本剧集是(shì )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(yì )和编剧均由Steven Moffat一(🕔)人担当。三男三女(🕖)的主(👁)要(yào )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(xiē )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(zhī )能说是一部“业余(yú )”水平的(de )好作品而已。当然总(zǒng )体来说，英(📤)剧(🚻)的水准本身(🛃)就(jiù )高于(yú )(🧘)美剧，这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化(huà )是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最初(chū )几集编剧，以后主要的编剧(jù )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(gù )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(rén )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(zhǎo )不到女友的Jeff，头脑简(jiǎn )单、外表性感(gǎn )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(shàn )用性(xìng )感作武器(👑)的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经(jīng )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(shì )。在第一集中，Steve决定“再次”和女友Jane分手，结果(guǒ )却被Jane三言两语引诱(🚊)到洗手间(jiān )(🥟)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(cōng )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(guān )系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的(de )种种意外以及后来和上司(sī )发展出来的一段(duàn )关系，Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到(dào )(🦑)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(běn )剧在情(🔊)节设计中(zhōng )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(zhàn )演技更(gèng )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(huān )迎的(de )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(yíng )，觉得正好可以(yǐ )搬来做2004年(🌎)终(zhōng )于(yú )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(yě )(🌕)可以想象到有多恶(è )心，结果只播出一集Pilot就因为骂声太大而整个计(jì )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(de )尸体，还(👖)有一些(xiē )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(diàn )视喜剧奖。BBC已经在(zài )2004年正式开拍并播出第4季，不过(guò )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(jǐng )下，基(jī )本保持了前(🈳)3季的水准(📯)，但是同(tóng )时也流露出对前3季中成(🤑)功(gōng )情节进行拷贝的(de )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?