The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I was first intrigued by 1st few episodes of season 1, yet annoyed by the emphasis played over sex scenes. One or twice ok but after this it becomes tedious. The story moving in the background starts ok but never develops. It is as if sex scenes were the series main motivation.Season 2 is awful. I lasted 3 episodes. Sex sex and sex is dominant and not even artistically presented. I could be hilarious if yawning was not constant. Total waste of time a movie industry resources.

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.

One of the main reasons I liked the girlfriend experience season one was due to Riley K, aka Christine. Riley OWNED that character and she made the season what it was. I am crushed they are changing things and that she won't be returning and I will bet that those who loved the GFE as much as I did will agree that season two will be a huge disappointment. I also loved the way they produced and directed it, and the overall feel of it. It wasn't just another TV series with drama and sex. It's stood out above the rest. And season two, it seems they are changing all that. I can understand the want to change its course, but we liked season one for a reason. I can see from the articles about how season two will be played that it's NOTHING like season one. It's gonna be just another TV series, like breaking bad or orange is the new black. Season one was different Then any other TV series I've watched and I loved it. Why change it? And with all due respect to the new cast, there is no way they will be able to do what Riley did. Between a new cast and a new direction of the show, I have a sad feeling that season two will be another bad sequel, like a second dirty dancing. The effort will be there, but the season one fans will be highly disappointed in the ratings won't be there. I can only hope that if that happens, that they will go back to what they did in season one and go back to that in season three, if it even gets renewed for a third season. What the directors and producers and Riley did in season one was absolutely genius and amazing and I think it's respect really stupid of them to change that now. Especially when the show is so new. They could have done so many great things how they just kept doing what they were doing, keeping Riley and adding on from there. The life of a provider is ever-changing in so many exciting things happen and so many different people are met. Clients come in and out of their lives, Friends and family can find out, invitations to parties, and so many other things that happen that they could've Inc. in Riley's life in season two. They could have brought Avery back, she could have started her own agency or helped out a couple girls, a crazy Rendezvous between Christine and David. Etc. So many things I could've done that would have kept the fans, created new ones, and kept the show strong. But instead, they change the cast, they change the pots, and they change the way The show is directed and filmed. Unfortunately, I have a feeling it's going to be a flop. Now it's going to blend in with all the rest as just another TV series with sex in it. I hope I am wrong though.