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Turn up the heat, because things are about to get seriously steamy! Join us as we count down the most over-the-top intimate moments ever aired on television. From house-shaking supernatural hookups to fiery tent encounters, these scenes left audiences absolutely speechless. Spoiler warning is officially in effect!
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00:00Is that really why you came here at this hour?
00:02Well, I figured NSA and all you wouldn't want to talk about this over the phone.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most extreme moments of passion to ever occur
00:11on the small screen.
00:12Spoilers will be mentioned, so this is your official warning.
00:16You burned for me.
00:19Why do you think I followed you into that garden?
00:23Number 20. Let It Snow.
00:25No. Spartacus. It may come as no surprise that a series known for gratuitous violence wouldn't shy away from showing
00:31intimacy either.
00:32While Spartacus aired plenty of raunchy moments during his run, one stands out above the rest.
00:37In the third and final season, the recently freed Sybil is left weak in a blizzard after using her own
00:42blood as sacrifice in a prayer ritual.
00:45All seems lost until Gannicus, a gladiator, scoops her up and takes her to a makeshift shelter.
00:50You believe him a god now?
00:52No. It was made on his behalf. To plead for his cause and all those devoted to it.
00:58Even with Sybil still being injured, the two prioritize getting it on over getting to safety, hooking up then and
01:03there in the snow.
01:04Not even the risk of frostbite or hypothermia can keep them off each other, making for a truly steamy scene.
01:10I have warned you to stay far from men of my kind.
01:15You ask the impossible.
01:16Number 19. The Cage Arc. Lost.
01:19What else can you do besides give in to your desires?
01:22Kate and Sawyer grapple with this during the third season of Lost, when the two found themselves imprisoned by the
01:27others.
01:28Things soon reach a boiling point when Sawyer explains that they have been taken to another island.
01:32When were you planning on telling me this?
01:34Never.
01:35Why not? Why wouldn't you?
01:43Because I wanted you to believe that we had a damn chance.
01:47With the knowledge that they were essentially stranded with no easy way to return, Kate responds in the most natural
01:51way possible, by immediately kissing her fellow captive.
01:54It quickly escalates from there, and the two have sex.
01:57The moment is made more over the top with the revelation that the two have been filmed, and Kate's other
02:02flame, Jack, happened to catch them after the act.
02:05If it helped, I was surprised too.
02:09Number 18. In Our Dreams. True Blood.
02:12Throughout this series, it was established that humans exposed to a vampire's blood often experienced intense side effects.
02:19You found me.
02:22Didn't make it easy.
02:24I know I didn't.
02:26The most prominent of these symptoms was steamy dreams about the vampire that afflicted them.
02:30Jason Stackhouse learned that when he was sucked into a fantasy starring himself and vampire Eric Northman.
02:36But I can't get you out of my head.
02:40You probably hear that a lot, don't you?
02:43For a thousand years.
02:45Only twice how I felt it in return.
02:47The latter had offered up his blood in the previous season, and the effects definitely take hold.
02:52The sequence quickly becomes intense, with the two using enhanced strength to pin each other down and take control.
02:58The viewers were then treated to kisses, caresses, and more.
03:02Only for it to abruptly end when Jason woke up just as things were about to get even raunchier.
03:12Number 17. Jon Snow and Ygritte. Game of Thrones.
03:17There's certainly no shortage of explicit scenes to choose from in this fantasy drama series.
03:21However, Jon Snow and Ygritte's cave romp is definitely one of the most infamous.
03:25After meeting in the second season, the two soon develop a relationship full of playful banter.
03:30Walk.
03:34I could teach you how to do it.
03:36I know how to do it.
03:41You know nothing, Jon Snow.
03:43Things come to a head when they find themselves alone in a cave.
03:46It isn't long before she strips down and offers to break his streak of celibacy.
03:51Ygritte.
03:51You swore some vows.
03:54I want you to break them.
03:56Jon agrees, and the two get down and dirty.
03:58Ygritte keeps up her usual snark, only to be interrupted by Jon's impressive performance.
04:03Number 16.
04:04A Night with a God.
04:06American Gods.
04:07Intimacy between two humans is spicy enough.
04:09Swap one out for a literal deity, and you're left with an even more intense encounter.
04:14Selim learns this when a chance encounter with a taxi driver leads to the night of his dreams.
04:18Do you want to go to a taxi, yeah, Sadiq?
04:2110 years. Where are you from?
04:23You're a man.
04:24You're a man.
04:25While he appears to be human, things take a turn when he reveals that he's a jinn.
