The Monogamists

Sex and the City
Season 1, Episode 7

Air date	July 19, 1998
Written by	Darren Star
Directed by	Darren Star
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“	True, we had never discussed exclusivity. But while for me the idea of seeing another man would be like trying to fit another outfit into an already over-stuffed suitcase, Big was happily dating another woman like it was the most natural thing in the world. Is it that men have an innate aversion to monogamy, or is it more than that? I wondered in a city like New York, with it’s infinite possibilities, has monogamy become too much to expect?	”
	— Carrie

"The Monogamists" is the seventh episode of the first season of Sex and the City, which aired on July 19, 1998.

Synopsis[]

When she discovers that Big is dating other women, Carrie realizes that she desires a monogamous relationship with him. In the meantime, Samantha is having trouble being monogamous with her realtors. Charlotte dislikes the sexual desires of her new boyfriend, and Miranda confronts jealousy when she runs into Skipper with his new girlfriend from Vogue.

Cast[]

Main[]

Recurring[]

Chris Noth as Mr. Big
Ben Weber as Skipper Johnston
Willie Garson as Stanford Blatch

Guest[]

Jack Koenig as Michael Conway
Caroline Aaron as Pamela Glock
Justin Theroux as Jared
James McCaffrey as Max
Avalon Hodges as Julia
Michael Dale as Rick Connelly
Kate Jennings Grant as Allison Roth

	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