TV Guide: Coupling

Video: The Melty Man Cometh

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sally s oafish date prompts her to call for a Code Red rescue, which Patrick performs perfectly. The next day, in a one-time-only offer, Sally decides that they should do it again immediately! Both of their apartments are occupied, but she has the key to Susan's place and makes arrangements to go over and use the shower". But will Patrick perform again? A haunted Patrick sits on Susan's bed, appalled and frightened at the arrival of the terrifying specter known as Melty Man.

Video: The Cupboard of Patrick's Love

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

When Jane goes to Patrick's flat unannounced to heal their spiritual divide, she discovers that he has a cupboard full of homemade videos, all bearing the names of women including one called Susan. The word quickly gets around, and when Susan visits Patrick to ask him to keep his video of her private she discovers Steve, Jeff and Sally are already watching it. Even more appalling, Susan discovers Patrick has taped over her, and no one has noticed!

Video: Sex, Death & Nudity

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Jeff is pretty nervous about his job interview until Patrick gives him a tip, imagine the panel is naked. Jane s aunt has just died, and she wants Steve to go to the funeral with her, but he refuses and tells Susan who insists he should go. Steve can t quite pluck up the courage to tell Susan that Jane wants him to pretend they re still together. And Susan has announced she wants to go, too. Steve just keeps digging himself in deeper and begs Jeff to go as Susan s partner. Meanwhile, Susan is busy inviting Patrick to the funeral and he is inviting Sally, who has a pathological fear of growing old, to be his decoy date. However, before long, all six of them are heading up a suburban street dressed in funereal black.

Video: Remember This

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Sally is surprised when Patrick arrives at her flat at three in the morning to get rid of a spider for her, although she never phoned him. It was all a dream, which leads Sally to ponder the following questions: Does Patrick subconsciously want to protect Sally? Does Patrick even have a subconscious? The next day, they each recount the events of the first night they met. While Jeff expounds on Porn Jelly and his eight thousand names for breasts, Patrick and Sally try to face an uncomfortable truth.

Video: The Girl with One Heart

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Susan redecorates the bathroom and removes the lock, and there is no de-clenching in Steve's future without one. Even worse, Susan invites everyone over for dinner (again). Patrick invites his new girlfriend along, and Jane attempts to get the extremely gorgeous pizza deliveryman who lives across the street to be her date. In light of their last close encounter, Sally is extremely worried about meeting Patrick's new date. Fortunately, Patrick dimly perceives there might be a problem and attempts to head off danger by telling his new girlfriend, Jennifer, that Sally is a lesbian. Jennifer turns out to be a nightmare, both slim and interesting. After a strange exchange in the unlocked bathroom, Susan's dinner party goes horribly wrong.

Video: Bed Time

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

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 home from the arms of his one true love and get a decent night's sleep? Not likely. As Patrick turns to Steve for some answers, he's not the only one looking for manly advice. Sally is having a dinner party and Jane has asked Oliver to drive her home afterwards.

Video: Jane and the Truth Snake

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

"As Sally and Susan commiserate about expanding faces, Jane stumbles in, freshly sacked from her job as a traffic reporter. But Jane is only slightly worried because she has a plan to hit stardom in children's television, with the help of her mysterious new friend, Jake, who has an unerring ability to tell the truth. Meanwhile, a grim-looking Patrick strides into the bar, determined to finish with his latest girlfriend, Lynda, who has made The Big Mistake: she ruled out the possibility of ever having a threesome. How can a relationship survive without hope? Patrick performs a clean break with Lynda on her answering machine. He s barely hung up when, much to his horror, Lynda arrives and admits she wants to arrange a threesome, tonight.

Video: Nine and a Half Months

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

As Susan goes into labor, Steve swings into action and does his best to remain unruffled through the natural childbirth. An old friend returns from the Greek islands for the big event, but there is something definitely different about him. Meanwhile, Sally is troubled by a secret from Patrick's past and can't resist opening up a box labeled "Sally, don't look in this box," and Oliver and Jane try to go one step further, but they keep getting interrupted.

Video: Size Matters

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Susan asks Steve to her flat for dinner on their first solo date. Both Steve and Susan's camps discuss whether or not this invitation implies just cooking or cooking with sex. Jeff gives Steve some tips on foreplay and a heavy-handed warning about entering the dreaded Sock Gap. He also introduces the mystery of Susan's remote controls. Meanwhile, Susan explains to Sally exactly what she meant by calling her ex, Patrick, a "donkey." Back at Susan's Steve discovers Susan's propensity for buying value packs of batteries. But why do all her batteries run out so quickly?

Video: Night Lines

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

It's late at night, and they are all on a phone call that will not die. Revelations are coming out thick and fast. Steve is a feckless, feelingless wanker, Susan suffers from raging hormones, Sally warns of jelly midriffs, and Patrick has a pregnancy fetish. Even more troubling is that fact that Jane keeps the keys to all her ex-lovers's flats.

