How to Build a Sex Room (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - What's You Stripper Name? - full transcript
♪ All of this time ♪
♪ You and I've been searching ♪
♪ Who would have thought
You'd be the one… ♪
[Melanie] Okay, you can come out now.
♪ Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na… ♪
-Oh! [laughs]
-Shut… up!
Are you serious?
[laughing] Oh my God!
♪ Come on, come on now
Come and be my lover ♪
♪ Come and be my lover ♪
♪ You know, you know
I don't need another ♪
♪ I don't need another ♪
♪ I am yours now, baby… ♪
[Meghan] I wasn't expecting a hot tub!
Oh my God!
♪ Come and be my lover… ♪
[Meghan] Got a freakin' hot tub!
Can Victoria swim?
I mean, I don't know.
-She can float. That's fine.
-[chuckles]
-I've given you a privacy fence here.
-[Dave] Mm-hmm.
[Melanie] You've got the drape
so they can't see when you're in here,
and you can just get saucy and sexy
and make love in the hot tub.
♪ Don't let me, let me
Let me, let me down… ♪
[Meghan] To actually have this,
you know, in our own home,
it's amazing.
It's insane.
♪ Take it easy, take it easy ♪
♪ Don't let me, let me, let me ♪
-♪ Let me down ♪
-♪ In the middle, in the middle… ♪
This is your little meadow
for you to fuck in.
[both laugh]
Well, look, I think
I ought to love you and leave you.
[Meghan] Melanie listened when I said
I just want a space that is just ours
that we can connect,
that we can grow our relationship,
that we can try different things,
and that's exactly what we got.
-I love you, darling.
-Thank you so much. You're amazing--
[Melanie] Take care. Bye!
-Can you believe this is where--
-No!
-When we started dating…
-I need some time--
…could you imagine we'd have a sex room
and a hot tub and a deck and--
No.
I mean, I…
I love you to death.
-I love you too.
-You're my person.
And with a space like this
to take us to the next level,
if you'll have me…
I'd like to do it as your husband.
[Meghan] Are you serious?
[Dave] Will you marry me?
Yes, obviously! Oh my God!
♪ Gonna shake you off my mind… ♪
-Hey.
-You did good.
It was a big swing.
-Yeah, you did really good.
-Thanks! [chuckles]
[Dave laughs]
♪ We go together like peaches and cream ♪
♪ Oh, ready when you whip on the cream ♪
♪ Stay in all the nice, sweet dreams ♪
♪ Now we're only makin' good things ♪
♪ We go together like peaches and cream ♪
[song fades]
I think we've always talked about
the kink world in abstract terms.
Yeah.
I think I've always tried to convey
the feelings
and the amazing power of this world.
Yeah, you have explained it to me a lot,
but it's like,
as much as I, like, hate to admit that,
I think, like, part of me
still subconsciously, like,
associated it with dark dungeons and pain.
[Melanie]
Have you heard of shibari before?
I don't know a ton.
-You're learning today.
-[Brody] Yeah. That's cool. I like that.
♪ I just wanna say ♪
♪ Hidden treasure when I found you ♪
♪ I think I love everything about you ♪
♪ I never have a reason to tell you… ♪
Shibari is the art
of Japanese rope bondage,
and it's only in the last few decades
that the BDSM and kink community
have used it
as an exotic, erotic rope art.
Rope bondage is something you can do
in the bedroom,
but also you can have
a lot of fun in public spaces
doing more performative
and suspendy kind of things.
-[Brody] Yeah.
-[Bettie] This is gorgeous.
[Melanie] It is an art form
in its own right as well.
Bettie has been really into kink
in her past life,
and she wants to bring that
into this relationship with Brody.
[slow pop music playing]
[Melanie] I think Bettie and Brody
will actually really like shibari
because it's very performative.
Look at Lauren's face now.
She's gone into almost that trance.
She's
relaxing into it,
giving over that power, trusting.
I've seen shibari
in just previous fetish parties and stuff
that we've performed at before.
I thought it was just such a cool process,
and just the trust level
that you have with each other is amazing.
[Melanie] Lauren?
-Can I ask how you're feeling?
-[woman laughs]
You go through
a series of feelings in rope.
At first, everything hurts,
really badly,
and then you kind of sink into subspace,
and you disconnect from pain,
and you attach to "I'm in this place
with this person who I trust,
and I am having a blast."
-There's also a lot of endorphin release.
-Yes, I'm sure.
It'll heighten,
so when I give her touches like this,
it feels a lot nicer.
-It feels nice anyways, right?
-[all laugh]
[Bettie] Oh, I'm crying.
