male-female bonding theme

Two mature adult characters of the opposite sex strengthen their friendship through some sort of bonding activity or shared hardship etc. Note: This theme is not used if the nature of the relationship is predominantly romantic.

Examples

In ent1x15 "Shadows of P'Jem", Archer and T'Pol are held hostage together, a tribulation during which they come to much better understand each other.

4 total · 4 major

StoryLevelMotivation
ent1x15 major Archer and T'Pol bonded while being held hostage by Coridanite rebels. Archer bonded a bit with T'Pol, both deliberately and then by being taken hostages.
ent2x07 major Archer bonded with T'Pol on mission to capture the Vulcan fugitive Menos.
movie: Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983) major Space rogue Wolff and the teenage Scav Niki became dear to one another in a platonic way as they worked together the rescue three kidnapped women.
tng7x08 major Picard and Beverly bonded over each others thoughts.