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The series focuses on 6 friends - Steve, Susan, Jane, Sally, Jeff, and Patrick. However, the primary focus of the series is the development of the relationship between Steve and Susan. The first episode begins with their old relationships ending. Jane and Patrick are the exs, and they stick around as friends.

Steve and Susan are the more "normal" ones of the group. Steve has a habit of getting into awkward situations. Susan is very open with sexual topics. (more so in later seasons)

The others are a bit different. Each set of male and female friends have similar personality types. Although I've paired them up for comparison purposes, they are not in relationships with each other.

Sally and Patrick are somewhat self-obsessed. Sally is totally focused on her appearance and even counts Susan's wrinkles. She seems to talk the most about her neck although bottoms and noses do get mentioned in later episodes. (Nose in second season.) Patrick is more self-centered. He is the stereotypical male who likes cars (assumes everyone else does too) and thinks every woman is a potential date. He feels he can convert lesbians. Also, as Susan puts it, Patrick is "a very big boy indeed." You'll find out what I mean in the second episode.

Jane and Jeff are the odd ones with their own unusual views on life. Jane is probably also like a female version of Patrick, but Patrick doesn't seem insane. Jane views reality as centered on herself. Plus, she has her own unique views of reality. She is definitely not politically correct. She believes homosexual males still date women from time to time and heterosexual males may cuddle at times when convenient. However, this view may come from the fact she is bisexual, and, of course, reality must agree with her. Season 1 focuses on her getting over Steve's break-up with her. She is over it in season 2.

Jeff is the one with extremely unusual theories and insights. When Steve talks about a long pause in a phone conversation, Jeff compares the pause to The Blob. He introduces us to The Giggle Loop (a type of feedback loop for laughter) The Sock Gap, and Nudity Buffer. He also has a few theories about celebrity marriages. Since he tends to always say the wrong thing (*really* wrong thing!), his best potential date is someone who doesn't speak English.

This series was actually shot in 16x9. I had never really thought about the framing of the scenes. This is the first TV comedy I'd ever seen shot in a widescreen format. If you simply watch the BBC America broadcasts, I'm guessing about 1/4 of the image is missing (as with many full screen edition of movies on TV and video).

The extras include the photo shoot (for the DVD packaging), the usual bio info on cast and crew, and interviews with cast members plus Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue.

Trivia:
Steven Moffat also worked on Comic Relief's Dr. Who: The Curse of the Fatal Death.

Coupling Is Terrific! It's What "Friends" Aspires To Be
The characters in Coupling are wonderfully quirky and interesting. The dialog is quick and witty. Despite the characters' somewhat implausible friendships as a group - the clever writers pull it off and the resulting repartee is terrifically funny.

The DVD includes the Episodes: Flushed; Size Matters; Sex Death and Nudity; Inferno; The Girl with Two Breasts; and The Cupboard of Patrick's Love

Wait till you hear about "Wobble Wars"! :-D

The characters are six thirty-something friends who are involved, formerly involved, or potentially will be involved with one another.

Susan is beautiful, bright, secure and sexy tart.

Jane is a nitwit completely oblivious to social tact and often oblivious in general.

Sally is pretty, but shallow, insecure, and vain. She is obsessed with appearance and aging (primarily her own but she also delights in critiquing other women).

Steve is a bit neurotic but the closest to "normal" in this bunch.

Jeff is a lunatic who has never had a normal healthy relationship with a women. Typically when he is around attractive women his brain disengages and he stammers himself into impossible-to-explain situations. Jeff has his own unique views on life and has named some of life's most arcane occurrences ("the sock gap" etc.). Naturally he has to explain this stuff to his friends.

Patrick is a lothario who is the antithesis of political correctness.

This is the funniest show on television - period. I regularly laugh out loud especially at Steve and Patrick's reactions to Jeff's absurdity. How many laugh-out-loud funny shows are there on television really? The humor is at times British but that only contributes to Coupling's charm.

Coupling is probably not appropriate for young children and the character's topic of discussions are frequently sexual in nature.

Hysterically funny show! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Hilarious, recognisable, and extremely clever
Coupling is without a doubt one of the funniest series from the last few years. Rivaling and actually exceeding the cleverness of other hits in comedy such as Friends.

Coupling, too, is about a group of 6 close friends, and deals with their every day problems and relationships.

In the first series, we are introduced to Steve, who is determined to break up with his girlfriend Jane and discusses this with his best friend Jeff. In their regular pub Steve runs into Susan (a colleague of Jeff), and sets a date with her. All this happens while he is having sex with Jane in the ladies' room.

Susan breaks up with her boyfriend Patrick, and her best friend Sally decides Patrick is fair game. More so after hearing Patrick is well endowed in the nether region section.

After the introduction episode, we get to see how Susan and Steve hook up together, and the crazy adventures the friends roll into. There's Jane's aunt dying, a discussion about Lesbian porn (the spanking kind), Jeff running into a stunner of a woman who doesn't immediately mace him, and Patrick's personal porn pile (starring Patrick).

While each of the actors is equally brilliant, the genius and probably the reason Coupling is such a success is Jeff (Richard Coyle). His absurd experiences in life have caused him to come up with names for situations. You'll laugh your ass off while he explains the "The Zone", "Unflushables", "The Sock Gap" and most brilliantly, "The Giggle Loop".

But you're not ready for that ;)

A definite recommendation. And for those who cannot get enough of Coupling, season 2 and 3 have also been brought out on DVD.