-Why are you finding it so emotional?
-[Bettie laughs]
That's why I love this world.
And just kind of
the kink world in general.
This is exactly what is missing
in my life.
The way that she described the feelings
and just… I felt like she was in my head
back in these days
where it was just this cathartic release
of joy and energy and pain and everything.
[Lauren sighs]
[Bettie] And just made me realize
how much I miss the scene,
and I miss just that powerful feeling.
Is this something you'd like to try?
[laughs]
[Melanie] There you go.
There's the answer.
Let's get started.
All right!
My base-level emotion
is always angst and anxious.
[woman] You take the bite…
[Brody] There?
…and put it on top of the V.
I'm worried about you,
and I'm worried about hurting you,
but I'm also worried
about making sure that I'm good at it.
I don't wanna let you down.
Then this is what tightens
the whole thing.
I'm going to pull that tight.
Yeah, it looks great.
Like, I know it's important,
and it's very cool,
and I'm excited to learn and grow.
[woman] And lock it off.
[Melanie]
How does that make you feel, Bettie?
Yay!
[Melanie] You like… You like the feel,
the sensation of that?
I…
It's more watching Brody's face.
Oh!
-[Bettie] I love you.
-[Brody] Love you.
-[Bettie] I trust you.
-Thank you.
♪ Now that you ♪
♪ Now that you ♪
♪ Now that you… ♪
[Brody] It's an incredible feeling
to know that she trusts me that way.
And that you would put that faith in me
is a very humbling
and overwhelming experience.
♪ Now that you ♪
♪ Now that you… ♪
[woman] Very nice. Okay.
[Brody] So like that?
[woman] There you go.
And now…
I've definitely never been tied up
like this before.
-I can honestly say!
-[all laughing]
[woman] With a chest harness,
you could tie the thighs
in single columns to the chest
which is super fun too.
-Yeah.
-[woman] So more to come.
-[Brody] Hell yeah.
-[woman] If you wanted.
-We're glad you're in the neighborhood!
-[Brody] Yeah, definitely! [laughs]
It was so cool to have you be there.
♪ Done the whole Friday freedom ♪
♪ Told you I'd get so serious… ♪
And it's not necessarily
an everyday thing that I need,
but it's cool to know
that it exists with us.
♪ Another fact
That I wanted to be just friends ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ Can we talk about us? ♪
♪ Another fact
That I wanted to be just friends ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ When we talk about us ♪
-Oh, look at my tub!
-Right?
-[Melanie] Oh, can I get in it?
-Sure. Get on in.
So Bettie and Brody have actually
requested a bathtub in the basement.
-Oh, this… I like this.
-[Mike] Yeah, huh?
-[Melanie] Oh my goodness.
-You look pretty fabulous.
They get turned on
when they take baths together.
[Mike] Coming in. Look out.
It's very much like foreplay for them.
[sighs]
-Look at that.
-Stretch your legs out.
-I don't wanna get all your stuff dirty--
-No, no, no. I'm already dirty.
You are dirty. Dirty girl.
Oh, I'm such a dirty bitch.
Dirty Lady Rose.
This is lovely.
I can massage your feet here.
-Ooh!
-[Melanie] Isn't that good?
Glass of wine chinking. Cheers, darling.
-Cheers.
-Cheers. Hmm.
[Mike] Shots.
-[Melanie] No, not shots.
-Oh.
If Mike and I can get in there
and have space,
oh, Bettie and Brody are gonna love it.
Get the flooring in.
-Level that out over there for the stage.
-Yeah.
Then wallpaper will be in after flooring
and after everything else is here.
All right, darling.
I'm excited! So how long?
-How long?
-Yeah.
-[Mike] Hmm.
-Next step.
Hmm. Couple months.
What do you mean, a couple of months?
You're so easy.
You're like a new lawnmower.
One pull, you're all fired up.
♪ Ooh, la-la, comin' ♪
♪ Ooh, like that ♪
♪ It's the jungle ♪
♪ I'm ready to rumble, oh-oh ♪
♪ La-ki-dah ♪
♪ I'm a superstar ♪
♪ All eyes on me ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm royal figure, yeah ♪
We definitely have married sex life
without a bunch of sex.
When we first moved in together,
we were banging it out everywhere.
And I think we need
to get back to that place
where there's more affection,
there's more touching.
We didn't really christen the house.
We didn't bang in the kitchen or anything.
[both laugh]
[rings doorbell]
-Hello.
-[Jesse] Hi!
-[Ouima] Hi!
-I'm Melanie.
-Come in.
-Oh, and you have bow-wow.
