They Shoot Single People, Don't They?

Sex and the City
Season 2, Episode 4

Air date	June 27, 1999
Written by	Michael Patrick King
Directed by	John David Coles
Episode Guide
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“	While women are certainly no strangers to faking it...we faked our hair color, cup-size. Hell, we've even faked fur. I couldn’t help but wonder, has fear of being alone suddenly raised the bar on faking? Are we faking more than orgasms? Are we faking entire relationships? Is it better to fake it than be alone?	”
	— Carrie

"They Shoot Single People, Don't They?" is the fourth episode of the second season of Sex and the City, which aired on June 27, 1999.

Synopsis[]

Carrie gets a horrible photo taken for the cover of New York Magazine. Miranda fakes orgasms with her current boyfriend. Charlotte starts dating her handy-man. Samantha dates a club owner who calls them a "we" right away.

Trivia[]

The title is a reference to "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
The magazine that shot Carrie for the photoshoot is New York Magazine which a popular magazine that focuses on the life, culture, politics of the city of New York.
When Carrie is discussing all of the things women have faked, she is wearing a shirt with the famous Rolling Stones logo.
Carrie's hookup, Jake, is played by a young Bradley Cooper. This marks the television debut of Bradley Cooper.
The bar Carrie meets Jake in is Beauty Bar, located on E14th Street.

Quotes[]

Carrie: I could not get a cab.
- Stanford: So what do you do, grab onto a bumper and let one drag you here?
Carrie: Stop, I was up all night. I need a coffee the size of my head.
Carrie: When did being alone become the modern-day equivalent of being a leper? Will Manhattan restaurants soon be divided up into sections, smoking/non-smoking, single/non-single?

Cast[]

Main[]

Recurring[]

Willie Garson as Stanford Blatch

Guest[]

Mark Feuerstein as Josh
Tom Gilroy as Tom
Robert Montano as William
Hope Adams as Waspy Woman
John Cleary as Deaf Man
Teddy Coluca as Garbage Man
Bradley Cooper as Jake
Adam Dannheisser as Editor
Camille Hickman as Woman
Wendy Hoopes as Lennox
James Lecesne as Nevin
Ajay Mehta as Busboy
Matthew Morrison as Young Busboy
Lawrence Rosenberg as Downtown Guy
Seth Ullian as Cute Waiter

	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