[ theme music ]
[ pants ] Come here.
Talk to me.
- Talk? - Yeah.
Oh...
Talk to me. Tell me what we're doing here.
Um... oh, well, you're the best.
- Yeah? Who is? - You are.
- Yeah? - Sean. Yeah.
So what makes you think you'd like to work here?
I've heard this place is really safe, well-run.
Classy. That's pretty important to me.
[ phone rings ]
Hi, it's Krystal.
Um, what do I look like?
Just like it says in the advertisement.
Yeah, yeah, I'm hot.
I'm so hot
and ready.
You won't be disappointed. I promise you.
Have you had any experience in this line of work?
Yes. In Canberra.
Whereabouts?
Black Rose.
Name's not familiar.
Oh. It's pretty new.
I have references, as you can see.
Um, there's a medical certificate. My CV.
Um, I've got an ABN number. It's all there.
- Oh, no, you can't take photos. - What?
Come on! Just one for my mates.
- He want's to see what you look like. - No.
- You better be good, huh? - How about we start with massage?
Nah, how about you get on the fucking bed.
Massage! I'll give you a massage.
OK, you know what? Er, you should get someone else.
- Huh?! - I'm not doing this.
- Hey! Hey! - Not with you.
Any other experience?
Not... not really.
Other than Black Rose? Somewhere that actually exists?
I'm really keen to learn.
- Ladies. - [ both giggle ]
- Mmm! Hello. - Sean.
- The rule is... - I know. Not at work.
But you are irresistible.
Thank you.
And now the idea is that you return the compliment.
- Sean! - Come on.
- Tell me I'm irresistible. - You're irresistible.
Mean it!
Mean it so much that you have to sleep with me
every night.
- Oh. - In my bed at my place.
Is that an invitation?
Well, I'm figuring you may need one, other it will never happen.
I do sleep with you.
Not at my place.
Maybe.
Alright. It's an official invition, though.
Anything else you need, you know, I'm up for that too.
- Hmm. What I need? - Mmm.
What I really need is for this place to be ticking over.
Thought business was booming.
Demand is booming,
especially ay the cheap end of the scale.
Everyone wants one last roll before the ute gets repossessed.
That's good, isn't it?
I've got no girls.
I mean, I've got no women. All my best, most experienced...
Chloe is gone. Heather's on permanent holiday.
Lauren's out escorting.
- All I've got here... - Mmm?
What do you think of her?
- SEAN: Well, she's cute, I guess. - Mmm.
So just hire this one ask her to bring some friends along.
I want you to road-test her.
- You what? - You know!
Check her out, see if she's OK. Take her for a test-drive.
- Is she up for that? - Hmm, if she wants to work here.
- SEAN: Amy. - Mmm.
Amy lied about her work experience.
Hmm! Well, lying is in the job description.
In fact, it's number one on the list.
I get paid for this, right?
Presumably I get some kind of wholesale rate.
Nah-uh-uh-uh!
Run along, Romeo.
- Have fun! - [ trills ]
Oh!
Talk to me, Amy. Talk to me.
Tell me what we're doing, huh?
Tell me what's happening.
You're inside me.
Yeah?
Deep... inside me with your beautiful,
beautiful cock.
- It's not bad. - Yeah?
- Yeah. You're a good girl. - [ laughs ]
Huh? Huh?
You like me, don't you?
You really, really like me.
You reckon?
You love me.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Ah! Ah! Ow!
[ screams ]
Fuck! Shit! Ah! You bit me!
Ah!
I didn't. I...
You've marked me, Amy.
- It's not on. - Sean, what do you...
You don't ever do love bites, alright?
I thought that'd be obvious.
[ phone rings ]
Mel speaking.
Oh, hi.
What?
No, they can't see it again. It's an apartment. They've seen it already.
Well, tell them to hurry up and buy it.
What? No, I've gotta go. I'm at work. Bye.
Thank you! Thanks.
[ heartbeat thumps ]
- Mel. - Hi.
Please tell me you're not busy right now.
- What's up? - I need you to cover for me.
