This product seemed like it took a long time to be shipped to me, but it was still within the time frame. Usually the product seems to get to me faster, even with the lowest priced shipping. Otherwise, no problems

Sex and the City is always a good show, and all of the seasons on DVD are worth the money. In this season Carrie starts a serious relationship with a past fling, Charlotte has a surprisingly happy end to her marriage with Trey. Miranda deals with motherhood and her feelings for Steve, and Samantha is Samantha as usual. This DVD is well worth the money.

Sex and the City - The Complete Fifth Season is short but sweet. Only 8 episodes because Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon were both pregnant at the time so the season was cut short. A lot of reviewers have been complaining about season five, they say it's too boring or sappy but I have to disagree, I love this season so much! Carrie finally got to concerate on herself rather than a man, even though she does meet Jack Berger halfway through but the writing and stories were sharper than ever. My three favorite episodes are Unoriginal Sin, Luck Be An Old Lady, and The Big Journey. Don't sweat, buy this season today!

If this had been the first season I would have never watched any more! I love "sex and the city" but wish I hadn't wasted my money on this 5th season! boring- boring - boring!!!!! Carrie is so cute & then some idiot cut that beautiful hair!!!!!Now all I see is her long neck & her nose!!!!!!I am buying both 1&2 of the 6th hoping they got enough bad reviews that they bring Big & Carrie back together and let her hair grow back!!!!In my opinion their love affair is what made this show.

Wonderful dvd to stay with the storyline. This is the season before the last season to the series.

The fifth season is ALL about Carrie, she seems so needy in this season. It sucks that we are forced to pay almost full price for half the episodes but, on the bright side its only eight episodes of her whinning incessantly. I only bought it to complete the set.

If you want to know, yes, season five was only eight episodes. And HBO did charge the full $49.99 for this season. And I know it didn't have as many important plot details. Meaning that if you skipped this season, you would be okay. But it was still a fun and pretty funny season featuring such moments as Samantha getting a chemical peel and ending up with her facing all burnt and red, Miranda almost going crazy because Brady won't stop crying, Carrie going to San Francisco for her book tour, and Charlotte finding herself in love with her sloppy divorce lawyer. Even though I was upset with the price, I got it on sale. And now, they are ALL on sale pretty much wherever you go. Amazon has pretty good prices. So enjoy.

After making me watch Sex and the City with her, my wife astutely observed that at the heart of this show is a great irony. Touted as a "breakout show" lauding feminism and female empowerment, Sex and the City ironically only managed to portray women as more shallow, superficial, petty and empty-headed than virtually any other television show in history (thank creator Darren Star). Far from challenging whatever backward notions might remain that women are not men's equals, all watching this show would actually do is effectively confirm everything about women that misogynistic chauvinists unfoundedly believe, especially but not limited to the beliefs that women are silly, adolescent, juvenile and totally unencumbered by any burdens of logic, adulthood or maturity. Great progress.

Tiring quickly of Carrie Bradshaw's infantile and meaningless ponderings--"Is New York all about change?" "Are new myths required for singles?" "Is life in Manhattan like a bagel with cream cheese?" Here's one: "Is life really all about perpetually asking meaninglessly vacuous questions and then posing witty but ultimately arbitrary responses?"--one is left to wonder what exactly happened to her in childhood that so effectively stunted her emotional development, seemingly forever cementing her personality at about a sixteen/seventeen-year old emotional age. Are we supposed to pity her that "Big" treats her like a little kid, regardless of the fact that she disturbingly acts like an unbalanced little child? I would say no, especially in light of the fact that in real life "Big" and Carrie would probably not be together in the first place.

Another of the show's many absurdities is the foursome of friends that comprise its main characters. Let's face it folks, unless these girls grew up together (and in the show they didn't), these four women would NOT be friends in real life. They would hate each other.

Okay, I don't know what everyone else is talking about, but season 5 really isn't that horrible. I certainly wouldn't pay full price for it, but its worth buying it used for like 10-18 bucks.

