On average, men and women think about sex every six seconds. Shorten that
to every second, and you've got Coupling. It's more than just a one night
stand! When a couple gets together, it's never just the two of them - they
also bring baggage - and Susan and Steve are no exception. Their baggage is
a crowd of best friends and exes who talk about all aspects of sex and
relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love. Perhaps,
perhaps, perhaps... Susan Walker is a beautiful go-getter with an
uninhibited attitude who used to date Patrick Maitland, the sextet's
charismatic, cocky player, London's king of conquests - a guy who's just
too cool to worry about being smart. Attractive Sally Harper is a beauty
therapist who is Susan's unashamedly vain best friend, who aggressively
battles aging with heavy doses of moisturizer and men - including Patrick.
Meanwhile, Steve Taylor, while getting together with Susan, can't seem to
shake loose from his vivacious and slightly vacuous ex-girlfriend Jane
Christie, a woman supremely confident in her ability to seduce anyone of
either sex, and who refuses to be dumped unless she's the one doing the
dumping. Jeff Murdoch is Steve's "porn buddy" who is, in equal parts,
obsessed and bewildered by actual sex; charming in his way, but with an
uncanny ability to say the wrong thing at the worst possible time. He works
in the same office as Susan, with whom he had a disastrous and unsuccessful
one-night fling. Coupling has been honoured with the prestigious Silver
Rose of Montreux, Best TV Comedy Award, and is recent winner at the 2003
British Comedy Awards. With a new guy on the scene, a baby on the way,
commitment in the air, and love on the horizon, the dynamics of the six
friends are definitely changing. At the end of last season Susan and Steve
discovered they were pregnant (well, mostly Susan), confirmed bachelor
Patrick and Sally finally admitted their true feelings for each other, and
poor Jane was left on her own, once again. But it's not all doom and gloom
for Jane. As the new season opens, things are looking up. There's this guy
called Oliver, who has his eye on her. Is it possible that lifetime loser
in love Oliver might just get somewhere with lifetime loser in love Jane?
Trouble is, his apartment is a little "un-edited" and his living room has
lost the battle with magazine nudity... Susan and Steve are now well and
truly an item. So why is he dreaming about being executed by a fetus with
an axe? Meanwhile Sally and Patrick are settling into their new
relationship. But since the dawn of time, men and women have been falling
in love - and men have been trying to get home straight afterwards. Can
fallen playboy Patrick ever find his way back from the enchanted glade of
his one true love and get a decent night's sleep?
