冤家成双对 第三季

　　本剧集是BBC 2台2000年(🕋)正式推出(chū )的以青年(nián )人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧(jù )，创(🥩)意(💤)和(😧)编剧(jù )均由(👋)Steven Moffat一人担当(dāng )。三(🗄)男三女的(de )主要(yào )人物构成(🥄)很(hěn )容易使人联想(xiǎng )到当时正走红(hóng )（其实(🙁)已经在(🖍)走下坡路）的(😱)《Friends》，因(yīn )(🔩)此很(hěn )有不少(shǎo )根(⏯)本没看过(guò )本(běn )剧的媒体人士(shì )(🥎)和评(💻)论家想当然(✋)地将本剧称作英(yīng )(🙄)国版的(de )《Friends》，而(ér )在那些有幸欣赏过(💠)本(👺)剧的(de )(🏯)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(shuǐ )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(🕕)来(lái )说，英剧(🚻)的(🍺)水(shuǐ )准(🐂)本身就高(gāo )于美剧，这和(hé )英(yīng )剧(💑)注意保持(🚩)创意(⛴)、编剧一体(tǐ )(⏺)化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最(zuì )初(🐅)几集(🏡)编剧，以后主要的编(🎞)剧(jù )工作都(dōu )是由其(🏗)它编剧根(gēn )据(jù )最初的(de )角(jiǎo )(🏖)色设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍的(🍏)构成也(yě )是不断变化，老(lǎo )的走(zǒu )(👧)新的(de )来，造(🖥)成美剧情节连贯性差甚(🔂)至前(qián )后(hòu )矛盾(📳)，故(🚔)事(shì )往(wǎng )往缺乏深度(dù )，人物(🤳)性格(gé )(🃏)平面化(huà )(🏫)，缺(🏺)少(🥈)发展(🍏)。这都是题外(wài )(📒)话(🤫)了。
　　《Coupling》的主要人物包(bāo )括(kuò )优柔寡断、性格(gé )不成熟的帅哥(gē )Steve，Steve的(de )莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总(zǒng )也找(zhǎo )不到女(📒)友的(de )Jeff，头(tóu )脑简单、外表性感的(🈹)“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别(bié )是lesbian porn非(fēi )常热中的男士(shì )，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨(dāo )叨(🧜)、擅用性感作武器(qì )的Jane，Steve的(🐑)继(♈)任女友、Jeff的同(tóng )事、(🔷)曾经非常“不羁”（包(bāo )括和(🚔)Jeff还(hái )有(👄)Patrick）过的(de )Susan，Susan的莫逆、对(☔)衰老和(hé )肥胖极度敏感的美容(🚁)师(shī )Sally三位(🚝)女士。在第一集中，Steve决定“再次”和(hé )女友(yǒu )Jane分手(⚾)，结果却被Jane三言两语(🧜)引诱到洗(xǐ )手间亲热(🈁)；Patrick想把和Susan的关(🚑)系(xì )再(zài )(📠)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(lái )买Durex的Steve，向他表示好感，两人订(dìng )下(xià )(💍)约(👥)会以(😍)后Steve钻进(😾)隔间继续……。本(běn )剧的(de )主(🖐)线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正(zhèng )式(shì )起(✏)来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种(zhǒng )意外以及(🔐)后来和上(shàng )司发(fā )展出(chū )来的(de )一(🌂)段关系，Patrick和Sally之间(jiān )若(😱)有(🏞)若无(wú )(🦂)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(de )各种奇事，等等。
　(📬)　本(😏)剧(🍪)在情(qíng )节设(👊)计中(zhōng )所(suǒ )达到的精致和完(👺)美(⚡)程度让人叹为(🏾)观(guān )止，而(🕤)六(liù )位当时(🚁)并不(🚢)算大明星的青年演员的所(🚶)展现(xiàn )精(jīng )湛演技更是(⛴)具(jù )有顶(dǐng )尖演员(yuán )的水平，无(wú )怪乎播出之后(hòu )(🕣)立(lì )刻走红大洋两岸(àn )，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站(🛳)可以(yǐ )领略到其受(shòu )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(guǎng )(😼)受欢迎，觉(🥑)得正好可(🏴)以搬来做(zuò )2004年终于(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(lái )以(yǐ )为这(👂)是件好事，没想(xiǎng )到(🙉)NBC的翻拍愚蠢(chǔn )地采(cǎi )用了全(quán )台词照搬(bān )的(🛤)方法，虽然(🌚)个人没看过，不(🦃)过(guò )也(yě )(🌕)可以想(xiǎng )象到有多恶心，结果(guǒ )只(🚲)播出一集Pilot就因(🧚)为骂(mà )声(shēng )太大(🧘)而整个(🗄)计划搁浅(qiǎn )(⬅)（这点上美国佬是值(🃏)得学习(xí )的，不象中国有些(xiē )搞(gǎo )(🌕)影视的骂声越(yuè )大越要上）。在这(🚯)里http://www.nbc.com/Coupling/可以看(kàn )到(🕝)这(zhè )个计(jì )划的尸(👴)体，还有一(yī )些彻底走了(le )味儿的(de )剧(jù )照。
　　2003年底，本(běn )剧获得英(yīng )国喜剧(🤙)奖（(🎨)BCA）最(💀)佳(🚅)电(🎵)视(🕋)喜剧奖(jiǎng )。BBC已经在(🐝)2004年正式开拍并(bìng )(🌡)播出(chū )(🎃)第4季(jì )，不过(guò )Jeff这个人物将不再(🌦)出(chū )现，而(♐)代之以新角色——经(jīng )(🍙)营(⛷)Sci-Fi书店(diàn )的(🌼)Oliver，由Richard Mylan扮演。从(⤵)已经播(🍈)出(chū )的几集来看(kàn )(🏈)，应(yīng )该说在更换主要角(💮)色(sè )之(➡)一的(de )背(🍞)景下，基(jī )本保持了(♊)前3季的水准，但(🍔)是同时也流露出(chū )对前3季中成功情节进行拷贝的迹象(xiàng )，希(xī )望(wàng )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?