DVD is brand new... it was just what i expected. Love those sex and the city girls!

Just as good as it was originally

I love seeing the episodes again with my friends and roommates

I'm a HUGE FAN of the "Sex and the City" series, BUT feel gipped that season 5 only had 8 episodes...... AND even worse that the DVD Discs are selling at the full retail price as all the other seasons in the series!!

The episodes were good in season 5, but NOT the price of the DVD's for season 5!

This season only has 2 DVD's. It's not worth buying new.

I wa supset that theres only 8 episodes for season 5 but with the real life pregnecies of 2 of the actress it had to be cut short. Overall not the best season but it's still enjoyable. Not much happens in this forgetable season as the lady just more whine then they do have fun. But it's irrestable not to laugh at the charactors and it'smposiable not to love. Wee see Carrie's carror take off, Samantha learns what love is and the aftermath of a breakup, Charlette tries to be fun but her charactor gets lost in the other charactors, and Meranda deals with being a mother.

It's still great. The sex, the relationships, the problems. Though there is only 8 episodes this time and the price is almost the same. Funny and romantic.

I think we can all agree from the reviews here, that Season 5 is not a crowd pleaser. Shooting was done around Sarah and Cynthia's real life pregnancies and this kind of spoilt it ... because Carrie looks pregnant throughout this season, and we all know her character is opposed to having a child. As a result, she wears the most ridiculous costumes in this Season to try to hide it, which does not match her usual fashionable style. You have to wonder why filming wasn't just put on hold.
Despite this, the season has its rewarding episodes out of the eight on offer. IN particular, when Charolotte meets Harry, and Sam's vibrator.

The biggest problem with this season is that it is quite depressing, and none of the characters seem to want to be there. Fortunately, the fun atmosphere picks up again in time for Season 6. AS another reviwer pointed out, you can almost skip Season 5 and go straight to Season 6.

The 5th Season of Sex and the City has a lot of really great story lines and works around the pregnancies of two of the actresses quite well, but the season is sadly only 8 episodes long, which kind of leaves you wondering why you had to pay so much for a season that was so very short! However, the character development was fabulous, especially with Cynthia Nixon's portrayal of Miranda as a new mother. I laughed, I felt sympathy, my jaw dropped in shock and occasional horror, and I feel that despite its brevity, Season 5 is just as good as the rest of them.

Yes, I agree with everyone who is upset at HBO / AOL / Time Warner for charging so much for this season. It's a rip-off...no question. (Let's not even start on the dividing of Season 6 into 2 parts!)

But it's interesting to me to see how much anger about the price/value has spilled into vitriolic evaluations of this season. To me, it was the first time in awhile that the characters moved in believable directions. Samantha opened herself up to commitment and heartbreak...and in a way only Samantha could do! Miranda dealt with motherhood and her VERY ambiguous feelings towards it. I liked very much the way she went from barely paying attention to her baby to finding satisfaction in loving her child and caring for him (too bad she named him "Brady"). I also like the constant evolution of her feelings toward Steve. Charlotte works on coming to terms with failure, not only of her marriage, but of her whole "game plan" for life...marrying a nice, well-off professional, have kids, etc.

Carrie is always the problematic character. Her treatment of the important men in her life, particularly Aidan, has made her a tough person to care about. She's witty...no doubt, and it's always fascinating to see what horrific or wonderful outfit she'll be wearing next. I was relieved to see so little of Big in this season. I guess I'm the only one who always found their relationship lacking...they brought out the worst in each other more than they brought out the best.

The season was made a little uncomfortable by Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy. It forced her to wear some awful things, and the directors of the show still insisted on lots of full body shots of her. I remember a shot in the season finale, during the wedding reception. She's standing there, looking pensive, and for some reason, instead of a close up (or even medium close-up), we got a full shot, and the poor thing looked awful. And she looks tired and overly made up throughout the season. It's not her fault...I'm thrilled she had a baby...but the shows producers (which include Parker, ironically) didn't do Parker or Carrie any favors.

