Gotham

Before Batman, Gotham is a city where ambitious criminals and compromised institutions compete to define the future. Barbara Kean’s movement into that world brings her into a charged alliance with Tabitha Galavan. Attraction, loyalty and the pursuit of power repeatedly complicate what the two women mean to one another. Their relationship forms a recurring strand of the criminal ensemble, especially during the middle of the series, while other alliances change around them. The story’s violence and shifting loyalties make this a dark relationship arc within a crime fantasy rather than a conventional romance. Sapphic storyline seasons: Barbara/Tabitha principally S2–3; S4 changes their alliance. Do not treat their romance as continuous across all five seasons.