- Take a client. - What, right now?
Well, as soon as you can get here. Please, Lauren, I need this.
Look, I'll call him and tell him there's gonna be a delay.
What's the matter? Are you sick?
Yeah, no, I'm fine.
It's, er... something's come up, yeah, urgent.
Lauren?
I really need your help.
MAN: I don't understand this.
I mean, you order capricciosa, you expect ham and olives, you know?
You're not expecting a marinara, you know what I mean?
- Are we talking pizza? - No, no.
I'm just saying it as an example.
Well, if you want me to reschedule, I'm happy to organise it.
No, no. No, no, no. It's fine. It's fine.
- Champagne? - Yeah, thank you. That'd be lovely.
I supposed if the world's ending, then it's ending, you know?
There's, um... there's nothing we can do about it, is there?
- You think that's likely? - Likely? It's already happened.
You feel that way because Mel didn't show?
Mel? Look... look, Mel's great, OK? Alright?
But she's not West Mineral Mining. She's not my entire share portfolio.
Did you know the S&P closed down 4% yesterday?
Yes, I think I did hear that.
I thought we'd hit bottom, right?
I thought we had. But guess what.
I'm still on the way down.
It's over. It's over.
The revolution's here.
May as well have voted for the Greens,
'cause that's where we're heading, towards the bloody Greens.
I mean, pretty soon, the world's gonna be living where?
In trees, in tree houses. That's where we're heading.
That's if we can afford it, there's not gonna be any cash. All they...
[ thinks ] Should've booked in for a wax.
Must ring Janice, make a booking.
Wax.
Hmm.
Deep massage therapy.
Mmm!
That'd be lovely.
- WOMAN: Hi, Nat. - Erin. How was your day?
Fantastic.
What have you been doing particularly?
Oh, you know, just enjoying myself.
Well, the best I can.
And making fully sure the men are as well.
- Hmm, aim to please. Good. - Of course. That's my job.
OK. Just keep doing what you're doing.
- OK? - OK.
- Hello. - Hi.
- New girl? - Rocket scientist.
Your other one, er, Amy, she's crazy.
- Is that a bad thing? - She kissed me.
- That's her call, in theory. - Since when?
It was an audition.
Yeah, well, she failed. She bit me.
Oh! Diddums!
- Can she do the biz? - Yes, she can, actually.
- She's very good. - Oh.
I mean, she's a big hitter.
Is that a bad thing?
No.
- But... - It's OK, Sean. It's OK.
Er, Melanie, just the person I wanted to see.
Er, no time to talk. Just here to see my brother.
You were a no-show with Alistair. He's a good client and he's rich.
- Get him offside, you're crazy. - He's not offside. Come on, Sean.
If there is a problem it's better you tell me now.
Well, aparently you know everything already.
Come on.
I might need a place to stay.
You renovating again?
No, no. I'm selling the apartment.
Sort of. Oh, the real estate's driving me nuts.
An inspection every five minutes.
What do you mean, 'sort of'?
What happened to the whole,
"Hey, little brother, get out, find your own place, grow up."
- You threw me out of there. - I did not.
- I encouraged you to be independent. - It's the same thing.
Well, I have to sell. I'm broke.
How?
I had a margin call.
Which is what?
Well, it's when you borrow against your own share portfolio
to buy more shares.
- Who the hell let you do that? - The bank. All banks!
Anyway, the loan buffer blew out and they called it in.
How bad is it?
On what scale? Better or worse than cancer?
Hey, I just... I need to know if I can stay with you.
Please? Just for a little while?
Sure. Sometimes, you know, when I've got nothing on.
What?
Well, I have people stay over.
Sean, I don't have the plague. I'm a bit broke.
I think I can socialise.
What if I don't want you to socialise?
And why not?
Oh. Morticia.
- Mel! - You got a crypt for overnight stays?
- Give up. - Sorry, but you and... that...
It's unfathomable.
She's in my life. Deal with it. Move on.
Hmm?
ALISTAIR: '87 the world survived. '87 was a breeze!
A sunshower! The market had to adjust.
