- After Samantha is dumped, she tries to turn 'The Turtle' into a catch.
- Carrie is presented to Stanford Blatch's adored, classy grandmother, but comes to the conclusion his being gay cancels all his qualities on her bottom line and probably in her last will. Miranda is losing her self-respect after many rejections, but turns to blind dating - just to walk out on the first man who's still willing to give it a go when they meet. Samantha tries everything to turn Bernie Turtletaub, a Wall street guru but society laughing stock with viciously bad breath the girls met at the "singles" table at a posh wedding, into a fashionable date, but can even the best PR expert's make-over make up for his intrinsic lack of charm?—KGF Vissers
- Samantha's latest pet project is "The Turtle" Bernie Turtletaub (Timothy Wheeler), one of New York's most successful yet style-impaired bachelors. Turtle has fabulous investment advice, but very bad breath. The girls met Turtle at Brooke's (Haviland Morris) wedding. Turtle is interested in Samantha, but his bad breath is a complete turn off.
Brooke dated A Listers only, and the final choice for a groom looked like she "settled". Brooke tells Carrie it's better to marry someone who loves you more than you love them.
Carrie is unhappy when Mr. Big tells her that he never wants to get married again. Carrie was asking why people get married and Mr Big says that he got married as he was fool in love, and then a fool in divorce court and now just a fool. Carrie was not thinking about marriage at all, and now cannot stop thinking about it. Charlotte asks her to cut her losses, else she will spend 5 years with Big with nothing to show for it.
Stanford puts a personal ad in the papers to meet a partner. He stands at a spot for 20 minutes, after which one person approaches him, and even walks away after taking one look at him. Stanford Blatch, who is depressed at being rejected by almost all of the gay men in New York, proposes to her in order to please his grandmother and inherit his part of the family fortune. Carrie meets Stanford's grandma and realizes she really craves a large family of her own. Grandma has a sense of style and wears original Coco Chanel suits, that were designed for her 40 years ago. Also, Grandma knows that Stanford is gay. So, the only inheritance he would ever get is Grandma's Chanel suits.
Charlotte becomes addicted to a rabbit vibrator called "The Rabbit". Miranda introduced Charlotte to the idea of vibrators when she says that men are going to obsolete in 50 years anyways. Charlotte starts canceling on her friends and then starts skipping work events. Charlotte likes having the guaranteed orgasms every time she uses the vibrator and once she even had an orgasm for 5 minutes straight. Things get so bad that Miranda and Carrie stage a Rabbit intervention. They throw the vibrator out.
Samantha runs into The Turtle, after being ditched by her date. Samantha is honest with Bernie about his breath, and he is open to suggestions. Turtle says that he is taking some Chinese herbs to prolong his life, which is the cause for his bad breath. Samantha tells him that the herbs will only ensure a long life, alone. The Turtle had a sense of humor, which impresses Samantha. Samantha decides to "fix up" Bernie by redoing his entire wardrobe.
Carrie wonders if everyone in Manhattan is settling. Samantha spends days with the Turtle, trying to sophisticate him, but underneath he is still a nerdy guy that bores the heck out of women. Samantha cuts her losses and leaves.
Carrie tells Big that she wants to family and wont date anyone who isn't interested in marriage as she does not see the point. Big says it's all in the timing. They are having fun at the moment.
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