剧情介绍
本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使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看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说，英剧的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧，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发挥，编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化，老的走新的来，造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾，故事往往缺乏深度，人物性格平面化，缺少发展。这都是题外话了。 《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的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，结果却被Jane三言两语引诱到洗手间亲热；Patrick想把和Susan的关系再进一步，却被告知根本不存在什么“关系”； Susan在洗手间碰到匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向他表示好感，两人订下约会以后Steve钻进隔间继续……。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系，Jeff寻找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各种奇事，等等。 本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止，而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更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IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。2002年底，第3季播毕，故事情节基本告一段落。美国NBC看到这部“英国版《Friends》”在英美两地均广受欢迎，觉得正好可以搬来做2004年终于要关张的《Friends》的接班人，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就因为骂声太大而整个计划搁浅（这点上美国佬是值得学习的，不象中国有些搞影视的骂声越大越要上）。在这里http://www.nbc. com/Cou pling/可以 看到这个计划的尸体， 还有一些彻底走了味儿的 剧照。 2003年底，本剧获 得英国喜剧奖（BCA ）最佳电视喜剧奖。BB C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Ri chard M ylan扮演。从已经播 出的几集来看， 应该说在更换主要角色之一的背 景下，基本保持了前3季的 水准，但是同时也流露出对前3 季中成功情节进行拷贝 的迹象，希望这仅仅 是偶然。 Two& ;#39;s compa ny, three &#3 9;s a cr owd... s o what do you do with six? On ave rage, men and women th ink about sex every six seconds. Shorte n that to every second, and you&#39 ;ve got Couplin g. It' s more tha n just a one n ight sta nd! When a co uple get s together, it's ne ver just t he two of t hem - they al so bring b aggage - a nd Susan (Sara h Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenp ort) are n o excepti on. Their ba ggage is a c rowd of b est frie nds and exes who t alk about al l aspec ts of sex and rel ationships on their never-ending quest to find true love. Perha ps, perhaps , perhaps.. . Susan Walker is a beau tiful g o-getter with an uninhi bited a ttitude who used to dat e Patri ck Maitlan d (Ben Mi les), the sext et' s charismatic , cocky player , London& ;#39;s king of conquests - a guy who&am p;#39;s just too cool to worry ab out being smart . Attractive Sally H arper (K ate Isitt) is a beauty therapist w ho is Susa n's unashamedly va in best friend, who aggr essively battle s aging wi th heav y doses of mo isturizer an d men - incl uding Patri ck. Meanwhile , Steve Tay lor, while get ting toge ther with Susa n, can& amp;#39;t seem to shake l oose from his vivacious and slightly vacu ous ex-girlfrie nd Jane Chris tie (Gina Bell man), a woman supremely confident i n her ability to sedu ce anyone o f either se x, and who r efuses to be dumped unless she& #39;s the one d oing the dumping. Je ff Murdoc h (Richard Coyl e) is Ste ve's & amp;quot;porn buddy&am p;quot; who is , in equal parts, obsessed a nd bewilder ed by actual s ex; charming in his way, but wit h an unc anny abilit y to say the wrong th ing at the w orst pos sible time. He works in th e same of fice as Susan, with w hom he h ad a disastr ous and unsu ccessful one-night f ling. Coupli ng has bee n honoured wi th the p restigious Silver R ose of Mon treux, Bes t TV Comedy Aw ard, an d is recen t winner at the 2003 Br itish Comedy Awards. With a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way, com mitment in the air, a nd love on the hor izon, the dynamics of t he six fr iends a re definitel y changing. At the end of last sea son Susan and Steve dis covered they we re pregnant (we ll, most ly Susan ), confirm ed bachel or Patrick and Sally finally a dmitted their t rue feeli ngs for eac h other, a nd poor Jane w as left on her own, once aga in. But it& #39;s not a ll doom and gloom for Jane. As t he new season opens, things are loo king up. Th ere&#39 ;s this guy ca lled Oliv er, who has his eye on her . Is it p ossible that lifetime lo ser in l ove Olive r might just get som ewhere with lif etime lose r in love Jane? Trouble is, h is apartment is a little &a mp;quot;un-edit ed&q uot; and his living ro om has lost t he battle with magazi ne nudi ty... Susan and Steve are now well and truly an item. So why is he dreami ng about be ing executed by a fetus with an axe? Meanwhi le Sall y and Patrick are se ttling i nto their new relationship. But since t he dawn of time, men and women have b een fal ling in love - and m en have bee n tryin g to get home s traight afterw ards. Can fa llen playboy Patrick ever find his way back from the enchanted glade of his one tr ue love and get a dece nt night &#3 9;s sleep?详情
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