A New Perspective on Communication

I took the time to watch ABC's TV show "Once Upon A Time".  I do not typically watch a lot of fantasy shows, but decided to give this one a chance.  In this episode, the characters appeared to be in a close relationship with each other.  They appeared to be lost or stranded together.  This episode proved to have a lot of emotion, there was (perceived) anger, sadness, hopelessness, relief, and confusion.  At first, I was distracted by the lack of sound.  I was playing on my iPad and occasionally speaking to my husband.  But after a few minutes, I treated the show like I was people watching (a guilty pleasure of mine).  I was able to read lips and make my own assumed dialogue which was quite entertaining and comical.  Even though the situations the characters were involved in were clearly meant to be dramatic and appeal to a "darker" view, the only way that I could stay focused was to make things up as I watched. 
When I finally got to watching the show with the sound on, I realized that my perceptions and the assumed dialogue I had created were completely off. Where I thought the characters were a close group of people, with dialogue I saw they were a divided group with smaller individual problems.  This assignment helped to reinforce not to assume or place my own personal perceptions on others without the proper dialogue to go along with it.  I do enjoy silent movies, which are meant to be seen not heard; they tell their story through more traumatic and increased body language. But I did not enjoy watching a TV show that is meant to be heard and seen with minimal body language that I could use as cues.  Now I am hooked on the TV show!