The Fuck Buddy

Sex and the City
Season 2, Episode 14

Air date	September 5, 1999
Written by	Darren Star
Directed by	Alan Taylor
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“	I wondered...were we all just victims of conditioned responses? Doomed to repeat the same unconscious relationship patterns? Were we all, in fact, just dating the same person over and over again?	”
	— Carrie

"The Fuck Buddy" is the fourteenth episode of the second season of Sex and the City, which aired on September 5, 1999.

Synopsis[]

Carrie tries to make a relationship with her "fuck buddy." Miranda dates a verbally and emotionally abusive lawyer. Charlotte double-books dates with two guys on the same night. Samantha overhears the couple moaning next door, and decides to outdo them.

Trivia[]

The title is a reference to: ”fuck buddy”, ”fuck doll”, ”fuck toy”, ”sex buddy”, ”sex doll”, ”sex toy”; and ”plaything”.

Cast[]

Main[]

Guest[]

Dean Winters as John McFadden
David Lansbury as Kevin
Ben Weber as Skipper Johnston
Louis Aguirre as George
Divina Cook as Marlene
Abigail Lopez as Girlfriend #2
Kate Miller as Girlfriend #1
Anne O'Sullivan as Mid 30's Woman
Victor Pagan as Jesus
Lydia Radziul as Waspy Woman
Timmi Reifsnyder as 13 Year Old Boy
Jon Patrick Walker as Eric

	Episodes	v • t • e

Sex and the City Season 1

• Sex and the City (episode) • Models and Mortals • Bay of Married Pigs • Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys • The Power of Female Sex • Secret Sex • The Monogamists • Three's a Crowd • The Turtle and the Hare • The Baby Shower • The Drought • Oh Come All Ye Faithful •

Sex and the City Season 2

• Take Me Out to the Ball Game • The Awful Truth • The Freak Show • They Shoot Single People, Don't They? • Four Women and a Funeral • The Cheating Curve • The Chicken Dance • The Man, the Myth, the Viagra • Old Dogs, New Dicks • The Caste System • Evolution • La Douleur Exquise! • Games People Play • The Fuck Buddy • Shortcomings • Was It Good for You? • Twenty-Something Girls vs. Thirty-Something Women • Ex and the City •

Sex and the City Season 3

• Where There's Smoke... • Politically Erect • Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman • Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl... • No Ifs, Ands, or Butts • Are We Sluts? • Drama Queens • The Big Time • Easy Come, Easy Go • All or Nothing • Running with Scissors • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • Escape from New York • Sex and Another City • Hot Child in the City • Frenemies • What Goes Around Comes Around • Cock a Doodle Do! •

Sex and the City Season 4

• The Agony and the 'Ex'-tacy • The Real Me • Defining Moments • What's Sex Got to Do with It? • Ghost Town • Baby, Talk Is Cheap • Time and Punishment • My Motherboard, My Self • Sex and the Country • Belles of the Balls • Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda • Just Say Yes • The Good Fight • All That Glitters... • Change of a Dress • Ring a Ding Ding • A Vogue Idea • I Heart NY •

Sex and the City Season 5

• Anchors Away • Unoriginal Sin • Luck Be an Old Lady • Cover Girl • Plus One Is the Loneliest Number • Critical Condition • The Big Journey • I Love a Charade •

Sex and the City Season 6

• To Market, to Market • Great Sexpectations • The Perfect Present • Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little • Lights, Camera, Relationship • Hop, Skip, and a Week • The Post-it Always Sticks Twice • The Catch • A Woman's Right to Shoes • Boy, Interrupted • The Domino Effect • One • Let There Be Light • The Ick Factor • Catch-38 • Out of the Frying Pan • The Cold War • Splat! • An American Girl in Paris: Part Une • An American Girl in Paris: Part Deux •

Sex and the City films

• Sex and the City (film) • Sex and the City 2 •

And Just Like That... Season 1

• Hello, It's Me • Little Black Dress • When in Rome • Some of My Best Friends • Tragically Hip • Diwali • Sex and the Widow • Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered • No Strings Attached • Seeing the Light •

And Just Like That... Season 2

• Met Cute • The Real Deal • Chapter Three • Alive • Trick or Treat • Bomb Cyclone • February 14th • A Hundred Years Ago • There Goes the Neighborhood • The Last Supper Part One: Appetizer • The Last Supper Part Two: Entrée •

And Just Like That... Season 3

• Outlook Good • The Rat Race • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] • [[]] •

The Carrie Diaries Season 1

• Pilot • Lie with Me • Read Before Use • Fright Night • Dangerous Territory • Endgame • Caught • Hush Hush • The Great Unknown • The Long and Winding Road Not Taken • Identity Crisis • A First Time for Everything • Kiss Yesterday Goodbye •

The Carrie Diaries Season 2

• Win Some, Lose Some • Express Yourself • Strings Attached • Borderline • Too Close for Comfort • The Safety Dance • I Heard a Rumor • The Second Time Around • Under Pressure • Date Expectations • Hungry Like the Wolf • This Is the Time • Run to You •

See also: Episodes