-[Ouima] This is Surrey.
-[Melanie] Surrey is lovely.
Thank you. I'm Jesse. This is Ouima.
[Melanie] It's lovely to finally meet you.
Oh, and little one down here.
Hello! Yes!
So what a lovely couple you are.
-[both] Thank you.
-My goodness.
We try. [chuckles]
Tell me a little bit about yourselves.
What do you do for a living?
I have my own boutique with clothes
and jewelry and occasionally furniture.
[Melanie] Wonderful, and you are?
I'm a product manager
in financial technology, so…
Oh, okay.
I'm a Sag. Jesse's a Virgo.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
So, technically,
you'd be Beyoncé and I'm Jay-Z. [laughs]
That actually makes sense.
-That does make sense.
-That makes sense.
We've been together for three years.
-We bought this house last year.
-Okay.
[Jesse] Tried to, like, make it
as homey as possible.
[Melanie] You have a lovely place.
Very colorful home.
[Ouima] Yes. We love red.
I think living in this home
has made our intimacy more adult.
We took this hard turn
into, you know, deep adulthood,
but we were not leaving time
for fun and for excitement
and for passion,
so it's introduced this need
for us to balance that out.
So you want a sex room.
Would you like to tell me why?
I prefer to call it the champagne sunroom.
-Champagne sunroom.
-[both laugh]
It's, like, the loosest possible
definition of a room right now.
It is sort of a ceiling
with some very skimpy barriers,
so we're looking
to more fully flesh it out
for fun, relaxation, show purposes.
Oh, show purposes. Oh.
Shall we have a look at this room?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
[upbeat pop music playing]
[Jesse] So this is the room.
Oh.
[Jesse] Is that a good "oh"?
[playful music]
[Melanie] It's smaller than I thought
it was going to be.
[Jesse] I'm trying not to make
a "that's what she said" joke.
I guess I just did.
Okay, so this is
where you house all your stuff.
[Ouima] These are, like, my dresses.
These are what I have for sale right now.
[gasps] What are those?
[Ouima] These are my, uh, stripper heels.
-Jesus Christ! You can walk in these?
-[Ouima] Those are seven inches. I can.
[Melanie] What do you use them for?
It's pole dancing.
I used to be a stripper.
-You used to be a stripper?
-Yeah.
-Oh God, you have to tell me more.
-[both laugh]
Okay, so tell me
about your stripping experience.
Um, I went to college and got my bill
and decided I needed to dance
to pay for that.
Okay, so what did you do?
I danced for, like, six years
and paid off all of that fun stuff,
learned a lot in the strip club.
Dancing was the most liberating
and fun thing that I've ever done.
I went by "Nala,"
and I used to wear, like, this big 'fro,
and I was like a lion on stage.
That was when I felt the sexiest.
-I'm definitely dusty. It's been a while.
-[Melanie] Okay.
-Did you ever see her strip?
-[Jesse] No.
-We did not know each other then.
-[Melanie] Okay.
Oh no!
We have to do something about this.
Ouima definitely needs
to get her sexy spark back,
and Jesse needs to see
a side of Ouima he's not seen yet.
All right, so let's talk a little bit more
about this room.
So what would you like it to be?
I want to make it
kind of set up as a stage almost.
Like, pole up here, seating all around.
Like a lounge, like a grown-up lounge
with a pole in it.
-[Jesse] Yeah.
-Sort of like a gentleman's club.
Yeah.
♪ Let me want you ♪
♪ I'd give anything… ♪
You wanna walk in,
and there is the entertainment
right in front of you.
And you can just sidle in, sit down,
and then just…
You can do all the touching and feeling.
-[laughing]
-[Melanie] Oh my God! Oh my God!
-I'm interested in participating myself.
-[Melanie] Okay.
So tell me… Tease that out for me.
So you know how,
in the typical setting, right,
at an establishment,
you're supposed to not touch,
not supposed to do anything.
You're sitting there.
So the fantasy would be, like, you know,
getting a little handsy,
and, you know,
being able to break the rules
but not get the shit beat out of you
by some 300-pound guy.
Okay, you'd give her dollars,
or stuff like that?
-[Ouima] You should. [laughs]
-[Melanie] Yeah.
I can send you some, uh, some crypto.
[chuckles]
Oh my God, cryptocurrency.
Are you kidding me?
-Oh my God!
-[both laughing]
What do you figure, color-wise?
What are your likes and dislikes?
We're envisioning,
like, Moulin Rouge-type rooms.
Rich reds and golds.
Elegant, classy.