That's what they do, markets. They adjust.
[ thinks] Mmm. Nice champagne.
Andrew. Alvin?
God, what's his name? A... Alistair.
Alistair's got good taste.
Gee, my back's sore.
Skip one day of yoga, see what happens.
[ Alistair sobs ]
Alistair?
Are you OK?
What...? Sorry.
Why... why don't we go and lie down, huh?
We'll make you feel better.
- How? - Oh, we'll find a way.
Are we having sex?
- Mm. - Is that what you think?
Do you think sex can fix this?!
Not necessarily. We don't have to do anything.
We can just lie there.
OK.
- OK. - OK. OK.
'Cause if we're gonna do it...
...we should do it soon.
'Cause then, when you're gone,
I'm gonna leap out that fucking window!
[ sobs ]
Found something you like?
Er, hi, Nat.
Um, sorry.
- I was just having a look round. - So I heard.
You said to familiarise myself with the place, get the feel of it.
I'm not sure they were my exact words, but...
[ chuckles awkwardly ]
- You look so amazing. - Hmm?
Your clothes. Just the whole way you look.
You're like a movie star from the '50s or something.
- Listen, Amy... - No, Nat.
Look...
...if I ever do work here, love bites are out.
I just want you to know I didn't mean to.
I would never do that, not with a client.
But you did.
No! But it was Sean, you know?
He's gorgeous.
I... I would never do that. Not in a real booking.
Nat, please, no. Give me a chance.
I'll be the best. I'll be the best fuck your clients ever had.
That is the least of it.
OK? Anybody can do that.
Now, don't call us, we'll call you, Amy.
Let's go.
[ TV plays quietly ]
Hey, Dad.
DAD: You're alive!
Sorry I'm late. I told you I might get held up.
Are you gonna make a mess?
I'll clean it up. I just need something to eat.
Don't we all?
I left you yours. In the fridge!
Well, I didn't know that.
You've eaten it.
No way. Must have been a mouse.
That's all it would have fed, anyway.
A litte mouse. But never mind me.
You should eat more.
Hey, where's the bread maker?
- Are you gonna make bread? - No.
Just where is it?
You sold our bread maker?
Well, we never use it.
I've had exams. I haven't had time to use it.
That was a Christmas present.
I got a good price for it.
A bloke at work.
It'll pay the electricity bill.
SONG: # The wine may have loosened my tongue #
# But you're gonna thank me later on #
# I get no refuge in sleep #
# With you in my severed dreams #
# With your foreign hand #
# Comfort me #
# And your foreign tongue #
# Speak to me #
# I'm not alone with you... #
Ah!
Shit! What'd you do that for?!
Oh, you startled me.
- I didn't know where I was. - I kissed you!
Oh, you were creeping around.
What? I kiss you and you smash my eardrum!
You shouldn't have been creeping around.
Sorry.
Here I am thinking, you know, it's the first time sleepover...
It's dark, the lights are out, you're fully clothed.
I mean, it must be time for sex. Conditions are perfect.
Sean, I just...
- Just what? - Please! Don't hassle me.
Well, when, then?
Soon.
I said soon.
- So, how's life? - It's good, it's great!
- Really? - Yeah, it's going great.
It really is.
And escorting?
Yes, well, I've got a few more clients now
and things are... things are going really well.
- Damn shit! - Calm down.
- Alright. Stop, stop. - I want to die!
I don't want to live anymore!
Yes. Pretty smooth sailing now.
Good for you.
Have you heard from Heather?
Oh, I got a postcard from her the other day.
- Downright pornographic. - Oh.
I had no idea there was female Mounties.
Oh, female...
Canadian police.
- Oh. - [ laughs ]
Ah! Is she coming back?
Oh, not this week - judging by her enthusiasm for Canadians.
Mmm.
Nat, is everything OK?
Everything's fine.
It's fine. Absolutely fine.
You know, we could always make room for you here
if that's what you wanted.
I'm pretty busy.
Fair enough.
I thought you would have been more comfortable.
in an environment like this.
