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"The chemistry between Liu and Miller has sparked speculation about whether their characters will become more than just friends. But Doherty [the showrunner] insists it’s not going to happen—ever. ‘I feel like pretty much anytime you have two leads, one a man, one a woman, inevitably somebody out there wants them to get there. I absolutely get it. Doesn’t mean you have to do it,’ he says. Adds executive producer Carl Beverly, ‘It would be a little bit cliche to make Watson a woman and then immediately make their relationship a romantic one."
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