Double cringe points if you're watching with your parents! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for moments of on screen or implied TV intimacy that have us — or the characters — cringing. Spoiler alert: major plot-related awkwardness will abound.
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00:01 Oh, Jack, stop!
00:03 Come on!
00:06 Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:08 And today, we're counting down our picks
00:10 for moments of on-screen or implied TV intimacy
00:14 that have us, or the characters, cringing,
00:16 whether they actually go all the way or not.
00:19 Spoiler alert-- major plot-related awkwardness
00:22 will abound.
00:23 I think I'm going to go get--
00:27 I'll see if the front desk has a seam ripper.
00:31 Number 10-- Dan, Olivia, and Vanessa makes three.
00:35 Gossip Girl.
00:36 The phrase, "two is company, three is a crowd"
00:39 has never been more apropos.
00:41 You ever--
00:42 Have I-- no.
00:43 When Dan and Olivia decide to include roommate
00:45 Vanessa in their threesome, things get predictably dull.
00:50 It doesn't help matters that the scene is brief after weeks
00:53 and weeks of hype.
00:54 Also, Hilary Duff of Lizzie McGuire fame is involved.
00:57 So that has the potential to feel strange.
01:00 Gossip Girl has never failed to deliver
01:02 on sexy, soapy goodness before.
01:04 But even fans were shrugging at this perfunctory
01:07 and unmemorable scene.
01:08 In short, making a fictional threesome this conventional
01:12 can and should be considered a misdemeanor against television.
01:15 What's going on?
01:16 Do you bozos have a threesome or something?
01:20 Oh, God.
01:21 Number 9-- Monica's parents get it on--
01:24 friends.
01:25 Hiding a love affair with your parents' friend from them?
01:28 Who hasn't been there?
01:29 Arguably worse, however, is hiding your romance from them
01:32 in a bathtub while they decide to make out and more.
01:35 He told Johnny that he thinks he's falling in love with her.
01:38 Monica and her older boo Richard may
01:40 be forbidden lovers tempting fate and social convention.
01:43 But they were slowly getting ready to come clean.
01:46 Maybe we should just tell him.
01:48 Maybe we should just tell your parents first.
01:51 My parents are dead.
01:52 And yes, Monica herself has gotten
01:55 into her fair share of inopportune situations.
01:58 Regardless, no one deserves to witness their parents being
02:01 intimate in the bathroom with no way out.
02:04 Her reaction says it all.
02:06 Honestly, we feel the same while watching.
02:08 This is not an interaction we want to be in the room for.
02:11 It's my birthday.
02:14 Number 8-- Polo and Ander connect while Guzman sleeps--
02:18 a lead.
02:19 People these days can be so rude.
02:21 In the second season of Elite, Ander and Polo
02:24 help an intoxicated Guzman get to sleep.
02:26 That's nice.
02:27 But then the pair gets a little too cozy.
02:30 One thing leads to another, and they
02:31 grow intimate beside Guzman's unconscious form.
02:34 Seriously, guys.
02:36 Did we mention Guzman is still mourning
02:38 the loss of his sister Marina?
02:39 This is mood whiplash at its worst.
02:42 Plus, Ander may have had a fight with his boyfriend Omar.
02:46 But he is still essentially cheating on him.
02:48 Oh, and also, Polo is Marina's murderer.
02:51 Needless to say, this scene is truly
02:54 unnecessary on all levels.
02:56 Number 7-- Caught in the Act--
02:58 Modern Family.
02:59 An unfortunate walk-in incident has truly awkward consequences.
03:03 Alex, Haley, and Luke decide to surprise their parents
03:06 Claire and Phil with breakfast, only to get
03:08 the surprise of their lives.
03:09 One, two, three.
03:12 [SCREAMING]
03:16 We know it's totally natural.
03:18 But it's not something any kid wants
03:20 to see their parents doing.
03:21 It's also not something any parent wants their offspring
03:24 witnessing them do, for that matter.
03:26 They screamed.
03:26 They dropped a tray of dishes.
03:28 And then they ran out of here like they were on fire.
03:30 This chaotic, panicked scene, though brief,
03:32 makes that plenty evident.
03:34 Funnily enough, the kids later give their mom and dad
03:37 a lock as an anniversary gift.
03:39 Now, every time they use it, Alex, Haley, and Luke
03:42 will know what is going down--
03:44 our sincerest sympathies.
03:46 We'll use it all the time.
03:47 Number 6-- Marshaw and Lily Picture Their Parents.
03:51 How I Met Your Mother.
03:52 It might be healthy to marry someone like your parents.
03:55 But Marshall and Lily didn't need to know that.
03:57 Psychologically speaking, it's perfectly normal
04:00 to wind up with someone like your parents.
04:02 Once the power couple hear this common psychological
04:04 observation, they each start thinking a bit too
04:07 hard about the other's habits.
04:09 Suddenly, neither can look at the other
04:11 without visualizing their respective fathers.
04:13 And thanks to this sitcom's clever narrative device,
04:16 we can't either.
04:18 I am going to rock your world.
04:23 In order to represent Lillian Marshall's imaginations,
04:26 actors Chris Elliott and Bill Fagerbakke
04:28 actually take the place of their onscreen children.
