Review of Coupling

Coupling (2003)
7/10
It wasn't THAT bad
16 May 2008
Americanized remake of the popular British TV series "Coupling". I saw all 4 episodes that were aired. It was well done with a very attractive cast...but the show was never given a chance to find its own identity. If I recall correctly the four shows aired were EXACT copies of the ones from the British TV series! I mean--what was the reasoning behind that? I could see them adapting British episodes and making them more "American" (so to speak)...but what is the point of doing a word for word remake of the British episodes? Also, by comparison, this show suffered. It did have a good-looking cast and they were all good--but they didn't have enough time to jell together as an ensemble. Even with "Friends" it took an entire season before the cast really worked well together. So I DID like what I saw but it seems they made some really bad decisions in reusing the exact same scripts. So--we'll never really know if this could have worked. Too bad.
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