- The girls attend a baby shower for their formerly hard-partying friend Laney, which leads each of them to reflect on where they are in their lives.
- An invitation to an old friend's baby shower brings back memories of the girls' party days with their now expectant gal pal. The coming blessed event and an unexpected turn of events has Carrie thinking about her maternal future, as well. Meanwhile, Charlotte discovers their old chum has borrowed something from their past for the baby's future, which leaves her questioning her own. In the end, their old running mate proves how times change as she comes to understand the meaning of the adage, "you can never go back."—carol_lee_miller
- As neither of the four friends has a solid prospect of engagement, they hate feeling obliged to attend a formerly bizarre socialite's baby shower - when it turns out she even 'stole' Charlotte's years ago made-up unique baby-name Shayla, they march out 'scandalized'. The worrying worsens as Carrie's period is really late, and she doesn't even know yet how she would feel about a pregnancy.—KGF Vissers
- The four women attend a baby shower for their one-time wild-child friend Laney Berlin (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson) in her new buttoned-down Connecticut-suburb environs. The 4 girls find it extremely difficult to be happy for their one-time friend.
Laney did A&R for a music label, or as she would call it "Sex with an expense account". Her scouting trips ended with a new band and a sexual condition that nobody had heard of before. Her breasts made so many public appearances that they needed a booking agent. Samantha used to call her the poster girl for low self-esteem. Samantha hated Laney as both were Wild, sexy and insecure. They were rivals. Then 2 years ago she met an investment banker and got married.
Carrie is forced to think about motherhood by her late period. Miranda regards the other guests as part of the cult of The Motherhood. Miranda says that mothers think the same, dress the same and sacrifice themselves to the same cause of babies. She says the cult separates the singles one by one, and once they have you separated from your group, it's all over. You are part of their alternate universe, where every small inane thing is super important and having a family is everything. Laney finds its sad that Samantha is still bar hopping and bed hopping. Charlotte loves being with the mothers and opening all the presents that Laney got.
Still-single Charlotte fears her dreams of being a wife and mother are slipping away. She gets very upset when she realizes that Laney plans to steal the baby's name "Shayla" that Charlotte had earmarked for her own daughter when she was 11 years old. Laney claims not to remember ever having this conversation with Charlotte. Charlotte knows that Laney is lying.
Samantha, Charlotte, Carrie and Miranda walk out in unison. They have beer at a roadside pub on the way back to Manhattan. Charlotte feels her time to be a mother is slipping away. Carrie that maybe it is still possible to be a mother and have great careers. Carrie tells Miranda and Samantha that she is 7 days late. They avoid telling Charlotte as that would only depress her further. Miranda and Carrie visit a pharmacy to buy some home pregnancy tests. Carrie feels that she is not very maternal and fears that she won't be able to handle motherhood. Carrie can't take the test unless she knows how she feels about the results either way.
Samantha throws a "I don't have a baby, shower" in response to the one the four women attended. Laney had called Carrie and said she missed her crazy days. She joins Carrie at Samantha's party. Charlotte is angry to see Laney as she stole her dreams. Carrie spends the night keeping Charlotte away from Laney and Laney away from the vodka.
Charlotte meets Jonathan Brix (Blair Hickey), a trader at bear stern, with a house in the Hamptons. Samantha is happy when Laney tries to take off her clothes but can't as she is too fat. Laney realizes that her wild party days are over and now she is going to be a mother. Carrie puts her in a cab and bids goodbye.
Carrie gets her period.
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