Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
Both specifically in S2E16 with Carrie dating a recovering alcoholic, Carrie herself is also implied to be addicted to cigarettes, as she struggles throughout S3 to quit for a guy who doesn't smoke.
S2E16: Carrie dates a recovering alcoholic, who develops an addiction to having sex with her. At the end of the episode, when she rejects his advances, he relapses.
The girls go to a spa. While at the spa Samantha finishes a massage and is told by a women her masseuse ‘went down on her’. Samantha being herself ends up getting a massage from this man. As time is almost over for her massage as the masseuse still hasn’t made a move. She makes a move herself and grabs his bulge. He is very obviously uncomfortable by it
S2E9: Carrie cheats on her current boyfriend with Big, in a scene where he forcefully kisses her in an elevator (though the sex itself is portrayed as consensual).
There are episodes at a beach (season 2 episode 17 has a lot of beach scenes in particular). In season 3 episode 1 there are scenes on a Ferry crossing a body of water. In Season 3 episode 8 there is a party on a boat.
S2 E17- the girls are at a beach bonfire and some background characters vomit - it’s quick and not super gory Also this episode: Carrie sees Big at a party in the Hamptons and after talking to him runs to the beach. Miranda comes to check on her and she abruptly vomits. It’s at the very end of the episode. S4 E12 - Carrie finds an engagement ring in a workout bag and runs to her sink and vomits. Kind of gross- as an emetephobe I close my eyes. Same episode- Miranda is on the phone with Carrie and asks her to hold on one second and we can see her lean over the toilet and hear a sound. You can’t see any vomit.
Season 4 episode 3 there is a guy who pees and poos into the toilet while another character is in the bathroom. You can hear it happening so if that is a trigger you may want to avoid this episode.
Not specifically, but there is a lot of biphobia in general in the show. In particular, season 3 episode 4 is extremely biphobic. Some more mild biphobia around a main character who usually dates men dating a woman in early season 4.
S6E10: Carrie sees a man who we later find out has admitted himself into a mental institution. Carrie visits him in the institution, and while the scene depicts the institution itself as being both calming and therapeutic for him, he admits that it's intensive. You get a brief scene where a man (not the one Carrie is seeing) is being restrained at the institution.
Usually as a joke, characters will suggest they kill themselves in embarrassing situations (i.e. S3E13 Carrie says "should we just get two guns and kill ourselves?" when her and Charlotte are talking about difficult situations in their relationships).
Carrie and her friends date a few men who reveal having a mental illness over the course of a few single episode story archs. The main characters then decide to not date the men due to their mental illness, or it doesn't work out because of their illness. Episodes include season 1 episode 11 The Drought, season 2 episode 13 Games People Play, season 2 episode 16 Was It Good For You, and season 6 episode 10, Boy Interrupted.
S3E18: Carrie does multiple voice-overs throughout the episode where she refers to a group of trans women in Samantha’s neighborhood as “half men, half women”, and frequently refers to them as men with he/him pronouns.
Towards the end of the ep, the girls make a joke about crude language in front of ladies, to which Miranda replies "Where?" (referring to the trans women they invited to a party).
Season 4 episode 4 has a really unfortunate and ridiculous portrayal of a man with ADHD. A main character then decides she can't date the man because of his ADHD.
There are multiple episodes where a character will date someone who has a mental illness. The person with a mental illness is then described as being undesirable for reasons relating to the mental illness, or the mental illness creates an insurmountable dating obstacle. Episodes include season 1 episode 11 The Drought, season 2 episode 13 Games People Play, season 2 episode 16 Was It Good For You, and season 6 episode 10, Boy Interrupted.
S4E17: Carrie works for a man, who is stated as being old enough to be her father, who attempts to pursue a relationship with her. Samantha has a threesome with a man and a 21 year old waitress, who is also assumed to be young enough to be the man's daughter (she calls him 'daddy', which gets her kicked out).
Season 1 epidode 7: a man is described as now having a monogamous relationship with his dog around the topic of oral sex. There isn't a detailed description and the act isn't depicted on screen.
Season 2 episode 11, a male character that a main character is dating freaks out over seeing a mouse. He gets broken up with commentary about how her masculine side was not evolved enough to date a man whose feminine side was so evolved. It feels written for the audience to laugh at the man for being afraid.
Yes, in the final episode, Steve's mother is seen having alzheimers like symptoms/behavior. Explained as complications from a stroke, but in the first movie is described as "Advanced alzheimers)
No. In S4E11, many characters discuss abortion, but while some characters might disagree over the guy's role in decision-making, some characters discuss having had an abortion before and approach the subject with kindness and understanding.
Season 3 episode 11, blood on a character's face after she falls. Season 3 episode 12, a character cuts her finger deeply enough that she may need stitches.