What are the best episodes of Coupling?

The best rated episodes of Coupling are: The Man with Two Legs - S2E1 rated 8.5, Naked - S2E8 rated 8.5, The End of the Line - S2E9 rated 8.5, The Girl with Two Breasts - S1E5 rated 8.3, Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - S3E7 rated 8.3, My Dinner in Hell - S2E2 rated 8.2, The Cupboard of Patrick's Love - S1E6 rated 8.2, Inferno - S1E4 rated 8.2

What are the worst episodes of Coupling?

The lowest rated episodes of Coupling are: Circus of the Epidurals - S4E4 rated 7.5, Bed Time - S4E3 rated 7.5, The Naked Living Room - S4E5 rated 7.6, Nine and a Half Months - S4E6 rated 7.7, Night Lines - S4E2 rated 7.7, Nine and a Half Minutes - S4E1 rated 7.8, Remember This - S3E4 rated 7.8, The Melty Man Cometh - S2E4 rated 7.8

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Best Episodes of Coupling

The Man with Two Legs
S2 Ep1
8.5
3rd Sep 2001
Jeff finally gets to speak to Chrissy, the woman on the train whose leg he has been fancying for days, and tells her that he only has one leg, a lie which becomes ever harder to undo. Meanwhile, Sally is dating a "surgeon" called David, and Jeff wonders whether it would be easier.
Naked
S2 Ep8
8.5
22nd Oct 2001
As Jeff's 30th birthday approaches, his new boss Julia Davis questions the girls about whether one should kiss a junior work colleague, while Jeff admits to the lads that he had a close encounter of the Nat (Nose Avoidance Tilt) kind in a stationery cupboard at work.
The End of the Line
S2 Ep9
8.5
29th Oct 2001
Steve and Susan's relationship is drifting into a new phase. They are beginning to get on each other's nerves. A bizarre set of misunderstandings brings on a crisis.
The Girl with Two Breasts
S1 Ep5
8.3
9th Jun 2000
Jeff and co. can't take their eyes of a beautiful stranger in their local bar. And the girl can't take her eyes off Jeff. Jeff goes over to talk to her, only to discover that she doesn't speak a word of English, which to Jeff of course is quite a relief. Her interpreter, Alice, tells Jeff she's Israeli, then whisks her away. The next day the girl is back and Jeff attempts to chat her up. With neither speaking a word of the other's language, it is an utter disaster.
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
S3 Ep7
8.3
4th Nov 2002
Sally is terrified that she might be pregnant, so she takes a pregnancy test and asks the other girls to do the same so that she knows what a negative result looks like. In her fluster she gets the tests muddled up. One of the girls is pregnant, but which one?
My Dinner in Hell
S2 Ep2
8.2
10th Sep 2001
After watching an embarrassing program on TV with Susan, Steve bumps into his dream celebrity, Mariella Frostrup, in the bar, but it is not the dream encounter he might like, as she pours her drink down his trousers. Jane and Sally's attempt to make friends with her get him into more trouble as he then has to have dinner with Susan's liberal-minded parents, which turns into a nightmare as misunderstandings multiply.
The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
S1 Ep6
8.2
16th Jun 2000
Patrick has a cupboard of video tapes of his former girlfriends, not to mention Britt Ekland in The Wicker Man. Jeff is excited, but Steve is appalled, when he realizes that Susan must be amongst them. Susan is also horrified when she realizes this in the company of the other girls. Later on, she arrives at Patrick's, and is outraged at what she finds going on there.
Inferno
S1 Ep4
8.2
2nd Jun 2000
Steve is plunged into total panic when he suspects that Susan has found one of his porn videos. To fill the embarrassing silence, he tells her he loves her, but Susan is well-aware that he was merely panicking. Susan invites all the friends over for a dinner party. Jane brings her therapist, Jill, who everyone assumes is there as Jane's date. In front of everyone, Susan insists that Steve justify his passion for the offending porn film, Lesbian Spank Inferno.

