本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为(wéi )题材和对象的系(🛤)列(liè )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(rén )联想到当时正(🥞)走红（其实已经在走下坡路）的《Friends》，因此(cǐ )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(chēng )作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些(xiē )有幸(🕙)欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人(rén )物(👊)表演、喜剧元素的设(shè )计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平(píng )，要(yào )比(bǐ )《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好(🌸)作(zuò )品而已。当然总(zǒng )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(tǐ )化(huà )是分不开的，美剧的(de )创意一般也就为最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都是(shì )由其它编剧根(🐣)据最(zuì )初(🎆)的角色设定来自(zì )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(xìng )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(róu )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(nǚ )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(cháng )“不羁”（(📮)包(bāo )括和(hé )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(fèn )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(gào )知根本不存在(zài )什么“关系”； Susan在洗手间碰到匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向他表示好(hǎo )感，两人订下(xià )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(xún )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(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(yì )性关系(xì )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(měi )程度让人叹为观(🌺)止，而六(🌫)位当(dāng )时并不(🚢)算大明(míng )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(zǒu )红大洋两岸，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(jì )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(yào )关张的《Friends》的接班人，于是(🧛)2003年大张旗鼓地决定翻(fān )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(fǎ )，虽然个人没看过，不(bú )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/Coupling/可以看到这个(🕘)计划(✴)的尸体，还(hái )有一些彻底走了味儿的剧(🎥)照。
　　2003年底，本剧获得英国喜剧(jù )奖（BCA）最佳电视喜(📸)剧奖。BBC已经在2004年(🔥)正式开拍(pāi )并播出第4季，不过Jeff这个人(rén )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(shuō )在更换主要角色之一的(de )(📏)背景下，基本保持了前(qián )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(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?