History Funny / Coupling

** Soon after this, Susan starts wondering whether her own celebrity crush, Angus Deayton, could pull off "naked-in-socks", Sally telling her, "Susan, you’ve got to get past this Angus thing." This [[BrickJoke comes back]] at the end of the episode, cutting away from Steve and Susan to the BBC, with Mariella Frostrup and Angus Deayton having an awkward MeetCute.

'''Jeff''': [[MyEyesAreUpHere Only smile at her face]].\\

'''Jeff''': If you don't get in there and talk to her during the first five minutes, it's too late.
Because then she'll be naked in your head, and you'll forget rule one of playing it cool.\\

** Steve explains to the boys about how he left a porn video in his VCR and that Susan took it out to record something. When Jeff figures out that the video was ''Inferno'', Patrick doesn't see the problem with it.

** In the middle of an extremely awkward dinner party, the girls confront Steve about the porn video, Susan forcing him to try to explain the complex plot of "[[AllMenArePerverts Lesbian Spank Inferno]]" and back up his claim that ItsNotPornItsArt. As it happens, the film involves a group of lesbian filmmakers holding a film festival, which ends with the women all spanking each other (which starts as a self-suggested punishment for the loser of the festival, only for the rest of them to join in). When Jill, not buying it, asks how he can possibly enjoy a movie like that, Steve replies, "Because it's got naked women in it!", followed by a massive rant detailing how [[TheRuleofFirstAdopters the entire history of human achievement was all in order for men to get a better look at women's bottoms.]]

** The boys have been watching a woman in the corner of the bar for some time, Steve and Patrick encouraging Jeff to talk to her. Jeff resists this, saying he's "well past the nudity buffer!"
-->'''Steve''': When you say things like 'nudity buffer', you actually expect people to know what you mean?\\
'''Jeff''': Alright, when you first see a woman you like you have a buffer of about five minutes before you have fully mapped out what she looks like naked.\\
'''Patrick''': A full five?\\
'''Jeff''': You have to asses her nipple type and that takes time.\\
'''Patrick''': Oh yeah good point.

** When Jeff finally goes over and tries to start a conversation with her, what starts with him making an innocuous if [[CaptainObvious obvious]] comment about the book she's reading ends with him [[DiggingYourselfDeeper talking about collecting women's ears in a bucket]]. The kicker is that she's from Israel and didn't understand a word of this - but when Jeff expresses ecstatic relief about this result and explains why to her interpeter Alice, Alice repeats the "bucket of ears" part and freaks her out anyway.

** Patrick then states that he only taped over the foreplay at the beginning ("There was foreplay?"), so there'll still be plenty of him and Susan. She insists on watching the rest, to show the boys what her bottom actually looks like. Cue [[BrickJoke a recording of]] ''The Wicker Man'' instead. Susan angrily goes to put the tape back in the cupboard, where she finds Sally hiding. Sally claims that she just wanted to see what they were like in case she ever decided to appear in one (and it turns out she ''also'' didn't notice it wasn't Susan). Moments later, Jane shows up in hopes of seducing [[BiggerIsBetterInBed Patrick]].

''''Oliver''': Sorry. Can't stop. On a roll.

-->'''Patrick''': That's what you thought would happen if you kissed her?
-->'''Steve''': You think if you kiss a woman, your mother will emasculate you with a miniature guillotine?

** In the middle of an extremely awkward dinner party, the girls confront Steve about the porn video, Susan forcing him to try to explain the complex story of "[[AllMenArePerverts Lesbian Spank Inferno]]" and make it sound like more than just PornWithoutPlot. As it happens, it involves a group of lesbian filmmakers holding a film festival, which ends with the women all spanking each other (whether they won the contest or not). When Jill, not buying it, asks how he can possibly enjoy a movie like that, Steve replies, "Because it's got naked women in it!", followed by a massive rant detailing how [[TheRuleofFirstAdopters the entire history of human achievement was all in order for men to get a better look at women's bottoms.]]

[''AnswerCut to Susan telling the girls the same story'']
'''Sally''': "''Lesbian Spank Inferno''?!"

** In the middle of an extremely awkward dinner party, the girls confront Steve about the porn video, Susan forcing him to try to explain the complex plot of "[[AllMenArePerverts Lesbian Spank Inferno]]" and make it sound like more than just PornWithoutPlot. When Jill, not buying it, asks how he can possibly enjoy a movie like that, Steve replies, "Because it's got naked women in it!", followed by a massive rant detailing how [[TheRuleofFirstAdopters the entire history of human achievement was all in order for men to get a better look at women's bottoms.]]

-->'''Patrick''': Well, as long as she hasn't watched any of it. You can't tell anything from a title like ''Inferno''.\\
'''Steve''': Patrick, ''Inferno'' isn't the full title.\\
'''Patrick''': How bad could it be?\\

** When confronted about this at the dinner party, Steve hilariously tries to explain the complex plot of "[[AllMenArePerverts Lesbian Spank Inferno]]" and make it sound like PornWithPlot ''at least''. When Jill, not buying it, asks how he can possibly enjoy a movie like that, Steve replies, "Because it's got naked women in it!", followed by a massive rant detailing how [[TheRuleofFirstAdopters the entire history of human achievement was all in order for men to get a better look at women's bottoms.]]
-->"And frankly ladies, I'm not sure how offended you really ought to be."

* "Inferno": Steve hilariously trying to explain the complex plot of "[[AllMenArePerverts Lesbian Spank Inferno]]", culminating in a massive rant detailing how [[TheRuleofFirstAdopters the entire history of human achievement was all in order for men to get a better look at women's bottoms.]]

** When Jeff finally goes over and tries to start a conversation with her, what starts with him commenting on the book she's reading ends with him [[DiggingYourselfDeeper talking about collecting women's ears in a bucket]]. The kicker is that she's from Israel and didn't understand a word of this - but when Jeff expresses ecstatic relief about this result and explains why to her interpeter Alice, Alice repeats the "bucket of ears" part and freaks her out anyway.

-->'''Jill''': I understand Jennifer is happy for friends and relatives of the couple to come along to this session, and I'm happy too. As long as it doesn't develop into some kind of... ''[sees Steve and recognizes him]'' Lesbian Spank Inferno.\\

'''Steve''': Well, maybe you want to try not do that.\\

** The flashback to Steve and Susan's experience at a fertility clinic, in which Steve tries to explain what was taking him so long to produce a sample only to be interrupted by ''Jeff'' chiming in to reveal that Steve called him to bring in a better selection of porn and giving an explanation about "lower whiplash".
-->'''Steve''': As you can see, Jeff is more than averagely acquainted with some of these issues.\\