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Sex and the City - The Complete First Five Seasons (5-pack)

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I should start by confessing that I came to watch SATC very late in the game - not until the start of the 6th Season. After watching the final episode, the decision to buy the complete season DVDs was a no-brainer, and I have not been disappointed. The writing on this show is some of the smartest I've encountered in a long time. It has been interesting and highly entertaining to watch these characters evolve. (The 5th Season may be short, but the writing quality never wavers.) I'll watch one episode thinking I that can really relate to Charlotte, only to relate to Miranda, Carrie or (heaven forbid!) Samantha in the next. And it really isn't just about sex - or the city - but ultimately about the joy and heartbreak in all of life, such as the loss of a parent or dealing with an unexpected pregnancy.

Of course, most of the funniest bits deal with the search for "the one" - something everyone can relate to. I think the decision to end after 6 seasons - and on a positive note for all characters - was a smart one. It may have taken Big six seasons to realize Carrie was "the one" but the journey made the result more worthwhile. (Here again, I must confess that prior to seeing the earlier seasons, I was not entirely convinced that Carrie and Big should live happily ever after. Mr. Big now gets my full endorsement!)

I highly recommend this boxed set (instead of the watered down syndication version being contemplated on other cable channels), and have already pre-ordred Season Six, Part One. Those concerned with what they perceive to HBO price gouging should consider that an individual season on DVD still costs less than one month of cable service... And if, like me, the only reason you're watching HBO is SATC (and maybe The Sopranos) perhaps it's better just to cancel HBO and get the DVDs instead!

This DVD set was one of the best investments i've made. I've watched all 5 seasons at least 4 times already and will continue to watch them for years to come. If you're a Sex and the City fan you've got to get the set.

This show was the hottest thing on Television, and this DVD collection is tied with "New Sex Now" as my hottest purchases from Amazo n and the hottest disks in my dvd collection.

Treat yourself to some great sex~!

but better late than never! Believe it or not, my husband actually got me interested in this spectacular series. I can't remember which episode I watched first but I remember laughing out loud and deciding that I simply had to see every last episode of SATC.

Up to this point, I still haven't seen all the episodes, and I missed most of Seasons 3, 4, 5, & 6. So, despite the price tag, although not really that bad but all at once it's a lot of money for me to part with, I finally ordered all five seasons, and as soon as season 6 pt. 2 comes out, I'll order that season as well.

I love every one of these women and I love watching their adventures over and over, which is why I'm breaking down and buying all the seasons. I've been watching this fabulous show on TBS, and until I get my dvds, I'll have to live with the commercial interupted, racyless version, but I suffer through it because it's still a great show even after it's been butchered.

If you haven't seen Sex in the City or even if you have - these episodes are great. They show the life of women with out the male double standard. I found them empowering. They give women the chance to take control over their bodies and their sex life and they demonstrate that women are more than just someone's wife or girlfriend. Women can be single and fulfilled by creating close relationships with their friends. Sex in the City is a Cinderella story without the Prince charming - she makes herself complete. Even with or without all of the men, these women still maintain their relationships with each other.

I have been watching Sex and the city since it first came on HBO in 98, I love this show and the price for the five set is wonderful. This show was such a great thing to happen, it is time women were also allowed to be sexual and outspoken. I have to say I couldn't even pick a favorite out of the women they are strong, independent and beautiful. The season finale was amazing I won't go into detail but lets just say it couldn't have been any better. It is sad to see our favorite New Yorkers go but it was going to happen sometime, I think the show has just got better every season. Mr Big is hot.

This show is absolutely amazing.. It's fun to sit with girlfriends and just watch. I look forward to it every Sunday night. I'm upset that it's going to be over soon. But it doesn't have to be if you buy the entire show on DVD. I'll be waiting for the season 6 episodes. They're rumored to come out May 18th, but that's just part one.. so :) the person two below.. what are you talking about? It doesn't teach anybody to buy $5000 bags..

Clear plastic packaging splits at the seams.

I've watched many of the episodes of Sex and The City since it's beginning. I realize it's the kind of show that people either love or hate. Being close to being a "middle-aged, unappealing, but wiser" woman, as one 20 year old boy in a previous review described it, I also know that, hey, there's a lot of real life here in this show, all tossed in amongst the Manolo Blahniks (kind of like the interest football holds for men, silly perhaps, but still a passion for many) and some of the wilder antics of someone like Samantha (isn't she the perfect feminine reflection of the supreme macho male?...what fun!). Let us remember that these ladies live in a very sophisticated city, New York (perhaps a little more up-to-date than even good old Baton Rouge can purport to be) and are basically just trying to be content, enjoy life, have some fabulous sex, and follow their own paths in order to be true to themselves and their histories. The fact that in the meantime these characters entertain us, remind us of our foibles and vulnerabilities, and pursue their own happiness no matter what anyone thinks seems to rankle quite a few men I know, and even a couple of rather uptight women. I can't help, then, but to respond to the boy from Baton Rouge, who I am sure considers himself very intelligent and may even be a high school graduate...after all, no average young man could have thought up the concept of calling the characters Cory, Corvette, Mirabel, and Semolina, not to mention Tom and Jerry. All I can say is, life leads you places you may never think, in your youthful arrogance, you would go, and I imagine that at 35 to 45, you may be a rather "middle-aged and unappealing", and may I say, bitter and unloved little old man in your own right. Now you are still young, and already you haven't got a stitch of tolerance or fun in you (that very thinly veiled angry imitation thereof aside). Imagine yourself twenty years from now...nowhere near as hopeful and brave as the girls from Sex and the City, in their "tottering old age" are, I'll bet. By the way, I'm 30, ancient by your standards, I'm sure, and happily single. From my viewpoint here on the path to being a crone, may I pass back to you some of my hard-earned wisdom...never be so absolutely smug about anything, because life loves giving you a kick in the chops, just to let you know who's boss.

All that aside, I think this show is hilarious and gender-bending, and catches you when you aren't really paying attention with a real-life hook, and also, it's just great "don't have to think TOO hard fun". I'm in!

This is the greatest thing, My friends and i have a girls night at least once a month...just to catch up and be girls...we have all characterized our selves with names of the show members...and fantazise about a life that could never be.. but we love this show....now we have something to watch over and over again.. without.. interruptions..Buy this DVD series..For the Samantha in you....:-) Most of all celebrate Friendships!!! and to the last person who entered the last review.. you dont know what you are talking about when you wrote what you wrote...its riduculous for you to belive this show isnt worth watching....Check your head.. something must be wrong with you!!!