Aidan’s, shall we say, rustic cabin in the aptly-named village of Suffern, a short drive upstate from Manhattan, forms the setting for two hilarious Season 4 episodes. When Carrie, the self-confessed “bona fide city girl,” reluctantly agrees to, as she puts it, become a “hick-town hostage,” we see her dragging her fashionable luggage up rickety wooden stairs in five-inch heels; screaming bloody murder when she sees a squirrel; driving to New Jersey to get a phone signal and fast food; and then falling in the mud when moving railroad ties with Aidan. She calls it a day and heads back to the city after that, but then returns, closely followed by Big. His muddy fight with Aidan and their subsequent reconciliation over brunch provide the perfect ending for this foray into the country. An utterly awful holiday, but excellent TV.
4. Atlantic City
As standalone holiday episodes in new locations go, Season 5’s “Luck Be an Old Lady” is surely the show’s best: the one where the girls decide to celebrate Charlotte’s 36th birthday by joining Samantha and her then boyfriend Richard Wright on their weekend break to Atlantic City. After their arrival at the fittingly tacky, cigarette smoke-filled Taj Mahal casino, they all go out to dinner, and Charlotte begins to spiral when Miranda buys her an “Old Maid” card game. Cue a very Atlantic City makeover for our prim Park Avenue princess, complete with a super-tight, low-cut, cowl-neck halter dress and a big blowout, as she tries to get her mojo back.
Meanwhile, Miranda proves she’s great at gambling (and taking down body-shamers); Samantha becomes convinced that Richard is cheating on her with all of the hotel staff and finally breaks things off; and Carrie, delighted at having brought the whole gang together, gets her wish of a new group photo, albeit whilst playing Old Maid and eating peppermint taffy in the back of a bus. Most incredibly, all of this happens in just 29 minutes.
3. Los Angeles
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