02x11 - Evolution

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02x11 - Evolution

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There is nothing more humiliating for
a woman than a visit to the gynecologist...

Do you need more OrthoNovum?

...unless it's having to tell
your gynecologist...

...you don 't need the pill anymore.

Actually, I'm going off it.

-Are you trying to have a baby?
-No!

I sort of jumped the g*n going on it
in the first place because Steve...

...the guy that I went on it for, the first
real relationship I've had in years, is over...

...and I don't need a daily reminder
that I'm not having sex.

So that's the story with the pill.

Okay, I'm quiet now.

Just when Miranda thought
she'd hit rock bottom...

...she discovered
a new geological layer of humiliation.

We got your tests back
and everything Iooks fine.

Great!

Just one small thing.
It appears you have a Iazy ovary.

A Iazy ovary?

Your right ovary
has stopped producing eggs.

Is it possible it's just on strike?

I know what this is.

My right ovary has given up hope
that I will ever get married and have kids.

It's Iike a case you know
will settle out of court. Why bother?

-The Ieft one still believes.
-I'm a biological underachiever.

It's ironic because that ovary
went to Harvard.

I have a tilted uterus.

The sperm have to jump over
that hurdle to get to my egg.

But once they get there,
there will be an egg.

I need a new gynecologist.
Do you Iike yours?

Not right now. No.

At Ieast she's a woman.

I tried to go to a man,
but it was too strange...

...him spending all that time down there
and Ieaving without an orgasm, and a bill.

Here. I'm going to get this.

I don't think these are accepted here.

I'm spending the night at Big's.

After all this time,
you don't have so much as a drawer there?

Big is weird about stuff.

AII men are. That's why
you have to just stake out some territory.

-It's not a Iand run, it's a relationship.
-Exactly! Talk to him about it!

With Big, I think it's best
to walk softly and carry a big purse.

Yes, she shouldn't Ieave anything there
to remain a creature of mystery.

What's the big mystery?
He knows she wears underwear.

I never Ieave underwear
because I never see it again.

-What happens to it?
-Nothing. I never go back.

Isn't it a Iittle expensive disposing of
Iingerie every time you sleep with a guy?

That's why I stopped
wearing underwear on dates.

That's why I'm never borrowing
a dress from you again.

I once found another woman's underwear
in a man's bed.

Maybe it was Samantha's!

Once in Steve's bathroom, I found
one of those hair scrunchies from the ' s.

I'm not sure what was more disturbing:
the fact that he had a girlfriend before...

...or the fact that he dated someone
who wore a scrunchie.

Half my music collection was Ieft behind
by past boyfriends.

-I always give that stuff back.
-I don't.

I consider it a parting gift.

"Thanks for playing.
Here's Hootie and the BIowfish."

They're sexual souvenirs.

Okay, then I want a T-shirt that says:

"I dated a bartender
and all I got was this Iousy ovary."

The next morning at Big's,
I started to think.

If the things we leave behind...

...become the archeological relics
of our sexual history...

...I should be able to leave something.

Ancient man left cave drawings
to prove they existed.

I left a Hair Pro .

And I didn't stop at that.

Man may have discovered fire...

...but women discovered
how to play with it.

Charlotte was making history as well.

Tired of the Neanderthals
she'd been dating...

...she spent her night with a gay friend
who catered parties for the gallery:

Dessert chef, Stephan Bodean.

I had no idea that Betty Buckley
was so talented!

PIease! She is the cat's pajamas.

Why do people say that?

I have no idea.
Maybe because she was in Cats.

Let's start another one.
Like, "She's the dog's tuxedo."

-Thank you so much for inviting me.
-No, please.

Thank you for accepting
my Iast minute invite.

My friend Don canceled
and we had had tickets forever.

Call me anytime.

It's refreshing to go out
with a man I can talk to.

-You want to grab a cappuccino?
-No, I've just got to get on home.

-You're uptown?
-Yeah, and you're....

Chelsea. I'II hail you a cab.

-Or you could get one yourself.
-It helps to show a Iittle Ieg.

You know, I tried that and nothing.

Thank you. Goodnight.

Goodnight.

What happened? What do you think?

