Coupling: Season 3

At the end of Coupling's outrageous second season, Steve and Susan have split up; Jeff and Julia are living in a state of perpetual arousal and perpetual confusion; Jane continues to be a man-eater in sincere search of love; Sally is Sally, vain and neurotic; and Patrick...well, what can one say of Mr. Tripod, the love beast? How can their lives possibly get wackier? Find out in the third season of this hilarious, critically acclaimed U.K. comedy sensation!

Includes the episodes: Split , Faithless , Unconditional Sex , Remember , The Freckle, The Key and The Couple Who Weren't , The Girl With One Heart , Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

Series 3 of this popular lifestyle comedy begins a heartbeat after the end of the last ? with Steve and Susan splitting up.The entire episode is conducted in split-screen, each half following one of the sundered couple as they both head to ?The Temple of Woman?, a beauty salon for Susan, a strip club for Steve.

After their abortive fling last year, Patrick and Sally have gone into the dangerous territory of being overprotective, new-partner-hating best pals ? and then one of them blurts out ?I love you? at the wrong moment. Meanwhile Jeff still has a girlfriend, Julia. But what happens when Jeff ? a man without the software to say ?no? ? is offered ?unconditional sex? by another gorgeous woman, Wilma?

Jane falls in love with James, a Nice, Sane, Heterosexual Man who loves her back. But while Jane thinks shagging is ?brilliant!?, he?s deeply religious and doesn?t believe in sex before marriage.

Split - Following an argument, Steve and Susan split up and make their separate ways to the Temple Of Woman.The entire episode is shown in split screen.

Faithless - Jane finds herself competing with the Supreme Being of the Universe. She feels it isn't fair on either of them. Jeff has been going out with Julia for some time. But then the disconcertingly lovely Wilma propositions him in the stationery cupboard.

Unconditional Sex - Jeff, a beautiful woman, and an offer he cannot accept. 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.

Remember This - Something stirs in Sally's bedroom. 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.

The Freckle, the Key and the Couple Who Weren't - Jane's boyfriend doesn't have sex - and Steve doesn't have eyes in his bottom. A quiet night in with Julia leads Jeff to a Nudity Hoovering problem.

The Girl with One Heart - Sally is lonely, unhappy and unfulfilled. And then she goes and spoils it all. Susan has been redecorating the bathroom, only she's removed the lock from the bathroom door and declenching is now out of the question for Steve.

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Three eggs, three women, three possibilities. 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 - and decides to use Jane and Susan as a pregnancy control test, which leads to some unexpected revelations.

Steve	---	Jack Davenport
Susan	---	Sarah Alexander
Jane	---	Gina Bellman
Jeff	---	Richard Coyle
Patrick	---	Ben Miles
Sally	---	Kate Isitt
Oliver	---	Richard Mylan

Written by Stephen Moffat
Produced by Sue Vertue
Directed by Martin Dennis
Executive Produced by Beryl Vertue
Original Music by Simon Brint

"Irresistible... [Coupling] started last Friday and has already become grounds for turning down all but the hottest of Friday-night dates. Silliness is a rather underrated ingredient in successful comedy, but Coupling has it in generous helpings... particularly in the acting, which is terrific, and lifts a competent show on to another plane. The ensemble work is excellent, but two performances stand out – those of Gina Bellman... and Jack Davenport – an inspired rendering of wry erotic incompetence." -Mail on Sunday

"Saucy new comedy drama." -Mail on Sunday

"Steven Moffat’s series is a comedy in which men and women wittily negotiate the rules of erotic engagement. But in this case the men are the Ally figures – passive, perplexed, desperately fantasising – while the women are super confident... [Coupling] manages to be consistently funny." -Sunday Times

"Frothy comedy about the tangled love lives of six pals." -Mirror

"Coupling had some of the best comedy lines I’ve heard in a British sitcom in ages." -Daily Express

"Fresh and funny... caustic, nicely observed." -Daily Telegraph

"Jack Davenport in particular shows an admirable sense of comic timing... wickedly funny." -Guardian

"Coupling is a witty comedy series about sexual mores today... the script crackled with good lines... At its best it was like an authentically British Friends, combining group amiability with lines that encompass Bridget Jones and "This has to be one of the most sassy and grown-up British sitcoms we’ve seen for quite some time." -The Sun

"Friday night is the best comedy night on TV, and this sparky new series, starring Jack Davenport... has no trouble keeping up the high standard... It’s the sharpness of the writing, by Steven Moffat, that makes this stand out." -Evening Standard

"A sexy comedy series about the lives and loves of six highly attractive friends ... lots of near-the-knuckle scenes and sharp chat about sex..." -OK! TV Guide

"The script is packed with jokes and one-liners ... delivered with spirit by [the cast]. The humour is bolder and more up-front than we are used to in British prime-time comedy ... a funny show." -The Times

"Imaginative and, crucially, funny from the outset ...That this works so well will not surprise those who recall writer Steven Moffat’s previous sitcoms, particularly the nearly brilliant Joking Apart. He has a real feeling for the tragicomic details of modern relationships, a facility for sitcom narrative and a simple talent for one-liners." -Financial Times

"A sparky, self-confident debut for a new sitcom that will inevitably be dubbed ‘the British Friends’." -The Independent

"Jack Davenport looks perfectly at home in his debut comedy role as Steve ... Steven Moffat’s script somehow spans both bad taste and well-honed wit, so be prepared to be offended at some stage." -Daily Telegraph

"Well, knock me down with a feather. A new British sitcom that doesn’t make you want to line up the scriptwriters and have them summarily shot...They’ve collected a good-looking cast ... and have given them some daftly funny lines." -Evening Standard

"Coupling serves as a kind of Vronsky to Anna Karenina: a fascinating companion- piece... Moffat has long seemed to me one of the most original TV writers ... His particular talent is for intricately plotted sexual farce ... brilliantly filthy linguistic misunderstanding, and his feel for farce shows." -The Guardian

"This new grown-up sitcom is based on a neat idea." -Independent on Sunday

British Comedy Awards®
2003 – Best TV Comedy