Communication through Television - Hot in Cleveland

    I watched a show called Hot in Cleveland.  I had never watched this show before.  All I knew in the beginning was that Betty White was in it.  As I watched the episode with no sound, I assumed this story was about three friends who lived with one of their mother's.  Later, as other older women were introduced I thought they were three friends and their mothers.  During this episode, I felt I was able to read their facial expressions and emotions well.  The friends were all on dates.  They showed happiness (smiles), annoyance (eye-rolls), attraction (hair flips, touching), and anger (shaking fists).
As I watched the episode with sound, I realized how wrong I was regarding the relationship of characters.  Betty White was not a mother of the girls, but a roommate and friend, and the other older women were her friends from fifty years ago.  They were having a reunion at the same place where the other girls were each on dates.  I was pretty accurate with predicting the emotion, feelings, and happenings of this episode.  I found this show very amusing with the sound on.  Without sound, I found it difficult to pick up on the humor and jokes.  I think if I had watched a show that I watch frequently, I would not have made incorrect assumptions.  I loved this exercise!