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Originally posted by Morf
As someone that has never seen an episode of the original, I find NBC's "Coupling" to be a pretty good show. I'll keep watching. :shrug:

After the next episode, switch immediately over to BBC America to see the original version. I'd be interested to hear the reaction from someone who's never seen the original and likes the US version.

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Originally posted by rfduncan
Speaking of which... B.A.hist, here is a little background on this show. The cast was ORIGINALLY rounded out with Breckin Meyer as Jeff, Melissa George as Jane and Emily Rutherford as Sally. They only filmed the pilot before swapping out HALF the cast. So a lot of the timing/acting problems could simply be that these folks don't know how to work together yet. Sigh - I think Meyer would have been a great Jeff too. :(

I heard that they switched up the cast, but I didn't know who replaced who. It was probably a good career move for Melissa George now that she is on Alias, and Kelly Rutherford (yummy :D ) landed Threat Matrix, which is preachy, but far and away better than this show. Breckin Meyer would have been good as Jeff, but I think he is the new Jon Cryer of TV, plus he has his own show coming out on FOX (I believe) which probably won't last long either.

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Originally posted by Josh Z
After the next episode, switch immediately over to BBC America to see the original version. I'd be interested to hear the reaction from someone who's never seen the original and likes the US version.

No BBC. So I'm safe living in my world of NBC-only "Coupling". :)

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Originally posted by Morf
No BBC. So I'm safe living in my world of NBC-only "Coupling". :)

Some PBS affliates show UK Coupling. The one in DC does.