Communication in Television

The show I decided to watch is a show called How I Met Your Mother.  It is a show that I would not typically watch but from watching it seems interesting. In my first viewing of the show without the volume the characters where sitting at a table in a bar talking. It seemed as if one of the characters was telling a story because the other characters where looking at the person speaking and it seemed as if they were responding to what she had said. From the body language of two of the characters I can assume that they are in a relationship because they were sitting close to each other. They all seem to be friends. As I continue to I noticed that two more of the characters seem to be in a relationship as well. They were talking but I think the female character was not happy with what the male character said and she walked out of the room and closed the door. The male character didn't seem to be affected by her words at first because the expression on his face was one of joy and not sadness. Later on he showed a different emotion when he looked upset and sad about the situation with his girlfriend (one of the main female characters).  There was a part in the episode where two of the guys were in a classroom and one of the males was standing in the front and the other was sitting at a desk taking notes. The one standing in the front was showing pictures and talking about the girlfriend of the other character. When the girlfriend found out she looked very upset and hurt. She had the look of anger in her face when she confronted the two men on what they were doing in the classroom. As she walked in the room the two men seemed surprised and tried to run after her when she stormed out. At the end of the episode the couple where sitting outside on the stairs talking and looked like they were making up because they hugged and kissed.

After watching the show with the volume on, I see that most of my assumptions were right.  In the episode one of the characters, Ted was trying to teach his friend Barney all about Robyn and how to keep her interested in their relationship. Ted was telling Barney ways to keep her happy and her likes and dislikes. When Robyn found out she was very upset even though the intentions were not to be deceitful but to be helpful. The nonverbal cues really helped in figuring out what was going on in the show. Comparing what I thought to what actually happened I was pretty on point. The characters body language, gestures, and facial expressions really helped in trying to figure out what was going on.