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Coupling

TV·2000–2004·4 seasons, 28 episodes·BBC Three·Comedy, Romance·30m·8.1·Created by Steven Moffat

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Britcom about a group of six friends - three men and three women - and the ups and downs they encounter playing the 21st century dating game.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Coupling S01E02Size MattersS01E02 · 8.7Sally regrets turning down a date with Patrick after an eye-popping revelation from Susan.
  2. 02Coupling S01E04InfernoS01E04 · 8.7Steve worries that Susan has discovered a compromising tape in his video library. Jane persuades her therapist to come along as a guest at a dinner party.
  3. 03Coupling S01E01FlushedS01E01 · 8.5Steve's long-running attempts to dump girlfriend Jane are constantly thwarted by his "accidental" tendency to keep having sex with her.

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2000Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Coupling S01E01FlushedMay 12, 2000 8.5Steve's long-running attempts to dump girlfriend Jane are constantly thwarted by his "accidental" tendency to keep having sex with her.
  2. S01E02Coupling S01E02Season's bestSize MattersMay 19, 2000 8.7Sally regrets turning down a date with Patrick after an eye-popping revelation from Susan.
  3. S01E03Coupling S01E03Sex, Death & NudityMay 26, 2000 8.3The attendance at the funeral of Jane's aunt snowballs as the friends arrange decoy dates.
  4. S01E04Coupling S01E04InfernoJune 2, 2000 8.7Steve worries that Susan has discovered a compromising tape in his video library. Jane persuades her therapist to come along as a guest at a
  5. S01E05Coupling S01E05The Girl with Two BreastsJune 9, 2000 8.3Jeff has a tortuous time when he tries to chat up a beautiful foreign woman in the pub.
  6. S01E06Coupling S01E06The Cupboard of Patrick's LoveJune 16, 2000 8.2An alarming discovery is made by the girls about the contents of Patrick's cupboard.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode9Episodes2001Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S02E01Coupling S02E01Season's bestThe Man with Two LegsSeptember 3, 2001 8.2Sally has been seeing Liam for two weeks so now everyone wants to meet him. Jeff falls in love with a leg.
  2. S02E02Coupling S02E02My Dinner in HellSeptember 10, 2001 8.0Should you still be whistling if you've got a girlfriend?
  3. S02E03Coupling S02E03Her Best Friend's BottomSeptember 17, 2001 7.8Steve glimpses Sally's behind.
  4. S02E04Coupling S02E04The Melty Man ComethSeptember 24, 2001 8.0Following a disastrous impotent encounter with Sally, Patrick seeks reassurance from Steve and Jeff.
  5. S02E05Coupling S02E05Jane and the Truth SnakeOctober 1, 2001 7.8Jane's career as a radio traffic reporter is put in jeopardy when she receives some unexpected criticism.
  6. S02E06Coupling S02E06GotchaOctober 8, 2001 7.4It's one year since Steve and Susan's first date, and Steve is dreading questions about their future.
  7. S02E07Coupling S02E07DressedOctober 15, 2001 7.4Jane meets a handsome stranger and ends up going to dinner with nothing to wear.
  8. S02E08Coupling S02E08NakedOctober 22, 2001 8.0Jeff's new boss Julia questions whether it is right and proper to kiss someone junior at work.
  9. S02E09Coupling S02E09The End of the LineOctober 29, 2001 7.8Susan and Steve each find themselves tempted by other people. Steve guiltily swaps phone numbers with an attractive woman in a bar.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode7Episodes2002Aired 6.8Season avg
  1. S03E01Coupling S03E01Season's bestSplitSeptember 23, 2002 7.3Steve and Susan split up and make their separate ways to the Temple of Woman.
  2. S03E02Coupling S03E02FaithlessSeptember 30, 2002 6.5Jane finds herself in competition with the "supreme being of the universe".
  3. S03E03Coupling S03E03Unconditional SexOctober 7, 2002 6.8Wilma offers Jeff 'no-strings' sex - after all, she only wants to 'borrow' him from his girlfriend, Julia.
  4. S03E04Coupling S03E04Remember ThisOctober 14, 2002 7.0Patrick and Sally have very different recollections of meeting at Susan's office party. Jeff expounds on 'porn jelly' and his names for brea
  5. S03E05Coupling S03E05The Freckle, The Key and the Couple Who Weren'tOctober 21, 2002 6.3A 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 Boo
  6. S03E06Coupling S03E06The Girl with One HeartOctober 28, 2002 6.8Sally is lonely, unhappy and unfulfilled. And then she goes and spoils it all.
  7. S03E07Coupling S03E07Perhaps, Perhaps, PerhapsNovember 4, 2002 7.0Sally finally admits how she really feels about Patrick.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2004Aired 7.1Season avg
  1. S04E01Coupling S04E01Season's best9 1/2 MinutesMay 10, 2004 7.3Susan is pregnant, Patrick and Sally are discussing relationships, and Jane has a blind date.
  2. S04E02Coupling S04E02NightlinesMay 17, 2004 6.8Susan is worried she's turning into an emotional tent and Steve is being executed on a nightly basis - by a foetus.
  3. S04E03Coupling S04E03Bed TimeMay 24, 2004 7.0Can Patrick find his way home from the enchanted glade of his one true love and get a decent night's sleep?
  4. S04E04Coupling S04E04Circus of the EpiduralsMay 31, 2004 7.0At an antenatal class, Steve is haunted by the ghosts of spanking lesbians past, whilst Sally is troubled by a string quartet.
  5. S04E05Coupling S04E05The Naked Living RoomJune 7, 2004 7.0Is 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
  6. S04E06Coupling S04E069 1/2 MonthsJune 14, 2004 7.3The night before the birth of his first child, Steve Taylor is visited by an old friend. Or possibly an old maths teacher.

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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