04:31 We cringe as much as the characters
04:33 whenever we watch this force vomit-inducing interaction.
04:37 The ick factor is all in their head.
04:40 But it's enough to make even the first base of this hookup
04:43 scene scary.
04:44 No, I can't go through with this.
04:46 Thank God, me neither.
04:47 Number five, first time flashbacks, New Girl.
04:50 It's often romanticized as a momentous,
04:52 life-altering moment.
04:54 But sometimes, losing your virginity is just a mess.
04:57 In this episode, New Girl's ensemble characters
04:59 talk about their first experiences.
05:01 And we're treated to some wild tales.
05:04 Promise you, mine's worse than all of yours.
05:06 It's hard to choose the most awkward yet hilarious one.
05:09 There's Jess demanding that her prom date rip off her dress,
05:12 trying to hook up with a musician,
05:14 and finally getting intimate with a fireman named Teddy.
05:17 Take me home, Teddy.
05:20 Take me home.
05:21 There's a very greased up Schmidt struggling,
05:24 and Nick ultimately having to give him a hand.
05:27 There's Winston's very brief encounter.
05:29 Oh, and there's Cece, whose first time was with Mick Jagger.
05:33 Let's just say they all deserve their moment
05:36 in the hall of shame.
05:37 Hello.
05:38 I'd like to make love to you.
05:40 Number four, authentically cringeworthy, sex education.
05:44 Speaking of cumbersome sex scenes,
05:46 here's a show that opens with one of the clumsiest
05:49 we can imagine.
05:49 High school sweethearts Amy and Adam
05:51 fool around to typically tricky results.
05:54 We can't show much of it here.
05:55 But it ends with Adam faking enjoyment
05:57 and Amy catching him out.
05:59 Did you just fake it?
06:00 It's a horribly uncomfortable situation for the pair.
06:03 And it isn't a walk in the park for us either.
06:05 That's probably because it's so real.
06:08 The show does an incredible job of portraying intimacy
06:10 in all its complications.
06:12 And yes, cringiness.
06:14 In fact, if we're including almost sex scenes,
06:17 this attempt between Otis and Lily midway through season one
06:20 would definitely be up there for secondhand embarrassment.
06:23 Number three, Jamie and Cersei Lannister
06:28 are discovered, Game of Thrones.
06:30 The TV adaptation of George RR Martin's epic novels
06:33 grew infamous for its graphic sex scenes.
06:36 Indeed, there is no shortage of embarrassingly frank
06:39 and sometimes disturbing ones of most every kind.
06:43 Perhaps none is as freakish as seeing twins
06:45 Jamie and Cersei Lannister's trysts
06:47 to the eyes of Bran Stark.
06:49 Everything from what the siblings are doing
06:51 to the way they're discovered to the violent way in which they
06:54 react has us hiding our faces behind a pillow.
06:56 It's simply too hard to watch.
06:59 He saw us.
07:00 I heard you the first time.
07:01 The shenanigans don't stop there either.
07:04 In season eight, Arya, the Stark we've grown up with,
07:07 seduces Gendry, the things we do for love.
07:10 Arya, I--
07:14 Number two, Archie and Veronica in the shower, Riverdale.
07:17 As we know, nature's mating imperative
07:20 can strike at the most inconvenient of times.
07:22 One minute you're washing your dad's blood off yourself
07:25 after he's been shot.
07:26 The next minute your girlfriend wants to join you.
07:28 And of course, the answer is yes.
07:30 Archie?
07:32 You OK?
07:33 Granted, this scene wouldn't feel so completely odd
07:36 under different circumstances.
07:37 But Fred's life is literally hanging in the balance.
07:41 And these two are doing this?
07:43 Thought you might want some company?
07:45 Oh, and of course, there's not a piece of jewelry or hair
07:49 out of place on Veronica the whole time.
07:51 Hey, Riverdale is going to be Riverdale after all.
07:55 We wouldn't call this shower scene steamy.
07:57 Thankfully, it's brief.
07:58 But it remains oh so awkward.
08:00 I thought I wanted to help.
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08:19 Number one, the Obama moment, Fleabag.
08:22 The 44th president of the United States
08:25 has never been so beloved for all the wrong reasons.
08:28 Whatever your political persuasion,
08:30 there are a few things that can best watching Fleabag
08:32 pleasure herself to Barack Obama's press conference speech.
08:35 The divisions of tribe, the divisions of sect.
08:40 We also know that--
08:41 Naturally, her boyfriend is also there
08:43 and wakes up at the most inopportune time.
08:46 Yikes.
08:47 What are you doing?
08:48 Nothing.
08:48 Talk about making an impression in your pilot.
08:50 Many online couldn't help but react
08:52 when Obama later included the show's following season
08:55 in his yearly best of list.
08:57 Perhaps he felt flattered?
08:59 Not to be top, Phoebe Waller-Bridge
09:01 gave him a cheeky shout out in her Golden Globes
09:03 acceptance speech.
09:04 Fleabag remains Fleabag, incorrigibly
09:07 inappropriate as always.
09:09 What's he talking about?
09:10 Iraq.
09:13 What other hookup scenes had you wishing
09:16 you never turned the TV on?
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