Before we leave behind the discussion of this scene for good, I wanted to add a couple more things. There are those who have really given Clay and/or the support staff a hard time about the camera work. I have generally not found the camera work to be bad at all. Yes, it did need some improvement after the very first scenes. But not that much.
I do concur though that the filming of the kissing part of the scene was very strange. The kissing was led into with the usual protests from the models and the haggling over the price of said kiss. As they finally agreed to do the kiss they stated that they would only do it for 10 seconds. The whole time they are negotiating, the camera has a closeup of both of them. Then just as they start their 10 second kiss somebody decided it would be a brilliant idea to switch camera angles and capture most of it from the back of Rocco's head from seemingly 10 feet away. Perhaps it was one of the few reasons why the scene did not do better in the ratings.
As others have said, the scene should have rated better. While Jimmy is not yet a star in here he is showing great strides in trying to improve his scenes. I found this one photo that I thought was excellent. It is obviously from the still photos taken during the warmup to the actual shoot. I really think they should have gone with this pose and video camera angle in the actual scene.
Given that this is Jimmy I find this photo especially Hot. Do you guys like this one as much as I do?