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End is near for "Sex and the City"


“Sex this good can’t last forever.” The HBO original series Sex and the City (SATC) will end its six year run while it is on top. SATC was created by Darren Star and based on the novel by Candace Bushnell. According to HBO’s Web site, Star was the creator and executive producer of the well-known FOX hit series Beverly Hills, 90210, which became one of the longest running prime time series in television history. So there is no wonder why SATC is such a hit with viewers.

“With Sex and the City, Darren Star has realized his vision of a show about relationships that both feel true and make people laugh - a show that connects with audiences,” explains HBO.com.

Star uses Carrie Bradshaw’s (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) column Sex and the City to discuss relationships – usually by asking a particular question.

As SATC makes its exit, the show has already aired 2 of 8 final episodes. Let There Be Light aired on January 4, The Ick Factor aired on January 11.

Let There Be Light In this episode, Carrie continues to go on dates with Aleksandr Petrovsky (played by Mikhail Baryshnikov), an artist that is in his fifties. The question that Carrie addresses to her readers is this: “According to certain scientists, whenever a woman has sex her body produces a chemical which causes her to emotionally attach. This chemical may also account for the series of terrifying questions that involuntarily pop into our mind after just one trist, questions like, does he like me?, will he call again?, and the classic, where is this all going? When it comes to men, even when we try to keep it light, how do we wind up in the dark?”

This question is answered by all four of the women’s relationships with their love interests.

The Ick Factor Carrie’s relationship with Petrovsky has developed into a romantic escapade. But Petrovsky’s romantic gestures become too much. So, the question that Carrie answers in her column is: Are woman romance-intolerant?

And of course, Miranda Hobbes (played by Cynthia Nixon) proves to be romance-intolerant by her rejection to having a traditional wedding. Charolette York (played by Kristin Davis) is the most hopeless romantic of the four, she tries to rekindle the romance with her husband, but they end up with diarrhea.

With a surprise twist, Samantha Jones (played by Kim Cattrell) finds out she has breast cancer after going to a plastic surgeon for a breast enlargement.

Sex and the City comes on at 8 p.m. Sunday on HBO. Don’t miss it–only 6 episodes left!