本剧集是BBC 2台2000年(🕋)正式推出的以青年(🤴)人为题材(cái )和对(duì )象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三(🎡)女的主(zhǔ )要(🙍)人物(wù )构(gòu )成很容易使(shǐ )人联(lián )想到当(🎿)时正(🥞)走(zǒu )红（其实已经(jīng )在走下坡(🥀)路）的(😱)《Friends》，因此很有不少(shǎo )根本(běn )没看过本(běn )(💱)剧的媒体人士和评(píng )论(lùn )家想当然地(🐑)将本(🙌)剧(jù )称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些(🚻)有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情(💝)节(jiē )设(shè )定、人物表演、喜(xǐ )剧元素(🈸)的设计和(🌹)表(⛏)现等诸多方(🃏)面所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几(jǐ )个档次(cì )。相(xiàng )比(📸)之下，《Friends》只能说(🌂)是一部“业余(yú )”水平的(de )好作品而已。当然总体(tǐ )来(😳)说，英剧(jù )的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧注(zhù )意保持创意、编剧(💁)一(yī )体化是分不开(kāi )(🐈)的(de )(🔬)，美剧的创意一(🐌)般也就(💛)为(👼)最初几(jǐ )(⛅)集编剧，以后主(🛌)要(🍾)的(🕵)编剧工(📯)作都是由其它编剧根据最初(🎆)的角(🏖)色设(🐸)定来自由(yóu )发挥，编(biān )(♟)剧(🔝)队(🦐)伍的构成也是不断(duàn )变化，老的走新(🐼)的来，造成美剧(🌽)情节连贯(guàn )性(🌶)差(🦄)甚至前后(hòu )(🏉)矛(🌸)盾，故事(shì )往往缺乏(fá )深度(🔚)，人物性格(gé )平面化，缺(quē )少(shǎo )发展。这都是题外话了。
　　《Coupling》的主要人物包(bāo )括优柔寡断、性格不(bú )成熟(♿)的(de )帅哥(gē )(😳)Steve，Steve的莫逆之(zhī )交、(Ⓜ)举(jǔ )止语(☔)言(yán )(📧)古怪、总也(🐎)找不到(dào )(🤯)女友(🍑)的Jeff，头脑简单、外表(🎅)性(🚰)感(💻)的“donkey” Patrick三(sān )位对(duì )Porn、特(tè )别是(😎)lesbian porn非常热(🖌)中的男士，以及Steve的(de )前女友、神神叨叨、擅(shàn )用性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继(♈)任(🔡)女友、Jeff的(de )同事(🤨)、曾经(jīng )非常“不羁”（(📮)包括和Jeff还(hái )有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的(🙈)莫逆(🏐)、对衰(shuāi )老和(hé )(🥟)肥胖(pàng )(👎)极(jí )度敏感的(de )(🔹)美容师Sally三位(wèi )女(nǚ )(🙂)士。在(🔔)第一(🗳)集中，Steve决定“再次(🐋)”和(hé )女(nǚ )(🌮)友Jane分手，结(jié )(🏇)果却被(bèi )Jane三言两语引诱(🚊)到洗手间亲热；(😣)Patrick想把和Susan的关(🚑)系(xì )再进(🐢)一步(bù )，却被(bèi )告知根本不存(cún )在(〰)什么“关系”； Susan在洗手间(🐕)碰(🤱)到(🈶)匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向(xiàng )他表示好(hǎo )感(gǎn )，两(liǎng )人订(dìng )下约(yuē )会(huì )以后Steve钻进隔(gé )(🏺)间(📫)继续(xù )……(😄)。本剧的主(zhǔ )线包(bāo )括(kuò )Steve和 Susan之(🎶)间(jiān )逐(🔥)渐(jiàn )正式(🏾)起来的关(🍉)系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的(㊙)种种意外以(yǐ )及后来和(hé )上司发(fā )展(🕗)出来的(de )一段关(guān )系，Patrick和Sally之间若(ruò )有若(ruò )(⛵)无到若(🤼)即(🔳)若离再到情(qíng )深(📸)难舍(😼)的感情发(fā )展，还有Jane在(✉)事业和异性(🔖)关(⏹)系中(zhōng )(🚣)的各种(zhǒng )奇(qí )事(🕠)，等(děng )等。
　　本剧在(👑)情节设计(🌜)中(zhōng )所达到的精致和完(wán )美程(🐯)度让(ràng )人叹为(🏾)观止，而(ér )六位(wèi )当时并不算大明(míng )星的青(🕑)年演(🖼)员的(📢)所展(💛)现精(🔥)湛演技更是(⛴)具有顶尖演员的(de )水平(🧒)，无怪(🌥)乎播(🐼)出之(🗂)后立刻走红(hóng )大洋两岸(àn )，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以(🈳)领略到(dào )(⏳)其受(shòu )欢(🚳)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(měi )(🦒)国NBC看到这部(bù )“英国(guó )版《Friends》”在(🍆)英美两地均广受欢迎(yíng )，觉得(dé )正(🤫)好(🎷)可(🏴)以搬(bān )来(🏋)做(🀄)2004年(🌎)终(🐣)于要(👈)关张的(de )《Friends》的(de )接班人，于是2003年大张旗(🐃)鼓(gǔ )地(🧐)决定(dìng )翻拍美版《Coupling》。美(měi )国的fans本来以(🏽)为(wéi )(🙄)这(👂)是件好事，没想(🍉)到NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用了全台词照搬的方法，虽(suī )然个人(➖)没看过，不过也可以想象到有多恶心，结果只播(🏞)出一集Pilot就(jiù )因(🧚)为(🆘)骂声太大而整(zhěng )(🦄)个(gè )计划搁(gē )浅(qiǎn )（这点上美国佬是值得学习的，不象中国有些搞(gǎo )影视(shì )的骂声越大越要上）。在这里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看到这(🍕)个计划的(de )尸体(tǐ )(🚛)，还有一些彻底走了味(wèi )儿(⏹)的剧(🎥)照。
　(👪)　2003年(🔥)底(dǐ )，本(běn )(♟)剧(jù )获得英国(guó )喜剧奖（BCA）最佳(jiā )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(wù )将(jiāng )不(⛑)再出现，而代之以新角(🐂)色——经营Sci-Fi书店(diàn )的Oliver，由(🥐)Richard Mylan扮演(❗)。从已经播出的(de )几集来看(🏈)，应该(🥈)说在更(gèng )换主要(🈲)角色之一的背景下，基本保持(🐻)了(le )前3季的水准(zhǔn )，但是同时也流(🤞)露出对(duì )前(qián )(🧑)3季中成(🤑)功(gōng )情节进(✨)行(🏼)拷(🍫)贝的迹象，希(xī )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?