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Coupling is a BBC Television sitcom. Written by Steven Moffat, it was based on his relationship with Sue Vertue, the show's producer.[1] Martin Dennis directed all 28 episodes for Hartswood Films. The first episode was transmitted on 12 May 2000,[2] and the final transmitted on 14 June 2004.[3] The first three series were first broadcast on BBC2, whereas the final series was broadcast on BBC Three.

The show centres on the dating and sexual adventures and mishaps of six friends in their thirties, often depicting the three women and the three men each talking amongst themselves about the same events, but in entirely different terms.

Series One

# Title Original airdate Overall #
1x01"Flushed"12 May 2000 (2000-05-12)[2]01
Jane resists Steve's various attempts to break up with her. In the meantime, Susan and Patrick are also breaking up. Susan and Steve meet, and Steve asks her out. Steve intends to break up with Jane once and for all just before dinner with Susan. Jeff is on hand for reasons nobody is quite sure of and Susan arrives early, as her beautician friend Sally cancelled her facial appointment in order to have dinner with Patrick at the same restaurant.
1x02"Size Matters"19 May 2000 (2000-05-19)[4]02
After an out of control pause during a phone call, Susan invites Steve to dinner, offering to cook. While discussing foreplay, Jeff warns Steve of the perils of falling into the Sock Gap and also to look out for Susan’s remote controls. Sally tries to overcome her aversion to Patrick’s political views when informed of his main attraction and Jeff freaks out when Sally, Steve and Jane give him an unusual task.
1x03"Sex, Death and Nudity"26 May 2000 (2000-05-26)[5]03
While giving Jeff advice on preparing for an interview, Patrick recommends imagining the panel naked, which Jeff begins to practice. Jeff introduces Patrick and Steve to the Giggle Loop. Steve is persuaded to attend Jane’s Auntie’s funeral, but Jane hasn’t told her family the pair have split up. Susan won’t let Steve go alone, and Steve asks Jeff to pretend to be Susan’s boyfriend, beginning a chain of request that sees all six at the funeral.
1x04"Inferno"2 June 2000 (2000-06-02)[6]04
Susan discovers a porn film, Lesbian Spank Inferno, in Steve’s VCR while Patrick has a new haircut. Susan and Steve host a dinner party for Sally, Patrick, Jeff, Jane and Jane’s reluctant psychologist. Before dinner, Jeff and Patrick let slip that they know about the Inferno tape and Sally gives away that Susan has told the girls too, making dinner a very uncomfortable occasion for all.
1x05"The Girl with Two Breasts"9 June 2000 (2000-06-09)[7]05
Jeff sees a beautiful woman alone in a pub. The attraction is mutual, but they struggle with a language barrier. When the woman's interpreter arrives, this situation gets even more complex. Meanwhile, Patrick and Steve discuss titles for a new porn film.
1x06"The Cupboard of Patrick's Love"16 June 2000 (2000-06-16)[8]06
Jane visits Patrick at home to discuss the ‘walls’ between them and there discovers a cupboard filled with video tapes labelled with girl’s names. When Steve and Susan independently learn about the cupboard, both realise that as Patrick’s ex, Susan will be in there too.

Series Two

# Title Original airdate Overall #
2x01"The Man with Two Legs"3 September 2001 (2001-09-03)[9]07
Jeff falls in love with a woman he’s seen on the train, but only her leg. He accidentally tells her he has a wooden leg only to find out that her brother lost his leg when she arranges for Jeff to meet him and his disability support group. Meanwhile Sally can’t stop bragging about her perfect new boyfriend but he soon turns out not to be everything Sally’s made him out to be.
2x02"My Dinner in Hell"10 September 2001 (2001-09-10)[10]08
Steve meets Mariella Frostrup and offends Susan's parents, and Jeff and Patrick discover the 'Junior Patrick'.
2x03"Her Best Friend's Bottom"17 September 2001 (2001-09-17)[11]09
Sally is naked, Patrick has car trouble, and Steve rants about cushions.
2x04"The Melty Man Cometh"24 September 2001 (2001-09-24)[12]10
Patrick meets the Melty Man, much to Sally's bemusement.
2x05"Jane and the Truth Snake"1 October 2001 (2001-10-01)[13]11
Jane get sacked due to her eccentricities, and decides to take an "overdose". Not realizing what she has taken, she decides to become a children's TV presenter and shows Sally, Steve, and Susan her new creation, Jake the Snake, a truth-telling sock puppet.
2x06"Gotcha"8 October 2001 (2001-10-08)[14]12
Steve gets a wedding invitation, Jane and Sally wish they were married, and Susan tries to master sexy talk.
2x07"Dressed"15 October 2001 (2001-10-15)[15]13
Jane goes to a party wearing nothing but her coat, and Patrick and Steve swap wives.
2x08"Naked"22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)[16]14
There is a Cupboard Incident, Jeff's new boss has nice eyes, and it's Jeff's birthday.
2x09"The Other End of the Line"29 October 2001 (2001-10-29)[17]15
Steve talks to a French woman, Susan talks to an Australian, and everybody is dragged into the ensuing confusion. Steve gives his phone number to a woman he met in the bar and is on verge of a breakup when Susan finds out about her.