I am so confused.
Is he gay or is he straight?

It's not that simple anymore.

The real question is:

Is he a straight gay man,
or is he a gay straight man?

The gay straight man was a new strain
of heterosexual male...

...spawned in Manhattan
as the result of overexposure to fashion...

...exotic cuisine, musical theater
and antique furniture.

Hopefully, he's a gay straight man...

...meaning he's straight
with great gay qualities.

Whereas a straight gay guy...

...is just a gay guy
who plays sports and won't f*ck you.

He must be a gay straight man because
he asked Charlotte out for a second date.

Unless he's a straight gay man in denial.

But Saturday night wasn't even a date.

I didn't wash my hair
and I wore my glasses!

Are those recreational,
because this drink isn't doing it for me.

They're hormones.
I'm trying to jump-start my ovary.

-My mother's taking those for menopause.
-Does she have a tilted uterus, too?

Isn't anybody going to notice my purse?

Cute! Is it new?

No, but it is quite small and panty-free.

You Ieft your underwear at Big's.

No, but I did Ieave a hair brush,
a hair dryer, razors...

...tampons and eye-makeup remover.

Good for you!

And something else.

What?

For the first time at Big's,
I did a number two.

I think it's a good sign...

...that I feel comfortable enough with Big
to do a number two.

It is not a good sign!
It's the end of romance.

This is a big deal!

I went through a relationship
never doing that at the guy's place...

...including a weekend in Bermuda...

...where I spent the whole time
running to the Iobby.

It's tough in New York.

Small apartments, one bathroom.
You can hear everything.

That's why I only date rich men.

Money means that there's enough space
to distance yourself from the number two.

I have never done a number two
at a boyfriend's place.

Honey, you're so uptight,
you need to do a number seven.

Excuse me,
it's from that guy at the end of the bar.

Really?

My God, it's Dominic.

Dominic Delmonico
was a publishing magnate...

...and the first and only man
Samantha really loved.

He wined and dined her,
set the bar for hot sex...

...then dumped her
for an Icelandic supermodel named Anka.

Once, on the cover of Fortune,
he'd fallen to tabloid level...

...due to a messy public divorce.

I'm just gonna say hello.

After what he did to you?

-What did he do?
-He broke her heart.

Imagining Samantha with a broken heart...

...was more confusing to Charlotte
than a French kiss from a gay man.

Ancient history.
I'm the one with the power now.

I've evolved past him.

-Hey, beautiful.
-Hiya, handsome.

-What's this?
-Just a few things you Ieft at my place.

Thanks.

It's like I had one too many items...

...and I was being kicked out of
the relationship express lane.

What is it about Big's apartment?

Nothing ever sticks.
It's like Teflon for women.

I meant to Ieave that stuff
at your apartment.

Why?

For one thing,
I don't wake up Iooking Iike this.

I actually need stuff to Iook Iike this
and it would be nice...

...not to have to carry it around all day
with me Iike a nomad.

It's just a few things.
And you can Ieave stuff here.

-I don't want to Ieave stuff here.
-Not a Iot of stuff.

Just Iike, you know,
if you want to shave in the morning.

I shave at the gym.

I don't know, socks.

You want me to Ieave socks here?

Never mind what I want.
What do you want?

I don't know. Let's save an hour.
Why don't you just tell me what I want?

No, really, in your mind...

...what is the ideal Iiving situation
for two people in a relationship?

Exactly what we have.

-And what is that?
-I have my place, you have yours.

We're together when we want to be,
we're apart when we want to be.

-Like Woody and Mia.
-Before Soon-Yi.

Ever since Woody Allen described
waving to Mia Farrow across the Park...

...single men in Manhattan had yearned
for that kind of separate togetherness.

I felt like the last dinosaur.
Was I the one who needed to adapt?

Was my view of a relationship extinct?

I couldn 't stop thinking about it.

This is a city where gay men are so out,
they're in...

...where women are so chronically single,
ovaries may be the next vestigial organ.

We can have anything delivered anytime.

We can have our dogs walked,
our clothes cleaned, our food cooked.

Who needs a husband
when you have a doorman?

Are New Yorkers
evolving past relationships?

