Freud would have had a Feild day with TRUE BLOOD

So. I know what you are thinking. What would Freud think of the show 24?

Well, Freud believed that all our behavior was linked to events or experiences we had as a child, particularly in relation to sexuality. If I turn out to be a sadist, it is probably because I walked in on my parents and thought my father was abusing my mother (or so Freud believed).

While none of Jack Bauer's actions are specifically sexual, Freud would undoubtedly have interpreted them as such. Jack's most relevant, most prominent trait is his assertiveness. In any situation he knows exactly what he believes is right, and he will do whatever it takes to get it done. If his daughter is missing, he will use FBI equipment to track her. If he has a hunch that someone inside the Beureu is a spy, he will not waste any time before he tranquilizes him.

Freud would probably link this to infantile masturbation, and probably would throw a little sadism in as well. The fixation on himself and his own ideas coupled with his total confidence is likely due to some positive reinforcement he recieved durring the infantile stage when he was experimenting with msturbation and autoeroticism. Then all it would take is him walking in on his parents in bed to make him the brutal, confident vision of masculinity that he is. Or so Freud would likely argue.

It is important to note that Freud had essentially no evidance, and most of his theories have since been disproved by neuroscience. However the type of analysis he invented, looking into someone's past and finding fixations and events which influence them later in life, is still how we analyze today.