All that ... for "just a kiss"???

So got confirmation from a creative that the song scene in the barn (MN part obviously) was not to show them going the whole way - but was "just kissing"!!!

And that's supposed to be an explanation? Or make it all right?

Ah, come on!
The scene was beautifully picturized, great acting, great editing, camera angles and all that jazz. It was a scene between a married couple maybe facing some trauma in their life, a separation or potential separation. Or maybe the desperation of an illicit love affair.

What it was NOT - was a sweet innocent scene between a couple of college kids - maybe mature college kids, but college going kids, nonetheless. There was no innocence, no fumbling, no sense of 'this is new to both of us' - it was a passionate sequence between two people very much in love who knew what they were doing. And this was to lead to just a kiss?????

Prelude to a kiss is what SG had in the precap the same day - hesitation, shyness, nervousness yet anticipation. What MN had was definitely prelude to lovemaking. And by a creative coming and "clarifying" that no, they didn't go the whole way, makes it worse - you made two actors perform such a scene basically for your trp's, regardless of the story, of the characters they were playing and of their own reservations - in the sbs segments, they were both definitely a little embarrassed. That they performed it well, is a tribute to their acting skills, not to the writing or the direction - or the very concept!
And honestly - what fans are those who enjoy the demeaning of their favourite characters?