RL

Early in the piece to tell if any romance or not. But unlike Beyond the Bar, the fl is already a high calibre lawyer and ml just the leader of the team. So far in court cases the ml us the barrister with fl the solicitor, so a ream relationship.

Fully agreed. Legal cases in legal dramas always last for an episode or so. And no guarantee every case would be interesting. A drama needs a backbone story lasted the whole drama, so relationship developments between leads normally a convenient tool. Same apply for medical dramas, Hospital Playlist the best example. If not interested in romance viewers can just skip any interaction between the leads. But it is important to understand what the PDwriter trying to tell us.