04:29Once they reach Selim's destination, they go up to his hotel room, and the human is treated to a night
04:34of raunchy, cosmic sex.
04:44As though the two engaging in multiple positions wasn't extreme enough, they kick things up another notch with a fiery
04:50climax, ensuring the scene wouldn't be leaving anyone's minds anytime soon.
04:54Number 15.
04:55Ski Lodge Romp.
04:56It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
04:58While there are plenty of steamy sequences that prioritize eroticism, there are others that focus on pure comedy.
05:04It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia falls firmly into the latter, particularly Charlie's romp with Bulgarian model Tatiana.
05:10Lately something's changed, it ain't hard to define, Jesse's got himself a s***.
05:15While Dennis had initially been interested in her, his friend bested him after he came across her sitting nude in
05:20a hot tub.
05:21The two enjoy a series of wild positions on a bearskin rug, all while Jesse's girl blares on in the
05:26background.
05:27You see, last night Tatiana taught me all about communism.
05:30Cold, hard winters, gross soups.
05:32She also taught me a lot about sex.
05:34They're hardly censored during the lurid act, showing the viewers more of Charlie than they've ever seen before.
05:39His saxophone skills afterwards are the cherry on top, closing out the raunchy scene in the most hilarious way possible.
05:45So I get it now, I like the mountain.
05:47I understand the rules.
05:50And I'm gonna shred.
05:51Number 14.
05:52Mia Punches Hank.
05:54Californication.
05:55In just one episode, viewers knew exactly what they were in for.
05:58Sweet baby Jesus.
06:01Hank is going to hell.
06:02As soon as Hank Moody graces the screen in Californication, it's clear he's a mess who only cares about finding
06:08his next thrill.
06:09He finds that thrill in Mia, a young woman he meets at the bookstore.
06:12If you're under the impression that I'm in love with myself, then it's possible that you are higher than me
06:17right now.
06:19Is someone battling some low self-esteem?
06:21Oh, you have no idea.
06:23After some playful ribbing, they eventually end up in bed.
06:25Things then suddenly take a violent turn when Mia punches Hank in the face mid-hookup, giving him a black
06:30eye.
06:31Though it initially seemed like a random act, it ended up coming back to bite him when he realized who
06:35she was, and why he should have never slept with her.
06:38You two know each other?
06:40No.
06:43Well, I do recognize you.
06:46Oh.
06:47Yeah, sure I do.
06:49Number 13.
06:50Vanessa and Dorian.
06:51Penny Dreadful.
06:52Extreme intimate encounters are by no means exclusive to the modern era.
06:56The 19th century historical series Penny Dreadful more than proved that in its first season alone.
07:01Dorian Gray.
07:03Who do you want to be?
07:07Myself.
07:09Without limits.
07:10Then put on music for dancing.
07:12As soon as Dorian Gray and Vanessa Ives get a moment to be alone, their mutual attraction becomes clear as
07:17day.
07:18The flirting quickly turns into something far bigger, and then a knife enters the mix.
07:22As if that wasn't intense enough, their climax is ultimately interrupted by a demonic auditory hallucination,
07:28morphing the sensual moment into an absolutely horrific one.
07:32We don't blame anyone who needed a minute after this.
07:39Number 12.
07:40Group bonding.
07:42Sense8.
07:42In this series, eight strangers are brought together thanks to an emotional and mental bond.
07:47The sixth episode proved that the sensates in Sense8 were physically bonded as well.
07:54The group members are suddenly overtaken with desire for one another.
07:58What starts out with a couple enjoying themselves alone in bed and an intimate workout session between friends soon devolves
08:04into a raunchy montage of torrid acts involving everyone within the cluster in a variety of locations.
08:12The lines between fantasy and reality blurs, and it becomes impossible to tell where one body ends and the next
08:19begins.
08:20After the highly provocative sequence, it's immediately back to business as usual, leaving the viewers' minds reeling with what they
08:26just witnessed.
08:27Number 11.
08:28An Explosive Night.
08:29The Boys.
08:30This moment opened up the third season with a bang.
08:33Literally.
08:34During a party, fellow soup termite indulges in illicit substances, which leaves him sneezing more than usual.
08:40I want you inside me.
08:42He ends up in a room alone with another man, who insists the hero shrink down and pleasure him.
08:48Termite obliges, and soon, viewers are met with the sight of him casually walking inside his partner's genitalia.
08:53It's made even more extreme, when the hero suddenly sneezes, causing him to regrow and blow up his lover from
08:59the inside.
