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(🌠) 本剧(🆓)集(jí )是BBC 2台2000年正(zhèng )式推出的以青年人为题材和对(🆖)象的系列情景喜剧，创意和(😧)编(biān )剧(📿)均(jun1 )由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主(zhǔ )要(🙍)人(rén )物构成(🥄)很(hěn )容易使人(rén )联想到(dào )当时(shí )(🎫)正走红(😚)（其(✖)实已经在走下坡路）的(😱)《Friends》，因此很(hěn )有不(bú )少根(⏯)本没看过本剧的(de )媒(méi )体人士(shì )和(🥔)评论(🗞)家想当然地将本剧称(🤸)作(zuò )英国版的《Friends》，而(ér )在那(🔔)些(🚻)有(🤲)幸(xìng )欣赏过本(👺)剧(⛳)的观众们看(kàn )来(lái )，《Coupling》在情节(jiē )设定、人物表(🛎)演、(🚗)喜剧元素的(➡)设(shè )计和表现等诸(zhū )多方(🃏)面所达到的水平(píng )，要比《Friends》高几个档次。相(💏)比之下(xià )，《Friends》只能说是一(🌱)部(bù )(👄)“业(yè )余(yú )”水(shuǐ )平的好(hǎo )作(zuò )品而已。当然总体来说(shuō )，英剧的(de )水(shuǐ )准(🐂)本身就(jiù )高于美剧，这(📬)和英(yīng )剧注意保(🚤)持创意(yì )、编剧一(🈺)体化是(🔮)分不开的，美剧的创(chuàng )意一般也就(jiù )为(wéi )最(zuì )初(chū )几集(🏡)编剧(jù )，以后(hòu )(🛃)主要(yào )的编剧工作都是由(yóu )其(qí )它(🍉)编(🗒)剧根据最初的角色设定来自由(yóu )发挥，编剧队伍的构成也(⏭)是(shì )不断变(🐑)化，老的走新的来，造成(📸)美(🌲)剧情(👅)节连贯性差甚至前(qián )后矛(🌸)盾，故事往往缺乏(fá )深(😓)度(🔚)，人物性(🔡)格平(píng )(🛫)面化，缺(quē )(🏺)少发展。这都(dōu )是题(tí )外话(🤫)了(le )。
(😯)《Coupling》的(de )(🌟)主要人物包括(🧖)优柔寡断、(🔘)性(🤬)格不成熟(♿)的帅(shuài )哥Steve，Steve的莫(mò )逆之交、(Ⓜ)举止语(yǔ )言古怪、总(zǒng )也找不(bú )到(🤯)女友的Jeff，头(tóu )脑简(jiǎn )单(dān )、外表(🎅)性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别(bié )是(😎)lesbian porn非常热(rè )中(❔)的男士，以及(🧗)Steve的前女(nǚ )友、神(🔝)神(🐖)叨叨(dāo )、擅用性感作(zuò )武(🕎)器的Jane，Steve的继任女(🏄)友、Jeff的同事(shì )、(🔷)曾(céng )经非(fēi )常“不羁”（包(bāo )括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和(hé )肥胖极(🌚)度敏感(🥗)的美容师Sally三位女士。在第(🍗)一集中，Steve决定“再次”和(🆘)女(🌮)友Jane分(💴)手(shǒu )(⚾)，结果却(què )被Jane三言两语(yǔ )引诱到(dào )洗手间(🥟)亲热；(😣)Patrick想把和(👆)Susan的关系再进一(yī )步(🛴)，却被(bèi )告(🙊)知根本(běn )不(🗝)存(cún )在什么(me )“关系”； Susan在洗手间碰到匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向他表示好感(👷)，两人(👯)订(dìng )下约会以(yǐ )后Steve钻(zuàn )进(😾)隔间继续…(✨)…。本剧的(😢)主线包(bāo )括Steve和 Susan之(🎶)间逐渐正式起来的(de )关系(xì )，Jeff寻找艳(♌)遇过程中的种(zhǒng )种意(📈)外以及后(⛲)来和上司发展(🕗)出来的一段关(🐬)系，Patrick和Sally之间(jiān )若(ruò )有若无到若(🤼)即若(🏣)离再到(🎹)情(😣)深难(🐥)舍的(🚥)感情发(🔡)展，还有(🏷)Jane在事业(🌕)和异性关系(🎣)中的(de )各种奇事(shì )，等(děng )等。
(📬) 本剧(jù )在情节设计(jì )中所(🚟)达到(dào )的精致(💜)和(♊)完美(⚡)程度让人叹为观止(zhǐ )，而六(liù )位当时并不算大明星(🎹)的青(qīng )年(nián )演员的所(suǒ )(🚶)展(zhǎn )现精湛演(👚)技(jì )更(gèng )是具有顶尖演员的(🎿)水平，无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸，在(zài )IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站(🛳)可以领略(luè )到其受欢(🚳)迎(yíng )的程度。2002年底，第3季播(bō )毕(🎠)，故事情节(🖲)基(jī )本(běn )告一段(duàn )落(🥍)。美(🦒)国(🏁)NBC看到(🚍)这(zhè )部“英国版《Friends》”在英美(měi )两地均广受欢(huān )迎，觉得(🎟)正(🤫)好可(kě )以搬来(lái )做2004年终于要关张的《Friends》的接班(bān )人，于是2003年大张旗鼓地决定翻拍美版(✂)《Coupling》。美国的fans本来以为这(👂)是(shì )件好事(🏄)，没(🐄)想到NBC的翻拍(pāi )愚(yú )蠢地采(💠)用(yòng )了全(🥩)台词照搬的(🛤)方法，虽然个(🔝)人(rén )没看(kàn )过，不过也(yě )可(kě )(🍥)以想(xiǎng )象(😍)到有多恶(💵)心，结(🗞)果只播(bō )(🏞)出一集Pilot就因为骂(mà )(🎲)声太大而整(zhěng )个计划(👘)搁浅（这点上美国佬是(shì )值(zhí )得(🎒)学(xué )习的，不象中(🤧)国有些(🤯)搞影视的骂声越(yuè )大越要上）。在(🍧)这里(🎮)http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看(🏕)到这(zhè )(🍕)个计(jì )划(✴)的(de )尸体(🚛)，还有一些彻底(dǐ )走了味儿的(💞)剧(jù )(🎥)照(📼)。
2003年(🔥)底，本剧获(🎏)得(dé )英国喜(🤐)剧(🤙)奖(jiǎng )（BCA）最(zuì )佳(jiā )电视喜(xǐ )(📸)剧(jù )奖。BBC已经在2004年正式(shì )开(kāi )拍(🦋)并(bìng )播出第4季，不过Jeff这(zhè )个人物将不再出现(😂)，而代(dài )(🥡)之以新角色——经营Sci-Fi书店的(de )Oliver，由Richard Mylan扮演。从已经播出的几(🦌)集来(➗)看，应该说在更换主要角色(👣)之一(yī )的(de )背景下，基本(běn )保(bǎo )持了前3季的水(shuǐ )准，但是同(tóng )时(🚳)也(🎽)流(🤞)露出对前3季中(⛴)成功(gōng )情节进(✨)行拷(🍫)贝的迹象，希望这仅(jǐn )仅(jǐn )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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