Some things I love about the British TV show Lewis:
Hathaway tiptoes around Lewis, he is being careful about not saying the wrong thing, about what he considers not to be his business to know. He has become more confident and makes more jokes now, but he is still tiptoeing, which I personally find realistic and endearing.
There is a multitude of glances that are ‘is everything allright?’ glances, as well as ‘you are being clever’ glances and of course ‘I really like you’ glances.
Lewis and Hathaway give each other space and wait for the other to bring up what is bothering them or what they are now comfortable enough to talk about. There is not nearly as much prodding and demanding to know what is wrong as in many other shows. They wait and they love each other in a quiet manner.
Lewis and Hathaway walk side by side all the time and they sometimes call each other by their first names.
Their relationship develops steadily and beautifully, you have to read into their sentances for more meaning and it is subtle and wonderful.