TV Relationship

 I often have the television running during the day for my dogs, so when I get home I put it on mute and just go about my business without the extra noise. I put on CSI: New York for them and when I muted it, I took to watching it to see what the relationships were like.

As with every CSI show, there is a whole host of characters that interact. The episode I watched showed two of the main characters in what appeared to be in an argument about something. It's been a long time since I watched this particular show but I do know that the characters normally all have a very good relationship, with the lead of the crime lab often worrying about the reputation of the lab but also the well-being of his people. Obviously, without the words themselves, I can only speculate that they were angry about one of the characters being involved with someone that was involved in the case as I do recall it happening at some point in another episode. I would say from this that the boss worries about his person because he looked like he was trying to get him to understand where he was coming from while the other was just getting frustrated and upset.

When I turned the sound on, I was in fact correct with what was going on. The boss was trying to get his person to understand why it was that he was upset about his relationship with someone that was involved in the case while his person got upset about being talked to about it. Sure, it would make sense that he was upset, especially since he was keeping things professional. But at the same time he didn't bring up his affiliation so I can understand why the boss was upset with him.

I think watching a show I knew well, or if I had done this when I watched this show back in the day, my assumptions would have been even more correct because I would have understood the nuances between the characters and understood the development that they'd gone through and where they were at in that point of the show.

It's important to know how people know each other and their relationship before really developing an understanding of their communication because sometimes the way people talk or interact is based on how long they've known each other and the relationship they have. If you're a stranger, you are going to react differently from how you would act if you'd been best friends for twenty years or more. It's certainly interesting to think about.