Coupling

The Brits' answer to Friends? Six thirty-something pals navigate dating

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The Brits' answer to Friends? Wickedly funny look at the complicated love lives of six thirty-something pals, as they navigate the highs & lows of dating. Mishap and mayhem ensue.

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Steve's attempts to dump Jane are thwarted by his tendency to keep sleeping with her.

Flushed

Steve and Jeff go to a wine bar where Steve has decided to dump Jane, his longstanding girlfriend, once and for all; but when he sees her he's soon ensnared by the basest of male instincts.

Sally regrets turning down a date with Patrick after an eye-popping revelation from Susan.

Size Matters

Steve is surprised when Susan invites him round for supper at her place. As Jeff expounds on "the sock gap" and offers advice on foreplay and his theory on celebrity marriages, he has no idea Susan can overhear everything.

The attendance at the funeral of Jane's aunt snowballs as the friends arrange decoy dates.

Sex, Death and Nudity

An upset Jane appears on Steve's doorstep. Her aunt has died and she wants Steve to go to the funeral with her. When Steve tells Susan that he told Jane he couldn't go, she insists he must, and Susan announces she wants to go, too.

Steve worries that Susan has discovered a compromising tape in his video library.

Inferno

When Susan decides to video a tv programme, Steve gets paranoid about her finding his lesbian porno video.

The lads can't take their eyes off a beautiful stranger, but she only has eyes for Jeff.

Girl with Two Breasts

The boys are sitting in the bar looking at a beautiful girl with the casual lust of no-hopers. When she glances at Jeff, who's "way past the nudity buffer," the others encourage him to go and talk to her.

Jane makes an alarming discovery about the contents of Patrick's cupboard.

The Cupboard of Patrick's Love

Jane turns up on Patrick's doorstep. Stunned, he offers her a drink. She senses his emotional walls. Why does he never talk to her? Meanwhile the boys discuss screen nudity. Then Jane opens Patrick's cupboard to be confronted by a wall of videos.

Jeff has fallen in love with a red shoe on his morning train.

The Man with Two Legs

Jeff has fallen in love with a red shoe on his morning train. Meanwhile, Sally has been seeing Liam for two weeks and everyone wants to meet him.

Jane and Sally are obsessed with finding out whether Steve still goes solo.

My Dinner in Hell

Jane and Sally are obsessed with finding out whether Steve still goes solo. Meanwhile, Susan has invited her notoriously frank parents over for dinner.

The truth slowly emerges about why Steve and Sally have been acting so strangely.

Her Best Friend's Bottom

Susan's latest project is to choose some furniture for the flat that she and Steve will share together and the truth slowly emerges about a deep mystery: why Steve and Sally have suddenly started acting so strangely.

After a disasterous encounter with Sally, Patrick seeks reassurance from Steve and Jeff.

The Melty Man Cometh

Following a disastrous impotent encounter with Sally, Patrick seeks reassurance from Steve and Jeff.

Jane's career is put in jeopardy when she receives some unexpected criticism.

Jane and the Truth Snake

Jane's career as a radio traffic reporter is put in jeopardy when she receives some unexpected criticism. Meanwhile, a grim-looking Patrick is determined to finish with his latest girlfriend, Lynda.

While preparing to celebrate their anniversary, Steve suffers a frightening experience.

Gotcha

Steve and Susan prepare to celebrate their year anniversary, when Steve suffers a frightening experience and is dreading questions about their future.

Jane's attention has been caught by a stunningly handsome guy in the bar.

Dressed

Jane's attention has been caught by a stunningly handsome guy in the bar. Meanwhile, Patrick is locked in insane competition with Ivan, an acquaintance from work.

Jeff's new boss questions whether it is right and proper to kiss someone junior at work.

Naked

Jeff's new boss Julia questions whether it is right and proper to kiss someone junior at work.

Steve finds himself tempted by other people, and swaps numbers with a woman in a bar.

The End of the Line

Susan and Steve each find themselves tempted by other people. Steve guiltily swaps phone numbers with an attractive woman in a bar.

Steve and Susan have split up and make their separate ways to the 'Temple of Woman'.

Split

Susan is furious, Steve is as indecisive as ever. They are both sleepless and miserable. Steve seeks solace in lager, dirty video games and reaching for the phone, Susan in a soggy handkerchief and a self-help book about soul-mates.

Jane finds herself in competition with the 'supreme being of the universe'.

Faithless

Jeff has been going out with Julia for some time. But then the disconcertingly lovely Wilma propositions him in the stationery cupboard. Meanwhile Jane meets and quickly unnerves the ruggedly handsome James under similar circumstances.

Wilma offers Jeff 'no-strings' sex - she only wants to 'borrow' him from his girlfriend.

Unconditional Sex

A very nervous Jeff has arranged to have a friendly drink with gorgeous Wilma who comes clean - she fancies him like mad and she wants to 'borrow' him from his girlfriend.

Patrick and Sally have very different recollections of Susan's office party.

Remember This

It's three in the morning, and Patrick has been called out to rescue Sally from a spider in her bedroom. This event causes them both to reflect on their very different recollections of their first meeting at Susan's office party 4 years ago.

A quiet night in with Julia leads Jeff to a nudity hoovering problem.

The Freckle, the Key and the Couple Who Weren't

A quiet night in with Julia leads Jeff to a Nudity Hoovering problem. Steve is troubled by a freckle on his bottom and reaches for the Book of Death (The Medical Health Encyclopedia).

Sally is lonely, unhappy and unfulfilled. And then she goes and spoils it all.

The Girl with One Heart

Susan has been redecorating the bathroom, only she's removed the lock from the bathroom door and de-clenching is now out of the question for Steve. Much to Sally's consternation, Patrick has a girlfriend - and Susan has invited them all for dinner.

Sally has blurted out how she feels to Patrick but is convinced it's not meant to be.

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

Now Sally's blurted out how she feels to Patrick and has convinced herself it's not meant to be. More importantly, she really, really doesn't want to produce a bald, noisy thing that will destroy her life.

One bar, three different points of view, the same nine-and-a-half minutes.

9 1/2 Minutes

One bar, three different points of view, the same nine-and-a-half minutes: Susan and Steve discuss pregnancy, Patrick and Sally talk relationships and Jane has a blind date.

Susan is worried and Steve is being executed on a nightly basis - by a foetus!

Nightlines

Susan is worried she's turning into an emotional tent while Steve is being executed on a nightly basis… by a foetus!

Can Patrick find his way home from the enchanted glade of his one true love?

Bedtime

Can Patrick find his way home from the enchanted glade of his one true love and get a decent night's sleep?

Steve finds himself haunted by ghosts while Sally is troubled by a string quartet.

Circus of the Epidurals

At their antenatal class, Steve finds himself haunted by ghosts of lesbians past while Sally is troubled by a string quartet.

How can you win over a woman when your living room has lost the battle with nudity?

The Naked Living Room

Is it possible that Oliver is getting somewhere with Jane? But how can you win the heart of a good woman when your living room has lost the battle with nudity?

The night before the birth of his child, Steve's visited by an old friend!

9 1/2 Months

The night before the birth of his first child, Steve Taylor is visited by an old friend...or possibly an old maths teacher!

Coupling

Coupling

Series 1

1. Flushed

1. Flushed

2. Size Matters

2. Size Matters

3. Sex, Death and Nudity

3. Sex, Death and Nudity

4. Inferno

4. Inferno

5. Girl with Two Breasts

5. Girl with Two Breasts

6. The Cupboard of Patrick's Love

6. The Cupboard of Patrick's Love