Rating: 
Summary: For SATC Completists Only
Review: Sex and the City, one of TV's best comedy series, faced quite a few challenges in its fifth season. To maintain its freshness during such a successful run is daunting enough. On top of that, the crew, specifically the directors and costume designers, had to pull quite a few tricks to disguise Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy (and did so successfully, might I add.) But the biggest challenge was to keep the show lifted out of the shadow of 9/11 which coincidentally occurred between the airing of the two seasons. That's why it breaks my heart to rate the fifth season of Sex and the City with 3 stars.The themes running through the episodes in this season weren't nearly as engaging as in past seasons. The only thing that comes to mind about Season 5 is Miranda adapting to life as a mother. Most of the other stuff is just a blur. "Critical Condition" is THE best show of the 5th season where Carrie questions,"when it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?" This is also the episode where Samantha decides to play "Mary f**kin' Poppins" by babysitting for Miranda. Check out how creative Sam gets when Brady's vibrating chair gives out. Unfortunately, the other 7 (yes, SEVEN) episodes aren't good enough for me to recommend the purchase of the fifth season set unless you're a rabid completist who collects all things SATC. Furthermore, as other reviewers have pointed out, the price can't be justified. With only 8 episodes in this set, why is it the same price as the other sets that contain more shows. However, DO be on the lookout for the outstanding Season 6.
Rating: 
Summary: Short but Sweet
Review: I was extremely disappointed that season five ran only eight episodes. I was especially unhappy to learn this only AFTER I bought the DVD. However, I did get it on sale, and considering the price of renting at Blockbuster helped me to stay relatively calm. After getting over my disappointment at the length, I savored each and every episode. I thought all of them were magnificent; this season I began to really see inside the characters. The actresses have come such a long way; watching season one episodes and comparing them to season five, I could see such a growth in their acting abilities. The writers seem to have found the perfect balance in season five, as well. They balance just the perfect amount of bawdy sexuality with heart-wrenching emotion in these episodes. And watching Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon glow in their pregnancies (and struggle to hide them on screen), I was perfectly happy to give them a break. They don't owe us episodes of our favorite show. I was just happy to be able to enjoy them, and grateful to them for bringing us even eight episodes, considering all they were juggling. A true Sex and the City lover will savor season five all the more for its brevity.
Rating: 
Summary: Greedy and smart
Review: I pretty like the whole series. I own all the previous seasons, but I will be very reluctant to buy the 5th seacon just because of the unreasonable high price. HBO charges $49.99 for only 2-disc. Is it greedy? I even heard that HBO will split the 6th season into two parts. So we need to pay $100 for only one season. Is HBO too smart?
Rating: 
Summary: My 4 Friends
Review: Yet another triumphant season for a show I saddly miss and love.
Every episode in this series lives up to and surpasses the shows premise & my expectations.
Rating:
Summary: ... And The City
Review: When a show is as good as Sex And The City had been for four seasons, it's bound to take a fall. And when a show is as popular as Sex And The City is, everyone's bound to notice. That's what happened with Sex And The City's Fifth "Bonus" Season. The bonus word thrown around in an attempt to distract us from realizing that the whole season (only 8 episodes, but thank God cause who could have put up with more?) was spent reaching. The well had officially run dry. What's really a shame is that the whole season wasn't so terrible, but because SATC fans are so used to perfection, it seemed like a train wreck. The most obvious problem was the stories. SATC, a TV show known for diving into the problems of four single 30 something New York ladies, quickly became a story about four bitter aging women who's fears had come true. Since the show's beginning they had feared becoming old, tired maids and that's exactly what happened. On the season's premiere episode, Anchors Away, the ladies all but throw Miranda in a Taxicab so she and her baby can go home and they can go live it up at a party with the sailors. All of this would have been fine when the show first began, but later there's a shot of Carrie, Samantha and Charlotte walking to the party and instead of it being sexy, it was so sad. I actually felt embarrassed for them. The show has always been mostly true to life, but if three single worn out looking women pushing well into their 40s went to a party looking like they did with a bunch of 20 something guys, they'd get laughed at. Miranda and Carrie's nostalgia quickly echoed ours as the viewer began to realize this was a preview of things to come. Out of all 8 episodes, I only enjoyed 2 of them and I was only really happy with 2 of the characters. Carrie being sent to work for Vogue was a terrible idea. The fifth season saw her become more self centered than usual. I haven't always agreed with Carrie's choices, but I've respected them up until this season. Her selfishness pushed past its final limits and answered to pretty much everyone but her as to why she's still single. As for less important things, her hair looked God-awful. Her face was way too pale this season and the way they tried to hide Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy was just absurd. From everything to hideous dresses to giant magazines, it was quite noticeable and would have been more believable had she just "gained weight" from the stress of her book. Samantha was a terrible disappointment this season. As someone