to have children.

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Connections

References Catch-22 (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Between the Lines"
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by Patrick Woodland and Alisa Eisenberg

User Reviews

Best things in life are free

before I start my comment on this episode of Sex and the City , I would like to say that this show is one of my all time favorite and always speaks of the truth and reality, that's why it's one of my favorites.

this episode of Sex and the city basically talks about the time passing and how we shape our lives. some people like Miranda can not have fun even in their honeymoon while some like Samantha are fighting to live even for the painful moments like honeymoon !!! I love some messages of this episode like SAINTS and SINNERS both suffer from the same thing. in life and specially in relationship , nobody's safe. when it come to love everybody , even the very tough acting people are suffering from the sweet pain of love just like cancer that does not care about your age, wealth , nationality and life style, it hits NUN and Samantha at the same time. Love hits you like a cancer , regardless of who you are , you just have to open your heart to it.

Carrie's message is also very lovely , WHY ARE WE SHOULD-ING OURSELVES ? really , why ??? who says a woman is a woman only when she bring child! who says men should be so macho and not show emotions to be men! all these stupid rules that we did not make should not be followed. as Madonna says in her song , HUMAN NATURE , I'm not breaking the rules , I never made !live your life to the fullest and live in the moment , don't think what may or may not happen in the future with somebody you are with, enjoy your moment with him or her and things would go on track. relax and take life easy , don't jump out of bed right after sex! what makes us human is our emotions not work , expressing the emotions is way more important than what would be our next thing to do after making love to the one we love ! Another nice message of this episode was to make sacrifice for love. in a relationship t's always US not ME , some people can not digest this idea but it's true .

take life easy and live it to the fullest , everything is reversible but life is not! listen, TICK TACK TICK TACK , it's going on now.