本剧集(jí )(⛲)是BBC 2台(tái )(🐌)2000年正式推出的以青年人为(wéi )题材和对(🆖)象(🥈)的系列情景喜剧，创意和编(🎾)剧均(jun1 )由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男(nán )(🛍)三女的主(zhǔ )要人(rén )物构成很容易使人(rén )联(lián )想(xiǎng )到当(dāng )(🎿)时正(🥞)走红(😚)（其实已经在走下坡路）的(😱)《Friends》，因此很有不(bú )(🚨)少(🛑)根本(😞)没看(🔢)过本剧的媒(méi )体人士(shì )和评论(🗞)家想当然地将本剧(jù )(🤠)称作英国版的(🙀)《Friends》，而在那些有(yǒu )幸欣赏过(guò )本剧(⛳)的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情(💝)节设定、人(🍑)物(wù )表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多(🤷)方面所达到(dào )的水平(píng )，要比《Friends》高(gāo )几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只(zhī )能说(shuō )是(🔙)一(🌱)部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当(dāng )然(🔲)总体来说，英(📤)剧(jù )的水准本身就高于(yú )美(💅)剧(🤼)，这和英剧注意(😉)保持(chí )创(chuàng )意、编剧一体化是(shì )分不开的(de )，美剧(jù )(🌲)的创意一般也(yě )就为最初几集(🏡)编剧，以后(hòu )主要的编剧工作都是(shì )由(yóu )其它编剧(jù )根据(🌒)最初的角(jiǎo )色设定来(🕌)自由(👔)发挥，编(biān )剧队(duì )伍(🏁)的构成(chéng )也是(🍗)不断变化，老(😙)的走新的来(lái )，造成美剧情节连贯(guàn )性(xìng )差(chà )甚至前后(🏉)矛盾，故事往往缺(quē )乏深度(dù )，人(⏩)物性格(🃏)平面化，缺(quē )少(🥈)发展。这都是题(tí )外(wài )话了。
　(🙇)　《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔(róu )寡断、性格不成熟的(🚞)帅哥Steve，Steve的(de )莫(mò )逆(nì )之交、举止语言古怪、总也(🐎)找不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性(xìng )感(gǎn )的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、(🐋)特(tè )(👆)别是lesbian porn非常(cháng )(😞)热(rè )中的男士，以及(jí )Steve的(de )前女友、神(🔝)神叨叨、擅(✝)用(yòng )性感作武器的(de )Jane，Steve的(🐑)继任(rèn )女友、Jeff的(de )同(🔤)事、曾经非常“不羁(🚮)”（包括(📂)和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫(mò )(👵)逆(nì )、对衰(👘)老和肥胖极度敏感的美(měi )(🔨)容师Sally三位(🚝)女(nǚ )士。在第(🍗)一集中(🗄)，Steve决定“再(zài )次(cì )(🐋)”和女友Jane分手，结果却(què )被(✝)Jane三(sān )(🐻)言(yán )两(liǎng )语(🧜)引诱到(dào )洗(xǐ )手间亲热(rè )(🈁)；Patrick想把和Susan的关系再(📠)进一步，却(🧔)被告知根本不存在(zài )(〰)什么(me )“关系”； Susan在(zài )洗手(🥪)间碰(🤱)到匆忙出(⬇)来买(mǎi )(🚒)Durex的(👰)Steve，向他(tā )表(biǎo )示好(🐇)感(👷)，两人订下(💍)约会以(😍)后Steve钻进隔间继续(xù )(📈)……(😄)。本剧的主线包括Steve和(🔓) Susan之间逐(zhú )渐正(🏳)式起来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程(🔙)中(zhōng )的(de )种种意(📈)外(💳)以(👲)及(jí )后(hòu )来和(☔)上(shàng )(🎿)司发(fā )展出来的一段关系(xì )，Patrick和Sally之间若有(🏞)若无到若即若离再到(dào )(🎹)情深难舍的感情(qíng )发展，还(hái )有Jane在(zài )(✉)事(shì )业(yè )和异性关系中的各(🐞)种奇事(shì )，等等(🕥)。
　　本剧(🍪)在(zài )情节设计中所达(🐀)到(😂)的精致和完美(měi )(⚡)程度让人(rén )(🎮)叹为观(guān )止，而六位当时并(🌈)不算(💬)大明星的(de )青(qīng )年演员(🥛)的(📢)所(suǒ )展现精湛演技更(🍏)是(shì )具有顶尖演(🥔)员(📆)的(de )水平，无怪(guài )乎播(bō )出之后立刻走红(hóng )(🈸)大洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站(🛳)可以领略到其受欢迎的(de )程度。2002年底(dǐ )(🔜)，第(dì )3季播毕，故事(shì )(✒)情节基本告一(yī )段(⏪)落。美国NBC看到(🚍)这(zhè )部“英国版《Friends》”在英美两(🥈)地均广受(🐌)欢迎(🏩)，觉得正好(hǎo )可以搬来做2004年(nián )终(zhōng )于要关张的《Friends》的接班人，于是(🧛)2003年大(🎼)张(zhāng )旗(🐃)鼓地(🧐)决(🐮)定翻拍美版《Coupling》。美国的fans本(🚊)来以(yǐ )为(wéi )这是件好事，没想(xiǎng )到(dào )NBC的(😉)翻拍愚蠢地采(cǎi )用了全台词照(zhào )搬(🍰)的方(💒)法，虽然个人(➖)没(🦔)看过，不过(guò )也可以想(xiǎng )象到有多(duō )恶心，结果(guǒ )只播出(chū )一集Pilot就因(yīn )为(wéi )(🆘)骂声(🔘)太大而整(🦄)个计划(👘)搁浅（这(🐱)点上美(🎩)国佬是(😇)值得学习的，不象中(🤧)国有(🔯)些搞影(yǐng )视的(de )骂声(shēng )越(🌯)大越要上）。在(zài )这里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可(kě )以(🏖)看到这个计(🏺)划(✴)的(de )(🍅)尸体(🚛)，还有(🚏)一些(🈴)彻底走了味儿(⏹)的(💞)剧照。
　　(✔)2003年(nián )底(dǐ )，本(běn )(♟)剧获(🎏)得英(yīng )国喜剧奖（(🎨)BCA）最佳电视喜剧奖。BBC已(yǐ )经(jīng )在2004年正(🛰)式开拍并播出(🎃)第4季，不过Jeff这个人(🔆)物(wù )将不(bú )(⛑)再出现，而代之以新角色——经营Sci-Fi书店的Oliver，由Richard Mylan扮演。从已经播(bō )出(chū )(❌)的几集来看，应该说在更换(huàn )主要(yào )(🈲)角色之一的背景(💙)下，基本(běn )保持了前(🈳)3季(jì )的(de )水准，但是同(tóng )时也流(🤞)露(🚻)出对前3季(🔺)中成功(gōng )情(📁)节进行拷(🍫)贝(bèi )的迹(🎺)象(xiàng )，希望这仅仅是偶然(🖤)。
　(🚞)　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?