Relationships have declined
since women Ieft the cave...

...Iooked around and said, "This isn't hard."

So you don't need a man,
but do you still want one?

I want more than one.

I can't decide whether you represent
our future or our demise.

I am the future!

Seeing Dominic reminded me
of how needy I was and how far I've come.

-We're going out Friday night.
-Sweetie!

It took you a year to get over him.
He treated you Iike sh*t.

-Why do you go out with him again?
-Because he treated me Iike sh*t.

-I'm Ieaning toward demise.
-It's called revenge.

I'm gonna make him want me
and right before we do it...

...I'm gonna drop him Iike he dropped me.

-As Iong as you've got a plan.
-Not only a plan, I have a dress.

Samantha's revenge fantasy,
like all her fantasies, was even better live.

You're more beautiful than ever.

So successful and I'm getting gray hair...

...and Anka is taking me
for everything I've got.

I read that she got the sailboat.

We had good times in that boat.

-You and Anka?
-You and I.

Have I mentioned how unbelievable
you Iook in that dress?

Since Stephan hadn't come out...

...Charlotte accepted his invitation
to stay in.

That's delicious.

Grilled Portobello pizzas topped with fresh
basil and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

It's Martha's recipe.

-I Iove Martha Stewart.
-She's the dog's tuxedo!

Look, you have the silk placemats
I've been eyeing at Bergdorf's.

-You have good taste.
-This is my fantasy kitchen.

This is my fantasy.

Is that dress Cynthia Rowley?

Charlotte wanted to be open-minded...

...but Stephan seemed
to be making it as hard as possible.

Meanwhile, Samantha was making Dominic
as hard as possible.

So do you want me?

Do I want you?

This was the moment
Samantha had waited years and years for.

What was another couple hours?

I tried to call you. Were you at Big's?

No, I was out shopping.

My relationship is at a standstill,
so instead, I'm evolving my Iook.

How did it go with Dominic?

I slept with him.

That wasn't part of the plan.

It's the new plan. I wanted to remind him
what he was missing.

I can't believe I thought
he was such a great Iover.

I'm better than him now.

Bye.

In order to survive two decades
of dating in New York...

...Samantha had become a powerful hybrid:

The ego of a man trapped in
the body of a woman.

Charlotte feared the opposite
was true of Stephan.

She still needed help classifying her find,
so she brought in a team of experts.

Carrie, Stanford, this is Stephan.


-Hi.
-Ciao!

-You changed your hair.
-It's just straightened. Have we met?

No, I've seen your column.

In that photo, your hair is free flowing
and Botticelli-esque.

It's fabulous either way.

Cannolis and cream puffs and tarts, oh my!

I put a Iittle bit of everything.

This one's an experiment.
It's a date tart with pumpkin custard.

This is all for us?

-Sweets for my sweet.
-And her freeloading friends.

My nutritionist will k*ll me,
but somebody hand me a fork.

-Can you join us?
-I'd Iove to.

I have got to glaze my wedding cake.

Get back to me on the tart.

I find him very attractive.
Which, of course, means he's straight.

He's obviously choosing to be straight...

...because he seems to be
head over heels about her.

What if he's gay
and he doesn't know it yet?

Honey, we are aware.

When I was a boy, my father gave me
a book about the female body...

...to teach me about sex.

I took one Iook at it and said, "No."

-How is he in bed?
-I don't know. I haven't slept with him yet.

-Really?
-But he wants to.

It's so not fair. AII the good ones
are straight, even the gay ones.

Give me a cannoli.

-Are you Iooking at my forehead?
-No!

That night,
Miranda went out with Joseph Adler...

...a labor-relations lawyer
who'd been after her since the firm retreat.

The Iamb is delicious.

You can Iook if you want.
I've got nothing to hide.

It's actually starting to fill in.

She'd refused him twice before,
but since she was down to her last ovary...

...Miranda decided she was in no position
to eliminate men on the basis of hair plugs.

-I'm telling you, I was practically bald.
-I remember.

Now I have hair. This is a miracle.

-Some more bistee?
-Sure.

You probably think I'm crazy.

Actually, I was thinking
you seem very happy.