Oh, the money I get as an escort does by a fair amount of comfort.
- Does it? - Mmm.
Well, we could look at sweetening the deal
if you wanted to spend more time here.
Have to. A lot more cash.
Ah, that's fine. We've got people queuing up to work here.
I just thought you might like the odd shift, that's all.
Well, that's very sweet of you but... but I'm fine.
[ both chuckle ]
Oh. [ chuckles ]
Whoa. Steady.
Ooh, you look hot.
Thank you.
No, I meant hot as in burning up.
I'm fine.
You sure are.
Could you give me just a moment?
Sure.
OK. OK.
Everything's OK.
[ grunts ]
- Stop. Stop. Please. Stop. - Huh?
I'm sorry.
[ grunts ]
[ radio plays softly ]
[ phone rings ]
AMY: Hello.
[ turns off radio ]
AMY: Hi.
Really? Oh! [ chuckles ] Oh, thank you so much!
Yep? Yep. Oh, look, yeah, you won't be sorry, Nat.
No, I know. It's a trial. Yeah, yeah. A trial. I get it.
So, when do I start?
I'm off.
- To uni? - Yeah.
We're almost out of cheese.
Oh. Er, I'll grab some on the way home.
- What time's that? - Late.
Don't wait up, OK?
There's a lasagne for your dinner in the freezer.
Hey. Whoa. Big night?
Oh, just work in the library.
I've gotta go, Dad. I'm late.
Mwah.
[ opens and shuts door ]
[ mobile phone rings ]
Hi. It's Krystal.
Hello?
This somebody is a little bit shy.
[ mobile phone rings ]
Hi. This is Crystal. Can I help you?
Amy?
And there's Tevin. He's a good client.
LAUREN: Tevin. What sort of a name is Tevin?
A pretty awful one. But he's an OK guy.
- That's his number there. - Alright.
You're giving me a lot of numbers here, Mel.
Yeah. I'm downsizing.
I'm having a bit of difficulty.
I can't...
...do it anymore.
What? You can't or you don't want to?
Both.
I didn't want to and I forced myself to
and now I just...
I just can't. I can't.
- Have you seen a doctor? - I hate doctors.
Ah, for God's sake, Mel,
there might be something physically wrong with you.
I know there's something wrong. It hurt like hell!
I just... I don't know how to describe it.
Fear. Fear came first, before the pain.
I just...
...I absolutely freaked out.
Complete mental barrier.
So, do you think it's psychological?
[ sighs ] I don't know.
Well, do you want me to come with you?
You could go and see my GP.
No.
- [ whispers ] I took some ecstasy. - What?
Well, to take the edge off.
Did it?
It's gonna show up in a blood test.
I mean, it's not the end of the world
but it's not gonna help me think straight.
- [ mobile phone rings ] - Get it.
It's just Nat. She's having staffing problems.
Wants me to come back to work.
Mel...
- Hi. It's Lauren. Leave a message. - [ beep! ]
I'll drop my cut to 30%.
That's my final offer.
[ phone rings ]
232. How may I help you?
Oh, I'm sorry. Chloe isn't working for us at present.
But we have some fabulous new girls.
Hi. I'm Erin.
- You must be Amy. - That's me.
Wow! Great!
- I hate it. - No way. You look so cute.
- Men love cute. - You think so?
No, really. You look... ready to eat.
And just a little thing -
I don't wanna hassle you, but this is kind of my change area.
All my stuff's on this rack.
- If you like... - Natalie put me here.
I don't wanna do the wrong thing by you. Not on my first day.
- OK. Well, um... - I can help you move your stuff.
No, it's fine. I, er...
Erin. Someone's waiting for you in the bar.
I'm on my way.
- Feeling ready? - I think so.
Thanks for my outfit.
Perfect for you.
It feels a bit tight.
There are clients waiting in the bar.
OK? When you're ready.
[ sultry music ]
Amy, meet Gary.
- Hello, Amy. - Hello.
Champagne.
- I'll let you two get acquainted. - Thanks.
- Long day? - Oh, the longest.
