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1、Sex and the city 剧本Season 1 episode01 “sex and the city”Once upon a time，an English journalist came to New York.Elizabeth was attractive and bright.and right away she hooked up with one of the citys typically eligible bachelors.The question remains-is this really a company we want to own?Tim was 42,
2、a well-liked and respected banker who made about two million a year.They met one evening,in typical New York fashion,at a gallery opening.Like it?Yes, actually l think its quite interesting.What?I feel like l know you from somewhere.Oh, doubtful. L only just moved here from London.London? Really?Tha
3、ts my all-time favorite city.It is?Absolutely.lt was love at first sight.You know, l think perhaps i have met you somewhere before.For two weeks they snuggled.went to romantic restaurants.had wonderful sex.and shared the most intimate secrets.One warm spring day, he took her to a town house he saw i
4、n Sundays New York Times.How about if we start at the top and work our way down?There are four bedrooms upstairs.Do you have any children?Not yet.That day ,Tim popped the question.How do you like to have dinner with my folks Tuesday night?ld love to.On Tuesday he called with some bad news.My mothers
5、 not feeling very well.Oh, gosh, lm sorry.Could we take a rain check?Of course.Tell your mum l hope she feels better.When she hadnt heard from him for two weeks, she called.Tim, its Elizabeth.Thats an awfully long rain check.He said he was up to his ears and that hed call her the next day.He never d
6、id call.Bastard.She told me one day over coffee.l dont understand.ln England, looking at houses together would have meant something.Then l realized no one had told her about the end of love in Manhattan.Welcome to the age of “un-innocence.No one has breakfast at Tiffanys,and no one has affairs to re
7、member.lnstead, we have breakfast at 7:00am and affairs we try to forget as quickly as possible.Self-protection and closing the deal are paramount.Cupid has flown the co-op.How the hell did we get into this mess?There are thousands maybe tens of thousands of women like this in the city.We all know t
8、hem and we all agree theyre great.They travel, they pay taxes,theyll spend $400 on a pair of Manolo Blahnik strappy sandals,and theyre alone.lts like the riddle of the Sphinx.Why are there so many great unmarried women and no great unmarried men?l explore these sorts of issues in my column and l hav
9、e terrific sources: my friends.When youre a young guy in your 20s,women controllin the relationships.So by the time youre an eligible man in your 30s,you feel like youre being devoured by women.Suddenly, the guys are holding all the chips.l call it the mid-30s power flip.lts all about age and biolog
10、y.I mean,lf you want to get married,its to have kids, right?And you dont want do it with someone older than 35, you have to have kids right away,and thats about it.I think these women should just forget about marriage. and have a good time.l have a friend whod always gone out with extremely sexy guy
11、s and just had a good time.One day she woke up and she was 41.She couldnt get any more dates.She had a complete physical breakdown,couldnt hold on her job and had to moved back to Wisconsin to live with her mother.Trust me, this is not a story that makes men feel bad.Most men are threatened by succe
12、ssful women.lf you want to get these guys,you have to keep your mouth shut and play by the rules.l totally believe that love conquers all.Sometimes you just have to give it a little space and thats exactly whats missing in Manhattan,the space for romance.The problem is expectations older women dont
13、want to settle for whats available.By the time you reach your mid-30s you think”why should l settle?”You know?Its like the older we get,the more we keep self-selecting down to a smaller & smaller group.What women really want is Alec Baldwin.Theres not one woman in New York who hasnt turned down 10 w
14、onderful guys because they were too short or too fat or too poor.lve been out with some of those guys-the short, fat poor ones. lt makes absolutely no difference.They are just as self-centered and unappreciative as the good-looking ones.Why dont these women just marry a fat guy?Why dont they just ma
15、rry a big fat tub of lard?Happy birthday,dear Miranda,Happy birthday to youAnother 30-something birthday with a group of unmarried female friends.We would all have preferred a celebratory conference call.You were saying?Look,lf youre a successful single woman in this city,you have 2 choices:you can
16、bang your head against wall and try and find a relationship or you can say “screw it”,and just go out and have sex like a man.You mean with dildos?No. l mean without feeling.Samantha was a New York inspiration,a public relations executive.She routinely slept with good-looking guys in their 20s.Remem
