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The Girlfriend Experience
2016 - 2021 7.0 (423 votes) 3 Seasons
Genres
Drama
Networks
Starz
Created By
Amy Seimetz
Lodge Kerrigan
Anja Marquardt

The Girlfriend Experience

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Overview

Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Julia Goldani Telles
Julia Goldani Telles

Iris Stanton

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2016)

Season one is the story of Christine Reade, a second year student at Chicago-Burnham Law School and a new intern at the prestigious firm of Kirkland & Allen. Working hard to establish herself at the firm, her focus quickly shifts when a classmate introduces her to the world of transactional relationships. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide The Girlfriend Experience - emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price. Juggling two very different lives, Christine quickly finds herself drawn into the GFE world, attracted to the rush of control and intimacy.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Entry
2016-04-10

A Chicago law-school student's life takes a dramatic turn when a classmate introduces her to the world of transactional relationships.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 2: A Friend
2016-04-10

Christine's double life begins, as she balances her pursuit of a legal career with her work as a girlfriend experience.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 3: Retention
2016-04-17

Christine confronts Jacqueline over the level of her control; David needs Erin's help to retain one of the firm's major clients.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 4: Crossing the Line
2016-04-24

Christine juggles the demands of law school, her internship and her expanding list of GFE clients; Christine observes trouble among the Kirkland partners at David's annual party.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 5: Insurance
2016-05-01

Christine's secret identity is compromised following the death of one of her clients.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 6: Boundaries
2016-05-08

Christine's growing intimacy with a new client threatens to cross business boundaries; David is confirmed as managing partner at Kirkland & Allen.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 7: Access
2016-05-15

Christine attempts to prevent any further intrusions from Jack, but encounters another problem from an unexpected source.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 8: Provocation
2016-05-22

Christine goes on the attack at Kirkland, intent on achieving revenge.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 9: Blindsided
2016-05-29

Christine's worlds collide, forcing her to devise a way to come out on top.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 10: Available
2016-06-05

Christine embraces her career as a GFE provider following her humiliating experience at Kirkland.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 11: Fabrication
2016-06-12

Christine goes on the counter-attack, in an attempt to force a settlement with Kirkland & Allen, while exploring more anonymous ways to service her GFE clients.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 12: Home
2016-06-19

Christine travels home for her parent's 30th wedding anniversary party. They are partially happy to see her.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 13: Separation
2016-06-19

Christine is in complete control.

Runtime: 28 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2017)

Season two follows two parallel storylines; one centering on the complicated relationship between Erica & Anna during the corrupt political climate of midterm elections, and the other on Bria, a former GFE provider forced to start a new life in New Mexico but lured by the ghosts of her past.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Erica & Anna: Leverage
2017-11-05

Erica Myles, the finance director at Right To Action, a Republican super PAC, enlists the help of an escort, Anna Garner, in an attempt to gain access to a secret, dark money donor network.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 2: Bria: Admitting
2017-11-05

Bria Jones, a former GFE, enters the witness protection program in order to escape an abusive relationship. When she is relocated to a small town in New Mexico, she finds the GFE world beckoning her once again.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 3: Erica & Anna: The List
2017-11-12

Anna delivers a piece of incriminating evidence against Novak, while her relationship with Erica becomes personal. Erica is contacted by a powerful financier.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 4: Bria: Eggshells
2017-11-12

Despite orders to lay low, Bria meets a new client, triggering Ian's suspicions.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 5: Erica & Anna: Solicitation
2017-11-19

Erica lands her biggest donor yet while Anna and Erica's relationship intensifies.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 6: Bria: Negotiation
2017-11-19

Bria expands the boundaries of the GFE in order to have her needs met.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 7: Erica & Anna: Donors
2017-11-26

Erica gets a suspicious call from a representative of a secretive potential donor. Anna subjugates herself to Erica's sexual desires and makes a startling decision to solidify their personal relationship.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 8: Bria: Moral Inventory
2017-11-26

With an impending trial date, Ian attempts to reign in Bria by stepping up his surveillance of her.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 9: Erica & Anna: Family
2017-12-03

Anna breaks some big news to Erica and Erica begins to feel increasing pressure at work.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 10: Bria: Living Like a Tornado
2017-12-03

Bria takes matters into her own hands in order to escape Ian.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 11: Erica & Anna: Citizens First
2017-12-17

After her rejection from Erica, Anna looks for answers while Erica's life takes unexpected turns, with potentially devastating consequences.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 12: Bria: Making Amends
2017-12-17

The day of the trial has arrived, and Bria must reckon with facing Donald head-on.

Runtime: 29 min
Episode 13: Erica & Anna: Free Fall
2017-12-24

Erica tries to escape the consequences of her professional and personal decisions as she falls into a downward spiral, while Anna finds herself back at the top of her game.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 14: Bria: Relapse
2017-12-24

Pursued by both the law and Donald, Bria is forced to take matters into her own hands.

Runtime: 25 min
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Season 3 (2021)

Set in the London tech scene, Season three is the story of Iris, a neuroscience major. As she begins to explore the transactional world of The Girlfriend Experience, Iris quickly learns that her client sessions provide her with a compelling edge in the tech world and vice versa. She then begins to question whether her actions are driven by free will, or something else altogether, and heads down a deep path of exploration.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Mirrors
2021-05-02

Iris relocates to London, leaving behind family and a half-finished degree. She begins a double life: working at an elusive tech startup while providing the girlfriend experience at night.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Everyone's Got a Price
2021-05-02

Iris and her co-worker start working on an AI project that mirrors human emotion. Meanwhile, new clients provided by a high-end escort agency, leave Iris with a wealth of behavioral data.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 3: Deepfake
2021-05-09

Iris gets better at simulating the perfect girlfriend experience for her clients. Simultaneously at NGM, Iris and her co-workers start training the AI model with new simulated sets.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 4: Shuffle
2021-05-16

Iris' client relationships seem increasingly uncanny, and advice from Tawny isn't what Iris was hoping for. Her father's illness catches up with Iris in undeniable ways.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 5: Control Shift
2021-05-23

Iris can't keep her two worlds separate anymore, which comes with unwanted consequences. Iris realizes she's in a position of power, while simultaneously having lost all control.

Runtime: 26 min
Episode 6: The Embrace
2021-05-30

Buying time, Iris escapes the messy leftovers of her double life and takes time off-grid. Georges, a former client, takes Iris into his world. Reality, however, has a way of catching up.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 7: Black Box
2021-06-06

Cassie is back with a vengeance, taking her work to the next level. Iris' secrecy around the project puts a dent in her relationship with Hiram and their collaboration around Emcee.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 8: A Set of Lies Agreed Upon
2021-06-13

Having family in town brings up complicated feelings for Iris. Tawny feels bad about how things played out with The V. Afraid to face her own truth, Iris realizes she needs to switch gears.

Runtime: 27 min
Episode 9: State of Mind
2021-06-20

Having lost all sense of perspective, Iris confides in Christophe, who, in turn, opens up a part of his world. Little does Iris know the encounter will leave her shaken to the core.

Runtime: 28 min
Episode 10: Integration
2021-06-20

Struggling to recover from betrayal, Iris is willing to take a radical leap once again. Iris needs to confront one more person before making a fateful decision: Emcee.

Runtime: 32 min

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