The omnipresent ick is the only natural law of the White Lotus universe. You can catch a whiff of it in every torrid sex scene—excitement and unease, desire and desperation, sweat and the faint smell of stolen arancini.

Patrick Schwarzenegger has given several interviews about the scene, and indicated that there's more to it than viewers might initially suspect. As he put it to The Hollywood Reporter, "There’s always more than what just meets the eye of the shock value on the screen."

Patrick Schwarzenegger's Saxon and Sam Nivola's Lochlan shared more than just a kiss on The White Lotus, and the vibes between the Ratliff brothers have entirely shifted.