17、ber that guy I was going out with?oh,god,What was his name?Drew.Drew,the sex god.Right,Afterwardsl didnt feel a thing.lt was like, hey,babe,Gotta go, catch ya later.And l completely forgot about him after that.But are u sure that isnt just cause he didnt call you?Sweetheart, this is the first time i
18、n the history of Manhattan that women have had as much money and power as men,plus the equal luxury of treating men like sex objects.Yeah, except men in this city fail on both counts.I mean they dont want to be in a relationship with u ,but as soon as you only want them for sex,they dont like it.All
19、 of a Suddenly they cant perform the way theyre supposed to. Thats when you dump them.Oh,come on,ladies,are we really that cynical?What about romance?Yeah!Who needs it?lts like that guy,Jeremiah, the poet.i mean,The sex was incredible, but then he wanted to read me his poetry and go out to dinner an
20、d the whole chat bit,and lm like, Lets not even go there.What are you saying? Are you saying that youre just gonna give up on love?Thats sick!No,no,no.believe me,the right guy comes along,and you 2 here,this whole things right out the window.Thats right!Listen to me!The right guy is an illusion.unde
21、rstand?and Start living your life!So you think its really possible to pull off this whole women having sex like men thing?Youre forgetting The Last Seduction.Youre obsessed with that movie.Okay! Linda Fiorentino fucking that guy up against the chain-link fence.And never having one of those God, what
22、 have l done? epiphanies.l hated that movie.Was it true? Were women in New York Really giving up on love and throttling up on power?What a tempting thought.You know,Im beginning to think the only place where one can still find love and romance in New York is the gay community.Its straight love thats
23、 become closeted.Stanford Blatch was one of my closest friends.He owned a talent agency who at the moment was down to a single client.So,are you telling me that youre in love?How could l possibly sustain a relationship?You know Derek takes up like a thousand percent of my time.Dont you think thats a
24、 bit obsessive?Carrie, lm a passionate person.His career is all l care about.When thats under control, then l can concentrate on my personal life.Stanford, hes an underwear model.With a billboard in Times Square.Oh, my God, dont turn around.The loathe of your life is at the bar.lt was Kurt Harringto
25、n.A mistake l made when l was 26.and 29.and 31.Carrie, dont even go there.What?do you think lm a masochist?The man is scum.Good. Because l dont have the patience to clean up this mess for the fourth time.Will you Relax.?l dont havea shred of feeling left.Thank God.Now.if youll Excuse me,l have to vi
26、sit the ladies room.Carrie!lt was true,l no longer felt a thing for Kurt.After all these years,l finally saw him for what he was -a self-centered withholding creep,who was still the best sex l ever had in my life.However,l did have a little experiment in mind.Kurt!Wow, what are you doing here?Hey, b
27、abe.God, you look gorgeous.Thanks.So, hows life?Not bad, cant complain. You?Oh,You know, just writing the column, the usual.So, you seeing anyone special?Not really. You?Oh, just a couple of guys.But you look good, though.So do you.So,What are you doing later?l thought you werent talking to me for t
28、he rest of your life?Who said anything about talking?What do you say to my place, three oclock?Alright. See you there.Are you out of your mind? What the hell do you think youre doing?Oh,Calm down, its research.Oh, God! Oh, Kurt!Kurt was just like l remembered,Better.Because this time there would be
29、none of that messy emotional attachment.Alrighty.My turn.Oh, sorry. l have to go back to work.What? are you kidding? Youre serious?-Oh, pletely.But lll give you a call.Maybe we can do it again sometime?Yeah,butAs l began to get dressed,l realized that ld done it.ld just had sex like a man.l left fee
30、ling powerful,potent, and incredibly alive.l felt like l owned the city nothing and no one could get in my way.Number one ,hes very handsome.Here ya goNumber two,hes not wearing a wedding ring.Number three,he knows l carry a personal supply of ultra textured Trojans with the reservoir tip.Thanks a l
31、ot.Any time.Later that night,Skipper Johnston met me for coffee and confessed a shocking intimate secret.Thank you.Do you know that it has been like a year?Really? l dont understand that,youre such a nice guy.Thats the problem.you know,lm too nice, you know?lm a romantic.l just have so much feeling.
32、Are you sure youre not gay?No!lm sensitive and l dont objectify women.You know, most guys when they meet a girl,the first thing that they see is.uh,- You know.Pussy?Oh, God,oh!l hate that word.Dont you have any friends that you can hook me up with?No, theyre too old for you.l like older women.Maybe.
