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本(🔨)剧集是BBC 2台(🐌)2000年正式推(🕸)出的(de )以青(qīng )年(nián )(🤴)人为题材(cái )和(hé )(🎹)对象的系(🛤)列情(🍖)景喜(🏴)剧，创(chuàng )意和编剧均由(👋)Steven Moffat一(🕔)人担(dān )当。三男(nán )三(🎡)女的(de )(🕯)主要人物(wù )(✳)构成(chéng )(🥄)很(🛹)容易使人联想到当时(🎫)正走红(😚)（其实已(😻)经(jīng )在走(🚑)下坡路）的《Friends》，因此很有不少根本(běn )没(méi )看过(❔)本剧的媒体人(rén )士和评(💻)论家想当然地将(jiāng )本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而(ér )在那些(🚻)有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看(🕐)来，《Coupling》在情节(💹)设定、人物表演(💍)、喜剧元(yuán )素(🈸)的设(shè )计和表现等(👪)诸(zhū )(🥋)多方(fāng )面所达到(🚶)的(de )水平，要比《Friends》高几个(⏲)档(dàng )次(cì )(🔤)。相(xiàng )比之下，《Friends》只(zhī )能(🔎)说(shuō )(🌂)是(shì )一部(👄)“业(yè )余(🖍)”水平的(🚡)好作(zuò )(📞)品而已。当然(🔲)总体来说，英(yīng )剧的水准本(👚)身就高(gāo )(👩)于美剧，这和(hé )英剧注(zhù )意保(bǎo )持创意、编剧一体化是分(👅)不(bú )开(kāi )的，美(měi )剧的(de )创(chuàng )意一般也就为最(zuì )初几集编剧，以(🙅)后主要(🍾)的编(biān )剧(🚓)工(gōng )作都是(👆)由其它编剧(🏆)根据(jù )最初的(⛎)角色(sè )设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍(wǔ )的(🍏)构(😻)成也是不(bú )断(duàn )(🤠)变化(huà )，老的走(zǒu )新(🐼)的来，造成美剧情节连贯性(xìng )差甚至前后矛(máo )盾，故(🚔)事往往缺乏深度，人物性格平(🛫)面化，缺少发(fā )展。这(zhè )都(dōu )是(🥖)题外(📒)话了。
(😯)《Coupling》的主要人(🐊)物包括(🧖)优柔寡(guǎ )断、性格不成熟的(de )帅哥(gē )Steve，Steve的莫(mò )逆之交、(Ⓜ)举止语言(📧)古怪(🚹)、总也找不(bú )到(🤯)女友的(de )Jeff，头脑简单(dān )(🗄)、(🌻)外(wài )表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位(wèi )对(😓)Porn、特(tè )别(🈵)是lesbian porn非常(😞)热中(❔)的(🐺)男(nán )士，以(yǐ )及(🧗)Steve的(de )前女友、神(shén )神叨叨(dāo )、擅用性(xìng )感(😜)作武器(👑)的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同(tóng )(🔤)事、曾(👮)经非(fēi )(🚱)常“不(bú )羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对(☔)衰老(lǎo )和肥胖极度(🧤)敏感的(🔹)美容师Sally三位女士。在第一集(jí )中，Steve决(jué )定(dìng )“再次”和(🆘)女友Jane分手，结果却被Jane三(🐻)言(🈷)两语(🧜)引(yǐn )(🔢)诱(yòu )到洗(🔰)手间亲热(🈁)；Patrick想把和(hé )Susan的关系再进一步，却(què )被告知根本不存(cún )在什么“关(🕙)系”；(🚃) Susan在(zài )洗手(🥪)间(jiān )碰到(dào )匆忙出来买(🚒)Durex的Steve，向他表示(🍁)好(hǎo )感，两人(rén )订下约会以后Steve钻进隔(🏺)间继续(📈)……。本剧的主(🖐)线(📎)包括Steve和 Susan之(zhī )间逐渐正式起来的(de )关系，Jeff寻找(zhǎo )艳(yàn )遇过程中(zhōng )的种种意外以及后来和上(🎿)司发展出来的一段关系，Patrick和(🕐)Sally之间若有若无到(🦑)若即若(🏣)离(💆)再(zài )到情深(shēn )难舍的(🚥)感情发展(🌼)，还(hái )有Jane在事业(yè )(🌕)和异性(xìng )关系(xì )中的各种奇事(🕠)，等等。
本剧在(👑)情节设计中所(suǒ )达到的精(jīng )(😧)致(zhì )(💜)和完美(měi )程度让(🆚)人(🎮)叹为观止(⛺)，而六(liù )(🌫)位(👭)当时并不算大(dà )明星的青年演员的所展现精(jīng )湛演技更是具有顶(dǐng )尖演员的(🎿)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(kě )以领略到(⏳)其(🏍)受(shòu )欢迎的(👀)程(chéng )度。2002年底(dǐ )，第3季播毕，故事情(🎮)节基(jī )本告(gào )一段落。美(měi )国NBC看到这部“英国版《Friends》”在英美两(🥈)地(😜)均广受欢迎，觉(jiào )得(dé )正好可以搬来做2004年终(🐣)于要(yào )关张(🍑)的《Friends》的(📝)接班人，于(🤕)是(🧛)2003年大张旗鼓地决(🐮)定翻拍(💙)美版《Coupling》。美(🐽)国的fans本来以为这是件好事，没想(🍉)到(dào )(🙉)NBC的(de )(😉)翻拍(pāi )(😉)愚蠢(chǔn )地采用了全台(tái )词照搬(🍰)的方法，虽(🚠)然个人没看过，不(bú )(🦃)过(😃)也可(kě )以想象到(♊)有多(duō )(🏳)恶心，结果只播出一(yī )集Pilot就因为(wéi )骂(mà )声太大而(♊)整个计(jì )划搁浅（这点上美(měi )国佬是值(🃏)得学习(xí )的，不(bú )象(xiàng )(🧑)中国有些搞影视(shì )的骂声越大越要(💿)上）。在这里(🎮)http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看(kàn )到(dào )这个计划的尸体(🚛)，还有一些彻底走了(🍄)味儿的剧照。
2003年底(dǐ )，本剧获得(😖)英国喜剧(jù )奖（BCA）最(zuì )佳电视喜剧奖。BBC已经在(zài )2004年正(🛰)式开拍并播出第(dì )(🖨)4季(👢)，不过Jeff这个人物将不(bú )再出(chū )(🅰)现，而代之(🚁)以(🐪)新角色——经营Sci-Fi书店的Oliver，由Richard Mylan扮(bàn )演。从(cóng )(⤵)已经播(bō )出的几(jǐ )集来看(kàn )，应该说在更换主要角色(sè )之一的(de )背景下(🧝)，基本保(✏)持了前3季的水准，但是同时也流露出(chū )对(🏥)前3季中(⛴)成(🤑)功情(📁)节进(jìn )行拷(🍫)贝的迹象，希望这仅仅是(shì )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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