冤家成双对 第三季

　　本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年报酬题材和对象的系列景象喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的垂危人物构成很轻易令人联想到当时正走红（其实已在走下坡路）的《Friends》，是以很有很多底子没看过本剧的媒体人士和批评家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸赏识过本剧的不雅众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的筹划和表现等诸多方面所达到的程度，要比《Friends》高几个档次。比拟之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”程度的好作品罢了。当然整体来讲，英剧的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧重视保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意日常也就为最初几集编剧，今后垂危的编剧工作都是由别的编剧按照最初的角色设定来自由阐扬，编剧步队的构成也是不断变革，老的走新的来，造成美剧情节连贯性差乃至前后矛盾，故事凡是贫乏深度，人物脾气平面化，贫乏成长。这都是题外话了。　　《Coupling》的垂危人物包含心神不定、脾气不成熟的帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止说话古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff，脑筋简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn很是热中的男士，和Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作兵器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾很是“不羁”（包含和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖很是敏感的美容师Sally三位姑娘。在第一会合，Steve决定“再次”和女友Jane分手，结果却被Jane言简意赅勾引到卫生间紧密密切；Patrick想把和Susan的关系再进一步，却被奉告底子不存在甚么“关系”； Susan在卫生间碰到仓猝出来买Durex的Steve，向他表示好感，两人订下约会今后Steve钻进隔间继续……。本剧的主线包含Steve和 Susan之间缓缓正式起来的关系，Jeff根究艳遇过程中的各种不测和后来和上司成长出来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间如有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的豪情成长，还有Jane在古迹和异性关系中的各类奇事，等等。　　本剧在情节筹划中所达到的大雅和完美程度让人叹为不雅止，而六位当时其实不算大年夜明星的青年演员的所闪现博识演技更是具有顶尖演员的程度，无怪乎播出以后立即走红大年夜洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以大白到其受欢迎的程度。2002年底，第3季播毕，故变乱节底子告一段落。美国NBC看到这部“英国版《Friends》”在英美两地均广受欢迎，觉得恰好可以搬来做2004年底于要关张的《Friends》的接班人，因而2003年大年夜张旗鼓地决定翻拍美版《Coupling》。美国的fans本来觉得这是件功德，没想到NBC的翻拍笨拙地采取了全台词照搬的编制，当然小我没看过，不过也能够想象到有多恶心，结果只播出一集Pilot就因为骂声太大年夜而全部筹划搁浅（这点上美国佬是值得进修的，不象中国有些弄影视的骂声越大年夜越要上）。在这里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看到这个筹划的尸体，还有一些完全走了味儿的剧照。　　2003年底，本剧获得英国喜剧奖（BCA）最好电视喜剧奖。BBC已在2004年正式开拍并播出第4季，不过Jeff这小我物将不再呈现，而代之以新角色——经营Sci-Fi书店的Oliver，由Richard Mylan扮演。从已播出的几集来看，应当说在改换垂危角色之一的背景下，底子保持了前3季的水准，可是同时也流暴露对前3季中成功情节进行拷贝的迹象，巴望这仅仅是偶尔。　　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?