09:00An 11-foot-tall prosthetic was built for this moment, and we truly hope it was all worth it.
09:05Number 10.
09:06Buffy and Spike.
09:07Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
09:08There's something to be said about a will-they-or-won't-they dynamic, and sometimes it's just best to let
09:13shipping be shipping.
09:14Your job is to kill the slayer, but all you can do is follow me around making moon eyes.
09:19I'm in love with you.
09:21You're in love with pain.
09:23Admit it.
09:24You like me, because you enjoy getting beat down.
09:27A certain contingent of fans wanted Buffy and Spike to get together on Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
09:32but when they finally did, the results were so explosive that it caused collateral damage.
09:36I wasn't planning on hurting you much.
09:39You haven't even come close to hurting me.
09:41Afraid to give me the chance.
09:42The pair engage in an argument back and forth until their passions eventually explode into a scene that, quite literally,
09:48brings the house down.
09:49Buffy and Spike's fun time is so intense that an abandoned house gets shaken to its foundation thanks to all
09:54the activity.
09:55When did the building fall down?
10:00I don't know.
10:02Number 9. Be My Baby. Moonlighting.
10:04Speaking of will-they-or-won't-they, Moonlighting is the textbook example of how getting a couple of characters together
10:09can ruin a show.
10:10I just want to talk to you about this.
10:13Why?
10:14Why?
10:17Why, Maddie?
10:17David, I asked you a question.
10:19Why should I talk to you about it?
10:20What difference will it make?
10:21Vince thrilled at the ritty repartee of Sybil Shepard and Bruce Willis over the course of two seasons.
10:26But after their characters finally hooked up in the third, Moonlighting began in slow but inevitable decline.
10:31How about we do it all again?
10:33Only this time, I'll chase you.
10:35How do you feel about me, David?
10:37How do you feel about all this, David?
10:39I have a right to know, don't I?
10:40That said, the scene when David and Maddie finally do the deed admittedly does feel earned,
10:45rising up from physical arguments to, well, getting physical.
10:49The musical accompaniment is Be My Baby by the Ronettes,
10:52and it underlies how long these characters have secretly wanted what's going down.
10:55Be my, be my baby, my one and only baby, sure, it's not graphic by today's standards,
11:05but the romance was hot stuff back in the late 80s.
11:08Number 8.
11:09Smitten in the Kitchen, Shameless.
11:11The American version of the infamous UK series Shameless did a great job at carrying over all of the sexual
11:16going-ons
11:17between the Gallagher family and the show's various cast of characters.
11:20Straight answer, if I hadn't busted my skull for you tonight, would you have looked at me twice?
11:24I was saying that I looked twice.
11:26Oh, you did then?
11:28Heck, the very first episode of Shameless USA features a graphically realistic tryst
11:32between Emmy Rosam's Fiona Gallagher and a good Samaritan named Steve.
11:35Tonight I see you there again.
11:38All the indications being that I'm getting a second chance to make a good impression.
11:45Tell me to stop.
11:46I don't stop.
11:52The sequence revels in how awkward and uncoordinated even the best hook-up can be,
11:56and both actors lean into not having a lot of hang-ups or vanity with regards to how the act
12:00looks on screen.
12:01It's a smart move in the end, because the scene ends up being both over-the-top as well as
12:05pretty steamy, if we're being honest.
12:07Number 7.
12:08Catherine's Lovers.
12:09The Great.
12:10This fictional and satirical take on the life of Catherine the Great takes delight in showcasing some sexual gymnastics
12:15between Catherine, her husband Peter, and her lover Leo.
12:19Wow.
12:22What is wow?
12:25I don't know.
12:27There's a word that came to me.
12:30It is right, I think.
12:32Although Catherine initially finds more satisfying encounters with Leo, Nicholas Holt's Peter III of Russia does his erotic homework,
12:39and wants to prove it to Elle Fanning's Catherine.
12:51Enter a scene where Peter pleasures lead Catherine in a manner that juxtaposes the pair's marital activities against the carnal
12:58excursions with Leo.
12:59It's the sort of hot stuff that's easy to find on streaming services like Hulu, but the great still manages
13:04to stand out from the pack.
13:06Number 6.
13:07Caught.
13:07The Americans.
13:08Sex on basic cable can traditionally only go so far, and this went double back in the mid-2010s.
13:14Henry, I don't think Mom and Dad came home.
13:16I don't care.
13:18Yet that didn't stop the Americans from pushing buttons and boundaries with this daring sequence from its second season.
13:24Get back in your room, Henry!
13:26Let's face it, no child wants to walk in on their parents doing it.
