Schastlivy vmeste (Счастливы вместе)

Schastlivy vmeste (Счастливы вместе) (Happy Together) was a Russian adaptation of the American sitcom Married... with Children and ran for six seasons, totaling 364 episodes, which were broadcast on the Russian TV channel TNT from 2006 - 2013.

The first 245 episodes of the series were adaptation of episodes from the American sitcom, following the outlines of the original scripts closely. However, some of the American characteristics were changed to Russian ones, such as Russian holidays instead of American ones, sets that better resemble interiors in Russia, and the character's names. Al Bundy became Gena Bukin (Гена Букин), Peggy was named Dasha (Даша), the children's names were Roma (Рома) and Sveta (Света) instead of Bud and Kelly, and the dog, originally Buck, was named Baron (Барон). Additionally, being that this version is set in the 21st century and aimed at younger audiences, it was adapted to today's technology, featuring cell phones and computers.

Along with the Chilean version, it is the most successful remake of MWC, gaining so much popularity in Russia, that after adapting nearly all of the original episodes, three more seasons of completely new episodes were added. The story lines of those episodes were inspired by scripts fans submitted through a contest that was held from April to June in 2008, in order to get new ideas.

In December 2023, 10 years after the release of the last season, the show received an official spinoff, “Bukins,” which continues the story of the Bukins family ten years later. The entire main cast returned to their roles. Season 1 of 10 episodes has already been released, and season 2 and a full-length theatrical film have also been announced.

Synopsis

The series tells about a "typical" Russian family consisting of a husband, a wife, two (for a time - three) children and dogs that live in Yekaterinburg. The head of the family, Gene Bukin, is a seller of women's shoes, a loser both in his personal life and in his "career". His wife Dasha is a housewife, who spends most of the time in front of the TV, eating candy. Their children are attractive, promiscuous and stupid daughter Sveta and unsuccessful in communicating with the opposite sex, but intelligent son of Roma. They also have a Bernese Mountain dog named Baron.
Their neighbor Elena Stepanova is considered to be a very unattractive woman. With her cohabiting at different times Zhenya Stepanov (first husband), who eventually leaves her and becomes a hunter, and Tolia Poleno (the second husband) - a former criminal, handsome and gigolo. As in other situational comedies, the humor of the series is based on the fact that the characters constantly get into various difficult or sometimes even funny situations and try to get out of them.

Characters

Actor	Role	Original
Viktor Loginov (Виктор Логинов)	Gena Bukin (Гена Букин)	Al Bundy
Natalya Bochkareva (Наталья Бочкарёва)	Dasha Bukina (Даша Букина)	Peggy Bundy
Darya Sagalova (Дарья Сагалова)	Sveta Bukina (Света Букина)	Kelly Bundy
Aleksandr Yakin (Александр Якин)	Roma Bukin (Рома Букин)	Bud Bundy
Yuliya Zakharova (Юлия Захарова)	Elena Stepanova-Poleno (Лена Степанова-Полено)	Marcy D'Arcy
Aleksey Sekirin (Алексей Секирин)	Zhenya Stepanov (Женя Степанов)	Steve Rhoades
Pavel Savinkov (Павел Савинков)	Anatoly "Tolia" Poleno (Анатолий "Толик" Полено)	Jefferson D'Arcy

Episodes

Main article: Schastlivy vmeste (Счастливы вместе)/Episodes

Trivia

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