There are several ideologies presented in this episode that would be considered wrong from a feminist standpoint. In this episode, the various stories imply that if people are single there must be something wrong with them. It is bad to think that being dependent on somebody else should classify a person as normal. Due to three different scenarios in this particular show, single people are ultimately depicted as freaky thieves with duel personalities that have no soul. It is a shame that most popular shows on television often fail to mention all the great qualities that a single person can possess. Usually, all that is hilighted in the life of a single person on television is #1 where they are going wrong, and #2 how they can find another human being (which is exactly what this episode demonstrates through the ladies’ lives).
Women are rarely shown on television without some kind of attachment to a man, search to meet a man, or desire to be married etc. Although the women of Sex and the City set a great example for career driven and independent women, there always seems to be the force of a man weighing them down. If Miranda is right about men being freaks if they are over 30 and single, then why do all the women in the show feel the need to be with them? If Amanda Lotz were to analyze the representations of the women in this episode, I believe she would be disappointed. Not only are the women dependent on men, the women are dependent on men that they do not even believe to be worthy of their time.
Women are rarely shown on television without some kind of attachment to a man, search to meet a man, or desire to be married etc. Although the women of Sex and the City set a great example for career driven and independent women, there always seems to be the force of a man weighing them down. If Miranda is right about men being freaks if they are over 30 and single, then why do all the women in the show feel the need to be with them? If Amanda Lotz were to analyze the representations of the women in this episode, I believe she would be disappointed. Not only are the women dependent on men, the women are dependent on men that they do not even believe to be worthy of their time. 
Although there are usually so many great aspects of a single woman’s life, television producers seem to draw out the worst parts to make shows appealing. In terms of Sex and the City, women are the ones who are targeted to watch this show, and therefore desperate, sad, single women are the ones who are expected to be drawn to the plot of this particular episode. There is definitely a need for producers to draw upon the great parts of a single woman’s life to prove to women around the world watching these shows that they do not need a partner to have a great life. 
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