冤家成-] 双对 第三季

　　本剧[集是BBC !
2台2000年正?,)式推出的=-以青年人为题材和对$[象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Mof[#@*fat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构-\+?成很容易使人联想到?]_当时正走红（其实已经在走/+下坡路\@:$）]`;!的)《Friend_$s》，因此
很=:?有不少根本没看过:;;本剧的)媒;(/#体人士和 _#=评论家想当[^然=地将本剧称作英国版的;《F$#r;+[iends》，而在那些有幸欣赏过本
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$?的水平，要比\《Friends》,高几个档次。相@比之下，;《Fr-ien$-%ds》只能说是一部@/“业余”!水平的好作品=而已。)`!当然总:@体来说，英剧的水准本身就高@^于美剧，这[和英剧注意保持创意%、 编剧一/# 体 化是分不开的，美剧的创 _:意一般.也就为:?最初几集编剧，以后主要的]编剧工作都是由其它[
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》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟#.的帅哥Ste(-ve，Steve的莫逆之交\+`、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Je[ff*$，头脑简单、外表% .性感.# 的“donkey” Patri]+ck三位对?/?Porn、(^特别]%是le :\sbian po?[rn非常#]热中的男士，以#及Steve的前女友`!、神神叨叨 :?、擅用性`感作

武器的Jane，]::Steve的,继任.*(+@女友、Jef);f的同事、曾经非常“不羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Sus+@an，Su=]san的=莫逆@(、对衰老和肥@(胖极度敏感的美容\
#师*Sally三位女士。在:第一集中，Steve(决定“再次”和=-女友Ja^!=n`e分手，结果却被Jane三言两语,);引诱到洗手间亲热；Patrick想/把和Su san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:) 碰到匆忙出来买Durex的Steve，向%$他表示好感，两人订`(下约会以[ ?后Stev -e钻进隔间继续/_……。本剧的主线包括 ^St.?^)ev^e和 Susan之[-间逐渐正式
^]起#+来的关*+.系，Je;`f+f寻找艳遇过程中$ 的种种意外以及后来%,+和上司发 展出来的一段,关系， Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的]感情发展$/*@，还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的 .各[?种-奇事，等等。　　本]剧在情 )节设计中所达到的精致和完美!程度让人*叹为观止，而六?位[ 当时并不算大明星的青年演员%.的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平，无怪乎播出之后;立刻/?走红大洋两岸，@;+在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网`,站可以领略到`)其受欢迎的程./*度$。20* `?02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《Fri)=+ends》”在英
;+美两地均广受欢迎-，!%(?觉得正= 好^#可以搬来做20;\04年终于要关张的《-%Friends》的接班人，于是2#00,3年大张旗鼓;]地决定\ 翻拍美版《Coupling》。美`_国的@fan
?s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，不过也可以想象到有多恶心，结果!只播出一集P@ilot就因为骂声太大而整个计划搁浅（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尸体，还有一些彻底走了味儿的剧照。　　2003/@年底，本剧获得英国喜剧奖（BC!% A）最佳电视喜剧奖。BBC已经在/2004年正式开$+拍@[并播出第-4季，+/不过#Je$/;
ff这个%[/人物将不)再出现，而代之以新角\色—.\ —经营Sc,i-Fi书店的Oliv]?er，由Ric-)[hard 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)\@
下，基本保持了前3季的*=#水准，但是同时也流/露出对前3季中成功情节进\行拷贝的迹象，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 wo;men thin: k abou\ _t.+ sex?? ever y
 six  seconds. Shorten that to every /,second, and you&#:39*ve got\+; Co?%up*ling. It's m..;ore [  th
@$.an just a o
,ne\ night st/and!　　When a coup\ /le  gets t]og#:ether_%,! i]`^t's never just the two of them - they also ?[b%ri:ng bagg?; age - (%,and Sus-(an (S$=arah Alexander)  ) and/= Steve (Jack Davenport) are no ex.\ception
+. Their
]bagg:/age i
-s)^;]/ a/ crowd +_of be?=st fr/`#i(/en( ds and ex/ #es #[w #ho talk ]./ ab]out al,l # aspects of sex and r//\elationships *
on* their never-endin@;g quest to f^)ind true 
l]`ove. P_erha`
)p*s, perhaps,
. perhaps(..%(.　^:　Su@+=san$ Walker is a@*  beau%ti[ful g@o-getter with a:n uninh_$ibit=,ed attitude who used to [,date Patr:^ick Maitland (Ben Miles), )- \@the sextet's cha/] rismatic, coc(ky player)% , Lond[on's king of conq?=:uests - )]: a: g]-?`uy who's jus;#t ^]too+(  cool +]t,=o worry; abou$ t b[eing s(
mart. Attracti@ve-,) Sally Har!per  (Kate Is ;itt) i!^s a be+ a?uty;
;?; therapist who i_(/s Susan's u`nasha$^medly vain best friend, who ag*gress#ive-#
ly
[^ b?attle:s aging with he``]av[y doses of moisturizer and *: $m\$en - -.i-
ncluding *$Patri#ck.　　M_#\eanwhile, Stev!
#e T\-aylor,]: wh=ile getting together *%with S#usan, can/ +'t :seem to shake loos(e from his vivacious (`@and sligh, + tl[)y vacuous =ex-
 girlfri(_end^ @J ane [ Christ$)ie
,(Gina Be *ll man), a #$w oman su*
premely ;`?conf-`id
;_-ent in her ]^ability) to !*)seduce anyone of eith\er s([ex, and :%%who !(ref`/uses to b] e dumped un;:less she_` &($#39s[* ,$@the o .ne d_*o

