Viewers are seriously creeped out by the new Menéndez Brothers series… but maybe not for the reasons Ryan Murphy was hoping

Image Credit: ‘Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menéndez Story,’ Netflix

A month back, we got our first look at Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menéndez Story, the second season in Ryan Murphy and Netflix’s anthology focused on provocative true-crime stories.

With its moody lighting, dramatic music, and extended, passionate embrace between handsome actors Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch—playing Lyle and Erik, respectively—the teaser left us with one question: Wait a minute, is this supposed to be homoerotic?

Well, now that the season has premiered, we have our answer, and it’s a queasy, uncomfortable, and controversial…. yes???

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