Family drama

I am a sucker for family dramas. I love watching shows that deals with families, siblings, mom and daughter…

Gilmore Girls is a show that deals with a relationship between a woman who got pregnant at 16 and her daughter. I love the first season of this drama because it really tackled how a single mom was able to raise a daughter on her own. I love how Lorelei (mom) and Rory (daughter) treat each other as best friends but still maintain a mother-daughter relationship. I like how Rory adores her mom so much that she is not ashamed to introduce her to everyone she knows and would rather spend Friday nights with her than go out. Watching this show, you’d wish you have the same relationship with your mom.

Seventh Heaven is another family drama I love watching. I am sure many here would relate to Holy week marathons of this show. This drama is all about how a family deals with issues within the family as well as with the society. I cannot relate with some issues because of cultural differences. But I like watching how the parents deal with their kids. And how they deal with their own issues in life.

Brothers & Sisters, as the title suggests, is all about siblings. 5 siblings with different professions and have their own lives to live but still manage to get together especially in times of trouble. 2 are already married but the other one is childless. 1 is a well-known political show host. 1 is a gay criminal lawyer. And the youngest a drug addict. I love the character of the eldest maybe because I can relate to her dilemma in doing her best to live up to her role of being the eldest in the brood.

One particular episode that I truly love is where the second sibling found out he is sterile. He was devastated and the other siblings did their best to cheer him up. And then he thought of a solution… he asked his gay brother to donate his sperm to his wife! The gay brother refused at first but in the end, his love for his sterile brother won and he and the youngest donated their sperms. Many conservative people out there will surely find this outrageous but I love how this particular episode has shown the way one can bend conventional rules for the love of another. I think even Neil Crespi will agree with me.

And of course, nothing beats the love Michael has for his brother Lincoln in Prison Break! Just imagine going to jail yourself just so you can save your brother… He went to all the trouble (even had some of his toes cut!) to be able to get his brother out of jail, illegal though it may be, and to prove he is innocent. I also love how LJ, Lincoln’s son, tells his father he loves him. How many kids these days tell their father they love them? I don’t know that many.

So there you go… these are just some of the family dramas I love watching. I will list down more in another post.

Happy Friday everyone!

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