The DVD Review

SEX AND THE CITY

Paramount.  Available to buy now.

Establishing itself as a uniquely popular right from it’s first outrageous episode Sex and the City, the HBO sitcom may now have finished but with the release of the show on DVD there is chance to se what all the fuss was about.  Sarah Jessica Parker stars as writer Carrie and living in New York, she spends most of her time talking about sex with her best friends Samantha (Kim Cattrall,who seems to spend more time out of her clothes than in them), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon). Below we take a look at season three and season five of the series.

SEASON THREE (3 Disc set. 18 Episodes). The series was really hitting it’s stride by the third season winning an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series as well as two Golden Globes, plotlines remained similar across its 18 episodes, the pursuit of sexual happiness, and in the case of Charlotte pursuit of a husband (enter Kyle McLachlan as Trey), Carrie becomes involved in a relationship with a man only to fall back into a fling with her ex the so called Mr Big (who is about to get married). Other highlights include a 3 episode visit to Los Angeles and a trip to the Playboy Mansion ,  a crazy barmitzvah and this series also includes some major guests stars including Carrie Fisher, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Hugh Hefner, Donovan Leitch, Matthew McConaughey, Alanis Morissette and Vince Vaughn. 
EXTRAS ON THIS THREE DISC SET include cast biographies on disc one, a behind the scenes feature on the show on disc two  whilst disc three has a text feature on the awards and nominations the show has garnered.

SEASON FIVE (2 disc set. 8 episodes) By season five the show had become a casualty of it’s own success with the group all pushing to do other things (most notably Parker and Nixon who were both busy being pregnant), this series only had 8 episodes and is lower key than other seasons, here all four girls are single (albeit Miranda has a new baby) but the formula is pretty much the same as before, plenty of frank language, the girls all getting naky except Parker and the obligatory Carrie and Mr Big moment. Extras include detailed cast biographies on disc one and a behind the scenes feature.