Population: One: Pair by pair

[bryant]

I had a nice time this weekend ingesting the first season of Coupling, which is a pleasant little BBC comedy. Think Friends, but with more sex and cleverer writing, sort of like Sports Night but without Jeremy. (Hey, that metaphor crashed and burned. Don’t point, it’s rude.)

Alas, in England “season” means “six episodes.” Still enjoyable, and it gives me a proper base from which to mock the NBC remake. Man, that’s gonna suck.

Anyhow, it’s not terribly deep but it’s fairly witty and it’s got Jack Davenport who was so good in Ultraviolet. As the viewpoint protagonist, he’s got a fairly tough job being the straight man, and he does a good job centering the show.

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[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

"Do they really call me `the one with the breasts'?"
"Yes."
"What do they call you, then?"
"Susan."

I really like Coupling.

[bryant]

"What do you call people you go out with but you don’t try to sleep with?"
"Men."

I caught it just in time; BBC America is showing the second season starting mid-June.

Re:

[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

I saved the best quote for my pregnant friend - "A bold, noisy thing with eyes is going to crawl out of my genitals and ruin my life! And everyone is going to side with IT!"

I don't watch TV, usually. But for this I might make an exception.

[bryant]

I watch sports. Everyone has to have some flaws.

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[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

*shrug* I like forensics shows and cartoons. I throw no stones. Still, it doesn't inspire me to get cable.

[editswlonghair.livejournal.com]

I can't believe NBC is doing an American version. Jeff just won't be Jeff w/o that great accent... So much of that character is not in what he says but how he delivers it...

My local PBS station (WHYY)

[dtm]

Shows it at 11:30 on Sunday nights, right after the very silly "My Hero".

And I think that the other PBS station in the area (NJN) shows it at something like 1 or 2 am late Sunday night.

They do put up a "this show might contain frank discussions of sex" disclaimer right before, but I don't think they're cutting anything.