剧情简介
本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推(tuī )出的以青(qīng )年人(🍥)为(wéi )题(🔧)材和对(duì )象(xiàng )的系(xì )列(liè )情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的(🕯)主(👁)要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正(🥞)走红(😚)（其(✖)实(shí )已经(jīng )(🚸)在走(zǒu )(🚑)下坡(pō )路）的(de )(😱)《Friends》，因(🔩)此很(hěn )有不少根(gēn )本没看(🔢)过本剧(jù )的(de )(🌑)媒体(🌊)人士和评论家想当然地(🐑)将本剧称(🤸)作英(🙄)国(guó )版的《Friends》，而(👃)在那些(xiē )有(🤲)幸(🕙)欣赏过(💠)本剧的观众们(men )看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演(💍)、喜剧元素(sù )(🈸)的设计和表(biǎo )现等诸多方面(🌪)所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个档次(cì )。相比(📸)之下，《Friends》只能(néng )(🔎)说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而(🏓)已。当然(rán )总体(tǐ )来说(shuō )，英剧的水准本身就(jiù )高(👩)于美剧(jù )(🤼)，这(zhè )和英(yīng )(🕺)剧注(zhù )意保持创(🍹)意、编(❄)剧一体化是(shì )分(👅)不(bú )开的，美剧(jù )的创意一(yī )(🐌)般也就为(👼)最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都(♊)是(shì )由其它(🍉)编剧根(gēn )(🐣)据(jù )最初(🎆)的角色设定来自由(👔)发(😼)挥，编剧(jù )队伍的构(gòu )成也是不(😄)断(duàn )变化，老的(de )走新的来，造(zào )成美剧情节(jiē )连贯性差甚至前(🍂)后矛(máo )盾，故(gù )事往(wǎng )往缺乏深度(🔚)，人物(wù )性格平面(📛)化(🏫)，缺少发展。这(🤙)都是题(⛄)外话(huà )了(😕)。
《Coupling》的(🌟)主要人物包括(kuò )优柔寡(🕶)断、性格不成(🤖)熟(♿)的帅哥(gē )Steve，Steve的莫(mò )逆之交、举止语(☔)言古怪(🚹)、总(🤩)也找不(🏥)到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外(🀄)表性感(gǎn )的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是(😎)lesbian porn非(fēi )常热(🖌)中(zhōng )的男(nán )士，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作(☕)武(wǔ )器(qì )(👑)的Jane，Steve的(🐑)继(jì )任女友、Jeff的同(🔤)事、曾经(jīng )非常“不羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的(🙈)莫逆、对(duì )衰老和肥胖极度(dù )(🧤)敏感(gǎn )的(de )美容师Sally三位女(🙂)士。在第一(yī )集中(🗄)，Steve决定“再次(🐋)”和女友Jane分手，结果却被Jane三言(🈷)两(🔪)语引诱到洗手间亲热；Patrick想把和Susan的关系再进一步(bù )，却被告(🙊)知根(gēn )(🏽)本(běn )不存在什么“关系(😯)”； Susan在洗手间(🐕)碰(🤱)到匆忙出(chū )来买(mǎi )Durex的(de )Steve，向他表示(🍁)好感(gǎn )，两人订(dìng )下约(👥)会以后Steve钻进(jìn )隔(gé )间继(📔)续(📈)……。本剧(jù )的(de )主线包括(❎)Steve和 Susan之间逐(zhú )渐正式起来的(😾)关系，Jeff寻找艳(yàn )遇过程(chéng )中的种(zhǒng )种意外(💳)以及后来和上司发(fā )展(🕗)出(chū )来(♊)的一段关系，Patrick和(🕐)Sally之间(jiān )若有(yǒu )(🏞)若无到若(🤼)即若离(💆)再(zài )(📓)到(dào )(🎹)情深(📸)难(🐥)舍的(de )感情发展，还(📴)有(yǒu )Jane在事业(yè )和异性(🔖)关(guān )系中(zhōng )的各(gè )种奇事(shì )(🕠)，等等。
本剧(🍪)在(👑)情(qíng )节设计中所(suǒ )达到的精致和完(wán )美程度让(ràng )人(🎮)叹为(🏾)观(guān )止，而六(liù )位(wèi )当(🐞)时(🚁)并不算大(🚳)明星的(de )青年演员(yuán )的所(🚶)展现精(jīng )湛演技更是(⛴)具有顶(dǐng )尖演员的水平，无(🔋)怪(🌥)乎播出之后立刻走红(hóng )大(🦏)洋两(♿)岸(🕠)，在(🌹)IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网(🎰)站(🛳)可以领略到(dào )其受欢(huān )迎(yíng )的(de )程度。2002年底，第3季播(bō )毕，故(👜)事情节基本告(🎳)一段落。美国NBC看到这(🎾)部(bù )“英(yīng )国版《Friends》”在英美(🥇)两(liǎng )地均广受欢迎，觉得正好可以(yǐ )搬来(lái )做2004年终于要(yào )关张的《Friends》的接班(🎻)人，于(🤕)是(🧛)2003年大张旗(qí )鼓地决定翻拍美版(bǎn )《Coupling》。美国的fans本(🚊)来以为(wéi )这是件(jiàn )好(hǎo )(🦌)事，没想(xiǎng )到NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用了(le )全台词照搬的方(fāng )法，虽然个人没看过(guò )，不过也(yě )可(🍥)以(yǐ )(🌤)想(xiǎng )象到有多恶(💵)心，结果只播出一集Pilot就因为骂(🎲)声(shēng )太大而(ér )(♊)整个(🗄)计划搁浅（这(🐱)点上(🥃)美(měi )国佬是值得(🎒)学(🛑)习的，不象中国有些搞影(🌒)视的骂声越大越要上）。在(🍧)这里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看(kàn )到这个(gè )计划(✴)的尸体，还有一(yī )些彻底(🕘)走(🐪)了(le )味儿的剧(🎥)照。
(✔)2003年(🔥)底(dǐ )，本(běn )(♟)剧获得英(🧛)国喜剧奖（BCA）最(zuì )佳电视喜剧(🛴)奖。BBC已经在(zài )2004年正式开(⬛)拍并(bìng )播出第4季，不(🍁)过(guò )Jeff这(🙈)个人物将不再(🌦)出现，而(♐)代之以新角色——经营Sci-Fi书(shū )(😼)店的Oliver，由Richard Mylan扮演。从已(🆚)经播出的(de )几(jǐ )集来看，应该说在更(😙)换(huàn )主(👙)要(yào )(🈲)角色之(➡)一的背景下，基(🕦)本保(✏)持了前3季的水准，但(🍔)是同时也流露出对(🏥)前3季中成功情节进行(háng )拷贝的(de )迹象，希望(wàng )这(🍛)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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