It wasn't necessary for the story or the characters and felt somewhat gratuitous, but they did set it up at least a couple of episodes in advance. Claire knows Frank's sexual orientation and they had a vague-ish discussion about it in one of the previous episodes. I cant recall the exact details, but it's a conversation about having his 'needs' met, that only makes sense when looking back in retrospect after this episode. Plus she already could see how fond he was of Mechum, as she spoke about it several times.
Personally, I think that, like most of the sexual scenes in the show, wasn't needed to get the point across. The story is more than strong enough to survive without them.
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