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Coupling: The Complete Fourth Series [DVD] (2004)
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Format | PAL, Anamorphic, Digital Sound, Dolby |
Contributor | Sarah Alexander, Gina Bellman, Kate Isitt, Mariella Frostrup, Jack Davenport, Elizabeth Marmur, Lloyd Owen, Ben Miles, Richard Mylan, Lou Gish, Olivia Caffrey, Martin Dennis See more |
Language | English |
Number of discs | 1 |
Runtime | 2 hours and 53 minutes |
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All six episodes from the fourth series of the British Comedy Award-winning sitcom about six friends and their various entanglements. In 'Nine and a Half Minutes', Susan (Sarah Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenport) discuss the birth of their baby, Patrick (Ben Miles) and Sally (Kate Isitt) discuss their relationship, and Jane (Gina Bellman) waits for her blind date, Oliver (Richard Mylan), to arrive. In 'Night Lines', revelations are coming out thick and fast during a interminable late-night six-way telephone conversation. 'Bed Time' sees Patrick trying to get a decent night's sleep, while Jane asks Oliver to drive her home after a dinner party at Sally's. In 'Circus of the Epidurals', Susan and Steve head off to their first antenatal class - and Susan asks Sally to come along as back-up in case Steve can't cope. In 'The Naked Living Room', Oliver finds himself in an uncomfortable dilemma when Jane asks if she can come up and see his extremely untidy flat. Meanwhile, Susan is starting to feel a few twinges... Finally, in 'Nine and a Half Months', Susan goes into labour, and Steve does his best to remain calm through the natural childbirth of their son Joshua (Joshua Iredal).
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Coupling Season 4: feel free to insert your own "four-play" joke, or for that matter, your own "insert" joke. Sex is still topic 1 for the intertwined group of "exes and best friends", but in this pivotal season there are momentous "relationship issues" that will upend all their lives (insert your own "upend" joke while you're at it).
Susan is pregnant, inspiring in Steve nightmares about his own execution and unflattering comparisons of the birth process to John Hurt's iconic gut-busting scene in Alien. Missing in action is the Kramer-esque Jeff (although he makes something of a return in the season finale). Joining the ensemble is Oliver, who is more in the Chandler mode as a lovable loser with the ladies. These inevitable comparisons to "Sein-Friends" are no doubt heresy to Coupling's most devoted viewers. Indeed, this series does benefit from creator and sole writer Steven Moffat's comic voice and vision. He provides his ever-game cast some witty, funny-cause-it's-true dialogue, as in Oliver's observation that "Tea isn't compatible with porn". This Britcom is also less inhibited in language and sexual situations than its American counterparts. In the cleverly-constructed opening episode, in which the same "9-1/2 Minutes" are witnessed from three different perspectives, Sally and Jane can do what was left to the imagination when Monica and Rachel offered to make out in front of Joey and Chandler. The birth of Susan and Steven's baby ends the six-episode season on a satisfying and surprisingly moving grace note. A bonus disc takes viewers behind the scenes with segments devoted to bloopers and interviews with cast and crew. --Donald Liebenson
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- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 19 x 13.5 x 1.4 cm; 0.28 g
- Manufacturer reference : 47-JN76-IND5
- Director : Martin Dennis
- Media Format : Dolby, Digital Sound, PAL, Anamorphic
- Run time : 2 hours and 53 minutes
- Release date : 16 Aug. 2004
- Actors : Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt, Ben Miles
- Studio : 2 Entertain Video
- ASIN : B0002HSD50
- Number of discs : 1
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2010Feel free to insert your own "four-play" joke, or for that matter, your own "insert" joke. Sex is still topic number one for the intertwined group of "exes and best friends," but in this pivotal series there are momentous "relationship issues" that will upend all their lives. Susan (Sarah Alexander) is pregnant, inspiring in Steve (Jack Davenport) nightmares about his own execution and unflattering comparisons of the birth process to John Hurt's iconic gut-busting scene in Alien. Sally (Kate Isitt) and Patrick (Ben Miles) are having some sort of a relationship, giving both moments to be scared and to hope that there is a light at the end of the love tunnel. Missing in action is the Kramer-esque Jeff (although he makes something of a return in the season finale). Joining the ensemble is Oliver (Richard Mylan), who is more in the Chandler mode as a lovable loser with the ladies, especially Jane (Gina Bellman), who develops interest in the guy, who tries to deal with his pregnant ex-girlfriend.
