You see, those four people are old friends so they just pal around together. At that moment, what my friend didn't seem to comprehend, was that TV characters are not real. The images on television may look real, and the people look real, but they are just images. TV characters live in one dimension. TV characters are fictional.
Television shows are fictional.
Now, this is not an attempt to insult your intelligence. Of course television isn't real. Everyone knows that. You begin to believe, or expect, regular people to act, behave, and look like television stars. Television images portray people as beautiful, smart, wealthy, quick-witted, creative, instantly compelling, and exciting.