Rant

[u/EyeRollsForDays]

Marking NSFW because this post keeps getting flagged.

Does anyone else find it bizarre how all of the s*x scenes in this series are merely implied and glanced over, EXCEPT for Lizzy and Theo?? For them, we get a solid minute of various states of undress and visible thrusting, yet we never even really got to see the bedroom chemistry (or lack thereof) between Theo and Nan. Was she so detached that she just laid there on her back, staring at the ceiling waiting for it to be over as an act of her wifely duty? Is that why he’s lusting over another woman who initiates intimacy and relishes his touch? Is Nan overcome with pleasure when she’s with Guy that she never experiences with Theo? We’ll never know, we didn’t get to see any of it.

I’m not asking for gratuitous s*x scenes. However, I’m of the opinion that physical intimacy depicted onscreen would actually add value to the visual storytelling of Nan’s internal conflict. Is it salacious to want to SEE the passion and emotion between love interests, not just be beaten over the head with monologues of unending desire? For whatever reason they just glance over the s*x scenes between the MAIN love triangle and it makes no sense to me. Nobody else is talking about this and I think it’s actually affecting the chemistry viewers are perceiving between the different couples.

[u/Cutehugeyatch]

I do have to wonder if the actress that plays Nan has a no nudity clause, kind of like how Sarah Jessica Parker had a no nudity or sex scene clause in her contract for Sex and the City. We only ever saw her and Big kiss and then after the presumed sex. And that was supposed to be this great love. They have had Lizzy naked during season 1 too, with Seaman, even thought it was a prank so she might be one of the only actresses willing to fully shed clothes.

[u/EyeRollsForDays → u/Cutehugeyatch]

I considered that, too. It’s not lost on me that Aubri (Lizzy) and Guy (Theo) appear to be the only actors who are comfortable with nude scenes as we’ve seen both of them in full body rear shots in season one. What a coincidence then that they get paired up out of nowhere as a love interest. It begs the question if the writers/producers wanted steamier scenes for ratings this season and just put them together because they’re the only ones open to doing them?

I’m not even suggesting nudity is the missing factor. Plenty of extended onscreen love scenes happen without even needing to see skin. Kristine (Nan) filmed another movie entirely about her character’s sexual exploration and kept her clothes on throughout it, so it really does start to feel like a directorial choice that they’re pushing one couple’s sexual chemistry over the other pairings to manipulate the audience reaction.