Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4456 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-05-12
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 2

Amazon.co.uk Review
It was a short but sweet fifth season for Sex and the City, as HBO's resident comediennes found themselves affected by forces beyond their control--the pregnancies of both Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie) and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda). A truncated shooting schedule to accommodate the actresses forced this season to be reduced to a mere eight episodes, and indeed, you can tell both actresses are expecting. (Carrie's wardrobe became more outlandish and more concealing than usual.) Still, the actresses and creators forged ahead, creating a handful of episodes that if short in content were long on emotion and laughs. Whereas the fourth season found all four grappling with various relationships, the fifth season focused on the perils of being single, with a new intensity lacking in the previous sexcapades. Carrie and Miranda wrestled with their solitary lifestyles, albeit with new attachments--Miranda had new baby Brady and single motherhood, while Carrie found herself in the world of publishing as the author of a real-life book of her columns. Charlotte (Kristin Davis) wondered if she'd ever find another man, while Samantha (Kim Cattrall) finally got rid of the one that had been vexing her far too much, hotelier Richard (James Remar). If the season as a whole felt less than the sum of its parts, those parts were some of the best comedy in the show's history, from Samantha's anointment as the "Michiko Kakutani of vibrators" to Carrie's stressful, one-degree-from-fiasco book launch party. (And fear not, Chris Noth's Mr. Big does pop up now and again.) The season's climactic episode, "I Love a Charade," found all four at the straight wedding of a seemingly gay pal (Nathan Lane) and contemplating their future with a wry, bemused tone. It was one of the series' best episodes ever, equally touching and funny, and grounded the show in an emotional maturity that announced that after all their wild travails, these women had truly grown up. --Mark Englehart

Synopsis
Featuring more from the acclaimed television series featuring the lives and loves of a group of women.

Customer Reviews

Another weak season
Sandwiched between the best two seasons, this, the worst, picks up towards the end with the introduction of Harry Goldenblat as Charlotte's principal love interest, but the series meanders along with not much plotting and suffers a vastly reduced amount of episodes. And, as always, the DVDs are terrible, with NO play all function, NO special features, NO chapter points and a horrible, grainy, VHS-like transfer. If anything, a chore.

My Favourite!
This is my absolute favourite of all 6 seasons, though I wish there was a 4 and a half star rating, as this season is soooo short, 8 episodes if I remember rightly (maybe 10) compared to the tohers which generally have 18 or 20.

Obviously you should watch them all as Sex and the City really is best enjoyed from start to finish, but this series is a real gem :)

Sex and the city
I love Sex and the City and decided to purchase all the series. I never tire of watching them and are a real pic me up. Great having all 5 series as have watched from the beginning to the end, and watched them again and again.