"A Bright Day"by Mark Berman "Second Reunion"by Ralphi Rosario "Harry Needs a Jew"by Lisa Gutkin "Up 'n' Down"by Louie R "Sultry Groove"by Rich Goldman & Dan Silver "Gifelte Fish"by Lisa Gutkin "Can't Have Kids"by Lisa Gutkin "Sultry Groove"by Rich Goldman & Dan Silver "Somewhere In a Dream"by Joel Evans "Face the Baby"by Bob Christianson "To Market, to Market" is the first episode of the sixth and final season of the American romantic sit-com Sex and the City, and the 75th episode overall.
[2] Carrie anxiously contemplates her first date with Jack Berger, while Charlotte considers the consequences of falling for her Jewish divorce lawyer, who insists he can only marry a fellow Jew; Miranda recognizes that she belongs with Steve, but resists her urge just long enough to discover he has moved on; and Samantha tries to get over Richard by resuming her promiscuous ways, this time with a stockbroker who has moved into her building.
[3][4][5] Reviewer Tom Shales of the Washington Post praised the episode highly for highlighting the show's metamorphosis over six seasons "from a simple comedy into something more engagingly complex — a drama-comedy, a dramedy, a commedrome, a dromedary, or whatever term might have to be invented to describe it.
"[3] The New York Sun's critic, on the other hand, expressed surprise at how unengaging the episode proved to be, predicting "After episode one, 'To Market, to Market,' only the rabid diehards will fail to share my sense of sadness at the direction Sex and the City seems to be taking in its final year."
The reviewer expressed particular disappointment with Carrie's continuing failure to commit, noting that actress Sarah Jessica Parker had vehemently opposed her character's breakup with fiancé Aidan, and also what he viewed as misuse of Kim Cattrall's "great and underrated talent" by removing Samantha's first true love story and driving "this wondrous character [to] return to her shallowest roots.