生命的选择

　　本剧集是BBC 2台2000年正式推出的以青年人为题材和对象的系列情景喜剧，创意和编剧均由Steven Moffat一人担当。三男三女的主要人物构成很容易使人联想到当时正走红（其实已经在走下坡路）的《Friends》，因此很有不少根本没看过本剧的媒体人士和评论家想当然地将本剧称作英国版的《Friends》，而在那些有幸欣赏过本剧的观众们看来，《Coupling》在情节设定、人物表演、喜剧元素的设计和表现等诸多方面所达到的水平，要比《Friends》高几个档次。相比之下，《Friends》只能说是一部“业余”水平的好作品而已。当然总体来说，英剧的水准本身就高于美剧，这和英剧注意保持创意、编剧一体化是分不开的，美剧的创意一般也就为最初几集编剧，以后主要的编剧工作都是由其它编剧根据最初的角色设定来自由发挥，编剧队伍的构成也是不断变化，老的走新的来，造成美剧情节连贯性差甚至前后矛盾，故事往往缺乏深度，人物性格平面化，缺少发展。这都是题外话了。《Coupling》的主要人物包括优柔寡断、性格不成熟的帅哥Steve，Steve的莫逆之交、举止语言古怪、总也找不到女友的Jeff，头脑简单、外表性感的“donkey” Patrick三位对Porn、特别是lesbian porn非常热中的男士，以及Steve的前女友、神神叨叨、擅用性感作武器的Jane，Steve的继任女友、Jeff的同事、曾经非常“不羁”（包括和Jeff还有Patrick）过的Susan，Susan的莫逆、对衰老和肥胖极度敏感的美容师Sally三位女士。本剧的主线包括Steve和 Susan之间逐渐正式起来的关系，Jeff寻找艳遇过程中的种种意外以及后来和上司发展出来的一段关系，Patrick和Sally之间若有若无到若即若离再到情深难舍的感情发展，还有Jane在事业和异性关系中的各种奇事，等等。本剧在情节设计中所达到的精致和完美程度让人叹为观止，而六位当时并不算大明星的青年演员的所展现精湛演技更是具有顶尖演员的水平，无怪乎播出之后立刻走红大洋两岸，在IMDB、AMAZON和BBC网站可以领略到其受欢迎的程度。

　　The second series, Ben Harper, husband and father to three different and often difficult children has spent his working life as a dentist. Just as well as most of his life seems rather like pulling teeth. His wife Susan is usually busy showing foreign tourists around London, a place she knows much better than her own kitchen. Ben and Susan have been married happily enough to have three children. However, Ben has the feeling that most of the time his children seem to speak a different language. Nick (20) has persuaded his parents he would benefit from a gap year to see something of the world. To date, he has hardly seen anything beyond the confines of the sofa. Janey (17) is into boys, fashion labels (expensive ones) and getting her own way. Michael (14) is the brightest of the trio. He is seriously into computers, and, not so seriously (yet) into girls.

　　尼古拉斯·凯奇将主持Netflix喜剧节目《脏话史》(History Of Swear Words)，探索Fuck、Shit、Bitch、Dick、Pussy、Damn等脏话的起源、流行文化用法、科学和文化影响。

　　This series chronicled the lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie was a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, came to CI5 from the regular police force, and was more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship was often contentious, but they were the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

　　汤姆·琼斯是一位早年试图在世界上找到属于自己的一席之地的人。

　　Surreal comedy with Mawaan Rizwan and Russell Tovey, following Jamma (played by Mawaan) and his quest for attention as he navigates chaotic family dynamics and literally stumbles through love.

　　A dramedy that tells, with irony and humor, the adventures of Eliseo, the janitor of an upper class building, who, behind the back of the managing company that employs him, uses his position to surveil and be intimately acquainted with the building's tenants.
　　The building is a universe whose ecosystem has specific dynamics and rules, and Eliseo knows them all by heart. There he lives, works and absorbs every detail of the life of its residents. However, underneath all his humility, he hides a talent for manipulating them. A facade of servility and sincerity is his most effective weapon he uses on them. His power is knowledge. He knows everything about his neighbors: their names, schedules, jobs, relationships, weaknesses, likes, etc. His mind registers everything that goes on in the complex. With this advantage over his "victims", he devises strategies to influence each tenant and can calculate precisely how they will react. This game of power over the neighbors is akin to playing cat and mouse. Depending on his whims, his mood or his need to protect his position at all costs, he is capable of causing wide ranging damage. He also dispenses justice and protects those he sees as weak. He is a God on his own turf.

　　《美女上错身》（Drop Dead Diva）迎来一则好消息。虽然Lifetime台在年初决定取消该剧，但近日该台已经改变想法，续订第五季。早前制作室和电视台就第五季削减资金问题形成纠纷，现在双方已经达成了协议。志气高昂的模特死后被困到了胖胖律师简的身体里，故事围绕简的律师生涯展开。《美女上错身》第四季结局收视率创造全剧新高，达到276万。该集以一个重大转折收场，简的未婚夫去世，简真实的灵魂回到其未婚夫的身体里。

 ABC宣布续订长寿喜剧《中之道 The Middle》第9季，根据Deadline指所有演员皆签下一年新约。

　　每个人都有黑暗的一面。
　　这是Sky Living的超自然电视剧（鬼片）Bedlam的宣传语，也是会在剧中主角身上一一应验的一句话。
　　Bedlam Heights曾经是一家疯人院。Kate和她的父亲Warren把这个废弃的疯人院修葺一新，改造成了最现代的住宅设施。 里面的一间公寓现在由Kate和她的好朋友Molly和Ryan一起合住着。
　　这时，Kate的表弟Jed突然来了，想要借住一段时间，但Bedlam里面阴森森的气氛很快就戳到了Jed的G点。因为在来到Bedlam之前，他收到了一条短信，短信里告诉他：saVe Kate……

　　Veronica Mars住在加利福尼亚的海边一个超富裕的社区小镇Eptune，这里住着百万富翁和为百万富翁工作的人们。当然，Veronica就属于第二类，她的老爹Keith是镇上的sheriff，老美的sheriff 可和警察有点不一样的，虽然都是执法人员，在编制上 sheriff 可谓是“民办” 的。虽然是第二类，但是Veronica在学校还是过的不错，因为她的男友Duncan是镇上亿万富翁的儿子。生活似乎过的不错，但是突然一切都变了，先是男友没有征兆没有理由的和她分了手，然后最好的朋友Lilly——也是前男友的姐姐死了，老爹为了调查谋杀案丢了工作，现在成了私人侦探，老妈也离家出走了，自己的一次聚会上被下了药迷奸了，用Veronica自己的话来说就是Life is a bitch, until you die。生活变了，朋友也变了。

　　一段变心与背叛的过往，两个性格完全不同的女人，三对陷入感情纠葛的年轻男女。在海鸥角的聚会上，从四面八方汇集而来的众人不约而同地感觉到悲剧的降临。
　　1936年的英格兰，网球明星内维尔·斯特兰奇和他的前妻奥黛丽做出了一个不可思议的决定，一起去海鸥角度过一个夏天。海鸥角是他们童年的家，也是内维尔的姨妈特蕾西莲夫人的海滨庄园。
　　谋杀其实早已开始，它默默无声地经历了起因、过程，并在某一特定时间、某一特定地点达到最高潮。谋杀本身就是故事的结局，是零点时刻 。