The funny thing is, I never thought
that I'd be the kind of guy to get plugs.

But I've Iearned
that you should never say never.

I know what you mean.

There are things that I've considered Iately
that I never thought I would consider.

Like what?

-Do you really want to know?
-Sure.

I recently found out
that I have a Iazy ovary.

Which is no big deal. It just means that I
only produce an egg every other month.

I'm not even sure that I want kids,
but all of a sudden it hit me...

...that if the other ovary shuts down,
I'm out of business.

I've started taking hormones and now
I'm actually considering freezing my eggs.

Freezing your eggs?

Like a fertility savings account.
I think it would take the pressure off.

It removes the whole
biological clock issue.

-Yeah, but it raises a Iot of other issues.
-Such as?

Such as, what is all this
reproductive technology doing for us?

Do we want desperate women
having babies at ?

Maybe some people
aren't supposed to procreate.

Maybe this is the world's way
of weeding out the weak.

If you ask me,
this is a ridiculous abuse of science.

You have now designer sperm
and these simulated wombs.

Here's a good idea.

Why don't we just
eliminate men altogether?

I don't need to be Iectured about science...

...by a man who's doing crop rotation
on his forehead.

Miranda went off the hormones.

Not because of what Joseph said,
but because she was only ...

...she still had her left ovary
and she wasn 't ready to settle out of court.

Maybe someday there would be eggs
in her freezer. But not yet.

Meanwhile...

...Charlotte decided to stop trying to figure
out her creature of mystery and just enjoy.

-Cher?
-I Iove her!

She's such a survivor.

Wait.

I have to ask you something.

Have you ever been with a man?

No. Have you ever been with a woman?

I'm sorry, it's just....

Betty Buckley and Martha Stewart
and Cynthia Rowley!

Are you gay?

I'm a -year-old pastry chef
who Iives in Chelsea.

If I were gay, I would be gay.

You're the one
who doesn't want to make Iove.

I wouldn't be so sure about that.

Charlotte was relieved and delighted
to discover...

...Stephan was definitely straight,
or at least a gay straight man.

Frankly, after two orgasms,
who the hell cares?

The next morning, it dawned on Samantha
that her desire for revenge...

...was not as strong
as her desire for Dominic.

You're awake.

Yes.

You're so incredibly beautiful.

-I'm gonna miss you.
-What do you mean?

Anka and I are giving it another sh*t.

It's mostly financial.

You can't do this to me.

-I know. I'm sorry.
-No!

I'm supposed to do this to you!
I had a plan! This is all wrong!

I should go.

-Get out!
-I said I was going.

Stop b*ating me to the punch!

As she watched history repeat itself...

...Samantha realized
she couldn 't do what Dominic did...

...because she hadn 't evolved past
having feelings.

In a way, that was nice to know.

-Good morning.
-Good morning, sleepy.

Something smells amazing!

It's warm cranberry buttermilk scones
and Iemon curd.

If I continue dating you,
I'm gonna gain pounds.

You'II still be gorgeous.

-You want some tea?
-Yes, please.

-What is that noise?
-What noise?

It's kind of Iike a squeaking.

My God! It's a mouse!

-Are you sure?
-It's in that glue trap.

-Where?
-There.

-My God!
-His Iegs are stuck!

-Do something! Don't kick it to me!
-Get it out!

Get it away!

My God!

At that moment...

...Charlotte realized her masculine side
wasn 't evolved enough...

...for a man whose feminine side
was as highly evolved as Stephan 's.

I spent the night at Big's for the first time
since my stuff was kicked out of the nest.

-Where you going?
-Home.

It's where my hair dryer is.

I may have to dry my hair.

I'm wearing it straight,
in case you didn't notice.

I noticed.

But I think it Iooks
pretty amazing right now.

Bring that gorgeous ass back into bed.

I just have to make sure
I didn't Ieave anything else.

Suddenly, I realized I didn't have to worry
about leaving something behind...

...because I was there.

Okay.

I'II stay a Iittle Ionger.

But I'm Ieaving this underwear here.

Is it clean?

Okay...

...it was a small step for mankind,
but it was a really big step for Big.
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