Drama when hearing my former lover's getting legal (3,1-5)
I believe the answer is:
the x-files
'drama' is the definition.
(US sci-fi drama)
'hearing my former lover's getting legal' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'former' could be 'ex' (prefix meaning former or onetime) and 'ex' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'when' is the link.
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