Episode 01: 9 1/2 Minutes
A good episode, but it didn't feel like a real season premiere, instead it was just a normal episode. Okay, the other season premieres weren't really season premieres as well, but this episode was kinda highlightless and not even the introduction of Oliver could save the episode way above the Coupling average. On the same note: Oliver as a character is really awkward and I notice that Moffat really wanted to replace Jeff, but he completely failed with this one. I even had the feeling that Jeff was more intelligent and common, when Steve was talking to him over the phone, while Oliver failed of getting a woman to shank with this night.
The three stories were alright. Sally and Patrick finally date, which means that Patrick won't have any more stories about him sleeping with women, which means that a source of humor is missing, but character development is included now. The John Hurt thing between Susan and Steve was rather boring, I didn't really get it and the humor was over the top, while Moffat wanted the viewers to love Oliver during his first episode, which is why he included him so heavily in this episode.
The lesbian kiss between Jane and Susan was the only highlight in this episode - consider yourself rescued, episode! 7/10
Episode 02: Nightlines
The first part of the episode was a bit boring with the dreams of the guys, though I had to laugh, when Susan got ready to press in Steve's dream. The real highlight was the phone discussion with the friends, which could have been even longer than just as long as the second half of the episode. How good would the episode have been, when the phone discussions were 30 minutes long? That would have been a special episode in any way. And I really loved the whole phone discussion, though Jane's involvement at the end seem to be a little ridiculous. I can understand how the guys got into the phone call, but how did Jane got into it?
On a rather negative point of view: I don't understand why Moffat couldn't have brought more humor into the fact that Steve is panicking to be a father. Only Sally mentioned the word "family" in one sentence, and Susan and Steve are not even clear about what will happening during the next months. There is a potential storyline and Moffat doesn't use it. Hopefully later. And I was surprised to see that Patrick's cupboard is still existing, and that Oliver is as "dumb" as Jeff, but it was nice to give him an ex-girlfriend, who is pregnant. At least he has a story now. 7.5/10
Episode 03: Bed Time
Okay, this episode had another round of Patrick/Sally again, which was good, but the story was kinda crappy. Instead of bringing us another speech of Steve's, who says to us that men have to go home sometimes, the episode just dealt with Patrick not being able to go home - no reason, why he can't just go (well, he could be scared of Sally); no way out of Sally's home (well, he could have been hungry for sex). And I seriously have to say that Sally as Susan was over the top and pretty much out of character. Somehow Moffat lost sense of the story during the dinner, and he wrote the story in a complete wrong way (at least for me). And not even Oliver was really interesting in this episode, having nipple problems, as well as problems landing in bed with Jane. And on another note: All the critics are right: Oliver can't replace Jeff, I miss Jeff, his comments, his stress, his wrong way of living proper - Oliver can't replace Jeff, though he is almost the same as Jeff.
The chess/fantasy sequences were alright though, since it was connected with the duel Patrick wanting to go home versus Sally wanting him to stay. Maybe it would have been good, when Moffat would have kept that fantasy sequence during the middle of the episode, where it was suddenly gone.
I think this was the weakest episode of the series. 5/10
Not missing out of the last series: LESBIAN ACTION!
Episode 04: Circus of the Epidurals
The episode was kinda confusing, since it didn't really had an ending, and it was mostly over the top. Steve said in the last episode that this is not an American sitcom, but this episode felt like one. The writing was mostly stereotype, and even though it was funny, I had to facepalm the scene where Patrick came to the class and almost all the women recognized him. Sadly Moffat didn't even go into the Sally/Patrick story here, instead Sally is just annoyed about everything and goes to her happy place, while Patrick doesn't even talk to Sally about it. And the rest was pretty much awkward too.
Moffat could have done way more with the natal class, but instead they went back to the Inferno story from the first series (which wasn't even necessary to do) and they gave Steve a pretty boring speech this time, and for the first time I think I am not with him, since he really doesn't understand the women during his speech of pain relief.
The scene with Oliver now being in the gang was nice - it almost looks like Moffat want to include him much stronger in the stories, now since he really replaced Jeff (in Moffat's opinion). But the last scene was just ridiculous. Instead of showing more of Susan/Steve after her decision to give him the control, we are back in the plane and with a more than boring scene. 6/10
Episode 05: The Naked Living Room
It was a good episode, and finally Moffat spent time to build the relationship between Oliver and Jane. They were flirting and attracted to each other for the whole season now, but they never went a step forward with their relationship. And finally Oliver had a better role in this episode than in the four previous ones. This time he really was in the gang, having his own story, having his own "moral of the story" with his apartment and the porn he is not hiding anymore. If Moffat would have given us this story in the season premiere, maybe the character Oliver (and the season itself) would have been better as it actually is. And I was surprised that I actually liked Jane in this episode. Her laughter about Oliver's unsecure talking was excellent, and it gave her more character depth. But her bi-sexual thing was over the top again (though she stayed in her character), and like Oliver I absolutely didn't buy what she said there.
