Post 7: What TV Has Taught Me

1.            If you’re going somewhere dangerous, it does no good to wait in the car.  If you wait in the car, it means the danger is on its way to the car.  (Chuck, Castle…)

2.            If you change your hair color and wear big glasses, no one will ever recognize you.   (Alias)

3.            Any conversation you hold while walking briskly is more important and consequential.  (West Wing, reminder from 30 Rock)

4.            If you are the center of your group of friends, your life will suck the most.  You will also be the most unlikable person in the group.  (Buffy, Grey’s Anatomy)

5.            A quick wit will get you out of any jam, from catty high school drama to being held at gunpoint.  (Veronica Mars, Castle)

6.            If you are brilliant in a technical field, you must also be so flawed that you are on the brink of social isolation. (House, Bones, Monk)

7.            The faster you talk, the smarter you are.  Also, the person who talks the fastest wins the argument.  (West Wing, Gilmore Girls, Sport Night)

8.            The more you reference pop culture, the cooler you are. (Gilmore Girls, Buffy)

9.            Therapists are borderline omniscient.  They can discern your deepest, darkest secrets upon meeting you and immediately say the one thing that will convince you to solve your issues. (Sports Night, West Wing, Grey’s Anatomy)

10.          It isn’t real love unless there are lots of pain and obstacles.  (Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Alias, Roswell)

11.          In any moment of crisis, a beautifully poetic soliloquy will come to you which you can deliver with great power.  (Buffy, West Wing, Angel, Grey’s Anatomy)

12.          Falling down is REALLY funny. (Scrubs, Modern Family)

13.          Alcohol is the best thing in the world.  Everything is boring without it.  (Cougar Town)

14.          Alcohol is the worst thing in the world.  It ruins every life it touches.  (The Cleaner)

15.          Everyone is expendable. (Lost)

16.          If no one believes you, you are definitely right. (X-File)