13:30But the position in which real-life couple Keri Russell and Matthew Riss are in is quite graphic, particularly by
13:35cable standards.
13:36Privacy and respect, this is why we have those rules.
13:42I know.
13:43Why would you open a closed door?
13:46I missed you, Mom, and I'm sorry.
13:50Then again, The Americans was a show that featured an enthusiastic car scene in the very first episode, so fans
13:55probably knew what to expect.
13:57An eyeful.
13:58I can be let the car in the end of life.
14:04Number 5.
14:05This tent is on fire.
14:07Westworld.
14:08We're thinking that the sex between Maeve and Hector here on this episode of Westworld just had to be phenomenal.
14:24How else could those characters explain continuing to carry on while the area around them is on freaking fire?
14:29We get that Maeve knows that they're both cybernetic hosts who will just reset whenever they die anyway, but that
14:34explanation is no fun.
14:35Getting to hell is easy.
14:42We'd much rather imagine the feelings she and Hector have for one another, burning hotter than the flames that threaten
14:47to engulf nearly everything around them in that tent.
14:50Number 4.
14:51Breaking Bed.
14:52Jessica Jones.
14:53The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't exactly a place where sex scenes are commonplace.
14:58Thankfully, some of Marvel's Netflix shows picked up some of that sexy slack, such as the scene between Jessica Jones
15:03and Luke Cage in this third episode.
15:05More?
15:06Nah.
15:06I'm full.
15:09I wasn't talking about the food.
15:11The pair's on-screen coupling is aggressive, action-packed, and enthusiastic, where neither participant feels slighted with regards to the
15:18camera gaze.
15:19It provides tonal shifts and subverted expectations from typical Marvel flair.
15:32Meanwhile, a Decider article from 2015 further analyzed the relationship as it progressed with regards to their emotional vulnerability.
15:39As the sex scenes become more, well, super, so too do Cage and Jones become closer as a pair.
15:45I got no idea what you're thinking.
15:55I think you do.
15:56Number 3.
15:57Murder by Sex.
15:59American Horror Story.
16:00The title of our entry just sort of says it all, right?
16:02After all, when you nap Lady frickin' Gaga to star in American Horror Story, you just gotta go over the
16:08top with her season.
16:09In a way till you cannot speak, and you live to have a cigarette and these get weak, escape.
16:15Hotel ticked all of the hot and spooky boxes with this scene featuring Gaga and her co-star, Matt Bomer.
16:26The pair engaged in some coitus with another couple, only for the scene to get really dark when Bomer's and
16:31Gaga's characters murder their new partners in graphic fashion.
16:35On one hand, it's par for the course for American Horror Story to mix sex and death in this fashion.
16:39But then again, the execution goes for broke, and Gaga sells it to the max.
16:43It's a little early for you, isn't it?
16:47Number 2.
16:48Marnie and Desi.
16:49Girls.
16:49Sex, by its very nature, is comedy.
16:52Very few of us look good doing it, which is why Hollywood seems to fulfill such an important fantasy.
16:57I'm talking about their intimacy.
16:58Yes, I'm talking about their intimacy.
17:00Then there's shows like Girls, which arguably depicts sex at its most realistic.
17:04Sure, Marnie and Desi are a good-looking couple, but there's nothing flattering about the position they're in while fornicating
17:09in their kitchen.
17:10It's a scene that immediately got fans talking, and it's explicit enough that we can't really go into too heavy
17:15a description without YouTube flagging us.
17:17That said, fans of Girls know exactly what we're talking about.
17:20And also fans of Family Guy.
17:22I'm sorry that I gave you the impression that I was even almost remotely capable of doing something like that.
17:29Number 1.
17:29Ladder Play.
17:30Bridgerton.
17:31Mileage may vary with regards to period costume dramas, but there's no denying the did-you-see-that talking points
17:37Bridgerton brought to practically every water cooler.
17:40Phoebe Dennevar's Lady Daphne losing her virginity in grand fashion?
17:43How do you feel?
17:44I feel...
17:47I feel...
17:48I feel...
17:50Wonderful.
17:52Check.
17:52Daphne and Reggae Jean pages Simon Bassett's palatial escapades throughout a fancy-schmancy British manner?
17:57I feel...
18:01I feel...
18:03I feel...
18:03Double-check.
18:04It's the sort of sex scene that's borderline comedic with how over-the-top it is, including an infamous climax
18:09with Daphne atop a ladder and Simon down below.
18:18Which of these ridiculously steamy scenes is your favorite?
18:21Let us know in the comments below.
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