Life keeps getting less funny.
Well,
Coupling may just not remain my favorite show, but I'll wait and see. Here are the discouraging words from the creator/writer himself:
"Okay. You keep asking. Here it is. As you've pretty well all
guessed, Jeff won't be in the 4th season.
I'm no longer in direct touch with Richard, so I can't vouch for
his reasons. At the time of shooting the third season he seemed
keen to return for a fourth (I always check in case I have to
write anyone out) and that's why there was no Goodbye Jeff
episode in the last run.
Sadly, although we have been trying very hard to persuade him,
he's not keen to return and shoot a farewell for us. It's taken
months of (unsuccessful) pleading on our part, which is why I
haven't been saying a lot on the subject.
I really enjoyed working with Richard, who is an immensely
talented actor, and I'm sorry it couldn't have ended on a
happier note.
Okay. The good news.
There will be new character - Oliver, Jane's worst possible
blind date - and I'm having whale of a time writing him. I miss
Jeff but it's invigorating to have a new wind blowing through
the show.
We've just cast someone we think is going to be wonderful. And
after you've all got tired of wearing your black armbands, I
think you might think he's wonderful too.
So don't write us off just yet, okay?
To be honest, it's kind of nice for everything to be a Big Scary
Risk again.
Steven Moffat"
Coupling may just not remain my favorite show, but I'll wait and see. Here are the discouraging words from the creator/writer himself:
"Okay. You keep asking. Here it is. As you've pretty well all
guessed, Jeff won't be in the 4th season.
I'm no longer in direct touch with Richard, so I can't vouch for
his reasons. At the time of shooting the third season he seemed
keen to return for a fourth (I always check in case I have to
write anyone out) and that's why there was no Goodbye Jeff
episode in the last run.
Sadly, although we have been trying very hard to persuade him,
he's not keen to return and shoot a farewell for us. It's taken
months of (unsuccessful) pleading on our part, which is why I
haven't been saying a lot on the subject.
I really enjoyed working with Richard, who is an immensely
talented actor, and I'm sorry it couldn't have ended on a
happier note.
Okay. The good news.
There will be new character - Oliver, Jane's worst possible
blind date - and I'm having whale of a time writing him. I miss
Jeff but it's invigorating to have a new wind blowing through
the show.
We've just cast someone we think is going to be wonderful. And
after you've all got tired of wearing your black armbands, I
think you might think he's wonderful too.
So don't write us off just yet, okay?
To be honest, it's kind of nice for everything to be a Big Scary
Risk again.
Steven Moffat"