Shaw didn't seem like she could love anyone once she got into the spy business. She was really a little bad a**.
So, to answer your question, I don't know. I think Root brought out that side in her that was probably dormant for a long time.
She was never straight.
always seemed pretty butch to me
shareYou can’t turn someone gay, lesbian, or bi. Those feelings are usually repressed until someone comes along.
Shaw has been bi all along, the ironic thing is that Jim Caviezel who played Reese is homophobic in real life. He wanted the gay couple in the show to die but the producers had to convince him that the characters need to be saved from getting killed.