Coupling

《Coupling》是2000年在英国播出的电视剧，由Beryl Vertue执导，Sarah Alexander Gina Bellman等领衔主演。主要讲述了六个30多岁的人的约会和性爱冒险与意外，经常是三个男人和三个女人之间讲述同一件事情的经历，但描述却大相径庭。

Coupling基本信息

中文名：冤家成双对、冤家对对碰

类型：剧情/喜剧

首播：2000年

国家：英国

导演：

Beryl Vertue-Executive Producer

Steven Moffat-Creator

演员：

Sarah Alexander - Susan Walker

Gina Bellman-Jane Christie

Richard Coyle-Jeff Murdock(Series 1-3)

Jack Davenport-Steve Taylor

Kate Isitt-Sally Harper

Ben Miles-Patrick Maitland

Richard Mylan-Oliver(Series 4+)

内容简介

苏珊（莎拉·亚历山大Sarah Alexander饰）漂亮、自信，知道自己想要什么，并善于在恋爱关系中掌握主导地位。她的前男友帕特里克（本·迈尔斯Ben Miles饰）也是个情场高手。苏珊最好的朋友萨利（凯特·李斯特Kate Isitt饰）是个美容师，终日担心衰老，整天和各种化妆品打交道。苏珊的现男朋友史蒂夫（杰克·达文波特Jack Davenport饰）是个假正经的帅哥，喜欢发长篇大论。他的前任女友简（吉娜·贝尔曼Gina Bellman饰）是个厉害的性感尤物，是“所有男人最可怕的噩梦”。而他的好友杰夫（理查德·柯伊尔Richard Coyle饰）一方面非常喜欢给朋友们提供恋爱和性爱方面的建议，另一方面却一见女人就紧张得手足无措。当这几个人聚在一起，好戏就开场了......

第一集就以Susan和Steve成功结束旧关系开始了新的关系结束，并且在结尾2人和跟他们一同来为分手助阵的死党朋友Sall、Jeff,以及2人的旧男、女友Patrick、Jane拼桌吃饭，于是这6个人成了朋友，第一集也基本钩划出了整部剧的人物关系，在以后的剧集里6人开始讨论各自的尴尬事或是新鲜事。COUPLING不谈别的，只说在“关系”里的男女和不在“关系”里的男女碰到的各种由“关系”衍生出来的事情。

很多人就把这部电视类比FRIENDS，这是正如很多剧评所言，FRIENDS讲述的情感故事的尺度是清新自然，友好平和，而这部英国剧讲的完全就是“关系”生活，对比这6个英国人，6位美国朋友就太天真纯情了。不过大家都很明白，英国人的保守基本也只是相对于欧陆人而言。这部电视的讲述的话题，不是美国的电视能随便进行谈论的。

主要人物简介

《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。

剧情设计

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）。

最新资讯

2003年底，本剧获得英国喜剧奖（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Richard Mylan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。

简介原文

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?