Relationship themes

Relationship themes add much depth and reality into TV shows. People get to identify themselves with the fictional characters who are facing relationship conflicts.

In the post-SAM era, I've been busying myself with TV series that are still countable with anyone's 2 hands. Of course, this does not go to explain why my latest post is 1 week and a day later from my previous post. =) I blame that on self procrastination and the ever fluctuating streamyx broadband. So much for the broadband connection....

So....I've been 'couch potato-ing' on Heroes, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Chuck, Clone Wars, Stargate Atlantis, Knight Rider and Gossip Girl.

Well, I'm just gonna touch on Heroes, Chuck and the Connor Chronicles. If you've noticed in the still current episodes, the prevailing theme that was meant to project to viewers was on relationship issues or conflicts; more particularly on family relationship themes. As for the Connor Chronicles, the entire series itself is an ongoing relationship theme based series.

This is what makes a TV series great and so popular despite 2 of those series being sci-fi and the remaining being a action-drama-comedy - I know of some people who despise sci-fi. =P Relationship themes add much depth and reality into TV shows. People get to identify themselves with the fictional characters who are facing relationship conflicts.


In Heroes, it's a mother and son thing. I am rather touched with the Hiro and mum scene. Hiro the master of time and space visited the past to the moments of his dying mother. That is so touching.

Then, there is also a father and son scene. This is between Mr. Petrelli and Sylar. As it turns out, Mr. Petrelli wasn't who Sylar thought he was. Arthur Petrelli never was Sylar's father. Sylar took over Peter's role in murdering Arthur Petrelli. I'm so glad the producers didn't make Peter a murderer again. =)

There is also a father and daughter scene as well as a mother and daughter scene. Welcome to the Bennet family! Claire got transported together with Hiro into the past. It's interesting to see Claire trying to convince her younger mom that she'll be a great mom without revealing who she is.

I love that trademark Mr. Bennet smile and it seems that the affectionate 'Claire-bear' may not after all be Noah Bennet's creation.


Chuck. It's a nice series although off late its run has been quite boring. But I like the latest episode. Here we have a father and daughter scene. Sarah Walker's dad has returned into her life and he's a conman. So we can see the struggle in Sarah juggling her CIA cover and her real life.

Also her father double crossed her and never really showered her with much attention and love. The ending showed Sarah providing a distraction for her father to escape the police. It must have been hard for her to honour her duty and to let her father escape. And, once again her father has ceased to exist in her life again.


I love this series very much. It's not all just guns blazing and mechanical doomsday, but also the relationship between a mother and son; a mother and son trying to lead a normal life despite evading the predatory terminators set out to terminate John Connor.

The latest episode portrays the Connor household rescuing a family targeted by the terminator. The mother of the family was injured and her daughter has been protecting the family; preserving what's left of it anyway. It's touching to see the mom striving to hold on to life to deliver her unborn daughter.