- Yeah? I can fix that. - You can?
No. [ giggles ]
I can't make the day any shorter but, er...
...I can give it an incredibly happy ending.
She's back!
Live, exclusive and more expensive than ever.
[ laughs ]
Health check, eh? Get the boring bit out of the way.
Well, it doesn't have to be boring.
Oh, you know what I mean.
Yeah, I guess it's just something you have to do.
Oh!
Well, that's a... new way of... doing the health check.
Mmm.
- LAUREN: So, what do you do? - MAN: I'm an electrician.
LAUREN: Really? That must be a very interesting occupation.
Uh... I think I'll give it a miss.
Good evening. What's your name?
- My name's Troy. What's yours? - Amy.
Hello, Amy.
- Who is the blonde?! - Is that a joke?
- What? - Who's the blonde?
- In a brothel? On a Friday night? - Alright. The 12-year-old.
That sounds like Amy.
She just stole a client straight out from underneath me.
- Really? - I'm serious!
- Were you in bed at the time? - No!
- We were in the bar, but... - In the bar? It happens.
- You know that. - Not like this.
I wouldn't do it to a co-worker and neither would anyone else.
I mean, certainly none of the...
...none of the more experienced among us.
None of whom happens to be here.
She's new. She'll settle.
Not if I kill her first.
This is highly unusual, even for you, Mel.
Well, I didn't know who else to call.
Did you try the Yellow Pages under 'doctor'?
I don't trust any of them.
- I know you. You're my friend. - [ sighs ]
Yeah, OK. You're my client. Whatever.
You're supposed to be the best doctor around.
Well, I am, but I'm a cardiac surgeon.
Mmm?
[ sighs ] Alright.
Tell me about your menstrual cycle.
It's irregular. We've already been through this.
And we're going to go through it again,
from the beginning.
Then I need to conduct a pelvic exam - a proper one,
in my rooms at the hospital.
Well, can't we just do it here?
Come on. You've given me pelvic exams before.
This one's slighty more complicated.
Well, I'm not going to a hospital. Sorry, I'm not.
- Amy, right? - Lauren!
Hi. Can I say, you look amazing?
Your skin is, like, perfect.
[ sighs ] Thanks, but...
And you know before, out there in the bar?
I think I cut in on you and a client and... I didn't mean to.
- You didn't mean to? - No. I really didn't.
Look, I'm sorry if I got it wrong.
I was nervous, OK? First-night nerves.
Alright.
Well, any other night, you wouldn't get away with it.
Thanks.
It sounds stupid, but I was thinking you were a manager or something,
not one of the girls.
What?
Oh, it's cool they still let you work here.
What did you say?
Uh... just that this place is legendary
and you must have been a big part of...
Alright. I'm gonna give you some advice.
Any one of those rooms, you're with a client, you're in charge,
you can do what the hell you like.
But you come in here and you start making enemies,
you see how long you last.
- I didn't mean to offend you. - Oh, like hell.
You keep it up, you'll be out on the street waving down cars.
Wakey-wakey.
Big jumper, little rabbit.
[ groans ] What time is it?
It's Christmas time.
- [ laughs tiredly ] What? - It is.
Old Santa Claus has slipped down the chimney
and left us some blueberries.
- Hmm. - Blueberries.
Raspberries. Blackberries.
You should see it. There's a fridge full of the stuff.
Even left some fancy yoghurt.
Dad, it's not Christmas. Just one more hour, OK?
Well, we must have won the lottery, then.
I bought some berries. What's the problem?
You tell me.
- I bought them for you. - For me?
Yep.
You filled the fridge with punnets of fruit at $6 a go
and a whole bunch of stuff I need a PhD to read the labels of?
- Dad, calm down. - Fridge is worth more than the house.
- What else? - "What else" what?
- Shoes. - Hey!
- Perfume. - Stop it.
- Phone. - Dad! Not now, OK?
Yeah. I'm, um... I'm sorry. I...
I'm just a bit excited, you know?
All those berries.
I have to go to work.
Dad...
Lie down first.
