Unrealistic things people do in TV dramas that you don't really see in life.

[Lockdowner35]

I will start

When two people are having a conversation , sometimes there is someone always listening in on the conversation from round to corner , never happens in real life.

There's never any childcare issues.

They have people they've known for about three week as bridesmaids and best men but they're own family don't all come to the wedding.

Never any effort or foreplay in sexy scenes. It's rip clothes off, woman moaning with pleasure, sticks it in, couple of thrusts, woman has the orgasm of her life.

I hate people sleeping with the curtains open. How do they get a proper sleep with so much light coming in?
Always a parking space right outside, even in New York or LA

Waters breaking before any contractions start

Any affair always gets found out, it never drags on for a few years then fizzles out

When people mess their lives up and move away. But they are skint and everyone hates them but they get in a taxi and bugger off to Dorset or Ibiza etc. Like how have you managed to get a house, money, job. The kids leave with them what about changing schools 🤷‍♀️ Really boils my piss

When two people are having a conversation , sometimes there is someone always listening in on the conversation from round to corner , never happens in real life.

That's what you think...

Pregnant women break their water, go into labor, and have the baby in 25 minutes without sweating and the baby is handed to them all pink and clean and bright-eyed.

Running in front of the car that's chasing them
Fleeing into the attic / basement
Not locking their car when they leave
Christmas scenes that were obviously filmed during spring / summer
Night scenes where the 'moonlight' is sunlight turned down low

@ShipshapeShore

It was a police drama, Shetland I think, and the police were asking a woman questions while she pegged washing out! I've noticed since then police always seem to talk to people while they carry on with their day whereas I would be perched on the edge of my sofa (which would of course be boring TV).

Yes, no one ever seems faintly concerned or nervous that the police want to talk to them and they continue doing the most improbable things, e.g. practising ballet moves, while they talk to them! Conveniently, they were always in the middle of doing something that either tells you what job they have or tells you something else important about their character when the police arrive.

all those soap operas they only have lounges with occasional kitchens - where is their bathroom & their loo & do they have bedrooms? & if they have dc, why aren't they yelling at them or saying "mummmm" & their dc never ask them 4 minutes before they go out "i need this or my sports clothes aren't washed" & they don't pick dc up from school either.
& as pp says why does the beautiful heroine always walk into the lonely creepy house & never turn the light on? & nobody either watches tv or reads a book - they are always talking to each other

Police call at a house, and there's always someone in.

@iklboo

Shagging against walls, kitchen cabinets etc, tearing clothes off, snogging wildly, sounding like truffle pigs snorting then ramming it in first try (to an instant female orgasm).

If a guy ripped my clothes I would get out of there definitely a turnoff!!!

Arghhh as a pp said the important thing going unsaid due to something Interrupting and the ensuing confusion !

Or like a break up scene we’re the other party has got the wrong end of the stick but the other person doesn’t think to open their mouth and correct them . I just sit their watching in utter frustration

Or “ can I take you out for a drink “
“ I’d love that “
“awesome”
... does dreamy smile and walks off With zero arrangements made .

When characters can't cook a single meal except a 'secret recipe sauce' that a love interest tastes straight from the steaming hot pan its cooking in without blowing on it a few times first.

Never arrange an actual time. Do you want to go out for dinner tonight? Yes that will be great. There is never a time to meet.

Never say bye.

Never know who is calling on the mobile phone, like caller ID doesn't exist.

What else is unrealistic is that night comes around very fast. The characters are outside and its bright and sunny then they go inside a house and suddenly its night time.

They never give addresses always text. I'll text you the location.

@LubaLuca

Men pour whisky from a crystal decanter the minute they get in from a stressful day at work.

That reminds me of JR in Dallas. DH and I used to have bets on how many minutes into the show the first whisky would be poured (usually 3 mins).

Huge party of people for dinner. Host puts small bowl of pasta, salad and one bottle of wine on table, a la the loaves and fishes.

Always find a parking space right outside where they need to be. No driving round, peering at slots and wondering if the car will fit, before giving up and driving around again to find a better one.

Everyone has everyone’s mobile number even people they hate
No one ever claims benefits., I mean the Slaters in Enders and Chesney in Corrie
Never sir and watch telly
Wear shoes in home
NO ONE EVER CALLS THE POLICE

They all seem to give birth sitting up
Propped up with a million pillows-and out comes baby

They live in a huge house but when they have a row.Its always sleep downstairs on a tiny couch.

Making huge breakfasts ,which no body ever eats.

Or when they have something very important to tell some one,they never tell them there.
No its always meet somewhere rural with a mad killer on the loose.

Person 1 is standing in front of a window, not really looking out but actually deep in thought. Person 2 then comes up behind them, completely unnoticed and puts their hand on #1's shoulder and goes "hey" or "penny for your thoughts". Person 1 doesn't scream, jump, go "FOR FUCK'S SAKE, YOU SCARED THE GIBLETS OUT OF ME" etc.

Also, unless it's integral to the story, no-one has any pets. When the police came to my house because I witnessed an accident, one of my cats jumped up on the officer's knee and put white fluffy hairs on her, and one of my dogs stole her hat and did laps around the room with it!

@GeorgiaGirl52

Pregnant women break their water, go into labor, and have the baby in 25 minutes without sweating and the baby is handed to them all pink and clean and bright-eyed.

And usually 3 months old 😂

Someone is kidnapped/tied up, supposedly for a few days without release, with no toilet facilities provided, however when they are released/found they don't appear to have had an accident.

I noticed it in something years ago (trying to remember what is was for the life of me) as it was a heavily pregnant woman tied up and I thought no way would she last long without the loo. Since then I haven't been able to help but check every time someone is kidnapped.

@LivingMyBestLife2020

The fact anything you watch on TV, the houses are always immaculate. Never a dirty bowl or pan on the side, towel on the floor or toys out. Everything is show home ready

That's why I like Outnumbered. The house is normal; can't find car keys, toys all over the place, the kitchen island is a mess!! Love that show