I wouldn't have even called it a "flirtatious relationship"! He has her trapped in the initial conversations, too, as she's a customer service rep (or the equivalent rather) and he's always calling and requesting her. He keeps concocting reasons to call just to talk to her, and she's not surprisingly polite because it's her job, but I distinctly remember looking for and not getting any sense of it being a two way street. I had SO MANY issues with the first part of this movie. Maybe with the rest of it, too, but I finally turned it off. I made it further than you did, but what I watched didn't magically improve. I'd heard good things re: Helen Mirren beforehand and I was completely blindsided by how horrible the whole "relationship" set-up was.