主演：杰克·达文波特 吉娜·贝尔曼 莎拉·亚历山大 Kate Isitt 本·迈尔斯 理查德·柯伊尔
类型：喜剧,欧美 地区：英国 年份：2002
简介： 本(běn )剧(jù )集是BBC 2台2000年(🕋)正式推出的以青年(🤴)人为(wéi )题(tí )材和对象(xiàng )(🥈)的系列情(qíng )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(chéng )很容易使(shǐ )人联想(🛺)到当时正走红（其(✖)实(🙁)已经在走下坡路(🕕)）的《Friends》，因此很有不少根本(😞)没(méi )看过(guò )本(💱)剧的媒(🎛)体人士和评论(lùn )(🗞)家想当然地将本剧称(chēng )作(zuò )英国版的(🙀)《Friends》，而在那(nà )些(xiē )有幸(🕙)欣赏过(💠)本剧的(de )观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设(shè )定(dìng )(🏉)、人物表演(💍)、喜剧(🦇)元(😊)素(🈸)的设计(jì )和表(biǎo )现等诸多方面(miàn )所达到的水(shuǐ )平，要比《Friends》高几个(gè )档次(🔤)。相比之下，《Friends》只能(néng )说是(🔙)一(yī )部(bù )(👄)“业余”水(💣)平的好(🌸)作品(pǐn )而已。当然总体来说(👗)，英剧的水准本(běn )身(shēn )就高于(yú )美剧(jù )，这和英剧(💑)注(🎴)意(😉)保持(chí )创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创(🈂)意一般也就为(wéi )最(zuì )初几集编剧，以后主(zhǔ )要(🍾)的编剧工作都是(👆)由其它编(biān )剧根据最初的角色设定来自由(yóu )发挥，编(♟)剧(jù )队(🦐)伍(🏁)的构成也是不断(duàn )变化(huà )，老(😙)的(de )走新的来，造成(chéng )美剧情节(jiē )连(lián )贯性(xìng )差(chà )(🦄)甚至前后(🏉)矛盾，故事往往缺乏(🚹)深度，人物性(xìng )(🔡)格平面(📛)化，缺少发展。这都是题外话(🤫)了。 (🙇) 《Coupling》的(🌟)主(zhǔ )要(🛥)人(rén )物包括优(yōu )柔寡断、性(🤬)格不(👉)成(chéng )熟的(de )帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、(🚄)总也找(😍)不到(dào )女友的(⏫)Jeff，头(🛺)脑(👂)简(jiǎn )单、外(wài )表性感的“donkey” Patrick三(⚡)位对Porn、特别(bié )是lesbian porn非(🍄)常热中的男士(🥏)，以及Steve的前女友(yǒu )、神神叨(😇)叨、擅用性感作武(🕎)器的Jane，Steve的(de )继任女(🏄)友、Jeff的同事(shì )、曾经(💽)非(fēi )常“不(👕)羁”（包括和(hé )Jeff还有(yǒu )Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的(🙈)莫逆、对(duì )衰老(lǎo )和肥(🐮)胖(pàng )极(🌚)度敏感(gǎn )的(🔹)美容师Sally三位女士。在第一集(🚀)中(zhōng )，Steve决定“再次”和女友Jane分手(shǒu )(⚾)，结(🏇)果却被(bèi )Jane三言两语(🧜)引诱(🚊)到洗手(🚲)间亲热；Patrick想(xiǎng )把和Susan的(de )关(🚑)系再进一步(bù )，却被(👪)告知根本不存(😿)在什么“关系”； Susan在(zài )洗手(shǒu )间碰到(🈶)匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向他(tā )表示好感，两人订下(xià )约会(🖱)以后Steve钻进(jìn )隔间继(📔)续……。本剧(💝)的主(🖐)线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐(jiàn )正式起来的(😾)关(guān )系，Jeff寻(💝)找(zhǎo )艳(yàn )遇过(🍯)程中的(de )种(🤯)种意(📈)外以及后来和上司(sī )发展出(📣)来(♊)的一段关(guān )(🐬)系，Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离(💆)再到(🎹)情深(📸)难舍(😼)的感情发(fā )(🔡)展，还有Jane在事业和异(㊗)性关(guān )系中的各种(zhǒng )奇事，等(❇)等(🕥)。 (📬) 本剧在情(qíng )(🔊)节设计中所(suǒ )达到(😂)的(🅰)精致和完美程(🐯)度让人(rén )叹为观(🌺)止，而(🕤)六(liù )位当时(🚁)并不算大明星的青(qīng )年(🕓)演员的所(🚶)展现精湛(😞)演技(jì )更是具有(yǒu )(⛑)顶尖(🚸)演(yǎn )员(📆)的水(🛹)平，无(wú )怪(🌥)乎播出之后(🕣)立刻走(👂)红大洋(yáng )两(liǎng )(♿)岸(àn )(🕠)，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领(lǐng )略(luè )到其受(shòu )(🍞)欢迎的程度(⏭)。2002年(📖)底(🔜)，第3季播毕，故事情节基(🏉)本告一(😯)段落。美国NBC看到(dào )这部“英(yīng )国版《Friends》”在(zài )英(yīng )美两地(😜)均广受(shòu )欢迎，觉得(dé )正好可以搬(bān )来做2004年(nián )终(🐣)于(yú )要关张的(de )《Friends》的接班人(🤚)，于(🤕)是2003年大张旗鼓地决(🐮)定翻(fān )拍美版(✂)《Coupling》。美国的fans本来以(yǐ )(🏽)为这(👂)是(shì )件(jiàn )好事，没想到NBC的翻拍愚(yú )蠢地(👼)采用了全台词(🍭)照搬(bān )的方(fāng )法(fǎ )，虽(suī )然个人没(méi )看(💝)过，不(bú )过也可以(yǐ )想(xiǎng )象到有多恶(è )心(xīn )，结果(😽)只播出(chū )一集Pilot就因为(wéi )骂声太大而(ér )整(zhěng )个计(🗺)划搁浅（这点上美(měi )(🎩)国(guó )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(lǐ )http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看到这个(gè )(🕘)计划的尸体，还(hái )有(yǒu )一些彻底走了(🍄)味(🈵)儿的剧照。 (✔)2003年底，本剧获得英国(guó )喜剧奖（(🎨)BCA）(🚗)最佳电视(🕋)喜剧奖。BBC已经(🥙)在2004年正式开拍并播出第4季，不过(🏊)Jeff这个(🥗)人物将不再(🌦)出现，而(♐)代之以新角色——经营Sci-Fi书店的Oliver，由(yóu )Richard Mylan扮演。从已经(jīng )播出(❌)的(😥)几(🦌)集来看，应该(gāi )说在更(gèng )换主要角色之(➡)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(🧜)对(duì )前3季中(⛴)成功(gōng )(🎆)情节(jiē )进行拷(kǎo )贝的迹象，希(xī )望这仅仅是偶然(🖤)。 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?