In the pilot, Oliver (Conrad Ricamora) brings Connor (Jack Falahee) home and the pair does something hitherto unseen on American broadcast TV. Now in 2020, it might be easy to take for granted, but HTGAWM and its out, gay creator and showrunner Peter Nowalk made history. I was shocked to be watching something like it on primetime network television, even in 2014. When the show first started airing, I jokingly called it How to Get Away With Gay Sex Scenes to friends (and on my burner Twitter account). It’s as if through this interruption, How to Get Away With Murder is reminding us of the unsung legacy it’s leaving behind as a show that slid queer sex front and center, embedded into the stories on our screens. Across six seasons, Connor and Oliver’s sex has not been infrequent, though this is the first time we heard their residual moans long after their initial disrobing. It’s funny, but it’s also slightly annoying: The show is forcing us to listen to their lovemaking to momentarily ignore the murder-y plots afoot. It happens offscreen, but Connor and Oliver’s moans of pleasure float through floor and wall, disrupting the conversation downstairs.
In the first episode of How to Get Away With Murder’s final season, two men have loud sex.
