Easy Come Easy Go and Spacial Relationship

In the Sex and the City episode, "Easy come, Easy go," the idea of spacial relativity and its social role in relationships is seen through every seen. The show's setting takes place in Manhattan, New York, and thus uses the cities main attractions, restaurants and nightlife culture to its advantage. In two of the scenes when the four female characters, Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are all conversing their usual "girl talk" they do so in their normal cafe, each speaking freely and openly about their relationships with men, and things going on with their lives. In this aspect the four are all equal. In Chris Barker's, Cultural Studies text, he states; "Space is a social construct... Space is implicated in questions of power and symbolism, that is the power- geometry of space." (Pg.367) According to Barker then the relationships each of the women have with each other and with the men in their lives is based on the space and the social setting they are in.
In the Bedroom Samantha comes to a compromise over specific actions her partner Adam wants to take part in, Miranda feels awkward because her ex-boyfriend is still sleeping on her couch, Carrie is unable to concentrate because her steady boyfriend is redoing her apartment, and Charlotte is distressed over where and how Trey has agreed to marry her. While all these things are happening their relationships are affected based on the space they are occupying. Each setting and place affects how the character reacts. In the final scenes when Carrie is unable to concentrate and forced to spend the night in a hotel, she is confronted by her Ex Mr. Big. It is then at that hotel where she tells him off, because he is trying to infringe on her relationship with her current boyfriend, and it is also where Big passionately confronts her in an enclosed elevator. Miranda is left feeling depressed over the fact that her ex who needed her help in the first place to find a place is now ready to move on. Miranda finds it ironic that a man in New York can have a crappy job and no place but still be a catch, while the female who has a great job and has a place has issues.
In each scene the setting sets the tone how each character will act, or react. When Trey stops Charlotte and tells her they should stop and find her the most beautiful ring in Tiffany's, she decides to change her proposal story to him proposing in front of Tiffany's and then picking out her ring. Through each of the scenes the four women are able to interact with different people based on where they are. Big is only able to kiss Carrie because they are not in either of their houses where their mates are. They are only able to have an affair because they are alone. Their space and surrounding affect their actions and behavior.