who's deliciously decedent and so much fun to watch, I can see why the writers wanted to make her more human and see her fall in love, but what they did to Samantha's character was unforgivable. First she's in love, then she's afraid, then she's insecure, then she gets a broken heart, then she forgives Richard, then she's insecure again until finally she turns psycho and accuses Richard of cheating again when he wasn't. Later in the season she practically tries to kill two of Richard's houseguests when they won't leave because she's throwing a party in his house which she wasn't even given permission to do. Charlotte stayed most true to herself than all of the other characters. She remained to be the "eternal optimist" and really kept the show alive for me. Watching Charlotte be herself amongst a group of people who weren't being themselves gave me a little sliver of hope. I enjoyed watching her fall in love with the hairy lawyer who's so not her type and I enjoyed watching her not give up on love. Kristen Davis was incredible this year and deserved a nomination, which she has yet to receive. Miranda also made me proud acting like the only adult on the show. She had a baby, her and Steve tried their best to get their lives together and raise Brady as best as they could. Miranda often felt left out by her friends, she was. Miranda often had tough choices to make concerning her baby, moms always do. I liked watching Miranda struggle with this as it brought the only realism to the show. As for the episodes, most of them were lacking. In one episode, Carrie freaks because she runs into Aiden's ex and she makes a face at her and Carrie realizes Aiden must have told her some horrible things about her. Oh no! Could she really have hurt him so bad, she later asks Steve, Aiden's best friend. Hello! She dumped him twice and cheated on him. How Carrie can be THIS selfish and THIS dumb is beyond me. Also in that episode, Heather Graham shows up for no reason which becomes a theme in this season - things happening for no reason. Miranda asks Carrie to be her baby's Godmother instead of Charlotte. Carrie decides out of the blue in one episode, she needs to get laid. So she returns to Mr. Big. Why he sleeps with her after she made fun of him in her book makes no sense and gives guys like me a bad name. This season was a big let down for me. Not only did it make no sense, but it was a slap in the face to those who adore the show. Uninteresting stories, new uninteresting characters (one who's name is Burger, don't ask) and favorite characters changing into paper thin shadows of their former selves made this a very forgettable season of Sex And The City. The only enjoyable episodes were Unoriginal Sin, an episode where Miranda gets Brady christened and I Love A Charade, the season finale where Charlotte falls in love and a little Zsa Zsa Zsu is put back into the show.
Rating: 
Summary: The worse season so far
Review: This season is not only short (8 episodes) but also it is quite boring. I love Sarah's character, but in this season is much exaggerated than ever, it seems very desperate, not cool at all, and lacking of the sense of enjoying her life. No wonder why is she single?. Any way if you have seen the previous 4 seasons you have to buy it anyway, but keep in mind that it is not close to be as good as the other ones
Rating:
Summary: Shorten Season, Expensive Price Tag
Review: I'm a big fan of this wonderfully acted and written show. However, season five was a BIG disappointment. The shorten season, due to Sarah's pregnancy, never really got going anywhere. It is as if the writers did not want to start anything because they could not finish it in the eight epidsodes allowed. Also, the girls were different in this season, as they had to be. Each had life changing moments in season, that could not really be played out in season five. Samatha, heartbroken from Richard, is more subdued than normal. Miranda is adjusting to life as a mom. Carrie is recovering from her second break up with Aiden. Only Charolette seems to be moving forward in her life, thanks to her divorce attorney. It would have been nice to have had a "bonus" season for season five, so that we could have a continuation of the story lines. Also, the issue with the price tag on this set is a pressing one. Only eight episodes is going to call for only two discs. They should not be more than $30 bucks at the most. We'll see how well sales do, with the price tag is does have. I think it would have been better for HBO to have released this set with Season Six. Overall, I have truly enjoyed this series, and will miss it when it is gone. Thank God for my DVD collection!
Rating:
Summary: Too short
Review: wish there were more episodes than just 8!
Rating:
Summary: Fantastic Show, Bad Disc
Review: Why pay $30-$50 for eight episodes, is my only question. This is one of the best television series EVER, but unfortunately HBO decided to be ridiculous and put a $50 list price on four hours of footage and some bland extras. I ask you - why pay this? Two-three hour films with extensive bonus footage (see Gangs of New York, Moulin Rouge, Pirates of the Carribean) are less than half that cost, and while Amazon and stores such as Wal-Mart are nice enough to sell the disc for $30, we are STILL paying too much!! I do own Season One of SATC and plan on compelting my collection as soon as possible, but this does not change the fact that I feel a unjustice was made in overpricing this disc and all of HBOs DVDs. Unfortunately, the HBO shows ranks alongside Friends, Alias, Will & Grace, and The O.C. as the only TV-on-DVD discs worth purchasing.
Rating:
Summary: The Best Aphrodesiac
Review: .... This show works like magic when trying to create a sexy
romantic and fun atmosphere for a date. It seems like the
abra-cadabra words "Sex And The City" are enough to get
any woman in the mood for a night of fireworks ala the
dvd "New Sex Now" and it's methods for modern lovemaking
and intense intimacy.
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