| Steve the bartender
isn't standard dating material. He's sweet, soft-spoken,
sincere, and he believes in monogamy. On top of all that,
living in Manhattan, he's managed to hold onto his boyish
charm. All of these qualities - and those big blue eyes
behind little wire-rim glasses - broke through the cynicism
of Miranda and made the most independent of the SATC girls
embark on a real honest-to-goodness relationship. At least
for a while...
Alas, what makes Steve so adorable is also what makes
him so intolerable to Miranda. In the fast-paced career-driven
mind of Miranda, Steve is lacking in ambition and maturity.
He doesn't own a suit, he's messy (remember those "skid
marks") and takes shooting hoops about as seriously
as Miranda takes the law. He's fine with who he is,
but Miranda isn't. In an early and telling moment, Steve
says, "There's always going to be things out of
my reach." Ever optimistic, he was ready to go
the distance with Miranda. When he suggested they have
a baby, she blew up. "You ARE a kid," she
tells him. So, Steve returned with a puppy - that Miranda
ended up taking care of.
Still, Miranda had a lot of trouble giving up Steve.
After all, like a puppy, he's cute and scruffy and he
worshipped her. And he isn't without some drive: he's
now the successful owner of a hip downtown bar. Even
after they split up, Miranda and Steve remained friends
(and sometimes lovers). When Miranda had laser eye surgery,
he was there to help her get home. And when Steve lost
one of his testicles to cancer, Miranda came to the
rescue. When he asked Miranda what size his faux replacement
testicle should be, he was downcast when she said medium.
Miranda rushed to assure him, "A large medium."
And Miranda even bolstered his now fragile manhood with
a "mercy fuck."
Steve's virility was more than confirmed when Miranda
found out she was carrying his child. With the birth
of Brady Hobbes, she had a chance to see if the little
boy in Steve was ready for fatherhood, and after a rocky
start (including the constant fear that he'd accidentally
kill the baby), he came through with flying colors.
As Steve matured as a father, he became more and more
appealing to Miranda, leading the couple to reconcile
on Brady's first birthday.
- from HBO.com
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