I can't, darling.
Come on. Just for one minute.
- You're up early. - Yeah.
Couldn't sleep.
Frustrated?
Is that why you're up?
Let's not go there, Nat.
Sean... [ sighs ] ...I'm not like you.
I don't get... excited about things...
...all the time, you know?
- Come here. - What?
Just come here, please.
- Kissing. - What about it?
Hmm?
- Mmm... - Nibbling.
Sucking.
Toaster.
- NAT: What? - [ chuckles ]
A cup and saucer.
[ whispers sensually ] Refrigerator.
NAT: Sean, this is... this is weird. [ laughs ]
Shh, shh, shh.
How about...
...thermolaminated vinyl?
- Vinyl? - Mmm.
- Where...? - Cupboard doors.
Fruit bowl.
Grapefruit.
[ Seductively ] Avocado.
OK, and we're done. [ laughs ]
I'm not making fun of you.
Hey.
I honestly don't know what turns you on.
All I know is I've gotta go sideways somehow.
What are you doing?
Come with me. Come on.
In here.
Here.
- Balloon? - Put it in your mouth.
Blow it up.
Just a little bit.
That's enough.
OK.
Now touch me.
[ whispers ] With the balloon?
Don't speak. Just...
- [ balloon squeaks ] - [ moans softly ]
Oh!
Ohh. OK.
- Where are you? - I'm right here.
No, no. Where's... where's your...?
That's it.
OK. Right... there.
OK. Just touch it. Let me feel.
Ah!
OK. Ahh!
- [ balloon squeaks ] - Ahh. OK.
Put... Take your pants off.
- It's kind of... it's a bit difficult. - OK.
- [ breathes heavily ] - Can you just... just...
Could we just concentrate on you, OK?
OK.
Ahh!
[ moans ]
- MEL: Sean? - [ moans ]
- Shh! - MEL: Sean?
Mmm!
Sean?
[ muffled ] Mmm! Mmm!
OK! OK! Put it in me!
- What - the balloon? - No - you! You.
Not much. Ah! Not much, just the tip.
[ gasps ] Oh!
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!
Oh! Ohh!
Ahhhh!
Ahhh-ha-ha!
[ squeals, laughs ]
[ pants ] Mmmmm!
[ Mel giggles ]
[ exhales heavily ]
[ laughs ]
[ sighs ]
[ heartbeat thumps ]
- Whoa! - Sorry. Is that in your way?
No, it's OK. It's fine.
- Thanks. - WOMAN: That's alright.
My spot is now taken.
Pardon?
LAUREN: She bumped you?
No. No, no.
Um... I don't like the mirror over there.
- It's the ugly mirror. - [ chuckles ] Avoid them at all costs.
OK, listen up.
- Gerard Slater is in the bar. - [ groans ]
- Who? - Some TV exec from channel...
- What channel's he at now? - Uh... I'm not sure, actually.
I can't keep up. But he's in the bar with two colleagues.
- If they're rich, I'm there. - Extremely rich and completely vile.
Most repulsive man I've ever met.
They want one girl between the three of them.
Ugh. Of course they do.
They're paying three times the normal rate.
LAUREN: Arrogant prick.
Is anyone interested in this gig?
- No. Mm-mm. - WOMAN: No way.
- OK. I said I'd ask. - How long's the booking?
One hour.
Cool. I'll do it.
Good! Come on.
And the rest of you can spend a little less time in here
and a lot more time out there.
Gentlemen, this is Amy.
Well, well. Amy.
Yep. [ giggles ]
Pleased to meet you.
[ men chuckle ]
[ door closes ]
- Amy? - Hi, Dad.
I was gonna send out a search party.
I've, uh, got something for you.
That... is for you.
- What for? - The mortgage.
Have you, um, had dinner?
Yeah.
Feel like a snack?
Come on. Sit down. Relax.
I'll make us some blueberry pancakes.
I'm sorry. Mel isn't available at the moment.
Maybe I could organise an alternative for you...
[ dial tone beeps ]
[ phone rings ]
Captioned by Grantman Brown