But the season is packed with highlights. The vibrating chair stuff is very funny. The trip to Atlantic City was fun. The entire season finale was a treat, with everyone perplexed at Nathan Lane's character.

And the acting and writing was superb as always. All four leads did very well, and excellent support was offered all around (although I was disappointed that Molly Shannon and Amy Sedaris weren't given more to do as Carrie's publishers). Candice Bergen was amusing, and Frances Sternhagen makes a brief but memorable appearance as Bunny. I was glad to see Office Space's Ron Livingston, and look forward to his character's arch in Season 6.

So, if you don't want to spend full price on this set (I don't blame you) spring for used copies on Amazon or at online auction sites. It's essential SEX... viewing!!

I am a huge fan of this show and I was excited to get season 5. Only when I opened it and only found 2 dvds with only 8 shows I was quite disappointed!! Especially since the season costs just as much as the other "complete" seasons.

Aside from being ripped off - it is still a pretty good season. Be warned though - It is very different from all the other seasons. The girls change. The focus is not on the girls and dating - but rather focusing on singlehood and the characters analzing themselves a bit more. Its different. Something happens to Carrie - She becomes very cynical after her breakup with Adian and Big leaving. Things change - the focus is on Miranda's baby, Samantha getting over Richard, and Charotte finding love again after Trey.

Maybe we are missing Big and Adian - as well as the other half of the season. I recommend getting the season if you are someone striving to own the complete series, as I am. If not you would probably be better off renting this season. With only 8 epidsodes it won't take you that long at all!

i love this series, especially the coffee shop scenes. they are hilarious everytime. the first time i watched season 5, i was very disappointed. i thought it was terrible. but then i watched it again and now i LOVE it! miranda's story with the baby offers HILARIOUS instances to be funny, like when her cat eats the baby's belly button and such. her and steve are so cute together. and i love kristin davis in the season as well. her character is so good even after going through a divorce and still hoping for true love. kim cattrall, as always, is excellent, and the samanatha/richard storyline gave her a chance to be a normal woman for once, not someone who has wild and crazy casual sex all the time without falling for the guy. because, believe me, NO WOMAN can do that for very long without feeling SOMETHING.
i do like carrie but this season she really pissed me off. it seems that the more i watch this show, the more her character bugs me. carrie is so self-involved, especially in this season, that i can't understand why any of the girls would want to be friends with her. i know the show is centered around carrie and her 3 friends, but for ONCE, couldn't they have NOT made it "all about carrie?" especially the episode where miranda has the baptism and asks carrie to be the godmother... where has carrie EVER shown that she would make a good guardian for a child? even she says it herself that she never thought she was very maternal. and i can't stand how, after everything miranda has going on in her life (her NEWBORN CHILD, her career, sleep deprivation), how she can still empathize and listen to carrie babble on about aidan and their mistakes, when she's already overplayed them so many times before? carrie, take a hint... @ least miranda's got real problems.
maybe i'm wrong, and i know there are episodes where carrie's character is sensitive to her friends' needs, but they are few and far between.

The show's worst season, and the same high price as the previous ones, but for only EIGHT episodes! And notice how the posted product info claims it is "540 minutes"? That's either a convenient misprint or an outright lie; it should read 240 minutes (8 x 30 min., which it does on the box). Then, for the final Season 6, the corporate money-grubbers split it up into two overpriced "parts," probably because they realized that that particular cash-cow was now coming to an end and they'd best milk it for all it's worth. HBO=AOL/Time-Warner, of course. Nice way to treat your fans, very nice.

I love sex in the city, but I am dissappointed that there were only 8 episodes for this season and it was still full price.

