Pop culture is not short of toxic workplace relationships. Think Bridget Jones and Daniel Cleaver. Think Succession’s Roman and Gerri. Think literally every couple on Grey’s Anatomy. They’ve served as the dramatic bread and butter for countless films and TV shows over the years; goldmines for sexual tension and complex power dynamics.
This is despite the fact that the trajectory of these stories is almost always the same: a meet cute, a honeymoon period fuelled by clandestine corridor kisses, a major logistical or emotional obstacle, a vicious argument that leads to professional implications, a joyful reconciliation or a depressing breakup followed by compulsory career changes. It’s predictable, monotonous, and, after a while, rather irksome. Thank goodness, then, for Fair Play.
