, and that's by design. As her character Penelope Featherington steps “out of the shadows” in her search for a husband, she will also finally make a move on longtime crush , leading to the character's first sex scene.Coughlan explained that in working with the show's intimacy coordinator, she advocated for her own ideas about Penelope's sex life. “I specifically asked for certain lines and moments to be included,” she told , per .