Me and my wife started watching this over the weekend. It's not bad at all
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Yeah, it's so dark and depressing. The direction and acting was superb. I really liked it
watched all 13 episodes, found this rather strange to be honest if there was anything ''to get'' I didn't really...
about the ending, she could only make herself cum is what im gathering but was that supposed to be surprising in anyway ?!? hmm
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about the ending, she could only make herself cum is what im gathering but was that supposed to be surprising in anyway ?!? hmm
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i only got that she reached a level of ''complexity'' in her workplace, she was becoming a true PRO, while at the same time couldn't feel anything as most gfe career girls should and... i really don;t know man
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Episode 9 was one of the best episodes of TV I have seen in a long time. I was like 
for 30 minutes straight. I think the show started slow but I just finished episode 11 and the show has been pretty dope since they pivoted in episode 5.
for 30 minutes straight. I think the show started slow but I just finished episode 11 and the show has been pretty dope since they pivoted in episode 5.
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This is my 2 cents. It could be all BS. But as far as the ending...
I thought the ending was excellent. The end was trying to show a couple things.
One was how much this sex work is a job and not a fantasy. At the start of the show, the pimpstress helping the main character find nice guys who are truly interested in the girlfriend experience and who feel sort of guilty about cheating on their wifes. By the end she is basically only fulfilling absurd fetishes with miserable, sex addicts. The male prostitute in the last scene isn't even faking his disinterest. He can't even get an erection. He just wants the money and wants to get the F out. In the end sex work is not glamorous at all. When she masturbates in the final shot, she isn't smiling, it isn't pleasurable. She has lost all emotion.
Secondly, the men became more and more pitiful as the show went on. The show on the surface is about the main character but it is also strongly a commentary on the many desperate men out in the world both married and single who are trying to connect. They are lonely fukks using drugs, hookers and fetish to try and connect but it is all barely working. The money ultimately can't save them from their unhappiness. In the last scene, the guy can't even get his cuckold fantasy acted out the way he wants. He has to get kicked out the room so the prostitutes can rehearse their routine. He is humiliating himself because he feels like a pice of shyt but doesn't know how else to feel alive.
The apartment in the last scene, her new apartment, the fancy but sterile restaurants and hotels are all joyless and cold. These people have been shunned from society because of their sexual behavior. They are relegated to this absurd world everything is transactional, people feel empty and different sexual norms exist. Despite having nice money and material things, they are lost.
One was how much this sex work is a job and not a fantasy. At the start of the show, the pimpstress helping the main character find nice guys who are truly interested in the girlfriend experience and who feel sort of guilty about cheating on their wifes. By the end she is basically only fulfilling absurd fetishes with miserable, sex addicts. The male prostitute in the last scene isn't even faking his disinterest. He can't even get an erection. He just wants the money and wants to get the F out. In the end sex work is not glamorous at all. When she masturbates in the final shot, she isn't smiling, it isn't pleasurable. She has lost all emotion.
Secondly, the men became more and more pitiful as the show went on. The show on the surface is about the main character but it is also strongly a commentary on the many desperate men out in the world both married and single who are trying to connect. They are lonely fukks using drugs, hookers and fetish to try and connect but it is all barely working. The money ultimately can't save them from their unhappiness. In the last scene, the guy can't even get his cuckold fantasy acted out the way he wants. He has to get kicked out the room so the prostitutes can rehearse their routine. He is humiliating himself because he feels like a pice of shyt but doesn't know how else to feel alive.
The apartment in the last scene, her new apartment, the fancy but sterile restaurants and hotels are all joyless and cold. These people have been shunned from society because of their sexual behavior. They are relegated to this absurd world everything is transactional, people feel empty and different sexual norms exist. Despite having nice money and material things, they are lost.
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This was dope as hell
Ok so that make sense. Just finished the series and feel like I don't know what the motive of the show is really. But artisiticly leaving it up in the air is good.
First few episodes were a bit hard to get used to stylistically but once you do, this shyt rolls. Very good show imo.
Love it.
Now that I think of it, the last scene was about how she doesn't even get off to this shyt any more. Earlier on she probably enjoyed the sex a bit but now she has to get off on her own.
My only gripe with the show was that she delved into this world too willy nilly. I guess the reasoning was her selfishness and narcissism. What did y'all think about the Sextape/lawsuit. Was that her plan all along?
My only gripe with the show was that she delved into this world too willy nilly. I guess the reasoning was her selfishness and narcissism. What did y'all think about the Sextape/lawsuit. Was that her plan all along?
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Astute. Well-rounded perspective.
I haven't binge-watched a show in what feels like forever but I fukked around and watched Episode 7 to 13 today on a random.
This bytch is soulless, I think the ending depicted that perfectly. I wont regurgitate what has been said in here already but one thing I didn't get was who actually sent the video tape to the entire world. Were we meant to believe it was her? Was it that estranged breh Jack? Her reaction to that being sent to everyone felt geniune, I dont think she intended to create that entire narrative with all of those recordings to finesse Kirkland out of an $M.
What were your thoughts?
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I watched the first 4 episodes...it's sort of interesting and boring at the same time, if that makes sense. I want to see what happens, but at the same time, the way it's filmed, it's kind of dull and too slow as it progresses.
I'll probably keep watching, as people have said it improves a lot mid-season.
I'll probably keep watching, as people have said it improves a lot mid-season.