Major project: Coupling epsiode 3 research

Locations: Street outside bar, Bar, steves doorway, steves living room, steves bedroom, steves hallway, Susans work hallway, Patricks office, Sally's work,  Steve's car, Street outside janes aunts house, Jane's aunts living room, interview room reception area, interview room. 

'sex, death and nudity'
-  Jeff is worried about an interview and that he may say a word by accident like nipples. Espcially now he has put the idea into his head. Steve asks why not thighs which makes Jeff worse.
- Patrick helps Jeff by telling him to imagine the interview pannel naked.
- Jeff tells the boys about the giggle loop - your in a quiet, sad location such as a minute silence. A though pops into your head that the worst thing you can possibly do here is laugh which makes u almost laugh. this chain reaction leads to almost laughing again and again. hence the giggle loop.
- it is revealed on screen that it is 5 days to a funeral. we are 4 minutes into the show. Jane appears at steves door revealing her aunt has died. Steve almosts laughs as the giggle loop starts. Jsne asks steve to come to the funeral but he says he is with susan now and he cant. As they talk more the giggle loop develops further.
- Susan tells steve he should go to the funeral because its not like jane can seduce him there. Jane asks steve to pretend he is still his gf. Susan meanwhile has said she is also going to the funeral. Jane refuses this and both try to get steve to sort out the situation until he hands the phone to susan who jane allows to come, passive aggresively. When he discusses the funeral more with steve the giggle loop further develops.
- Jeff is more relaxed after he starts using the naked technique patrick has taught him until he later imagines an old man naked. Patrick tells him not to worry because if everyone he sees naked is the worst it must mean he is the best making jeff feel relaxed once more.
- Steve asks jeff to be susans date for the wedding unknown to susan. meanwhile Susan asks Patrick to be her date for the funeral to annoy steve. Patrick asks Sally to the funeral to be his decoy date so steve isnt suspicious. Sally doesnt want to go as she is a beautician and is worried about all the old people and their wrinkles. Patrick tells her she will be the youngest skinned person which pleases her ans she agrees to go. Sally is later scared by a wrinkled face old women who tells her she looks like a younger version of her. Sally is annoyed when the woman says she looks 40. the woman also later tells sally she also used to use face cream which scares sally further.
- Jane also brings up her bisexual nature again in this episode discussing how she and steve could have had threesomes much to steves disapointment.
- A moment of silence is called to remember janes aunt which causes a huge giggle loop for the boys. The loop is broken when jane bursts into laughter.
- finally we see jeff go to his interview, confident until he steps into the room. There is a mirror behind the panel meaning jeff see's himself naked and he panicks once more.

This epsiode is again similar in pace and tone to the other episodes. It continues to bring up past storylines and also devlop the characters traits further. As always with coupling the title of the episode is a clear indicator of the themes of the episode.

stay safe,

Helen