
Christine later comes home to find that Avery has left and stolen all the cash and jewelry from her safety deposit cash box. When Avery tells Christine that Jacqueline has cleared out her (Avery's) bank account (which Jacqueline had access to), Christine angrily confronts Jacqueline. Christine meets with Jacqueline to talk about Avery, and Jacqueline warns her that Avery is an erratic and unreliable person. Avery tells Christine that she has dropped out of school and believes Jacqueline is ignoring her. She later meets a new client, Kevin, who is more on the nervous and sensitive side. Later at night, Christine and Avery kiss and have a sexual encounter.Ĭhristine continues to see her various clients, including Martin, Ryan, and Michael. Meanwhile, David and his associate, Erin, are worried when an associate decides to quit and take an important client with him. Avery moves in with Christine in her new apartment when her relationship with Garrett ends, as she had previously been living in one of his expensive homes. Christine is set up with two new clients, Ryan a businessman, and Michael a wealthy older man and widower. Christine moves out of her small apartment and into a more expensive and spacious one. She is introduced to Jacqueline, the woman who runs the escort service and who will book her clients, and receive a 30% fee in exchange. She accepts money in an envelope from Martin via Avery.Ĭhristine provides her first girlfriend experience with Martin. She is invited by Avery to go out for drinks with one of her clients, Garrett, and his friend Martin, a lawyer. She is introduced to the world of transactional relationships by her classmate Avery, who works as a high-end escort. Law student Christine Reade gets an internship at the law firm of Kirkland & Allen, a Chicago-based law firm and is assigned to work under David, a strict patent attorney in the mist of a civil suit. Cast and characters Main Season 1: Christine As she begins to explore the transactional world of the girlfriend experience, she quickly learns that her client sessions provide her with a compelling edge in the tech world and vice versa.

Iris, a neuroscience major, drops out of school and moves to London to join a tech start-up that is studying human behavior. However, she revives her career as an escort, which threatens Bria's new identity and well-being of her step-daughter and the U.S. The other storyline, set in New Mexico, follows Bria Jones, a former high-end escort who enters the Witness Protection Program with her estranged thirteen-year-old step-daughter to escape an abusive relationship. Under intense pressure to deliver on her fundraising goals, Erica enlists Anna's help in blackmailing a high-powered dark money fundraiser.

midterm elections and follows Erica Myles, a finance director of a Republican super PAC, and Anna Garner, a GFE provider. One storyline, set in Washington, D.C., takes place during the upcoming U.S. The second season features two parallel storylines. Initially working for Avery's madam Jacqueline, Christine eventually strikes out on her own, experiencing pitfalls along the way as clients cross boundaries and she discovers corruption at Kirkland & Allen. Under the pseudonym "Chelsea Rayne", Christine works as a high-end escort specializing in providing "the girlfriend experience" (GFE), an array of sexual and other associated services intended to make the client feel both sexually and emotionally satisfied.

When her close friend Avery reveals that she has been working as an escort, she encourages Christine to tag along and introduces her to a friend of one of her clients, who is looking for an escort. Second-year Chicago-Burnham Law School student Christine Reade lands an internship at the law firm of Kirkland & Allen and struggles to balance her workload, expenses and classes. The third season premiered on May 2, 2021.

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In July 2019, Starz renewed the series for a 10-episode third season, which is written and directed by Anja Marquardt and stars Julia Goldani Telles. The second season premiered on November 5, 2017. On August 1, 2016, Starz renewed the series for a 14-episode second season, focusing on new characters and storylines, with Seimetz and Kerrigan returning. A 13-episode first season premiered on April 10, 2016, and all episodes were made available on Starz On Demand. Executive produced by Steven Soderbergh, it is based on the 2009 film of the same name. The first season stars Riley Keough as Christine Reade, a law student intern who also works as a high-end escort. The Girlfriend Experience is an American anthology drama television series created, written, and directed by Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz that is broadcast on the premium cable network Starz.
