re: How many people here hate sex scenes in TV shows?

If actresses get naked, then I'm in. Otherwise, I couldn't care less.

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I mean if they're scenes like the few from season 1 of True Detective where sex and objectification of women is a major theme of the show and the scenes themselves advance the plot in a meaningful way, then I'm good with it.

The gratuitous scenes in shows where sex isn't an obvious theme or factor in the show just suck. If I want to watch idealized sex with all the fixings, I'll open my computer.

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Are scenes where people eat sandwiches in shows where eating sandwiches aren't major themes annoying to you? How about when people are cutting the grass?

There's nothing wrong with having sex scenes if they're done well.

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I tried to do that, but it always seems like they're saying somwething important right when two homos are going at it

So I'll have to rewind and watch it like six times just to make sure I hear everything that's going on, it's so annoying and I hate it.

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Go back to the OT.

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Are scenes where people eat sandwiches in shows where eating sandwiches aren't major themes annoying to you? How about when people are cutting the grass?

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Well, it depends. Are they just minding their own business eating a sandwich or cutting the grass when something happens? Are they talking to someone while eating or cutting the grass? Or is it just gratuitous close ups of them eating and enhanced sound bites of their foodgasms?

Eating and mowing the grass tend to be done out in the open, allowing for a lot of things to be going on (it could lead up to something happening or it could be setting the scene). We may make the conscious decision to eat or mow the grass, but once we're doing it our minds tend to wander toward other things while we're doing it. On the other hand, when you're fricking you're kind of locked in to what you're doing. And unlike the other two activities, your typical sex scene is done behind closed doors and remains almost entirely obscured from even the viewer's vision to suggest promiscuity. Not a whole lot can be done with two characters banging unless they're doing it in a public location, doing it in an unusual, humorous, or disinterested way, or if their doing it affects the growth of the characters/story.

I hate them. They aren't necessary, and can be awkward. Unless its a very particular movie, or a porn film, I would prefer that it not be apart of the movie. We all can understand when they want to infer the sex, instead of actually showing it.

I've noticed in just about all the HBO or Showtime series I watch (or have watched), the first season (or early seasons) have the most sex scenes. Homeland is one of my favorite series, but there is really no need for sex scenes. Porn is for watching sex scenes, I don't like to be all wrapped up in waiting for some shite to blow up then all of a sudden two people are going at it...

Sounds like your problem isn't a sex scene problem, it's a varying volume throughout the show problem.

But to answer your question, it depends on the context. If it's pertinent to the story then it works.

Hate it when it has nothing to do with story.