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Unforgettable Incest Scenes: 'A Simple Favor,' ‘White Lotus’ and More


'The White Lotus' joins other TV shows — and movies — including 'Monsters,' 'Bates Motel' and more that found a way to explore incest on screen

Before The White Lotus there was Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story making headlines for sexually charged moments between a fictional version of real siblings. Lifetime/MovieStillsBDBased on V. C. Andrews ’ book series, Flowers in the Attic, If There Be Thorns and Seeds of Yesterday, the show played with the idea of forbidden romance spanning generations in one family. NBC/Everett CollectionWhile Whitney ( Brook Kerr) and Chad ( Donn Swaby and Charles Divins) were ultimately not blood relatives, the spiral they went through on the soap opera makes them worthy of being on this list.

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