True Detective (2014)

Season 1 of ‘True Detective‘ turned out to be HBO’s greatest debut since ‘Broadwalk Empire‘. With its second episode in the first season, the show not only brought in some of its dark murder mystery elements, but also introduces Alexandra Daddario with the most mature role that she has ever played. Despite her extremely short screentime in the series, Daddario manages to leave a significant mark with her bold scenes and it’s these scenes that later paved the way for her popularity.

There are quite a few scenes in the series that could easily be regarded as among the best TV sex scenes of all time; but there is this one scene that stands out. In this scene, Alexandra’s character Lisa welcomes Detective Hart (Woody Harrelson) inside her home and he then gifts her a set of handcuffs. As she tries to pour him some drinks, not being able to hold himself back, Hart tries to strip her down. That’s when she turns around and sits on his lap. She then seductively handcuffs him to the kitchen counter and slowly strips down every piece of her cloth and then starts to go down on him.

Playing the role of Hart’s young mistress, Alexandra claimed in an interview that she took the role as more of a challenge and instead of thinking too much about it, she “just sort of did it”. This one is by far her boldest sex scene and after watching her play this role in the series, it is not hard to understand why she became so popular.