<P> `` 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 a `` major tycoon , major dreamboat , and majorly out of ( Carrie 's ) league , '' according to the show 's dialogue . ( His real name is not revealed to viewers until the final episode of the series ; in a running joke , whenever Carrie is about to introduce Mr. Big to another character onscreen , she is interrupted before she can say his name . ) When Carrie and her friend 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 '' . When Carrie asks Big if he has ever been in love , he replies , `` Ab - so - fucking - lutely '' . </P>
<P> `` 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 a `` major tycoon , major dreamboat , and majorly out of ( Carrie 's ) league , '' according to the show 's dialogue . ( His real name is not revealed to viewers until the final episode of the series ; in a running joke , whenever Carrie is about to introduce Mr. Big to another character onscreen , she is interrupted before she can say his name . ) When Carrie and her friend 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 '' . When Carrie asks Big if he has ever been in love , he replies , `` Ab - so - fucking - lutely '' . </P>
when do we find out big 's name
when do we find out big 's name
the final episode of the series
the final episode of the series