Sort of like the old joke quoted by Woody Allen, such an awful season, and so little of it! Can't believe they have the nerve to charge full price. And just as bad breaking up Season 6. I have the first four, but that's where I get off. If we let them rip us off, they'll just continue to do it.

....For the first time in years, Carrie is completely alone. Aidian broke off the engagement, Big moved to San Francisco, and she even learns Berger has a girlfriend. Sammantha takes Richard back, but learns that being without him is better than worrying about getting hurt again. And in one of her bravest efforts, she broke it off for good, saying, "I love you Richard... but I love me more." Miranda does her best to keep Steve away and learns the downside to being a single mother. Charlotte makes her divorce with Trey final and fails in an attempt to patch up the bad feelings with Bunny (Trey's mom).

But we notice soon that this is a season of change. All the girls' lives change in this season and you need to watch this season in order to understand where and how they got to where they are in season six. There is then a positive light at the end of the season, though. Carrie sets a date with Berger after realizing he left his girlfriend, Charlotte falls in love with her divorce lawyer Harry, Miranda realizes that Steve could actually be a "corre-shaker", and Sammantha is finally free from her dramatic experience with Richard. In the end, all the girls learned a very valuble and life-changing lesson: You need to stand on your own before you can build and experience something extrodanary.

This DVD set is worth every penny. Buy it now!!!

Nothing to say, it's sex and the city, you already know you love it before you buy this!

im very satisfy to be a client of amazon.com

Definitely much better than Season 5....More episodes, great story lines, and the best clothing of all the seasons.

I love Sex and The City but the latest complete season come with very little of
episodes for $30 :(

After watching the 5th season of Sex and the City, I believe it's the worst of the six. There's very little substantive character development, if any. Carrie's self-involvement reaches epic proportions. The fifth season's strongest attribute is that it's the shortest season.

This season is quite different from the others, in part because of its brevity, and also because of the tone of the season. As has been noted, the show had to work around Sarah Jessica Parker's pregnancy, but they managed to handle it O.K. I actually like Season 5 a lot more than Season 4 or 6. Miranda seems intelligent again, after being pathetic for so long, and her baby-raising lines are hilarious. Charlotte is at her best, alternating between her sweet, charming demeanor and her attempts to recover from her disastrous marriage and Bunny. Samantha seems too aged in this season, though, and Carrie annoys me, as always. In general, the season is more "grown-up," but Carrie is still by and large self-absorbed.

My favorite secondary characters from the entire series were introduced in this season: Harry Goldenblatt (endearing in an awkward sort of way--he and Charlotte have great chemistry) and the cute, witty Jack Berger (who turns weird in Season 6). My favorite episodes are "Critical Condition," which captures the atmosphere of New York in a way that, IMO, had been missing in most of Season 4. There is a scene at a market, with a cameo appearance by Heather Graham, that seems so light and airy.

Every season (and really, every television show) has some moments that challenge believablity. The episode "The Big Journey" is a little odd to me because Carrie and Samantha go to San Fransisco for a "book tour" without stopping anywhere between the coasts. I am no best-selling writer, but I have usually heard of book tours consisting of many stops, rather than a cross-country journey for a single location. Why does she not go down to L.A. or make appearances in the Midwest? It just seems like a moment when the writers were not being very realistic (there is a similar moment in Season 3 when Miranda gest braces for TMJ, which is supposedly related to a tongue-thrusting habit that is causing an imaginary open bite--ask an orthodontist about THAT one). There is also a strange bachelor party on the train, but honestly, most of the men seem more like people I have met than most of the "New York men" who are depicted throughout the series. Anyway, the one perk of this bizarre "Journey" episode is the appearance of Chris Noth as Mr. Big, who always exudes coolness.

The other really funny episode, along with "Critical Condition," is "I Love a Charade," which features the Hamptons wedding of Nathan Lane, who ironically is marrying a woman.

