GREAT PERFORMANCES

TAKE AWAY THEIR COITAL CONQUESTS, SMUTTY CONFABS, AND DROP-DEAD WARDROBES AND WHAT do you have? Four perfectly pitched, subtly nuanced, damn good actresses. We teared up as codependent slave-to-fashion Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) ricocheted between love and hate for Mr. Big; were shocked to see prissy shoe fiend Charlotte (Kristin Davis) let loose with a Hollywood boy toy; stood in awe as resident Mrs. Robinson, Samantha (Kim Cattrall), actually turn down sex; and were positively slack-jawed when power pussycat Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) - how should we put this - took one on the nose in an unforgettably explosive scene. Boy, do we ever respect them in the morning. - Jamie Bufalino