33、Maybe my friend Miranda.When?Tomorrow night. Were all going downtown to this club, Chaos.Great.Dont tell her lm nice.Miranda was gonna hate Skipper.Shed think he was mocking her with his sweet nature and decide he was an asshole.The way she had decided all men were assholes.Hello?Hey, Carrie, its Ch
34、arlotte.Hey, sweetie.Hey,look, l cant meet you guys for dinner tomorrow night because l have an amazing date.With who?Capote Duncan,hes supposedly some big shot in the publishing world.Do you know him?Did I know him?He was one of the citys most notoriously un-gettable bachelors.Wait, wait. Dont even
35、 answer that question, because,frankly, l dont care.And another thing, lm not buying into any of that women having sex like men crap.l didnt want tell her about my afternoon of cheap and easy sex and how good it felt.All right ,fine,Listen, have a good time,and promise to tell me everything.Well,lf
36、youre lucky. Bye.Alright, bye.Friday night at Chaos.lt was just like that bar in Cheers where everybody knows your name.Except here they were likely to forget it five minutes later.Still, it was the crme de la crme of New York whipped into a frenzy.Sometimes you got a souffl,sometimes cottage cheese
37、.lt is like a model bomb exploded in this room tonight.ls there a woman here aside from me that weighs more than a 1000 pounds?l know,its like undereaters anonymous.Thats funny, Skippy.Skipper.l have this theory that men secretly hate pretty girls because they feel that theyre the ones who rejected
38、them in high school.Right,But if youre not part of the beauty Olympics,you can still become a very interesting person.Are you saying that lm not pretty enough?No, no.no,of course you are.So ipso facto, l cant be interesting?Women fall into one of two categories,beautiful and boring, or homely and in
39、teresting? ls that what you say, Skippy?No, thats not what l meant.Excuse me,is this your hand on my knee?No.All right,Lets keep them where l can see them,all right?Well,l guess you must find me beautiful,or interesting.l was about to rescue Skipper from an increasingly hopeless situation,when sudde
40、nly.heyheyLucky me, twice in one week.Well,I dont know if you are going to be getting that lucky.You know, I was really pissed off the way you left the other day.You were?Yeah. Then l thought,how great!You finally understand the kind of relationship I want and now we can have sex without commitment.
41、Yeah, right. Sure, l guess.So whenever l feel like it,lll give you a call.Yeah,please. whenever you feel like it.if lm alone, lm all yours.right.l like this new you.Call me.Yup.l didnt understand,did all men secretly want their women promiscuous and emotionally detached?And if l was really having se
42、x like a man,why didnt l feel more in control?You see that guy?Hes the next Donald Trump,except hes younger and much better looking.Hi.Do you know him?No, lve never seen him in my life.He usually dates models, but, hey,lm as good looking as a model,plus l own my own business.Samantha had the kind of
43、 deluded self-confidence that caused men like Ross Perot to run for President,And it usually got her what she wanted.Well, if youre not gonna hit on him, l will.And there she went,off to take her best shot with Mr. Big.Meanwhile, Charlotte York was passing the most splendid evening with Capote Dunca
44、n.Want to go back to my place and see the Ross Bleckner?ld love to, but its really getting late.No problem.What year was it painted again?89.Though Charlotte was determined to play hard-to-get, she didnt want to end the evening too abruptly.Well. Maybe just for a minute.This could easily go for a hu
45、ndred grand. Ross is so hot right now.lts beautiful.No, youre beautiful.Thank you.for tonight.l had a wonderful time.Well, it was my pleasure.l have to get up really early tomorrow.lll get you a cab.Charlotte told me later that she thought shed played the entire evening flawlessly.So, what are you d
46、oing next Saturday?lm having dinner with you.Hey, hey, youre going to the West Side, right?Right, West Fourth and Bank,please.Hey,Scoot over, will you?Two stops:Fourth and Bank and west Broadway and Broom.Youre going to Chaos?Oh, yeah.Why?Look,l understand where youre coming from and l totally respe
47、ct it.But l really need to have sex tonight.Back at Chaos,things were swinging into high gear,and Samantha was putting the moves on Mr. Big.lve been smoking cigars for years,back when they were terminally uncool.lve got this great source that sends me Hondurans. Do you want to try one?No, thank you.You cant find them anywhere.Cohibas - thats all i smoke.Look, l do the PR for this club,and l have the key to the private room downstair
