Yeah, I'd prefer the offscreen dating, personally, and since they can have a few scenes every once in a while to keep it going, I can deal with giving her some serious time in a few episodes to start with.
I was also thinking that maybe she'd move to a different shift. Since Pino was supposedly on a different shift, the writers could do something similar with Peyton and have her work with the team occasionally.
By the way, I hope Adam is sticking around. I liked him in S2, so it'd be fun if he was still there. Did somebody say they thought he definitely
was going to be here? A spoiler tidbit perhaps?
I'm kind of surprised that, now that we know Claire Forlani isn't playing Detective Angell, people assume that this new detective is not a potential love interest for anyone on the show. Didn't one of the spoilers (I want to say for the hostage episode) mention her? If so, then it's probably a good bet that the character still exists (probably as was initially reported, except that she won't be played by Forlani). If that's the case, then it's quite possible that she could still flirt with Hawkes and give the man some sweet, sweet lovin'. :lol: