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In order to properly participate in the New York City Fire Department's Calendar Contest, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and the girls journey from Manhattan to the exotic climes of Staten Island. There, the irascible Samantha (Kim Cattrall) wastes no time in fulfilling her fireman fantasy with hunky Ricky (Mike Lombardi), but is dismayed when their romp is interrupted when Ricky is called upon to fight an actual fire with his colleagues, who, Samantha is aghast to discover, are a bunch of regular Joes who don't live up to her hottie-with-a-hose fantasy. Carrie, meanwhile, finds herself pursued by Bill Kelley (John Slattery), a local politician. Although Carrie resists his overtures, she eventually yields to the older man. As for Charlotte (Kristin Davis), she decides that this will be the year she gets married, but her mission faces its first obstacle in the form of Arthur (Brad Beyer), whom she is currently dating. After he gets into a series of fist fights, Charlotte realizes it's time to move on to someone without bullying tendencies. The perpetually cynical Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) gets a lesson in strength and weakness when, despite her insistence that she doesn't need rescuing, Steve (David Eigenberg) escorts her home following her laser vision surgery and shows her that needing somebody's help shouldn't always be equated with weakness.