Episode title: I love a charade
Central premise: Can a relationship still be a relationship without the zsa zsa zsu?
Exceptional fashion statement: Carrie's green umbrella with Indian style embroidery
Best directed shot: Miranda enjoys the fragrance of lilacs, and baby Brady reaches out and grabs the flowers too (the scene signifies how the two are missing Steve)
This episode was the finale of Season 5 - also known as the least satisfying of all SATC seasons. The season had fewer episodes, due to Sarah Jessica Parker's real life pregnancy.
This episode does have some bright spots - politically incorrect Samantha refuses to get all baby friendly and bans little smelly-pants-Brady from her "A-list party", Steve and Miranda rekindle their relationship, and Miranda begins to fall in love with Steve again.
However, just when we thought wise-cracking writer Jack Berger was out of the scene as he had a girlfriend, he bumps into Carrie on the way to the Hamptons. The first of many unfunny banters begins (and continues till the two break up a painful few episodes later). I guess Michael Patrick King (the director) wanted to show how the two had an easy going, "clever" relationship, for, this was the first time Carrie was actually dating a fellow writer. But the chemistry was solely lacking between the two. And Carrie seemed way too eager to please, and for some weird reason, she overacted all through the Berger episodes, with exaggerated facial expressions and annoying gestures. I'm not sure if this was intentional - did the director want us to dislike the idea of Carrie and Berger together, or show that Carrie was not being natural, and somehow fooling herself?
Tomorrow's post is all about my favorite episodes - number 5 in my top 5 list!
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3 comments:
wow ! u are a true fan !! I've seen only a few episodes but loved every one of them !! Like daddy would say....if u had only read each chapter of your physics/chemistry book in as much detail.....
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Oh my gad, I do not have the video of that episode, I need it, so I think that it is the best tv serie in the history, excellent information thanks fod sharing.
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