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Coupling - The Complete First Season (2001)

Series: Coupling Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt, Ben Miles
  • Directors: Martin Dennis
  • Writers: Steven Moffat
  • Producers: Beryl Vertue, Geoffrey Perkins, Sue Vertue
  • Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: BBC Warner
  • DVD Release Date: January 21, 2003
  • Run Time: 175 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (125 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000797E5
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,920 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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  • Episodes: Flushed, Size Matters, Sex Death & Nudity, Inferno, The Girl with Two Breasts, The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
  • Behind-the-scenes interviews
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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. An American remake is reportedly in the works. Didn't the Fawlty Towers knockoffs, Amanda's and Payne, teach us anything? --Donald Liebenson


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Known as the British "Friends", Coupling is a sexy, hip new comedy that gives you an insight into how the opposite sex ticks. Bold, hilarious and provocative, Coupling features six friends - involved, formerly involved, or looking to become more intimately involved with each other - who get down to the basics of love, lust and relationships. They find themselves in bizarre and compromising scenarios, revealing their deepest secrets, confusing the clearest issues and generally making their way through relationships. Seinfeld and Friends, meet Sex and the City!

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65 of 71 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Top-drawer Britcom, November 2, 2002
By John Oconnor "Pleasant Company" (Merritt Island, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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When they get around to posting an editorial review here, inevitably the comparisons between Coupling and Friends will fly. Don't pay attention. Yes there are superficial similarities -- 6 attractive singles evenly divided between men and women, etc. -- but this is comedy in the great British tradition of farce and has much more in common with Fawlty Towers or Blackadder than with any American sitcom. I'll admit that the incessant need to label the unlabelable (word?) owes a debt to Seinfeld, though.

Episodes included on this first season set are:

"Flushed" -- Steve (the beset Jack Davenport) tries, mostly unsuccessfully, to break up with Jane (the mad Gina Bellman), while beginning a relationship with Susan (the radiant Sarah Alexander).

"Size Matters" -- Steve and Susan's relationship reaches a new level. Sally (the moisturized Kate Isitt) is horrified by Patrick's (the swaggering Ben Miles) political beliefs.

"Sex, Death and Nudity" -- Everyone ends up at Jane's aunt's funeral. Jeff (the crazed Richard Coyle) has his job interview strategy boomerang on him.

"Inferno" -- Susan discovers Steve's video collection. A dinner party goes awry.

"The Girl with Two Breasts" -- Jeff tries to connect with a girl who doesn't speak English.

"The Cupboard of Patrick's Love" -- Susan discovers that her ex (Patrick) has videotape of her in a compromised position.

There is a second season of nine episodes currently in rotation on BBCAmerica for you digital cable subscribers. And a third season has just begun airing in England.

Also, word is that an Americanized version of this show is being groomed as a replacement for ... aw, you guessed it. The soon-to-end Friends. See where it all began here.

And see where it (probably) was a whole lot funnier. Unfair pre-judgment. But probably true.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dangerously Addictive, June 14, 2004
Don't buy this DVD unless you are prepared to buy the entire series. You will fall in love with the characters and will need to know how their story lines continue to develop.

And don't even think about lending your DVDs to a friend. It will be impossible to get you friend to give them back.

This stuff is laugh out loud funny...and mini-marathons watching the DVDs make for great girls nights in.

Enjoy!!!!!!!

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, recognisable, and extremely clever, April 20, 2004
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.

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