in?,g the d(umping. Jeff Murd*(och_) (Richard Coyle) is St]eve_/*9s "porn buddy" who is, in e^ qual)/ parts, ob ?sessed and bewild%er:ed by actual sex char/:^ming in !his way, but wit,^h an u[n(@[canny a. bilit+y to say the` )w-\r(`ong ] thi;ng at th e worst poss+? ib%%/le time. He work-$s in[`= t(?he /* same?^ office as Susan, with whom he had / a]- di], /sastrous and-= uns_?%ucce ssful one-night fling.　　 Co,upli-@ng has be[ )\$en honoured w)-it_h the pr%e-[.stigious=[: Sil-]\ver Ro:-
%se o`f M``ontreux, Best TV Comedy Award, and @$is re.$ce(=nt winn_er\ at th\/.e 2003,: B^;ritish Comedy  Aw=@ards)*.　　@*#W=:=ith; a new guy$ on t_(he scen@*^e, a @baby (=
on th
_e way, _comm-itme%;+nt in:+ the air, and *
lov$?e on the; ho.= :rizon, /`
/the dynam!i!`+cs of the$ six friends ar. e definitely chan@/$+ging.　　At the! end
+- of las*?@t season S*];usan and+ Steve .\discover( =ed(! they were p=reg[nant (well, mostly $[Susan), confirm#ed bachelor Patrick @and ,Sally final?=+ly ^/$adm!;itted their true feelings for% each[/ !\other, a+nd poor Jane wa`%+[s _\l_;]eft on her own_ ., once again.　!　But it&#39s not?][ all doom [!a//
nd g@loo@m ^for Jane. As /th_e/]. new .s,eas\/on o*p:] ens, thin%= gs \are ?%#  looking= up. There's th
+i]\s  guy c+_a_lled Oliver[ -, w_ho  has hi:s  eye on her. Is it possible` ]]#that` l^if !eti_:@me (+lo,ser in l.*
ove Oliv/+er ;;/mi* \`ght just get som.ewh$ere with lifetime loser in love J?\!an  e? T@ro:[ubl_?e ( is/, his apartment is a lit
tl^!e &:?\qu/otu:n-edited" )and his living roo(m has = lost t .#he battle wi@+th magazine nudi*)^ty. ..　　Susan a;nd Stev
 e are  -n^$!ow well (?and truly an item. So why i!;s he dr(!eam@ing abo#$ut \\?b?_ ]eing e(^ xecuted b,y a/
/^[ fetus with an axe?　　Meanwhile, S ]ally and Patrick are?! settlin=g[ into their new +-%relationship./ Bu$t^;,% since +^the@ daw*@n of t( ime=@ , men and w!omen\!.?: h
ave bee.n`_ f alling in love -=-- and m^_en have been t^/#ryin
^g to get\ \$[ home+@ s ]\$traight `(afterwards. Can fallen 
#playboy Patrick ever\`): find !+his way back fro%@m the enchanted g]la de of %his] o_/ @ne\ *#@ true#\ % l\[ove a=-/[nd get a decent night',_s sleep?