Worst Episodes of Coupling

Circus of the Epidurals
S4 Ep4
7.5
31st May 2004
It's time to start attending antenatal classes. Susan need a back-up birth partner, Steve is haunted by the ghost of spanking lesbians past and Sally is seeking the solace of a string quartet. Meanwhile, Jane is trying to find a way to out-keen Oliver.
Bed Time
S4 Ep3
7.5
24th May 2004
Since the dawn of time, men and women have been falling in love - and men have been trying to get straight home afterwards. Can fallen playboy Patrick Maitland ever find his way home from the Enchanted Glade of his one true love and get a decent night's kip? Kate Isitt as Sally makes her singing debut.
The Naked Living Room
S4 Ep5
7.6
7th Jun 2004
Oliver invites Jane to his apartment, not realizing that things such as porn and dirty dishes now replace the floor. Meanwhile Patrick lets the fact slip that he slept with Jane during a conversation with Oliver and Patrick which gets back to Sally. While all the drama unfolds Susan realizes that the pains in her stomach means the baby is finally on his way.
Nine and a Half Months
S4 Ep6
7.7
14th Jun 2004
Steve panics at Susan goes into labour, Patrick panics as Sally goes Hulk-style mad after finding out he's slept with Jane, who is oblivious to all the tension and is having a blissful afternoon with Oliver.
Night Lines
S4 Ep2
7.7
17th May 2004
A phone call between Susan and Sally grows and grows as Steve, Patrick, Oliver and Jane gradually find their way onto the line. Will the phone call ever end?
Nine and a Half Minutes
S4 Ep1
7.8
10th May 2004
One bar, three different points of view, the same nine and a half minutes. Susan and Steve are pregnant (mostly Susan), Patrick and Sally are discussing relationships (mostly Sally), and Jane has a blind date - but will his job be a problem? Meanwhile, in the skies above an Aegean island, terrible danger grows.
Remember This
S3 Ep4
7.8
14th Oct 2002
Sally is surprised to say the least when Patrick arrives at her flat at three in the morning to get rid of a spider for her. It turns out that he dreamt her distress call. What can this mean? Does Patrick subconsciously want to protect Sally? More shockingly, does Patrick have a subconscious? Encouraged by their friends, Sally and Patrick independently tell the story of how they first met...
The Melty Man Cometh
S2 Ep4
7.8
24th Sep 2001
Following their disastrous encounter, Patrick seeks reassurance from Steve & Jeff, who explain to him the theory of the Melty Man, and Sally seeks reassurance from Jane & Susan, who try to comfort her with their own "failure" experiences.

Coupling Episode Guide

Flushed
S1 Ep1
8.0
12th May 2000
Jeff reckons Steve is still in 'The Zone' with Jane: the time after the breakup when there can still be sex, but he wants to date Susan instead. When he has a meal in a restaurant with Jane, Susan walks in.
Size Matters
S1 Ep2
8.2
19th May 2000
Susan invites Steve for a date at home, and offers to cook. Jeff warns him about 'The Sock Gap', and Patrick alerts him to her collection of remote controls. Somehow everyone's conversation seems to revolve around Patrick's size, and Jeff is asked by several people to accompany him to the toilet to check.
Sex, Death & Nudity
S1 Ep3
8.1
26th May 2000
Jeff explains to the guys about 'The Giggle Loop': the danger that the more you try to suppress laughter in important silences, the harder you want to laugh. Jane's aunt has died, and she wants Steve to come to the funeral, pretending to be her boyfriend still. Susan invites herself, and so Patrick must come as her 'boyfriend', and all six end up going.
Inferno
S1 Ep4
8.2
2nd Jun 2000
Steve is plunged into total panic when he suspects that Susan has found one of his porn videos. To fill the embarrassing silence, he tells her he loves her, but Susan is well-aware that he was merely panicking. Susan invites all the friends over for a dinner party. Jane brings her therapist, Jill, who everyone assumes is there as Jane's date. In front of everyone, Susan insists that Steve justify his passion for the offending porn film, Lesbian Spank Inferno.
The Girl with Two Breasts
S1 Ep5
8.3
9th Jun 2000
Jeff and co. can't take their eyes of a beautiful stranger in their local bar. And the girl can't take her eyes off Jeff. Jeff goes over to talk to her, only to discover that she doesn't speak a word of English, which to Jeff of course is quite a relief. Her interpreter, Alice, tells Jeff she's Israeli, then whisks her away. The next day the girl is back and Jeff attempts to chat her up. With neither speaking a word of the other's language, it is an utter disaster.
The Cupboard of Patrick's Love
S1 Ep6
8.2
16th Jun 2000
Patrick has a cupboard of video tapes of his former girlfriends, not to mention Britt Ekland in The Wicker Man. Jeff is excited, but Steve is appalled, when he realizes that Susan must be amongst them. Susan is also horrified when she realizes this in the company of the other girls. Later on, she arrives at Patrick's, and is outraged at what she finds going on there.