Sex and the City-Season 6 (2004)

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General		Extras
Category	Drama	Main Menu Introduction Main Menu Audio & Animation
Rating
Year Of Production	2004
Running Time	590:00
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered Multi Disc Set (5)	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Language Select Then Menu
Region Coding	2,4	Directed By	Daniel Algrant Allison Anders John David Coles Martha Coolidge
Studio Distributor	Paramount Home Entertainment	Starring	Sarah Jessica Parker Kim Cattrall Kristin Davis Cynthia Nixon Chris Noth John Corbett Willie Garson David Eigenberg Kyle MacLachlan
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RPI	$76.95	Music	Kenneth Burgomaster Douglas J. Cuomo Daniele Luppi

    What is one to do? The Practice is gone. So too Friends, and Frasier. Who knows how much time the long running E.R. or The West Wing have got left before their inevitable finales. The recent return of Seinfeld reruns to Channel 10 once again has me fighting through fits of nostalgia. One becomes sometimes painfully aware that all good things must eventually come to an end, the adventures of the four fabulous women of Sex and the City unfortunately not being an exception. What a way to end though!  The sixth and final season was consistently fantastic, complete with a fairytale double-episode ending that saw Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) enjoying the sights of the city of love then realising that her true love is (I dare not say for those who've not yet seen it).

    Twenty episodes of fun, excitement, occasional vulgarity thanks largely to Samantha (Kim Cattrall), cuteness (Charlotte's (Kristin Davis) domain) and some often surprising warmth from the ordinarily cool and collected Miranda (Cynthia Nixon). Old flames reappear and disappear, whilst new loves arrive, some sticking around for a while and others off the scene by a single episode's end. I won't offer any more ham fisted analysis because quite frankly the show is best left to the fans to watch (sometimes over and over and over) to enjoy the antics, troubles, and joys of these four wonderful characters in the best city in the world!

    There is Sex and the City information everywhere so I won't do anything more than list the episodes. For all the details you can look at www.hbo.com/city or even www.tvtome.com/SexandtheCity.

Episode List

1. to market, to marker

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 (a.k.a. no shoes, no service)

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)

Video

    As expected, the video quality of successive seasons improves quite significantly, with this final season looking the best of the lot. It is presented at its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1, obviously without 16x9 enhancement.

    Sharpness levels are uniformly good without being fantastic, with commendable levels of shadow detail.

    Colours are well controlled and look terrific. The ladies look magnificent in their often astounding garments - the Oscar de la Renta gown The Russian buys Carrie is one of many fashion highlights. Skin tones look terrific.

    There are some instances of grain but nothing like on earlier seasons. Compression artefacts are also kept to a relative minimum.

    Aliasing and other film to video artefacts are also limited.

    Film artefacts are absolutely minimal.

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Audio

    There are two audio tracks on offer, both Dolby Stereo 2.0 - one in English, the other appropriately in French.

    Audio sync is terrific.

    Dialogue is clear and easy to understand.

    There were no dropouts, clicks or other audio blemishes to speak of.

    The surrounds and subwoofer don't get much to do at all.

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    There are no extras, which is a major disappointment. More on that below.

    The current Region 4 release (there may be another later down the track - it seems the distributor was eager to cash in on the final episodes airing on TV) misses out on a lot.

• 5.1 Dolby Digital English track
• 8 audio commentaries from Sex and the City guru Executive Producer Michael Patrick King
• Museum of TV and Radio Seminar featuring King and the four leads (75 minutes approx.)
• Previews for all twenty episodes                     
• Three never before seen alternative endings to the season finale
• Two farewell tributes (30 minutes each approx.)
• 2004 US Comedy Arts Festival Seminar
• Deleted Scenes from seasons 1-6

    Now do you want to wait for the supposedly coming 'special edition' release of the season on Region 4, or bite the bullet and get the Region 1 release, which is spread over two boxes (much like early renditions of The West Wing)? The Region 1 release is clearly better, it's just a matter of how badly you want the extra material.

    Sex and the City: Season 6 is fantastic.

    The video is excellent.

    The audio is fine.

    The complete lack of extras is very disappointing.

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