Since this scene has been generating some right mixed reactions among people let's have a small discussion on it, eh?
I am not going into the ship's chemistry or whether it works or not. Those are up to you to decide and I am not here to pass judgements on that. I am here to address the one running complain that everyone seems to be raising: that the Rios/Jurati romance came out of nowhere and makes no sense.
Did it come out of nowhere? Well, perhaps not entirely. There was definitely some low-key flirting, especially in Episode 5. ("What do you think, Agnes?" "I think you're killing it.") But again, that can be up for different interpretations.
But does the romance make any sense? Actually yes, it makes perfect sense. Because this is not a romance at all, not right at this moment atleast. This is a hook-up. A one-night stand. Agnes needed a distraction. Something, anything to keep her mind off the fact that she murdered someone who was once (and still was?) dear to her. And she chose sex as the distraction. One Twitter user pointed out how she described her feelings as "hollow" and that death often triggers a need for reaffirmation of life, which was essentially the purpose of her sex.
As for Rios, he knew perfectly well what he was in for. And that's fine and works for him because one gets the impression that he's not particularly after a committed relationship either. For the broody existentialist spaceman loner, surrounded by nothing but his mirror image holograms (whom he can't stand), the intimacy, minus the commitment, must have been a refreshing change.
Also, the fact that he is roguishly handsome and she has a pretty face definitely didn't hurt the case either.
There it is, the "small" discussion
