We Ranked All of Sex and the City's Couples

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There was a batch of enactment on Sex and the City, but adjacent much love.

Throughout the years, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) each dated their just stock of guys and sometimes women, kissing and telling implicit galore cosmos and NSFW lunches. But mounting speech each one-episode emotion interest, determination were 15 relationships connected the amusement that truly made an impact...and that we tin retrieve 25 years later. 

That's right, SATC premiered June 6, 1998, going connected to present 94 episodes, 2 movies and 1 spinoff series—Max's And Just Like That...—worth of romanticist highs and lows, including messy marriages, illicit affairs and swoonworthy moments that person kept fans invested for much than 2 fabulous decades and counting. 

But that doesn't mean each narration the 4 women had is worthy looking backmost connected rather truthful fondly. For every big romance determination was a fling not adjacent worthy jotting down connected a Post-it note. 

So, which Sex and the City narration ranks arsenic the series' all-time best? Our prime for No. 1 whitethorn conscionable astonishment you...

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16. Samantha and Richard

Ugh, what an a--hole.

Best moment: N/A.

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15. Carrie and Berger

It's hard to retrieve the couple's aboriginal banter-filled, cute moments aft each the horrible, passive-aggressive crap the writer pulled aboriginal on. HE BROKE UP WITH HER ON A POST-IT.

Best moment: None are coming to caput astatine the moment, Berger. We're sorry, we can't. Don't hatred us.

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14. Samantha and Maria

No 1 believed this narration would last, right? Still, Samantha gave it the ol' assemblage try. 

Best moment: After a nighttime retired with Carrie and her caller beau, during which Samantha told Big to "back off," Maria told Samantha she couldn't beryllium conscionable friends. 

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13. Miranda and Che

Not connected fans' bingo cards erstwhile they tuned into Max's revival bid And Just Like That...? Miranda ending her matrimony and pursuing a standup comedian crossed the country!

Best Moment: TBD...hopefully? Otherwise, for the axenic drama of it all, it has to beryllium Che and Miranda hooking up successful Carrie's room portion a recovering-from-hip-surgery Carrie peed herself successful bed. 

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12. Carrie and Petrovsky

Oh, the Russian. Their narration started disconnected excessively romanticist to beryllium true…and it was. He didn't get on with her friends and Carrie's impulsive determination to Paris proved to beryllium a disaster.

Best moment: After excessively galore expansive romanticist gestures, Carrie virtually swooned. So naturally, Petrovsky took her, successful her imagination shot gown, to McDonald's, wherever they slow-danced portion waiting for fries. We virtually swooned.

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11. Charlotte and Trey

On paper, Trey was the cleanable feline for Charlotte. But, the cracks began to amusement (overbearing mother, "Trey can't get it up," not wanting kids, etc.) soon aft their wedding. Also: helium gave her a cardboard cut-out baby. Who does that?!

Best moment: When Trey took Charlotte to Tiffany's truthful she could prime retired her imagination ringing to marque up for the infamous "Alrighty!" comment.

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10. Samantha and James

The archetypal narration Samantha had that wasn't based connected enactment came to an extremity due to the fact that of, well, sex. Or James' tiny penis, to beryllium exact. 

Best moment: When Samantha told James she loved him. A immense (no pun intended) infinitesimal for her.

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9. Miranda and Skipper

Poor, mediocre Skipper. He was benignant of similar a Steve-lite, and Miranda was capable to locomotion each implicit him.

Best moment: When helium calls her "luminous" during their accidental gathering astatine a bodega.

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8. Anthony and Stanford

Sure, it came retired of obscurity successful the movies that Carrie's BFF and Charlotte's wedding planner-turned-bestie would get together, but it benignant of works for us.

Best moment: In their wedding vows, erstwhile Anthony said, "It wasn't emotion astatine archetypal sight, but it turns retired it was love. You are the archetypal antheral to judge maine for the antheral that I really am."

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7. Carrie and Aidan

Let's look it, Aidan was a large feline but helium wasn't The Guy for Carrie…no substance however hard they some tried to person themselves that helium was. However, play 2 of And Just Like That... whitethorn conscionable beryllium that 2nd chances are the hottest inclination this summer. (Yes, we are refusing to admit their dalliance successful Sex and the City 2.)

Best moment: Is it weird that we loved their breakup scene—the second one—where they slept connected the level of the flat they would ne'er unrecorded successful together?

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6. Miranda and Robert

Talk astir a catch. Robert was astir perfect: helium was a blistery doc for the New York Knicks who watched the aforesaid soaps arsenic Miranda. His 1 flaw? He conscionable wasn't Steve.

Best moment: Their archetypal buss astatine their "lockers," (i.e.: mailboxes). Or her taking a idiosyncratic time for the archetypal clip ever for him. OR THE CHICKEN POX.

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5. Samantha and Smith

Of each the guys connected SATC, Smith Jerrod mightiness conscionable beryllium the best. He was truthful diligent and truthful giving with the chaotic Samantha, who fought bony and nail not to autumn successful emotion with the model-turned-superstar. 

Best moment: Who doesn't teardrop up conscionable reasoning astir Smith shaving his aureate locks for Samantha erstwhile she mislaid her hairsbreadth portion undergoing chemo? 

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4. Carrie and Big

Absof--kinglutely. (Curse you, Peloton!)

Best moment: Come on, however tin we not take Big going to Paris to yet archer Carrie she's the one? (Although the fart-in-bed/whoopee cushion prank inactive makes america smile.)

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3. Miranda and Steve

Just arsenic Miranda's feelings for Steve snuck up connected her, our emotion for this mates deed america similar a ton of bricks—just similar their split successful And Just Like That...'s archetypal season. Justice for Steve!

Best moment: If immoderate infinitesimal perfectly represents SATC's astir low-maintenance couple, it was Miranda's out-of-nowhere connection and their ace low-key wedding successful the park. So them. So perfect.

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2. Charlotte and Harry

They accidental emotion often finds you erstwhile you slightest expect it…like erstwhile your sweaty putz of a divorcement lawyer turns retired to beryllium the antheral of your dreams and the champion begetter to your children you could've imagined.

Best moment: Their mess-filled, imperfectly cleanable nuptials. From the opening of the series, Charlotte wanted the fairy communicative wedding, but what she got was the fairy communicative marriage.

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1. The Girls

"The astir important happening successful beingness is your family. There are days you emotion them and others you don't, but successful the extremity they're the radical you ever travel location to. Sometimes it's the household you're calved into. And sometimes it's the 1 you marque for yourself."

Best moment: We were SO tempted to take Carrie walking Miranda down the aisle astatine her mother's funeral, but we thought a infinitesimal with each 4 girls was appropriate. Our choice? When Miranda doesn't springiness 2 shits astir her wedding aft proceeding astir Samantha's bosom crab diagnosis, with each 4 girls tuning retired the solemnisation to conscionable beryllium together. Because that's what relationship is: putting others earlier yourself. 

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