Things that really annoy you in tv shows

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When Rando members of the public become part of the police and can go to suspects houses to talk to them.

Watching a show on Netflix. Woman goes back to old town after her parents are murdered and then a series of murders happen. She becomes buddy buddy with the local cop and then goes to all the interrogations, suspects homes, fucking joined them all in a rescue mission.

Drives me bonkers when they do this!

Buying a drink in a cafe then leaving it.

Lying panting after sex for endless amounts of time

Phoning someone and they answer before it’s barely had time to ring. They never dial a number and wait.

Cindy Beale in Eastenders. She left Ian and took the children and when he found her months later she was living in France. They were always skint so how did they afford passports, she didn't speak a word of French so how did she get a house, find a job, put her children into school. I was a single parent in England at the time and that was hard enough. Seemed just too stupidly far-fetched

Doctors who give bad news in a corridor/waiting room full of people. I’m sure this does happen (even though it absolutely should not) but in my line of work I’ve only ever seen doctors talk to families in a quiet/private room.

A couple living in a house/flat that definitely has a spare room (visiting other characters have used it) but every time the couple have a fight he sleeps on the sofa. Use the fucking spare bed you fool!

People who move house with one suitcase. Shit's sakes, I take more than one bag on a two week break to Europe. Last time I moved house I had 46 boxes (I had to count them for the movers) and it took me weeks to pack them. Do they all just buy new furniture/books/clothes/pots and pans/ boxes of broken incomplete Playmobil sets every time they go to live in a different house?

On a soap when it's someone's birthday, they'll say "It's my birthday let's all go for a drink at the Vic/Rovers/Woolpack tonight".

What, you mean the same place you go to every single night?

Why don't they ever go to the theatre or out for a pizza?

And when someone needs a job why do they end up asking around and then getting a job that they are not trained for in the local cafe, factory or pub.

There's a whole world out there, go and get a job in an office a few miles away.

They would have to get a taxi to do that though and then the taxi driver would go all funny eyed and sweaty and murder them.

Best to stay where you are and get murdered in the cafe instead.

I wouldn't say this subject has been done before but I'm a fridge-leaver-opener and whenever I do it I always think a MNer is watching me in horror from afar.

@thenightsky

That they can always get the perfect parking space outside shops, houses, police stations, pubs etc. Never have to drive round muttering 'bugger, bugger' at too small spots and driving on.

Then they park the car in the hugely convenient space and walk/run off without locking the car! Cop dramas are the worst for this.

When someone phones the detective and says, "I've got some really important information for you" and arranges to meet them in a secluded area, where they inevitably get murdered before they have a chance to share their news.

Why not just tell them over the phone?!

If there's an intruder or ghostly something in the house at night, they always, always go looking for it in the dark. If it were me, all the lights would be straight on 😱

"Pint, please."

That's not how pubs work! A pint OF WHAT?

I get really annoyed that in a lot of shows that are workplace type dramas, the people seem to have no friends or family except the people they work with or are connected to via work. If they have affairs, kids, get their leg cut off, whatever, it's all down to the people they work with, who are their best and most meaningful connections.

Weddings where nobody’s extended family / friendship group are there. Everyone they work with is in attendance, but not even one token sister / college roommate / whatever.
Cooking food and then not eating it. Or throwing it straight in the bin!
Doctors and nurses having time to get involved in patients personal lives and dramas.

British soaps…

Major life events and no-one returns. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Everyone has everyone else’s phone number.

Never, ever be truthful. The lies about the smallest matter drives me nuts!

If you have a secret in your life be sure you talk about it in the pub toilet, your nemesis is bound to be behind that closed stall door.

When someone makes a phone call and you can see the screen on the phone clearly still on the main screen and no phone call is being made. This annoys me so much!

When people just happen to walk in mid someone else’s conversation and chip in with a comment. How do you know what they were talking about unless you were stood there like a creeper listening for ages??

People in dramas come home from like the most stressful day imaginable (got shot then got fired, killed two bad guys etc) then have a glass of wine and sit daintily on the edge of their couch in skinny leather look jeans and heeled boots.

Does nobody else rip off their shoes work clothes and bra the instant they have shut the front door and get the comfies on?

On tv nobody ever looks comfy in their own home.

Also this has been said but the old ‘when I see you I’ll tell you…’

NO, Ned! Tell him NOW, he needs to know it is important. Although if I start unpicking game of thrones now I’ll never stop and will fill this entire thread. So many dimly lit conversations and yet not one important piece of information was passed to the people that needed it.

@TooManyAnimals94

Oh thought of another one. When a character is stressed they go into a bathroom and wash their face...even if they have make up on 🤔 I have never thought 'God, I can't deal with this, I'll wash my face and feel better'

I always do this 😂 not if I have makeup on but if I’m tired/stressed I always wash my face in cold water. Sometimes I even stare at myself in the mirror afterwards as if I’m a haunted television detective who is beginning to question whether he understands the villain too well or is in too deep.

I'm currently watching a series on Netflix. A woman will just find out she's pregnant. And in a few episodes later she's giving birth. And what annoys me more is that the flow of conversation at the time of the announcement is still carrying on when she gives birth. It's like time doesn't exist or something.

Does nobody else rip off their shoes work clothes and bra the instant they have shut the front door and get the comfies on?

But they never shut the door. They walk or barge in and head straight to the interior of the building but never shut the door...!

True, true. Plus they’re always waiting for random visits from uninvited people. So probably makes sense that they stay trussed up.

Half the time they don’t even have the radio or telly on either. Just tight jeans and stone cold silence.

@thenightsky

That they can always get the perfect parking space outside shops, houses, police stations, pubs etc. Never have to drive round muttering 'bugger, bugger' at too small spots and driving on.

I have a lovely mental image of you. I hope it's true.

Obviously empty suitcases

Admittedly I haven't watched EastEnders for years, but I always found it unusual that everyone who lived on the Square all knew each other, all went to the same cafe, pub and local shop, all bought their clothes from market stalls and all worked locally. Nobody ever commuted to the West End or City, or went to Tesco or M&S.

I've lived in London my whole life, I don't know any of my neighbours let alone everyone in the whole street, we have a huge variety of cafes and restaurants to choose from, and I buy most of my clothes online.

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