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Since Samantha is bored with the city enough to rename it "Same York", Carrie invites her along to her book-signing, a long train journey to San Francisco- alas it's less of the Oriental Express than the New York Sub: tiny 'de luxe' quarters and men who are faithful to their wives.—KGF Vissers

Carrie goes to San Francisco to promote her book and decides to visit Big (Chris Noth) along the way. Carrie needs to have sex as she has been on a long dry streak. Miranda suggests opening a man brothel for women with 500 count Egyptian cotton sheets. Samantha will be the madam of the establishment. Carrie is taking the train as she gets nervous flying. Samantha accompanies Carrie, hoping to a find a good time. Carrie has booked first class sleeper cabins for their journey but are disappointed to see that they are not as luxurious as they sound. The club car has no reservations and very basic layout. Carrie was expecting white linen tablecloth and piano music. Carrie starts to get a zit and that's the last thing she needs before meeting Big.

Samantha finds that a group of men hopped on the train and are having a bachelor party. They head over there only to find all are married and the only guy single is the groom. They won't even flirt with Samantha. They were all simply going to the Giants game in SFO, and they had promised their wives to be nice and good throughout the trip.

Once they get to SFO, Carrie finds that the event is double booked, and she is opening for a more popular book based on a dog named Mr Winkle. Big shows up to the book opening function, without being invited by Carrie. Carrie hasn't been laid for 6 months and asks Samantha to get out of her room, so that she can bring Big up and have sex. Carrie had got Samantha a smaller room down the corridor at the hotel, and she is not happy. Big comes up but wants Carrie to have dinner with him, and her seduction won't work.

At dinner Big is obsessed about how much he hurt Carrie, and he simply didn't have any idea. Big had read Carrie's book, which had her best columns one after the other. Big says that reading the columns together made him realize how much he had hurt Carrie. Despite Carrie throwing herself at Big, he won't have sex with her. He wants to analyze Carrie's book and wants to know if he was as bad as how the book makes him sound. But the next morning, Big does have sex with Carrie. The girls fly back, first class.

Charlotte's divorce lawyer, Harry Goldenblatt sweats a lot and Charlotte finds it unappealing. Harry comes to Charlotte's home to personally deliver the divorce papers. Charlotte wants to sell the apartment and buy a smaller one. Harry says that his friend is selling his apartment and arranges for Charlotte to have a first look at it. Harry admits to her that he is crazy about her and fantasizes about her ever since he met her. Charlotte is aroused by Harry and has passionate sex with him. Charlotte admits to Anthony that sex with Harry was amazing, but she finds the man very sweaty, with a hairy back, and very pushy. Anthony says that some of the best sex he has had is with people he did not like and advises Charlotte to keep the ugly sex going, but to keep it about sex and sex alone. Those are the rules: no feelings or anything.