Season 5, Episode 5

Plus One Is the Loneliest Number

6.3/ 10August 18, 200228 min

Carrie invites Jack Berger to her book opening party, which turns out to be a huge event. Charlotte butts heads with Bunny MacDougal. Miranda's single life and her life with Brady conflict. Samantha gets an impulse-buy chemical peel that goes awry.

Directed by
Michael Patrick King
Written by
Cindy Chupack

Guest stars

All episodes — Season 5

Open season page
  1. S5 E1

    Anchors Away

    Jul 21, 20025.528 min

    Carrie realizes her relationship with New York City is as dysfunctional as is her relationship with men. Charlotte decides she needs to distance herself from her former life as "Mrs. MacDougal". Miranda tries to adjust to her new life with

  2. S5 E2

    Unoriginal Sin

    Jul 28, 20026.428 min

    Carrie gets an offer from a publisher who wants to make a book out of her column. Charlotte takes a self-help seminar and takes affirmations to try to find love again. Miranda agrees to have Brady baptized, and chooses Carrie as the godmoth

  3. S5 E3

    Luck Be an Old Lady

    Aug 4, 20026.628 min

    Carrie desperately tries to get everyone together for Charlotte's "thirty-faux" birthday. Charlotte doesn't want to turn 36 because she feels she's getting old. Miranda goes to Atlantic City with the girls, feeling self-conscious about her

  4. S5 E4

    Cover Girl

    Aug 11, 20026.227 min

    Carrie works with publicist Samantha to try to get the perfect look for her book cover. Charlotte starts reading self-help books. Miranda goes to Weight Watchers to lose her baby weight. Samantha gets upset when she feels the girls are judg

  5. S5 E6

    Critical Condition

    Aug 25, 20026.628 min

    Carrie deals with her past with Aidan when she runs into Nina Katz, who had dated Aidan after he and Carrie split up. Charlotte gets a tough lawyer to go up against Bunny in a fight to keep her apartment. Miranda has no one to turn to when

  6. S5 E7

    The Big Journey

    Sep 1, 20026.428 min

    Carrie goes to San Francisco to promote her book and visit Big. Charlotte sleeps with her unappealing (to her) divorce lawyer, Harry Goldenblatt. Samantha accompanies Carrie to California, looking for a good time.