The ending was interesting of course; Susan is in labor, she and Steve are panicking, while Sally wants to see Jane in Patrick's cupboard... It almost looks like a big cliffhanger for the season and series finale. 8/10
Episode 06: 9 1/2 Months
A good episode, a good finale and somehow the last picture was the proper way to close the series. But Steve's dream, starring Jeffina (Samantha Spiro) was just horrible and idiotic. I only could roll with my eyes, facepalm the scenes and ask myself whose idea this was - if you don't get Richard Coyle to guest star in the final episode, then don't even think about writing in the character, even though it was just a dream sequence. But it was a really stupid one. Just because of Jeffina the episode deserves harsh words, but the whole birth story, and Oliver/Jane saved the episode. As well as the fact that Moffat managed to get more seriousness into this episode. The engagement between Sally and Patrick was really nice, the talk Steve had with Jane was really nice (and showed her from her serious side), and the moment when Steve was looking at his son was really nice.
This episode showed why the fourth series wasn't really that good, and not just the stupid Jeffina dream: Especially the scene with Oliver and Susan in the same bed was kinda ridiculous, and all the chemistry of the story with the characters was suddenly gone. Maybe a fourth series was one too much after all. 7/10
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 March 2024This series has excellent characters, a brilliant script and a fantastic storyline that should keep you entertained for hours.
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2014Missing one of the original and best characters....!!!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2015Unfortunately the last season of Coupling isn't as good as the previous because Jeff is sorely missed from this one. But still there are good episodes, and several memorable scenes. I do wish that had made more seasons of this truly great british tv-series. But I'm grateful for at least 4 wonderful season of a tv-series that I can watch over and over again.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2022Belly laugh funny & engrossing
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016The whole series was great (although it fell away slightly on series 4 due to Richard Coyle not being in it).
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 September 2020Present
Top reviews from other countries
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Black PearlReviewed in Germany on 5 November 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars Ohne Jeff nix los!
Da sieht man wieder mal, wie hilfreich es gewesen wäre, sich die anderen Rezesionen genauer durchzulesen. Hätte ich vorher gewusst, dass Richard Coyle raus ist, hätte ich die DVD nicht gekauft. Vielleicht ist meine Meinung zu dieser DVD nicht besonders objektiv, weil ich ein absoluter Jeff-Fan bin aber nichts desto trotz finde ich, dass ohne Jeff sozusagen "das Salz in der Suppe" fehlt. Oliver ist meiner Meinung nach nur eine billige Kopie. Weiterhin möchte ich anmerken, dass Season 1-3 sprachlich noch gut verständlich war aber bei Season 4 hatte ich trotz sehr guter Englisch-Kenntnisse so meine Schwierigkeiten.
- N3rd GirlReviewed in the United States on 16 June 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this whole series!
There are four seasons of this show and I've watched all Four! I'm in the USA but I happen to love British humor. This series is sort of like the UK version of friends. I found it hilarious and I was looking to watch it again. But nobody streams it. So, I had to buy all four DVDs.
If you're a fan of Brit comedy, and you like relationship hilarity, I think you're going to like all four seasons of these. I'm going to put this exact same review on the other three seasons so don't expect anything new there. Sorry about that. :-)
- Trevor WernerReviewed in Canada on 15 July 2018
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
funny
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hendrackReviewed in Germany on 17 November 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars Naja
Die 4. Staffel bietet leider nicht mehr den Witz der ersten 3 Staffeln. Die 6 Folgen auf der Disc sind durchaus für einige Lacher gut, erreichen aber nicht das Niveau der ersten Staffeln. Besonders wenn man Coupling gut kennt lassen sich die meisten Gags erahnen weil altbekanntes aufgewärmt wird. Alles in Allem zwar einigermaßen Witzig aber einfach keine großen Highlights. Positiv zu erwähnen sind aber die rund 50 Minuten Extras wie Outtakes, Interviews und "From Script to Screen".
- David P. LangenbergReviewed in the United States on 22 August 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Great English comedy series that I discovered by accident
Great British comedy I found