Video: Naked

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Jeff has finally found his female counterpart, a woman who can't help blurting out ridiculous things if she's attracted to someone. To make matters worse, Julia is a senior manager at his firm (his boss, actually). After a sequence of typical Jeff blunders, he is in despair. Soon, however, Julia kisses Jeff and he thinks that his luck has changed. She leads him blindfolded into a conference room, where Jeff celebrates his good fortune by doing an ecstatic strip tease. Unfortunately, Julia wasn't luring him into the conference room for sex, she was leading him to his surprise birthday party.

Video: My Dinner in Hell

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

In the bar with Jeff and Patrick, Steve is still cringing at the memory of watching a documentary with Susan the night before in which the narrator revealed a guarded secret: all men masturbate, even when they are in a stable relationship. So, Jane and Sally are obsessed with finding out whether Steve still goes solo. Meanwhile, Susan has invited her notoriously frank parents over for dinner, while Patrick and Jeff scour sex shops looking for Patrick Junior.

Video: Circus of the Epidurals

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Pain-relief or natural birth? That is the latest decision facing parents-to-be, Susan and Steve. They head to their antenatal (prenatal) class, and Susan takes Sally along as back-up just in case Steve "can't cope." But Sally, who was initially flattered, soon finds herself seeking the solace of a string quartet and some back-up for herself. Meanwhile, Steve finds himself haunted by the ghost of spanking lesbians past and Jane tries to "out-keen" Oliver.

Video: Dressed

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Jane's attention has been caught by a stunningly handsome guy in the bar. It is lust at first sight. After contact is established, Bill suggests that she join him for dinner at his place, despite how horrible Jane had been to his friends. Jane can only believe this is an invitation for a romantic dinner for two, but it isn't. Meanwhile, Patrick is locked in an insane competition with Ivan, an acquaintance from work. Since Ivan has a glamorous trophy wife, Patrick decides he needs one too, just for the evening. He recruits Sally for the part, then changes his mind and claims Susan for his bride, only because he needs a blonde. Seeing Susan pretending to be Patrick's wife finally makes Steve's mind up for him, he proposes to Susan in front of the whole group.

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

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Steve finds a freckle on his bottom and reaches for the Book of Death to diagnose the problem. Sally and Patrick have become new-partner-hating best friends, and everyone gathers around to meet James, Jane's celibate boyfriend. Meanwhile, a kinky evening with Julia goes horribly wrong when Jeff has a Nudity Hoovering problem. Things go from bad to worse when Julia's violent ex turns up at her flat demanding to see her. Jeff narrowly avoids being beaten to a pulp, but his heart is in greater danger of being broken than his bones.

Video: Split

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Susan and Steve have split, literally, and they are both sleepless and miserable. Steve seeks solace in lager and dirty video games; Susan in a soggy handkerchief and self-help books about soulmates, faith, and why men are rubbish. Both rally their friends and head for The Temple of Woman a prodding, waxing, tweezing beauty salon for Susan, and a whooping, hollering lap-dancing club for Steve, where Jeff bumps into an old friend.

Video: Gotcha

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The ultimate "ticking time bomb" lands on everyone's door: a wedding invitation. Now Steve must answer the ultimate question: Do you have a future, or are you getting married?

Video: Unconditional Sex

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A very nervous Jeff agrees to have a friendly drink with Wilma who comes clean, she really likes him. After a spectacularly awkward, drink-sipping silence, Wilma offers him unconditional sex while the panel of 4 continues to listen in. Jeff is no match in a debate with "devil woman" Wilma. She knows every argument to get what she wants from a man. Jeff paints himself into a terrifying conversational corner, until he is forced to blurt out the reason he can't have sex with Wilma.

Video: Faithless

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Jane and Jeff are both having difficulty keeping the faith. When the lovely Wilma asks Jeff out for a drink, he is sent into a spiral of tension. Is she making a move on him, or does she just want to be friends? Jeff can't be sure. Unable to face this challenge alone, Jeff concocts a clever scheme involving his mobile and a panel of 4 friends to interpret Wilma's statements. All is fine until Julia gets on the line. Meanwhile, Jane goes ga-ga for the new religious broadcaster at the radio station when she watches him park his huge, red sports car into a tight little spot. But she can't believe he doesn't believe in sex before marriage, even when she offers to take her top off.

Video: Nine and a Half Minutes

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

One bar, three different points of view, the same 9 minutes. At the end of Season Three, Susan and Steve discovered they were pregnant, confirmed bachelor Patrick and Sally finally admitted their true feelings for each other, and loser in love Jane was, once again, left on her own. But it's not all doom and gloom for Jane. After a trip to a dating agency, she has a blind date with a guy called Oliver. But his job might be a problem. Meanwhile, Patrick and Sally face the first problem in their relationship, and Susan attempts to talk to Steve about the imminent birth of their child. Between Alien comparisons and Steve's nervous swallowing, Susan finally understands what's going on in Steve's head and she solves the problem with one good snog.

Video: The End of the Line

Amazon Video on Demand — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Steve seems incapable of making any decisions and Susan is beginning to despair. A guilty Steve finds himself exchanging telephone phone numbers with an attractive girl he meets in the bar, while Susan pretends to be French in front of a handsome Francophile. Is this the end of the line?