Overall, I think this season is entertaining, and the four main characters seem to develop a deeper bond throughout the season. I especially recommend this season to women who have recently given birth or to their friends. The baby situations are so funny. Also, there are plenty of great guests, most notably those listed above but also Amy Sedaris and Molly Shannon (both hilarious).

The price of this season has dropped substantially, and for those who took issue with the initial high price, as I did, it is now quite affordable and a worthwhile purchase. I do agree that the packaging could be better than the cheap plastic fold-over thing. The plus to it, though, is that the SATC seasons take up very little space on a media rack. One final note: I always get annoyed by TV show DVDs that do not have an option of playing all the episodes consecutively. There is no "Play All" option, so you must keep the remote control handy to select each episode individually. This is especially a pain with half-hour TV shows, which I tend to watch while I am cleaning or doing other work around the house.

but the writing and humor are just as good as any other of the seasons. Well worth watching.

I understand fully the disappointment of the shortened season, however, i dont feel that this season, although only 8 episodes, is no worse than any of the others. Granted i would have liked to see alot more of SATC in this season, however, this is still an entertaining. I also join the other reviewers with the disguist atthe price of this season, only about half the episodes of the other seasons, and it is still full price. my advice is this, if you are a true SATC lover you need this season, i feel the characters gain more depth in this season, especially miranda with the birth of her child brady. I dont have too many complaints becuase i bought this season for about $23 from an independent seller on amazon.com, i suggest you do the same! it's definitely worth buying if you can find it for less!

Based on the bestselling novel by Candace Bushnell, the HBO original series Sex And The City took the television world by storm following its release in the summer of 1998. Following the exploits of four young and educated female friends living and working in New York City, the show revolves around the various relationships and life problems experienced by each member of the group. Sporting an experienced and talented cast, the show has developed a strong, borderline fanatic following...

Sarah Jessica Parker (the de facto lead character of the show) stars as Carrie Bradshaw, a popular sex columnist for a local newspaper who travels in numerous Manhattan social circles. Carrie is engaged in a tempestuous on-again, off-again relationship with a mystery man always referred to as "Mr. Big". The young urban professional shares her life with three best friends who have similarly interesting jobs - Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon), a lawyer tired of being single given the societal ramifications; Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), a promiscuous publicist who enjoys non-exclusive relationships; and Charlotte McDougal (Kristin Davis), an art museum curator who is relatively less open about her sexuality... Together, the women seek each other's advice on the ever-present and varying predicaments in which they find their romantic relationships...

The Sex And The City (Season 5) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere "Anchors Away" in which a sailor invites Carrie to a 'Fleet Week' party (only to have her go home alone due to her inability to forget about her past relationships with Aidan and Mr. Big). Meanwhile, Charlotte has a less than pleasing experience with a naval officer, and Samantha goes to extremes to let the neighborhood know of Richard's infidelities... Other notable episodes from Season 5 include "Unoriginal Sin" in which Samantha gets back together with Richard and Miranda agrees to baptize Brady, and "The Big Journey" in which Carrie's book tour takes her out to San Francisco where she's reunited with Mr. Big...

Below is a list of episodes included on the Sex And The City (Season 5) DVD:

Episode 67 (Anchors Away)
Episode 68 (Unoriginal Sin)
Episode 69 (Luck Be an Old Lady)
Episode 70 (Cover Girl)
Episode 71 (Plus One is the Loneliest Number)
Episode 72 (Critical Condition)
Episode 73 (The Big Journey)
Episode 74 (I Love a Charade)

The DVD Report

I got this as a package of all 5 seasons. I was eagerly anticipating this one and WOW, what a disappointment. First, it was so apparent that Sarah Jessica Parker was pregnant and it made all the sex-related scenes seem totally unbelievable. Also unbelievable were the huge tent-like outfits she wore that were supposed to stylish. This season made me feel sorry for the characters on the show because they are portrayed as dried out old scags. It wasn't nearly as funny or entertaining as the other four seasons. RENT this one instead if you want to be a completist.