Product Details

• Actors: Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt, Ben Miles
• Directors: Martin Dennis
• Writers: Steven Moffat
• Producers: Beryl Vertue, Geoffrey Perkins, Nick Mortimer, Sue Vertue
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC Warner
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
• Run Time: 445 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000DC154
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,061 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Coupling - The Complete First and Second Season" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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This witty, instantly addictive British series could also be called Chaps or Squelchy in the City. Coupling charts the tangled sex lives of a close-knit group comprising "exes and best friends": womanizer Jack, hapless nice guy Steve, "strange and disturbing" Jeff, uninhibited Susan, neurotic Sally, and manipulative Jane. Coupling may inspire feelings of déjà-view. The obvious frame of reference is Friends (Steve and Susan are the Ross-Rachel equivalent), but this series also echoes Seinfeld in its coinage of catch-phrases (although it's doubtful that "the boyfriend zone" will replace "master of your domain") and plotlines (in episode one, Steve tries to dump Jane, who refuses to accept). But Coupling has its own fresh and provocative takes on relationships. At one point, a furious Susan discovers that Patrick not only had a videotape of the former couple having sex, but that he also taped over her. --Donald Liebenson

Steven Moffat's second season is a brilliant consolidation of all those neuroses, small deceits, obsessions, and personality tics that struck such a resonant chord when Steve, Susan, and their four friends were first unleashed on us. Comparisons with Friends itself are tiresome and lazy: Coupling is an intrinsically British comedy that picks apart the trivial and the mundane in everyday relationships and takes them on surreal journeys, leaving the participants hilariously bemused and rarely any wiser. Its success is due to the magical combination of Moffat's very funny scripts and the talents of six extremely likable actors, including Jack Davenport (Steve) and Sarah Alexander (Susan). But it's Richard Coyle's Jeff whose sexual fantasies exert a compelling fascination that will really keep you watching in disbelief. Breasts, bottoms and pants are the basis for most of the conversational analysis when these friends get together as a group, as couples, as girlfriends, or as mates, invariably becoming metaphors for the state of a relationship or situation. Individual viewpoints and terrors are explored through respective memories of the same event and what-if scenarios. Chain reactions inevitably ensue, fuelling comedy that is based almost entirely on misunderstanding. --Piers Ford

Product Description

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/22/2005 Run time: 445 minutes

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Friends? No comparison!!, October 25, 2003

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kg95 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coupling - The Complete First and Second Season (DVD)

I have not seen the DVD version but I have seen every episode. This is our favorite British Comedy!!! I enjoy Friends but I never laugh this hard. My husband almost hurt himself laughing at poor neurotic Jeff doing his blindfolded strip tease for his "surprise" birthday party!!! Much wittier than Friends could be. The storylines in each episode are great!!! They are so convoluded with twist and turns. The American/NBC version was absolutely painful for us to watch..we wrote to NBC to complain! PLease don't compare the American version to the original - they are apples and oranges. The original is fantastic and I've ordered mine!! Can't wait til Christmas on this one!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most hysterical shows ever!, December 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Coupling - The Complete First and Second Season (DVD)

I am an avid BBC America viewer - this program hooked me the first time I watched it. I made my husband watch it and he was instantly hooked too. It is funny beyond belief! Both men and women can relate to it, and gives you inside glimpses into the minds of the opposite sex.

This isn't Friends...this isn't even the NBC version of Coupling. Even though they used almost the exact same script, the actors and director of the NBC version did not hit the mark even remotely. The British cast and director hit the mark square in the center every time. The characters are likeable, even with their flaws - and it's their flaws that make them hysterical.

One thing - this is not something to watch in front of kids - this is very adult humor.

This is comedy at it's best. You will hurt yourself laughing. We enjoy it so much, we're getting this set to give to friends of ours for Christmas.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am in love with Coupling, January 1, 2004

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chrisbean (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coupling - The Complete First and Second Season (DVD)

This is beyond fabulous. Perfect enough that I find myself making excuses to stay home and watch it in its 10pm Friday night time slot. Beyond raunchy enough that I was terribly embarrassed at making my dad stop channel-flipping to watch an episode when I was visiting my parents last weekend. So universally funny that he laughed more than, and loved it at least as much as, I did. I love poor, awkward Jeff, and all of the delightfully horrific things that come out of his mouth. He's probably the only character on television that I can watch make a total idiot of themselves without cringing, becoming terribly self-conscious, and having to change the channel.