Coupling

Link to Coupling episode 1

1.       What´s the meaning of the title of the episode “flushed”?

2.       Who is Steve about to dump?

3.       Why hasn´t he dumped her yet, even if he has tried four times already?

4.       “one swallow doesn´t make a summer” Why susan say this?

5.       What kind of relationship does Susan have with………………?

6.       What has Sally done since she turned 30?

7.       What different outlooks on age do Susan and Sally have?

8.       What does Jeff call the kind of woman you can´t dump?

9.       Fill in the blanks:

Jeff: Steve, you know what I call this type of women. Y’know the type you can’t ..........  ..........  ...........

Steve: is this going to be really tasteless? Am I going to be ..............to be your friend?

Jeff: (laughs) there’s a technical............ Just a ...............expression

Steve: alright, ..........me

Jeff: Bah, unflushable cos they keep bobbing around

Steve:  go Jeff, just go. Go. Go. Don’t.............   ............ Go

Steve and Jane

10.   What words does Steve use to dump Jane?

11.   What is weird about her answer? What is her argument?

Susan and Patrick

12.   What is lip reading? What is funny about Susan´s reply to Patrick?

13.   Patrick wants to talk to Susan about their relationship. What do they need to do according to him?

14.   Why does Susan mean by “What relationship?”?

Steve and Jane

15.   Does Steve succeed in dumping Jane? Why not?

Susan and Patrick

16.   “It´s not like we´re being faithful or anything.” What does Susan mean?

17.   Susan tells Patrick he has been seeing another person, and she thinks he has been cheating on her. What is contradictory about her statement?

Steve and Jane

18.   How does Jane manage to make Steve have second thoughts?

Susan and Patrick

19.   Jeff calls Patrick “unflushable”. Why?

 Susan and Steve

20.   Susan and Steve have met before. When? Where?

Fill in the blanks

Steve: we’re you going

Susan: ...........  .............

Steve: why? What’re you going to do?

Susan: y’know that’s not a level of detail most people look for.

Steve: sorry can’t go in there. Still using it

Susan: what?

Steve: I haven’t finished. I was ...........  .............  ...........

Susan: you .............  ............. to wash your hands during your...

Steve: yes it’s ............. a tricky one.

21.   What is funny about Jeff telling Susan that Steve is with an “unflushable”?

22.   Why does Sally smile at Patrick now?

Steve´s house

23.   How close are Jeff and Susan?

24.   At what stage of his relationship with Jane was Steve when he asked Susan out, according to what he tells Jeff?

Susan and Jeff

25.   Why are Jeff and Steve porn buddies?

26.   Complete the following:

Jeff: in the ...........   ...........Steve’s death the first thing I would do, upset ...........  ...........   .............be, is go straight to his house and ...............all the pornography before his parents can find it.

Susan: you´re kidding.

Jeff: and he’s ...............to do the same for me. That’s how close we are.

Susan: You two have seriously made plans to destroy each other´s ...........   .............. ?

Jeff: You said “destroy”.

Susan: You wouldn’t keep them.

Jeff: It’s a .............

Susan: Oh Jeff

Jeff: That’s the beauty of it you see your best friends dead but there´s a bright side.

Susan: You’re trying to ...............   ...............   .............him aren’t you?

27.   “Talk about the devil” Why does Susan say this?

28.   What message did Steve leave on Jane´s answering machine?

29.   Why was Susan going to be late for the meeting with Steve?

30.   We could say that Jane is a stocker. Why?

31.   What two different situations made Susan feel upset?

32.   What happened some years ago between Jeff and Susan?

33.   What reason has each one of the characters to see Susan´s breast?

34.   Explain: “every new relationship has  baggage”.

35.   Steve: so I ……………. …………..this isn’t a date any more or is it? I mean are we still

What different kinds of relationships can you see in this episode?