本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青(qīng )年(🤴)人为题材和对象的系(🛤)列情景(jǐng )喜剧，创(🥩)意和(😧)编剧均由(yóu )Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成(🥄)很容易使人联想(xiǎng )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(méi )看(kàn )过本剧的(de )媒体人士和(🥔)评论家想当然地(dì )将本(běn )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(shè )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(tǐ )来说，英(yīng )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(gōng )作都是由其它编剧根据(jù )最初的(de )角色设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍的构成也(yě )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(wǎng )往缺(quē )(❗)乏深度，人物(wù )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(xìng )格不成熟(shú )(♿)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(dāo )叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继(jì )任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁(jī )”（包括和Jeff还(😌)有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对(duì )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(gēn )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(tā )表示(shì )好感，两人订下约会以后Steve钻进隔间继续……。本剧的主线包(bāo )括(kuò )Steve和 Susan之(zhī )间逐渐正式起来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种(zhǒng )种意外以及后来和上司发展(zhǎn )出来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间(jiān )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(de )精致和完美程度让人(🎮)叹(tàn )为观止，而六位当时(shí )并不算大明星的青年演员的所(suǒ )展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖(🚸)演员的水平，无怪乎播出(chū )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(yíng )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(de )《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(jiàn )好事，没想到(dào )NBC的翻拍愚蠢地采用了全台词照搬的(de )方法(🛡)，虽然个人没看(💝)过，不过也可以想象到有(yǒu )多恶心(🥐)，结果只播出一集(✝)Pilot就因为骂声太(tài )(🚴)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/Coupling/可以看到这(🍕)个计划的尸体，还有一些彻底走了味儿的(de )剧照。
　　2003年底，本剧获得英国喜剧奖(🏵)（BCA）最佳电(diàn )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(zhī )以新(xīn )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(de )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(háng )拷贝(🌉)的迹象，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?