Saying Goodbye to Sex and the City

"Everybody needs a little time away/
I heard her say, from each other/
Even lovers need a holiday/
Far away from each other"

Chicago, Hard to Say I'm Sorry

(note: do not read further if you are against plot spoilers for Sex and the City's final episodes. Warning: Plot spoiler coming up)

All over the country women will be watching the final Sex and the City episodes, staring Sunday at 9pm. Will Samantha get breast cancer (yes)? Does she beat the breast cancer? Will Carrie get married?

Jessie Knadler of Star weighs in:

"An on-set source tells Star that in the second-to-last episode, Big (Chris Noth, 49) calls Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte and asks to meet them at the local diner. The source believes Big wants advice on if and how he should pop the question to Carrie, the sex columnist played by Sarah Jessica Parker, 38. Another clue is served up in a different episode from the upcoming season, which kicks off on Jan. 4, when Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) house-sits for Carrie and overhears a message that Mr. Big leaves on Carrie's answering machine, saying, 'I've made this mistake too many times before, and I can't afford to make the same mistake again.' He signs off by saying, 'I love you.' "

The article continues:

"Samantha Jones, the sex-obsessed publicist played by Kim Cattrall, 47, is diagnosed with breast cancer during the final season. But Star has learned that she beats cancer in the end. And in a future episode, Samantha meets with the heads of a breast cancer awareness organization, who ask her to speak at a function. When she practices a stiff-sounding speech in front of boyfriend Smith Jerrod (Jason Lewis, 32), he tries to help by telling her that during his stint in AA, he learned to keep it real. Samantha's retort: 'This is not AA. This is PR!'"

I hope that last line isn't indicative of what we can expect.

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