Pilot Episode
"Big" appears in the first episode of Sex and the City as a very attractive stranger who helps Carrie pick up the contents of her purse (notably cosmetics and condoms) after she is accidentally bumped by a stranger on the streets of Manhattan. The nickname "Big" refers to his status as "the next Donald Trump" and "major tycoon, major dreamboat, and majorly out of league". When Carrie and Samantha bump into Big at a nightclub, Samantha tries to hit on him, but he tactfully declines. In the first few episodes, he and Carrie frequently bump into one another, until finally Big suggests the two of them should bump into one another on purpose. Carrie agrees and thus begins their on-again-off-again relationship. Big calls Carrie by the nickname "Kid". Their conversation about being in love has become an iconic Sex and the City moment: Carrie asks Big if he has ever been in love and he replies, "Ab-so-fucking-lutely".
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