While I always ascribed thoughts of karma to the fortune cookie school of psychology, I wondered, does a string of bad dates really equal one good one? And will treating someone badly in one relationship ensure that you'll be treated badly in the next? Does everything that goes around really come around? If so, will it come around to bite you in the ass? Is there such a thing as relationship karma?
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— Carrie
"What Goes Around Comes Around" is the seventeenth episode of the third season of Sex and the City, which aired on October 8, 2000.
Carrie decides she needs to talk with Natasha about her affair with Big. Miranda dates a gorgeous NYPD detective and becomes self-conscious over her looks. Charlotte and Trey decide to separate after she is found kissing the gardener. Samantha meets another Sam Jones, who turns out to be an NYU student and virgin with a sweet southern accent.
Trivia[]
The phrase "What Goes Around Comes Around" references something completing a cycle.
This episode is laced with references to the "American Beauty", a movie that came out a year prior.
• 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 •
• 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 •