■ DVD review
Fans say goodbye to fab four
of 'Sex and the City' in 2004
The 'Season Six, Part
Two' DVD release gives
fans bittersweet closure
BY AMY LICHTY
PULSE REPORTER
For six years, millions of fans tuned
in every Sunday to experience the hi
larious and sexual adventures of Car
rie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda
- four fabulously single women in
New York City. These four ladies gave
women all over the world the power to
see themselves as sexy and mar
velous at any age and in almost any
situation, all while displaying and
maintaining the magnificent suprema
cy of friendship between women.
When "Sex and the City” came to a
close in 2004, the grief was felt in
every corner of the globe. With the re
lease of the climax (pun very much in
tended) - the “Season Six, Part Two”
DVD on Dec. 28 — fans both old and
new can finally get some closure.
I am a "Sex and the City” fanatic
and the purchase of each season on
DVD is something that I will never re
gret. This DVD, however, is a diamond
in a sea of emeralds, for the unfolding
of the last half of the final season is at
times hilarious and at other times ex
tremely heartbreaking. The growth of
the four women in these last eight
episodes is undeniable. The writing,
which has never failed to impress, is
brought to a whole new level as the
characters all face heart-rending
crossroads in their lives, with and with
out each other.
When we last saw these girls, the re
markable Carrie Bradshaw —who
could never be played by anyone other
than the fabulous Sarah Jessica Park
er - had begun to develop what could
potentially be a serious relationship
with Aleksandr Petrovsky, aka "The
Russian," played by Russian ballet
dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov. The writ
ers obviously put careful thought into
this relationship, to scare the audi
ence into thinking that Carrie could
end up with this man and that Mr. Big,
who had been in Carrie’s life for the
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The last DVD collection of “Sex and the City" is a welcomed release for fans of the
groundbreaking HBO series. The collection was released Dec. 28.
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the dust. As the story unfolds, the au
dience is torn between these loves of
Carrie’s life, but in the end, the resolu
tion is nothing less than spectacular.
When "Season Six, Part One” left
off, Miranda Hobbes and Steve Brady,
wonderfully played by Cynthia Nixon
and David Eigenberg, respectively, had
finally realized they were meant to be.
Part two shows fans the side of Miran
da they’ve longed to see as soon as
Steve entered the picture in season
two. Fans had fallen in love with Steve
long before Miranda realized that she
had, and the pleasure of seeing these
two characters together is incredible.
Their move to Brooklyn in the last few
episodes is shadowed by both joy and
uebpdir, aria me growm Detween tne
two into a real family is heartwarming.
Samantha Jones, perfectly played
by Kim Cattrell, has always been a
woman who knows what she wants.
When she’s thrown for a loop in the
last half of the final season, the audi
ence sees the true strength of this
character. Along with breast cancer,
Samantha is forced to face up to a
power much stronger than she is —
true love.
Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, whom
Kristen Davis has given life to for the
past six years, has gone through plen
ty of heartache, desperately trying
everything possible to conceive a
baby. The audience has been there
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