Don't Believe the Hype

Brilliant and touching

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

To make it short: This series will make you feel betrayed.It starts several arcs of suspense that make you continue watching but it finalizes nothing. There is no resolve at all. At the end of the first season the viewer has no answers to questions that seemed to drive the plot. And at the beginning of the second season the viewer realizes disbelievingly that this starts a completely new plot with new characters. Waste of time.

Season 1 was a well written, well acted character study of Christine Reade, who transforms from smart, "good girl", from a good family, who does well in law school, receives an internship at a prestigious firm but winds up a high priced call girl. Christine was not a particularly likeable character but her transformation from one world into another was spellbinding. Season 2 consisted of two unrelated half hour weekly stories. It seems creators Kerrigan and Siemtz wanted to go in a very different direction but were stuck with the escort theme. Kerrigan did the "Erica and Anna" portion of GFE primarily about Erica, an unethical political operative involved in arranging illegal campaign contributions. Anna was the call-girl in the story. Erica uses Anna to blackmail a political opponent and inexplicably decides she must have a relationship with Anna. Anna appears somewhat unstable and the two of them alternate between pleasing and hurting one another. We learn nothing about either character. The series is essentially about the political intrigue and less about the characters, none of which have any redeeming value or are worth caring about. Siemetz did the "Bria" portion of GFE. Bria is a former escort now in the witness protection program. We learn that she met a mob boss as an escort and married him, presumably to live a life of wealth. She was aware of his violent criminal activity and admitted to participating in some crimes. Now she feared he would find her and kill her before she could testify against him. Unhappy in her new, tedious life as well as afraid, she secretly finds a few wealthy men to escort as well as using sex to ensure the married marshal assigned to protect her remains interested. The only thing "Erica and Anna" and "Bria" have in common is that there is not a single character in either series worth caring about.

THE SHOW HAS NO SUBSTANCE. ITS SCATTERED. AMY SEIMETZ AND LODGE KERRIGAN AND BY THE WAY IS A WEIRD NAME: WEIRD NAME, MUST MEAN ITS A WEIRD PERSON, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THE SHOW IS WEIRD... ANYWAY. THEY MUST HAVE BRAINS. I KEEP WATCHING AND I KEEP WAITINGFOR THIS "BANG" THAT NEVER SEEMS TO OCCUR. IM NOT WASTING MY TIME ANYMORE... CANCEL THIS CRAP.

This show had a brilliant start. A simple concept of following the life of a sex worker from her point of view. Better yet, the star and protagonist of season 1 did not begin as a sex worker, we see her turn into one. Season one is full of well thought out plot twists like myriad problems, dangers and unintended consequences of being a sex worker. The audience cared about her and her problems. Enter the abortion called season 2. This is a completely different show. The lead actress is gone, we are thrust into the middle of 2 wildly different plots with new characters we don't know or care about. The sex worker angle is still there, but it's a sub-plot. There is also a stupid background noise during the entire show that sucks ass. This season is garbage. What idiot thought this was a good idea? LOL.