剧情简介
本剧(jù )集是BBC 2台(tái )2000年正式(shì )推(🕸)出(🛍)的以(yǐ )青(🤢)年(nián )人为(🎺)题(🔧)材(cái )和对象的系(xì )列情(qíng )景喜(xǐ )剧，创意(💤)和(hé )(😧)编剧均由Steven Moffat一(🕔)人担当。三男三女的主要(🙍)人物构成(chéng )很容易使(🚥)人联想到当时正走红（其(✖)实已经在走(zǒu )下坡路）(🤯)的(😱)《Friends》，因(yīn )此很有不少(🛑)根(gēn )本没看(🔢)过本(běn )剧的媒体人(㊗)士和(hé )评论家想当然地将本剧称(🤸)作(🌞)英(yīng )国(guó )版的《Friends》，而在那些(🚻)有幸(xìng )欣赏过(guò )(💠)本剧的观(guān )众们看来，《Coupling》在情节(💹)设定(🏉)、人(🍑)物表演、喜(🐾)剧元素的设(shè )计和表现等诸多方面(🌪)所(suǒ )达(🌼)到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个(gè )档次。相比(📸)之下，《Friends》只能说(shuō )是一(yī )部(bù )“业余”水(shuǐ )平(🔥)的好作品而已(yǐ )。当然总体来说(👗)，英剧的水准(zhǔn )本身就高于美剧，这(📬)和英(🕺)剧注(zhù )意保持(chí )创(chuàng )意(yì )(⛴)、编剧一体化是分不(bú )开的，美剧的创意一(🐌)般(bān )也就为最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都(dōu )是由其(🏗)它编剧(🏆)根据最初的角色设定来自由发(😼)挥(huī )，编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化，老的走(zǒu )新的来，造成美剧情节连贯(guàn )性(xìng )差甚至前后(hòu )矛盾，故(🚔)事往往(wǎng )缺乏(fá )深度(🔚)，人物(wù )性格(gé )平面化，缺少发展(zhǎn )(🍏)。这(🤙)都是题外(wài )(📒)话(🤫)了。
《Coupling》的主(🔀)要人物包括(kuò )(🧖)优柔(❣)寡(guǎ )断、性格不(bú )成(🤖)熟(shú )的(de )帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的(⏫)Jeff，头脑(nǎo )简单、外(🀄)表(🎅)性(xìng )感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热(rè )中的(de )(🐺)男(nán )(➗)士，以(yǐ )(💃)及Steve的前女(nǚ )友、神神叨叨、擅用性感(😜)作武器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同(tóng )(🔤)事(shì )、曾经非常“不(bú )羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的(de )Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖(pàng )(👎)极度敏感的美容师Sally三(sān )位女士。在第一(yī )集中(🗄)，Steve决(🈳)定“再(📊)次”和(hé )(🆘)女友Jane分手，结果却被Jane三言两语(🧜)引诱到(🍺)洗手间亲热；Patrick想把(bǎ )和(👆)Susan的(de )关系(xì )再进(jìn )一步，却被告(gào )知(📃)根本(🔛)不存在什么“关(🕙)系(xì )”； Susan在洗手间(🐕)碰到匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向(⚡)他(🎷)表示好感，两(liǎng )(🧛)人订下(xià )约会以后Steve钻进(jìn )隔(🏺)间(📫)继(📔)续……。本剧的(de )主(zhǔ )线包(🏗)括(kuò )Steve和(hé ) Susan之间逐(🔥)渐正式起来(lái )的关系，Jeff寻(💝)找(zhǎo )艳遇过程中的(㊙)种(zhǒng )种(🖇)意外(💳)以及后(⛲)来(lái )和上司发展出来的一段关系，Patrick和(hé )Sally之间若有若无到若(🤼)即(jí )若离再到(🎹)情(qíng )深难舍的感情发展，还有Jane在事业和异性关系(xì )(🎣)中的各种奇事，等(děng )(❇)等。
本剧在(👑)情(qíng )节设(shè )计(🌜)中(😧)所达到的精致和(♊)完美程度让(🆚)人叹为观(guān )止(zhǐ )，而(🕤)六位当(🐞)时并不算大明星的(de )青年演员的所展(zhǎn )现精湛(zhàn )演技更(🍏)是(shì )具(jù )(🥝)有顶尖演员的(de )水平，无怪乎播出(chū )之后立刻走(👂)红大洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度(dù )。2002年底，第3季(jì )播毕(🎠)，故事情节基(jī )(🏉)本(📄)告一段落(🥍)。美国NBC看到这(zhè )部(bù )“英(📪)国版《Friends》”在英美(měi )两地(dì )均(🛍)广受(shòu )欢迎(yíng )，觉(jiào )得正(🤫)好(hǎo )可以搬来做2004年终于要关张的《Friends》的接班(bān )人，于是2003年大张旗鼓地决(🐮)定(dìng )翻拍(pāi )美版(✂)《Coupling》。美(měi )国(guó )的fans本来以为这(👂)是件好事(shì )，没想到NBC的翻拍愚(🚪)蠢地(dì )采用(yòng )(🎒)了全台词(🍭)照搬的方法，虽(suī )然个(🔝)人没看(kàn )过(🐍)，不(bú )过也可以想象到(♊)有多(🏳)恶心，结果(guǒ )只(🚲)播(bō )出一集Pilot就因(🧚)为骂声太大(🧘)而(ér )整个计划(huá )(👘)搁(💀)浅（这(zhè )点上美国(🛂)佬是值得学(xué )习的(de )，不(🗡)象中(zhōng )(🤧)国有(🔯)些搞影视(🎖)的(🌽)骂(🖌)声(shēng )(🤡)越大越要(💿)上）。在这里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看到这个(🕘)计划的(🍅)尸(👴)体，还有(🚏)一些彻(chè )底(dǐ )走(zǒu )了味儿的(💞)剧照。
2003年(🔥)底，本剧获得(dé )英国(🚁)喜(🤐)剧奖（BCA）(🚗)最佳(jiā )电(🎵)视喜(📸)剧奖。BBC已经在2004年正式(shì )开拍并(🌡)播(bō )出(🎃)第(dì )4季，不(🍁)过Jeff这个人物(💧)将不再出现，而代之以新(🥘)角色——(🎾)经(jīng )营Sci-Fi书店的(de )(🌼)Oliver，由(yóu )Richard Mylan扮(bàn )演。从(⤵)已(🆚)经(jīng )播出的(de )(😥)几集(🦃)来看，应(yīng )该说在(🌔)更(😙)换主要角(jiǎo )色(👣)之一的背(bèi )景下，基(jī )(🕦)本(😠)保持了(♊)前(qián )3季的水准，但是同(🤱)时(🚳)也流(liú )露出对(🏥)前3季(🔺)中成功(gōng )情节进行拷贝的迹象，希(📆)望(🐈)这(zhè )仅仅(👳)是偶然。
