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?
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— 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.
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?
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