Sex And The City - Series 1-6 (Shoe Box) (DVD)

.../> Episode list: 1. Sex and the City 2. Models and Mortals 3.Bay of Married Pigs 4. Valley of the twentysomethings 5.the Power of Female Sex 6. Secret Sex 7. the Monogamists 8. threes a Crowd 9. The Turtle and The Hare 10. The baby Shower 11. The Drought 12. Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Series Two: A much longer series than one. OOh the box is better! Shiny silver slipcover with cut out square on the front that allows the four women's ...
...Escape From New York 14. Sex and Another City 15. Hot Child in the City 16. Frenemies 17. What Goes Around Comes Around 18. Cock a Doodle Doo

Series Four: (nearly there now, you can have a brew in a minute...) Much better case again, baby blue cardboard slipcover with cutouts again. Inner package folds out to show three matching blue discs.

Episode List: 1.The Agony and the Ex-Tacy 2. The Real Me 3. Defining Moments ... more

I hope it does! This review will assume that you know at least a little bit about the series and for the sake of length it won't include a synopsis of each episode. I am writing this so that you can make a decision on buying this boxed set, if you don't know anything about the series you probably want to start by looking at reviews of the individual shows or DVDs. Sorry!

I got this box set for my birthday last year. It isn't actually the size of a shoe box let me tell you. Unless you have very small feet. It is the size of a box of tissues but a bit deeper. Okay, I'll measure the dimensions. It's six by six by eight inches. I don't do centimetres.

I'm only going on about the size because the way it is advertised you might expect that you get a shoe box sized set and it isn't. It is a shoe box STYLE set. There is a benefit to the smaller sized box in that it will fit nicely on the same shelves as your other DVDs which is crucial if you are like me and like to have an immaculate house and keep things organised and quite neat and tidy. (Splutters of laughter from my family)

This is a lovely, heavy duty cardboard box decorated in black and hot pink with some stippling. There is a fake shopping tag on the lid declaring that the box contains "every episode ever" It's all nice and smooth and very Carrie Bradshaw's wardrobey. (You know what I mean, right?) It is a touchable bit of packaging, looks luxurious and feels expensive. Which is good because it is.

When you open the box, you get all six series of the DVDs in their original format, shrink wrapped and packed together. There is no special extra, which seems a bit disappointing. It seems a waste to have gone to the trouble of producing such a lovely souvenir set and not adding anything extra to it. I would have at least added some postcards with scenes from the show, New York, the cast etc. Ho hum.

When I began this review it was actually cheaper to buy this set than it was to buy the series DVDs seperately. However, on Amazon the price of all the DVDs has been drastically slashed! They are now selling at £14.99 each instead of £34.99. This means that you are paying about five pounds over the odds for the privilege of owning the box.

I have to say that I would still buy it. I like the fact that it was an exclusive and considered gift. I like the pretty presentation and the chunkyness of the package. It still makes a fantastic gift for fans of the series. I can't comment on the newer set other than to tell you that from what I have gleaned from Amazon, the packaging appeals to me less!

Right, here's the nitty gritty, what you get on each disc, the episode lists and extras (if there are any!)

Each disc is in a slightly different packaging format for each series, here you get 14 discs in total and I will give details below.

Series one: (The best one, in my opinion...)
Clear plastic case with red trim, picture of all four women on front. The naffest of all the DVD cases in the set. Cheap looking. A disappointment really, but I am quite forgiving.

Episode list: 1. Sex and the City 2. Models and Mortals 3.Bay of Married Pigs 4. Valley of the twentysomethings 5.the Power of Female Sex 6. Secret Sex 7. the Monogamists 8. threes a Crowd 9. The Turtle and The Hare 10. The baby Shower 11. The Drought 12. Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Series Two: A much longer series than one. OOh the box is better! Shiny silver slipcover with cut out square on the front that allows the four women's faces to peep through from the inner sleeve! the inner sleeve is pink and gorgeous, folds out showing three hot pink discs! yum.

Episode list: 1. Take Me Out to the Ball Game 2. The Awful Truth 3. The Freak Show 4. They Shoot Single People Don't They? 5. Four Women and a Funeral 6. The Cheating Curve 7. The Chicken Dance 8. The Man, The Myth, The Viagra 9. Old dogs, New Dicks 10. The Caste system 11. Evolution 12. La Douleur Exquise! 13. Games People Play 14. The F*** Buddy 15. Shortcomings 16. was it Good For You? 17. Twenty something Girls Vs. Thirty something Women 18. Ex and the City

Series Three: Teal coloured box encased in a clear plastic slipcover, all four women on cover, headshots only. Sort of average packaging, not as good as series two, better than series one.

Episode list: 1.Where There's Smoke 2. Politically Erect 3. Attack of the 5'10" Woman 4. Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl 5. No ifs, ands or Butts 6. Are We Sluts 7. Drama Queen 8. The Big Time 9. Easy Come, easy Go 10. All or Nothing 11. Running with Scissors 12. Don't ask, Don't tell 13 Escape From New York 14. Sex and Another City 15. Hot Child in the City 16. Frenemies 17. What Goes Around Comes Around 18. Cock a Doodle Doo

Series Four: (nearly there now, you can have a brew in a minute...) Much better case again, baby blue cardboard slipcover with cutouts again. Inner package folds out to show three matching blue discs.

Episode List: 1.The Agony and the Ex-Tacy 2. The Real Me 3. Defining Moments 4. What's Sex Got to do With it? 5. Ghost Town 6. Baby, Talk is Cheap 7. Time is Punishmnt 8. My Motherboard, Myself 9. Sex and the Country 10. Belles of the Balls 11. Coulda. Woulda , Shoulda 12. Just Say Yes 13. The Good Fight 14. All that Glitters 15. Change of a Dress 16. Ring a Ding Ding 17. A 'Vogue Idea' 18. I Heart NY

Series Five: The shortest series at just eight episodes. In my opinion the series where Carrie is at her most annoying.... The package is nice. a burgundy slipcover with cutouts shaped as a skyline and the women peeping through. Inside all the photos are of Carrie, no other women on the discs. Hmmm. Diva? Anyone?

Episode List: 1. Anchors Away 2. Unoriginal Sin 3. Luck be an Old lady 4. Cover Girl 5. Plus one is the Lonliest Number 6. Critical Condition 7. The Big journey 8. I Love a Charade

Series Six: The End. No More Carrie. Sob. Sniff. Five Discs in this one, nice black case, pictures of all the women on the slipcover and on the fold out inner sleeve.

Episode List: 1. To Market, To Market 2. Great Sexpectations 3. The Perfect Present 4. Pick a Little, Talk a Little 5. Lights, camera, relationship 6. Hop Skip and a week 7. The Post-it Always Sticks twice 8. The Catch 9. A Woman's Right to Shoes 10. Boy, Interrupted 11. The Domino Effect 12.One 13. Let There be light 14. The ick factor 15. catch 38 16. Out of the frying Pan 17. The Cold war 18. Splat! 19. An American Girl in Paris(part Une) 20. An American Girl in Paris (Part deux)

I should point out that this set does not include the alternative endings to the last episode. Again, shame really. There are no extras on the DVDs either unless you count episode and scene selection as extras.

All in all this is a delightful set, it looks good on my shelf, and provides a fix of Carrie and the girls when I need it. I recommend it to those who are avid fans of the series. Partners of those who are avid fans may want to buy it as a gift and gain themselves unlimited kudos.

It costs £108 on Amazon but has been as low as £98 in some places. Well worth it. Enjoy! 

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