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Coupling (UK) :: Nine and a Half Minutes (04x01)

Episode Information

Title:

Nine and a Half Minutes

Episode #:

04x01

Production Number:

401

Original Airdate:

Monday May 10th, 2004

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Episode Crew
Director:	Martin Dennis
Writer:	Steven Moffat

Episode Summary

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Nine and a half minutes are seen from three different points of view, and new character Oliver is introduced.

Jane is to meet a blind date, and mistakenly believes that her doctor might be her date. Susan is working through the fact that she is pregnant, and Sally is desirous of some form of committed relationship with Patrick.

Jeff, meanwhile, is off to Lesbos, but off-camera.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Amanda Abbington	played	Nicola
•Pandora Colin	played	Emma
•Robin Kermode	played	Dr. Reynolds

Cultural References

Title: Nine and a Half Minutes

There are two sources for the title: The most obvious is a 2002 10-minute short film from the UK titled, oddly enough, "9 1/2 minutes" -- It's described as "A couple meet on a blind date and go from introduction, seduction, relationship, boredom, to break up - in 9 1/2 minutes." Strangely enough, it stars David Tennant, the tenth Doctor Who, who Stephen Moffat has since written award winning scripts for as Doctor Who (and which Moffat is scheduled to helm starting with the fifth season). Both titles devolve somewhat upon the steamy erotic film "9 1/2 Weeks", about an intensely sexual relationship which develops between a woman and a man and lasts for the titular time period before ending. The film is now considered a classic and has been both ripped off and spoofed considerably, becoming a Anglo-American cultural meme in the process.

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