 The Manhattan quartet takes the ferry to Staten Island when Carrie is on the jury for the New York Fire Department s annual male calendar finalists selection, together with a politician who s rather interested in her. Sam gets the hottest fireman in her opinion in her bed, but her fantasy of doing it in the fire station proves less romantic then she hoped. Charlotte s next dream prince suddenly turns out too macho. Miranda insists on proving her independence by refusing the practical assistance Steve volunteers when she s scheduled for laser eye-surgery.