SAISON 1 - EPISODE 5 Carrie and Samantha are desperately trying to snag a table at Balzac, the "it" New York restaurant of the era. Their mission fails at the hands of the hostess, who has quickly become the most powerful woman in Manhattan simply by deciding who gets a reservation and who doesn’t. She’s a sort of nightlife gatekeeper—like Isaac, the famous bouncer, but without the smile. Power and women: that’s the theme Carrie explores in this episode, or more specifically,