Series Three

# Title Original airdate Overall #
3x01"Split"23 September 2002 (2002-09-23)[18]16
Steve and Susan split up due to the events of the last episode, and both the boys and girls seek refuge in their versions of "The Temple of Woman".
3x02"Faithless"30 September 2002 (2002-09-30)[19]17
Jeff accidentally accepts a date with Wilma, a girl from his office. The others try to guide him through the date remotely, but Wilma's cunning ways prove too much for Jeff - and Steve.
3x03"Unconditional Sex"7 October 2002 (2002-10-07)[20]18
After an accidental tongue slip inspired by Jane, Jeff manages to worm his way out of Wilma's charm by telling her his girlfriend is dead.
3x04"Remember This"14 October 2002 (2002-10-14)[21]19
Patrick and Sally remember how they first met at a party in Susan's office. Their versions differ slightly.
3x05"The Freckle, the Key, and the Couple Who Weren't"21 October 2002 (2002-10-21)[22]20
Jeff and Julia try something kinky, and it goes badly wrong when Jeff "loses" the key to the hundcuffs, and Julia's ex-boyfriend turns up.
3x06"The Girl with One Heart"28 October 2002 (2002-10-28)[23]21
Susan redecorates the bathroom and removes the lock on the bathroom door. Susan and Steve have the gang over for dinner which creates problems for Sally as Patrick brings his girlfriend with him.
3x07"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)[24]22
Worried that she is pregnant, Sally asks all of the girls to take a pregnancy test so that she knows what a negative test looks like. One of the tests is positive, but, as the tests had been mixed up, there is confusion over who is really pregnant.

Series Four

# Title Original airdate Overall #
4x01"Nine and a Half Minutes"10 May 2004 (2004-05-10)[25]23
This episode is told from the perspective of the three different couples, all within nine and half minutes. Jane is on blind date with Oliver Morris (Richard Mylan), an owner of a science-fiction bookshop though Susan and Steve, who are arguing about the similarities between the "John Hurt" moment and birth, mistake him for a gynecologist. Meanwhile Sally, now Patrick's girlfriend, is tempting Patrick between a last minute golfing trip and sex.
4x02"Nightlines"17 May 2004 (2004-05-17)[26]24
After a five way phone call between Steve, Susan, Patrick, Sally and Jane, some wild opinions and shocking secrets are revealed within the group. Meanwhile, Oliver is trying to find out if his girlfriend Tamsin is pregnant.
4x03"Bed Time"24 May 2004 (2004-05-24)[27]25
Patrick tries to find a way to go home after his sexcapdes with Sally.
4x04"Circus of the Epidurals"31 May 2004 (2004-05-31)[28]26
Susan mulls not using epidural during her delievery.
4x05"The Naked Living Room"7 June 2004 (2004-06-07)[29]27
Oliver and Jane run into each other at the shop, and begin to feel each other out. Jane asks to come into Oliver's flat, and Oliver realizes that he hasn't bothered to hide his pornography any more. They expose each other emotionally, and when Oliver tells Jane that she "makes up any old rubbish just to get attention", Jane exposes herself physically. At the end of the episode, Susan's water breaks and she goes into labor.
4x06"Nine and a Half Months"14 June 2004 (2004-06-14)[3]28
Jeff returns in female form to comfort Steve as he awaits for Susan to give birth. After discovering Patrick actually did sleep with Jane, Sally looks through his cupboard to find something else...an engagement ring. Oliver and Jane try their best to have sex but are constantly interrupted. Steve and Susan have a baby boy.

References

  1. ^ Sternbergh, Adam (2003-09-07). "Selling Your Sex Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
  2. ^ a b "BBC - Coupling - Flushed Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  3. ^ a b "BBC - Coupling - Nine and a Half Months Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  4. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Size Matters Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  5. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Sex, Death and Nudity Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  6. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Inferno Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  7. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The Girl with Two Breasts Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  8. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The Cupboard of Patrick's Love Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  9. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The Man With Two Legs Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  10. ^ "BBC - Coupling - My Dinner In Hell Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  11. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Her Best Friend's Bottom Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  12. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The Melty Man Cometh Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  13. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Jane and the Truth Snake Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  14. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Gotcha Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  15. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Dressed Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  16. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Naked Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  17. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The End of the Line Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  18. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Split Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  19. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Faithless Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  20. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Unconditional Sex Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  21. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Remember This Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  22. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The Freckle The Key And The Couple Who Weren't Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  23. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The Girl With One Heart Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  24. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  25. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Nine and a Half Minutes Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  26. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Night Lines Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  27. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Bed Time Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  28. ^ "BBC - Coupling - Circus of the Epidurals Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
  29. ^ "BBC - Coupling - The Naked Living Room Episode Guide". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
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