Coupling

Seasons

2000

8.5

TV-14

Six best friends talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Flushed

Steve Taylor is a charming, efficient man--who can't handle women well, being affected by fears which are only aggravated when he talks to his best mate Jeff, who always manages to say and do the wrong thing and worse.

S1 • E2

Size Matters

When Susan calls Steve, he instantly loses all command of conversation, yet they agree to meet and she offers to cook, according to Sally an offer of free sex plus catering. When he tells his mates, they're treated to Jeff's dubious "foreplay tips", such as avoiding at all cost being fully naked except for socks even for a moment; and as the girls enter the bar they overhear another winner. Jane is absurdly confident that her bisexuality makes her eligible for pure gay hunk Howard and switches all labels and concepts potentially implying any homophobia. Sally haughtily rebuffs Patrick, assuring him that she won't ever ever have sex with him--until Susan tells her that his nickname "Donkey" refers not to his mental abilities but to his intimate endowment, which cancels Sally's every prejudice although politically he's her complete opposite. Steve and Susan's evening is burdened by misunderstandings and.

S1 • E3

Sex, Death & Nudity

Everyone's going to Jane's aunt's funeral--but whose date is whose? The event makes Sally worry that her anti-aging regimen might not ever be "enough". Jeff presents and illustrates his infamous "giggle loop" theory.

S1 • E4

Inferno

While tidying up Steve's flat, Susan finds a hot tape we'll just call "Inferno". At a dinner party featuring all the friends, plus Jane's ambiguous guest, Steve is called upon to give a detailed review of the film and, by extension, a defense of the whole male heterosexual psyche. Jane also takes this evening as her opportunity to proclaim her variety of "open" vegetarianism.

S1 • E5

The Girl with Two Breasts

Jeff meets and tries to chat up an Israeli girl who doesn't speak English. Meanwhile, Steve and Patrick are inspired to thoughts of a science fiction movie featuring intelligent breasts.

S1 • E6

The Cupboard of Patrick's Love

Susan discovers Patrick's video collection--including "her" tape. Before she can ask for his discretion, he's already shown it to Steve, Jeff, and Sally, who hasn't even noticed that Patrick taped over her.