Throughout its run, the show never explored one major narrative element for Frank: romance. After the death of his wife, Frank never had a long-term relationship. In an interview with TV Insider, showrunner Kevin Wade explained why they never went down that route with him. While they did attempt a romantic arc for the Commissioner, they never found it wholly convincing. Check out his quote below:
We didn’t discuss it much. The bar would be pretty high to be able to make a good Frank Reagan police commissioner story out of him dating. We tried it a couple of times with some success, but it wasn’t an area we visited a lot. He didn’t have a romance with Det. Baker [Abigail Hawk], but if this was a 1940s comedy with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy or Cary Grant, Baker would be Gal Friday.
We called [Abigail Baker, Sid Gormley, and Garrett Moore] the Dream Team—but they were anything but… [Laughs] But they were a wonderful work family for him. So we didn’t give him a wife or a girlfriend but we gave him a blood family and a work family.