Two's company, three's a crowd... so what do you do with six? On average, men and women think about sex every six seconds. Shorten that to every second, and you've got Coupling. It's more than just a one night stand!
(🥪) (🔎)When a couple gets together, it's never just the two of them - they also bring baggage - and Susan (Sarah Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenport) are no exception. Their baggage is a crowd of best friends and exes who talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps...
(🏖) Susan Walker is a beautiful go-getter with an uninhibited attitude who used to date Patrick Maitland (Ben Miles), the sextet's charismatic, cocky player, London's king of conquests - a guy who's just too cool to worry about being smart. Attractive Sally Harper (Kate Isitt) is a beauty therapist who is Susan's unashamedly vain best friend, who aggressively battles aging with heavy doses of moisturizer and men - including Patrick.
Meanwhile, Steve Taylor, while getting together with Susan, can't seem to shake loose from his vivacious and slightly vacuous ex-girlfriend Jane Christie (Gina Bellman), a woman supremely confident in her ability to seduce anyone of either sex, and who refuses to be dumped unless she's the one doing the dumping. Jeff Murdoch (Richard Coyle) is Steve's "porn buddy" who is, in equal parts, obsessed and bewildered by actual sex charming in his way, but with an uncanny ability to say the wrong thing at the worst possible time. He works in the same office as Susan, with whom he had a disastrous and unsuccessful one-night fling.
Coupling has been honoured with the prestigious Silver Rose of Montreux, Best TV Comedy Award, and is recent winner at the 2003 British Comedy Awards.
(🈚) With a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way, commitment in the air, and love on the horizon, the dynamics of the six friends are definitely changing.
(📛) At the end of last season Susan and Steve discovered they were pregnant (well, mostly Susan), confirmed bachelor Patrick and Sally finally admitted their true feelings for each other, and poor Jane was left on her own, once again.
But it's not all doom and gloom for Jane. As the new season opens, things are looking up. There's this guy called Oliver, who has his eye on her. Is it possible that lifetime loser in love Oliver might just get somewhere with lifetime loser in love Jane? Trouble is, his apartment is a little "un-edited" and his living room has lost the battle with magazine nudity...
Susan and Steve are now well and truly an item. So why is he dreaming about being executed by a fetus with an axe?
Meanwhile Sally and Patrick are settling into their new relationship. But since the dawn of time, men and women have been falling in love - and men have been trying to get home straight afterwards. Can fallen playboy Patrick ever find his way back from the enchanted glade of his one true love and get a decent night's sleep?
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