These are what we call the 'YMMV items.' Things that some people find in this work. We call them 'your mileage might vary' because not everyone sees these things in the same way. This starts discussions in the trope lists, a thing we don't want. Please use the discussion page if you'd like to discuss any of these items.
Complaining about Shows You Don't Watch: Lots of people like to take cracks about how the characters find Carrie to be some kind of sex incarnate beauty icon, and all of her friends are supposed to be considered less pretty than her. This really isn't the case, though there are many instances of her friends and lovers going on about her being gorgeous/stunningly beautiful. The criticisms may just be the overflow of how many people feel about Sarah Jessica Parker. Mileage greatly varies about how true the media's declarations about her looks are.
Crowning Moment of Awesome: Carrie and Big in the "The Big Time". You know it shouldn't be, but it is. Big kisses her:
Carrie: Fuck you. (He continues to kiss her). Fuck you. (She kisses him back). Oh, fuck me.
Flanderization - Charlotte and Samantha became caricatures of themselves as the series went on, at least until the final season when they started showing dimensions again. Also, Carrie's maturity seemed to have an inverse relationship with her age.
An even better example of this is a first season episode where Miranda is assumed to be gay by a co-worker, who sets Miranda up with a female date for a company event. At the end of the episode, she considers how life would be much easier if she were a lesbian, testing this by kissing her same-sex date.
Hollywood Homely: Miranda, though men aren't put off by her looks so much as her powerful career and a demeanor that intimidates and emasculates them (however, at least one guy in-show really finds that attractive). Harry arguably qualifies as well, as he's portrayed almost as a hideous beast at times.
Periphery Demographic: Gay men, famously, to the point it's almost considered more of a "gay show" in the popular imagination than it is a "chick show".
Tear Jerker: Although it dances with becoming Narm, the scene in which Carrie is begging Aidan to take her back after she slept with Big.
Carrie: You have to forgive me. You have to forgive me. You have to forgive me. (Begins to weep). You have to forgive me.
Much better than it sounds.
Also, Miranda releasing all the pent-up emotion about her mother's death during a fitting for a new bra.
Testosterone Brigade: While its male fanbase is often stereotyped as being composed primarily ofCamp Gay men who watch it for the fashion, during its prime it also had a very large contingent of straight male fans, as it featured a ton of female skin and enough of the male perspective (at times) to occupy straight men's interest.
Unfortunate Implications: The episode where Carrie dates a bisexual guy is... not very well handled. The episode showed bisexuals as some kind of fad among young folk who play spin the bottle indiscriminately. Carrie breaks up with him because she doesn't want to kiss girls too.
Why Would Anyone Take Him Back?? A few examples, but most notably with Carrie and Aiden after she had an affair with Big. He was still deeply hurt by it, could no longer trust her at all, and in the end they realized the damage was done and there was no saving the relationship.
