The usual argument is that the goal is to write fiction, and you need some plot device to cause interactions, or the end result ends up too boring (for the kind

The usual argument is that the goal is to write fiction, and you need some plot device to cause interactions, or the end result ends up too boring (for the kind of fiction desired). Consider trying to make a procedural cop show where each investigation takes 2+ months, and the trial takes place a year later.