剧情简介
本(🔨)剧集是(✒)BBC 2台(tái )2000年正式推出的以(🕰)青年(nián )人(rén )为题材(🎗)和对象的系(xì )列(liè )情景喜(xǐ )剧(🗼)，创(🥩)意和编剧(📿)均由Steven Moffat一人(rén )担当。三男三女(🕖)的主要人物构成很容(róng )易使(shǐ )人联想到当(🎿)时正走红(hóng )（其实已经在走下(🐶)坡(🥀)路(lù )）的(de )《Friends》，因此很有不少根本没(🖲)看过(❔)本(běn )剧的媒(🎛)体(🌊)人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作(zuò )英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸欣(xīn )赏(shǎng )过本剧的(🏯)观(🤳)众们看来(🐀)，《Coupling》在(zài )情(qíng )节设定、人(🍑)物表(biǎo )演、喜(🐾)剧(🦇)元素的设计和表(⛏)现等诸(zhū )多方面所达到的水平，要比(🔈)《Friends》高(gāo )几个(gè )档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的(🚡)好(hǎo )作品而已。当然总(👛)体来说(shuō )，英剧的水准(zhǔn )本身就高于(yú )美(měi )剧，这和英剧注意保(🚤)持(🚩)创(chuàng )意(⛴)、编剧(jù )一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般(bān )也就(jiù )(💛)为(wéi )最初几(jǐ )集编(biān )剧，以后主要(yào )的编剧工作都是由其它编(biān )剧根(gēn )据最初(chū )(🎆)的角色(🍝)设(shè )定(dìng )来自由(👔)发(😼)挥，编剧(🔝)队伍的构成也是不(bú )(😄)断变化，老的走新的来，造成美(🌲)剧情节连贯性差(🦄)甚至(zhì )前后(🏉)矛盾，故事(🧔)往往(👎)缺乏深(shēn )度，人(⏩)物(🤳)性格平面化，缺(quē )少发展(zhǎn )。这都是题(⛄)外(wài )话了(😕)。
《Coupling》的主要人物包括(kuò )优(🌥)柔寡断、性格不成(🤖)熟的(de )帅(🈲)哥Steve，Steve的莫逆(🍩)之交(📩)、举止语言古怪(guài )、总也找(zhǎo )(😍)不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性感(💻)的“donkey” Patrick三(sān )位对Porn、特别是(shì )(😎)lesbian porn非常热中的男士(🥏)，以及Steve的(de )前女友、神(🔝)神(🐖)叨叨、擅用(yòng )性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的(🐺)同事、曾(👮)经非常“不羁”（包括和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(shī )Sally三位(🚝)女士。在第一集中(🗄)，Steve决定(dìng )(💑)“再(zài )次”和女(🌮)友Jane分(💴)手，结(jié )果却被Jane三言(🈷)两语引诱到(dào )洗手(shǒu )(🚲)间亲(📥)热；Patrick想把(bǎ )和Susan的(⏲)关(🚑)系(xì )再进一(yī )步，却被告知根本(běn )(🔛)不存在(zài )(〰)什么“关系”； Susan在洗(🛹)手间碰(pèng )到(dào )匆忙出(chū )来买Durex的(de )(👰)Steve，向他表示(shì )好(hǎo )(🐇)感，两人(👯)订(dìng )下约会以(yǐ )后Steve钻进隔(🏺)间继续……。本剧的主线(xiàn )包括(❎)Steve和 Susan之(zhī )间逐(zhú )渐正(zhèng )式起来的(de )关(guān )系，Jeff寻找(zhǎo )(🤕)艳遇过(🍯)程中(🌳)的种种(🖇)意外以(👲)及(🔐)后(⛲)来和上司发(⛄)展出(📣)来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间若(ruò )有若无到(dào )若(ruò )即(jí )若(🏣)离再到情(qíng )(😣)深(📸)难舍的感情(qíng )发展，还(📴)有Jane在事业(yè )(🌕)和异性关系中的各种(zhǒng )(♎)奇事，等等。
本剧(jù )(🍪)在情节设(shè )计中(😧)所(suǒ )(🚟)达到的精致(💜)和完美(⚡)程度让人(rén )叹为(wéi )观止，而六位当时并不算大明星(🎹)的(de )青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是(⛴)具(jù )有顶尖演(🥔)员的(de )水平，无(🔋)怪乎播出(🤬)之后(hòu )立(lì )刻走红大洋(🕦)两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网(🎰)站可(kě )以领略(📕)到其(qí )受欢迎(yíng )的程度。2002年(📖)底(dǐ )，第3季播(bō )毕(bì )，故事(shì )情节(jiē )基本告一段落。美国NBC看到(dào )这(🎾)部“英国版(🐆)《Friends》”在英美两地均广(😼)受欢迎，觉(🥑)得正(zhèng )好可以搬(bān )来(🏋)做(🀄)2004年终(🐣)于要(👈)关张的《Friends》的接班人(🤚)，于是2003年大张(zhāng )旗(🐃)鼓(gǔ )地决定翻拍美版《Coupling》。美国(guó )的fans本(běn )来(lái )以为这是件好(🦌)事(🏄)，没(méi )想(xiǎng )到NBC的(😉)翻拍愚蠢地采(cǎi )用了(le )(🈳)全台(tái )(🌡)词照搬的方(💒)法，虽然个(gè )(🔝)人(rén )没看过(🐍)，不过也可(kě )以想(🍔)象(xiàng )到有(yǒu )多恶心，结果只(zhī )播出一集(✝)Pilot就因为骂声太大而整个计划(huá )搁浅（这点上美(měi )国佬(💜)是值(🃏)得(🎒)学习的，不象中国(🔎)有些(🤯)搞影(yǐng )视(🎖)的骂声(shēng )越大越要上）(💈)。在这里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看到(dào )这个(gè )计划的尸(shī )体(🚛)，还(hái )有(🚏)一些彻底走(🐪)了(le )味儿(⏹)的(💞)剧(jù )照。
2003年底，本(běn )剧获得英国(🚁)喜剧奖（BCA）最佳电(diàn )视喜剧(🛴)奖(❤)。BBC已(yǐ )经在2004年正(🛰)式开拍并播出第4季，不过Jeff这个(gè )人(rén )物将不(bú )再(🌦)出(chū )现(😂)，而代之(🚁)以新角色—(🎊)—经营Sci-Fi书店(diàn )的Oliver，由(yóu )(🥐)Richard Mylan扮演。从(cóng )已经播出(❌)的(de )几(🦌)集来看，应(yīng )该(gāi )说在(🌔)更(gèng )换主要(yào )角色之一(🏴)的背(bèi )(🍞)景下(xià )，基(🕦)本(běn )保持了(le )前3季的水(🕰)准，但(dàn )是(shì )同时也(yě )(🎽)流露出(🧜)对(duì )前(🧑)3季中(zhōng )成功情节进行拷(🍫)贝的迹象，希望这仅仅是偶然(rán )。
(🍚)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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