8.5/10572 votes#1 - Split
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2002
Steve and Susan have had an argument about their future, and Susan storms out of Steve's flat in tears. While Steve tries repeatedly to ring Susan, his courage failing every time, the girls are locked in a debate over the merits of 1471, and what it means if the phone "chirps". Eventually the tension at both ends of the phone gets too much. The boys and the girls set out for "the Temple of Woman': in the girls' case, a beauty salon; in the boys' case, a lap dancing club.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Moffat
8.4/10523 votes#2 - Faithless
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2002
Jane finds herself competing with the Supreme Being of the Universe and she feels it isn't fair on either of them. Jeff finds himself in the middle when he has to decide to cheat his girlfriend Julia with Wilma or not.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Moffat
8.8/10566 votes#3 - Unconditional Sex
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2002
Jeff is still trying to decide whether he should cheat on his girlfriend Julia with Wilma, or not. While his friends try to help him, Jeff is no match in this debate for "devil woman" Wilma. She knows every argument that Susan (the expert in getting her own way) has ever used. Jeff paints himself into a terrifyingly extreme conversational corner, until he blurts out that the reason he can't have sex with Wilma is that his girlfriend is dead...
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Moffat
8.7/10548 votes#4 - Remember This
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2002
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...
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Moffat
8.3/10502 votes#5 - The Freckle, The Key And The Couple Who Weren't
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2002
Steve is troubled by a blemish on his bottom, which Susan hasn't noticed. James remembers where he knows Susan from. Jeff and Julia try spicing up their love life, but he loses the key to the handcuffs. Then Julia's chunky ex-boyfriend calls round, and he has to pretend that they're not a couple.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Moffat
8.7/10554 votes#6 - The Girl With One Heart
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2002
Susan has invited everyone over for dinner, which as we know is just asking for trouble. Steve is particularly worried because Susan has recently redecorated the bathroom, and removed the lock, thus robbing him of his Fortress of Solitude. Sally's worry is that Patrick is bringing his new girlfriend: she's frightened that she will overcompensate her feelings of hostility towards her new rival by being embarrassingly nice. Patrick dimly perceives there might be a problem, so has told Jennifer that Sally is a lesbian...
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Moffat
8.9/10550 votes#7 - Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2002
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?
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven Moffat
The Best Episodes of Coupling Season 3
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Six friends in their thirties navigate dating, sexual adventures, and mishaps on their quest to find love.
Genre:Comedy
Network:BBC Two
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Split" is the best rated episode of "Coupling" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 572 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Steven Moffat, it aired on 9/23/2002. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Faithless".