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Opposing Counsel

They have not been able to stand each other since the first day of pupillage. Now they sit on opposite sides of a trial and in the same hotel.

Episode 1: Last Two Seats

6 episodesRomanceSecrets

Episode 1 plays here for free. From episode 2 onwards you need a Dreamy Shorts membership.

What Opposing Counsel is about

Leeds, a commercial trial that drags on for weeks, about a great deal of money and very little feeling. On one side a junior barrister, on the other another, and the two have hated each other since pupillage with a devotion their colleagues long ago started finding funny. Then both miss the last train to London because the hearing overran. The hotel has two rooms free, next door to each other. The files are called bundles in this series, and in one episode they lie between the two of them on the bed.

The bar has wine, so does room service, and in the week before closing speeches they start sleeping together. Both know what that could mean for the case, for chambers, for their right to practise. By day they attack each other in front of the judge, sharper than before, by night they do not talk about the case. The bundles lie on the bed, the robes hang on the same door. The judge, the clients and the hotel porter supply the surroundings that force them both to be careful and still prevent nothing.

Opposing Counsel spends six episodes on the balancing act between courtroom and hotel room: Last Two Seats, Room-Service Wine, On the Bundles, The Robing Room, One Last Night, The Verdict. The final episode delivers two verdicts, one from the judge and one from the two of them. Episode 1 is the train leaving without them, and a hotel corridor where they both stand still a little too long.

All episodes of Opposing Counsel

EpisodeTitleAccess
1Last Two SeatsFree
2Room-Service WineMembership
3On the BundlesMembership
4The Robing RoomMembership
5One Last NightMembership
6The VerdictMembership

Opposing Counsel on DreamyShorts: episode 1 free

Episode 1 plays here in the player, no account. From episode 2 you need the Dreamy Shorts membership: 19.99 USD a month, 119.88 USD a year, approx. £15 a month or £91 a year, converted, rate varies. Worked out per month, the annual plan costs half. Signing up with email or Google is free, and according to the provider the subscription can be cancelled at any time.

Categories: Romance and Secrets. Six short episodes in portrait format with English subtitles. If you like stories where hostility turns into something else and both characters are equally strong, start with episode 1. It is one of the few series on DreamyShorts where nobody is married and everything is still at stake. If you enjoy legal dramas, the court scenes are only background here, the main hearing takes place in the hotel.

Why it is worth a look

  • Getting started costs nothing: you watch episode 1 right here, straight away and without signing up.
  • The series are built for short breaks. One to two minutes per episode, portrait format, sound on or off.
  • With the membership you get every episode, every series, new titles every week and subtitles. According to the provider, cancelling is possible at any time.
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Questions about Opposing Counsel

Is Opposing Counsel on DreamyShorts a love story?

One that starts as hostility. Two barristers on opposing sides of a trial spend their nights together knowing it could cost them the case. Romance and secrecy in equal parts, with a verdict at the end that applies to both of them. You only hear the closing speeches in fragments, the rest of the hearing stays behind the courtroom door.

How do I watch Opposing Counsel for free?

Episode 1 plays on dreamyshorts.co.uk straight in the player, no sign-up. For episodes 2 to 6 you need the Dreamy Shorts membership, free account, subscription at 19.99 USD a month or 119.88 USD a year, cancellable at any time according to the provider.

How long is Opposing Counsel?

Six episodes of one to two minutes each, about ten minutes in total. Each episode ends on a cliffhanger, and the last one is called The Verdict. English subtitles are available in the player, and the series plays on phone and desktop. Produced by Dreamy Shorts, original English audio with subtitles.