I've seen a few people that seemed to take great offense to the sex scene, but otherwise liked it. *shrugs* Each to their own.

Apart from liking me some Nekkid!Sam, I actually thought the scene added a fair bit to the episode. Sam's hurt and lonely and desperate and eventually takes the comfort offered. In other words, it shows him to still be very human in his hurt. *shrugs* Not sure if that makes sense, cos I'm bad at articulating fandom stuff, but anyway.

It doesn't actually seem to me like I'm in the minority in liking the ep, though the haters are a very loud bunch as usual.