this show does sex well, because the absence of graphic sex in this episode was powerful. sex was always the easy part for the both of them. this episode was them saying, what i like about you isn't just skin, isn't just skin deep. they love each other's hockey, they love the way each other feels, they love talking and listening to each other even when they don't know what the other is saying, they slowly make space for each other. this episode was like that real point in relationships after the good sex, when all the deeper, wonderful, terrible stuff that comes into your life when you let yourself be loved and known.