Many other women were theoretically naked, but the ones in the tub were strategically covered by suds and camera angles.
The other women are Olivia Rouyre, Jhordan Munn, Anna Mhairi and Phuong Kubacki. The older woman who brings the drink is Joette Waters.
From the comments:
Q. Can anyone identify the actresses in this scene in order of when they exit the tub?
A. I think this is it: 1) Jhordan Munn; 2) Olivia Rouyre; 3) Phuong Kubacki; 4) Anna Mhairi.
Hot, but not enough to see us through the Days of Donald Trump. Naked Rhea NOW!!
As much as I would have enjoyed seeing more naked ladies, I had to admire the craftsmanship behind the choreography and strategically placed bubbles involved in having five women stand up and leave the bath in a single static shot, all of them only showing their asses. It was very well done!
Oh just give us some actual nudity already. We have done our time with Carol (“The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.”), and we need a break.
From a props, choreography and camera angle point of view it is a quite a technical achievement in how they avoided showing any actual full nudity. I am not sure that even Max Reeves ever shows a nipple. So I guess that we can be impressed with that from a technical point of view. But then you have to ask yourself, ‘Why did they not just go ahead with nudity on a show like this?’ – it absolutely would have fit with the vibe of the show and that particular scene.
That was intended as a reply to Mikey above.
Seems like Apple TV has always been stingy. This looks like more than normal for them. Apple has often even controlled software content on their computers trying to block things they consider too adult.
Certainly, there isn’t a character reason for the hive-mind-in-these bodies to be modest, and part of the skill of the choreography of them getting out of the tub is none of it seemed especially unnatural or forced–at least, any more than any action by hive-mind characters is “unnatural”– like the characters were “aware” of where the camera was. (As a counter-point, take a scene like Sandra Bullock’s in The Proposal, where she seemed “aware” of when she was in a full-body shot and needed to keep a hand over her crotch, and when she was being shot from the waist up and could have that hand free.)
As to Stick’s point below, Apple seems willing to have nudity, but doesn’t feel a need to compel its creators to include it, and some creators (like Gilligan) just might not want to have it. It has led to some strange moments, though, like a couple scenes in this season’s The Morning Show where Greta Lee was clearly naked with nipple covers on, which takes one out of the scene. I’m less concerned with “is there nudity or not” and more “is it taking me out of the scene by how they do it?”
I agree that those scenes this season from Greta Lee in The Morning Show are another good example. But once again I would ask: If the producers and the actress herself were willing to go that far toward actual nudity, why not just do it rather than taking the largely symbolic step of covering her up a very little bit?
Regardless, I am a fan and she was still as hot as all get out in those scenes. She was made up and dressed to appear pretty severe in the series, in keeping with her character. But as those scenes demonstrate, if you take away those props, it is pretty hard to hide how attractive she is. I suppose though that because she was never fully nude, those scenes can’t be nominated in Scoop’s year-end review. Too bad.
The show definitely has me hooked, nudity or not. Koumba is ratcheting up his “your wish is our command” privilege creating an whole James Bond Casino poker party in Las Vegas. Where he wins and gets all the women of course. One wonders if he will eventually turn “good” when he runs out of wishes. I trust that these are seasoned script writers because they keep injecting more rules into the game about what the “joined” can and cannot do. This episode should have been titled, “Soylent Green Explained by John Cena”
Maybe Vince Gilligan is just an ass man.
Can anyone identify the actresses in this scene in order of when they exit the tub?
I think this is it:
1) Jhordan Munn
2) Olivia Rouyre
3) Phuong Kubacki
4) Anna Mhairi