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===Series 1 (2000)===
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  |ShortSummary=Steve is desperately struggling in a series of long-running attempts to [[breakup|dump]] his "unflushable", clingy girlfriend Jane — constantly thwarted in this by his "accidental" tendency to keep [[having sex]] with her — resorting to advice of his best friend Jeff.
  |ShortSummary=Jane thwarts Steve's serial attempts to [[break up]] with her by [[having sex]] with him each time, this time in a cubicle in the women's toilet of the bar which the group frequent. Susan and Patrick are also breaking up. Susan and Steve meet in the women's toilets when Steve leaves the cubicle to buy a [[condom]] from the machine, and Steve asks her out. Steve intends to break up with Jane once and for all just before his dinner date with Susan. Jeff is there for reasons nobody is sure of. Susan arrives early because she was going to have a [[facial]], performed by her [[beautician]] friend Sally, who cancelled it in order to have dinner with Patrick at the same restaurant. The group have dinner together.
 
Meeting at their [[pub|local bar]], Jane will not accept it and thwarts Steve's latest attempt once again, this time in the women's toilets. At the same bar, Susan, with her best friend and beautician Sally, have arrived for "the talk" with Patrick, who is trying to dump Susan, but she humiliates him by saying she did not really think they were actually going out together. Susan goes to the toilets, whereupon Steve stumbles out of the cubicle to get a [[condom]], landing at her feet. He has forgotten that they have met before — she is a colleague of Jeff. Neglecting to tell her that he has another girlfriend in the cubicle, Steve asks Susan out.
 
Over the phone, Steve tries to break up with Jane once more, and lucks out with the [[answering machine]] — it cuts out part way through.
 
On their first date at Susan and Patrick’s special restaurant, all their friends turn up too: for reasons nobody is sure of, Jeff tags along in terror that they will talk about him — he had a panic attack on his one date with Susan — still under the impression that she is Steve's girlfriend, Jane stalks him there; while coincidentally, on a rebound date to the same place, Patrick has asked out Sally, who cancels a [[facial]] session with Susan, resulting in her early arrival. Jane finally breaks up with a shocked Steve as she will not compete with another woman. Having tricked Susan into showing them one of her breasts, the six sit down together for dinner.
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  |ShortSummary=After an out of control pause during a phone call, Susan invites Steve to a proper, uninterrupted date at her flat, and even offers to cook — something Sally assures her will be seen as "sex with catering".
  |ShortSummary=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 examine Susan’s [[remote control]]s.
 
Prior to dinner, Steve meets up Jeff and Patrick at their [[pub|local]] where they advise him to check out Susan’s [[remote control]]s. But while Jeff warns of the perils of falling into the "sock gap" during [[foreplay]], Susan and Sally pop by too totally throwing him off his train of thought. Having sworn never to have sex with a Tory, Sally is in a tricky dilemma, conflicted over turning down a date at a car show with [[Conservative Party (UK)|"Tory boy"]] Patrick after an eye-popping revelation and is ever-more drawn to him on discovering his nickname "Donkey" does not refer to his intellect — he is a very big boy...  


Meanwhile, Jane turns up at the local on her date with a gay colleague, Howard, mistakenly thinking that because she is bisexual, she will be perfect for him. Howard turns out to be a Tory boy too and with Patrick tease Sally for being [[New Labour]]. Despite their opposing politic leanings, Sally needs to know what she’s turned down to overcome her aversion, and tasks Jeff with verifying this unusually [[human penis size|well-endowed attribute]] in the men’s toilets, so when in turn Steve and then Jane task him too, he freaks out. Steve is increasingly intimidated by Patrick's reputation and Susan’s massive [[vibrator (sex toy)|consumption of batteries]], until she finally puts him at ease — she pulls his socks off.
Sally tries to overcome her aversion to Patrick’s support of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] when Susan tells her about his particularly [[human penis size|large penis]], and Jeff freaks out when Sally, Steve and Jane task him with verifying this unusual attribute.
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  |ShortSummary=When her aunt dies, Jane insists that Steve comes with her to the [[funeral]]. So far, so good, until Jane adds that she has not broken the news that they have split, so this would be a bad time to tell her family. Understandably, Susan will not let Steve go unless she comes too, so that she can keep an eye on them. The attendance at the funeral snowballs as the friends arrange decoy dates. She brings Patrick as her date, so Patrick brings Sally. And Jeff... well he actually knew the deceased.
  |ShortSummary=Whilst giving Jeff advice on preparing for a [[job interview]], Patrick recommends imagining the panel naked, which Jeff begins to practice. Jeff introduces Patrick and Steve to the 'giggle loop', his name for difficulty of containing laughter at inappropriate times. Steve is persuaded to attend Jane’s aunt's [[funeral]] ... as Jane's boyfriend, as she has not told her family they have split up. Susan will not let Steve go alone, and Steve asks Jeff to pretend to be Susan’s boyfriend, beginning a chain of invitations that sees all six at the funeral, where the giggle loop strikes the least likely member of the group.
 
In their local, beforehand, Jeff is fretting over an upcoming [[job interview]], so Patrick advises on preparing by recommending imagining the panel naked. Jeff introduces Patrick and Steve to the "giggle loop" — difficulty of containing laughter at inappropriate times.
 
At the funeral, Susan bonds with Jane disconcerting Steve, while Sally meets head on her paranoia of aging. Thoughts about inappropriate behaviour ensues, until the tension broken during the [[minute's silence]] when the giggle loop strikes the least likely member of the group.
 
Later, Jeff confidently overcomes interview nerves until he walks into his interview, only to be confronted by a mirror behind the panel...
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At the pub, Patrick trips over the mother of an old flame, who seduced him, and attempts to sneak past her; however, when she does not notice him, he charges back in to restore his (perceptions of) virility. She later tells him she remembers him. He apologises to her - but she is horrified that he thinks she was the mother, as she is actually the daughter.
At the pub, Patrick trips over the mother of an old flame, who seduced him, and attempts to sneak past her; however, when she does not notice him, he charges back in to restore his (perceptions of) virility. She later tells him she remembers him. He apologises to her - but she is horrified that he thinks she was the mother, as she is actually the daughter.


Susan consults Jane for tips on keeping Steve's interest, but mostly learns that Jane likes to prank-call him in silence. Steve makes arrangements for Jeff to call him during the date with claims of familial disaster. However, the disruptive phone call actually comes from Susan, who, by pretending to be a silent Jane, gets Steve to confess that he wants to marry her. With a triumphant smile, she declares, "Gotcha — in every sense of the word."
Susan consults Jane for tips on keeping Steve's interest, but mostly learns that Jane likes to prank-call him in silence. Steve makes arrangements for Jeff to call him during the date with claims of familial disaster. However, the disruptive phone call actually comes from Susan, who, by pretending to be a silent Jane, gets Steve to confess that he wants to marry her. With a triumphant smile, she declares, "Gotcha--in every sense of the word."
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Coupling is a BBC Television sitcom. Written by Steven Moffat, it is 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 BBC Two, 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 overview

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Episodes

Series 1 (2000)

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Series 2 (2001)

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Series 3 (2002)

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Series 4 (2004)

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References

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External links

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