 Carrie has lunch with Petrovsky s ex Juliette B. who tells her he always gives priority to his art above his partner- she finds that true and has a generally bad time. Charlotte prepares with Anthony to receive her promised adoption baby s birth parents, but those changed their mind; ultimately she and Harry get another baby girl from China. Steve s ma Mary suffers memory loss after a heart attack, and Miranda offers to take her in, which their maid Magda calls love. Samantha finally admits that Smith means enough to her, unlike any other man, to be jealous. Mr. Big has finally realized that he cannot be happy without Carrie and sets out to bring her back to New York, just when she was considering to break up with the Russian anyhow.