13 Major ‘Sex and the City’ Breakup Episodes, Ranked by Devastation

Where there’s sex, there’s an ex. Over six seasons, the four women of Sex and the City had a lot of sex. There were dozens of one-night stands, boyfriends, a girlfriend, fiances, even husbands.

Most of those relationships went bust (some of them two or three times!). The breakups could be funny, like when Samantha was left in the firehouse naked by a firefighter who went on a call. And they could be heartbreaking, like Carrie and Aidan by the water fountain.

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In honor of the 18th anniversary of the show’s June 6 premiere, here are the 13 major breakups of significant relationships (no one-night stands) from Sex and the City, ranked by how shattering they were.