Now she's speaking my language. [chuckles]
[Melanie] And sexy.
♪ Oh, you had the same idea ♪
♪ To guide you tomorrow as my last year… ♪
[Ouima] I wanna put on a show.
That's what gets me going.
And if I can be that proud…
you know, my goddess there,
then, like, everyone reaps the benefits
of the goddess.
-It's trickle-down goddess. Yeah.
-[giggles] Yeah.
I feel a little sexy time coming on.
-May I try these on?
-[Ouima] Yes.
-[Ouima] Oh, okay.
-Oh! Oh my God!
-[Ouima and Jesse laugh]
-[Melanie] Oh my God.
If I'd known I was gonna do this,
I'd have painted my toenails.
[Ouima laughs]
They look great.
Oh my God. Okay. Hang on a second.
[Ouima] They make your legs
look super long and sexy.
Oh my God. All right.
Oh my God.
-I feel like I'm doing a balancing act.
-[Ouima laughs]
If I had a stripper name…
[sighs] God, what would it be?
[producer]
What was the name of your first pet?
Dustee. [gasps]
Oh my God. I could be Dustee Rose.
That's it. Dustee Rose.
Okay, let go.
Oh my God.
[Melanie gasps]
-[Ouima] Oopsie.
-[laughs]
♪ Hey boy ♪
♪ Had my way ♪
♪ Come on over, sway with me ♪
♪ Don't you see
We could light up the night? ♪
♪ You and me, we could be such a sight ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Just like that ♪
♪ Oh, boy, spin me around ♪
♪ Till my feet won't touch the ground ♪
♪ Let's get high on tonight, you and I ♪
♪ Okay, let's just share the delight ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Just let go ♪
♪ We-ll-ll-ll ♪
[laughs]
-[Mike] Yes!
-It's a vibrator.
That's not what you do with that then.
-[Mike] Well, that's something.
-Yes. Are you kidding me?
-Look how gorgeous these are.
-Whoo!
Looks like nunchucks.
♪ I don't need the world… ♪
[Melanie] All right, so let's talk
about hard points in here.
'Cause we went on a field trip,
and we did some shibari.
What's shibari?
Shibari is Japanese rope bondage.
-Oh!
-Also known as kinbaku.
I'm not even going to try that one.
It's about suspension in ropes.
As long as I've got
two hard points together
and another two hard points somewhere,
that would work.
-Okay.
-Okay.
[gasps] The stage!
Stage.
-Oh my God. Look at this.
-[Mike] 100% custom stage.
This is gorgeous.
I had Mike build a little stage
in the corner
so that they could perform together.
I can imagine Brody getting changed
and performing
while Bettie is in the bath.
Definitely a… [purrs]
…moment.
[sensual music playing]
[Melanie] New toys to play with.
For Bettie and Brody's burlesque boudoir,
I wanted to create
old-school backstage glamour…
♪ Candles burning, lights dim ♪
♪ Listenin' to Marvin Gaye and Prince… ♪
[Melanie] …where they can be together
as they assume their performer identities,
using art-deco design motifs,
gold accents,
and feminine details.
♪ Body's yearning ♪
♪ Goosebumps every time you touch me ♪
♪ Baby… ♪
Oh, my little pot of gold.
I have blended that
with elements of kink and BDSM
which will allow them
to deepen their intimate connection.
♪ Come protect this body ♪
♪ Lock it up and chain it to the bed… ♪
[Melanie] I loved designing this room.
It is now a room
for Bettie and Brody
to explore their own sexuality.
♪ Take out all your stress on me… ♪
They can come in
being Bettie Belladonna and Brody Danger.
Do you think this is cute enough?
Oh. I think it's perfect.
[squeals]
[Brody] My biggest fear
of what is in this room
is the giant, like,
happy and sad theater masks.
Oof!
-Hello!
-[Bettie squeals and claps]
-Yes!
-This little number?
-What do you think?
-[Bettie] What is this?
[laughing] I just love it.
It's my favorite.
How excited are you to see this room?
Should I put it off a day or two,
or do you wanna see it now?
I will rip that necklace off of your neck
if we don't get to see it right now.
-Let's go!
-[Bettie squeals]
-Go, go, go!
-[Melanie] Let's go! Come on. Let's do it.
I didn't think I could skyrocket
out of my body with excitement.
-Yeah.
-But I feel like I'm gonna hyperventilate.
Okay, you can come down now!
-[Brody] You ready?
-[Bettie] Yes! You go.
[Bettie] Whoa!
Oh my God.
-Hello and welcome.
-Jesus!
Fuck, this is gorgeous!
[funky music playing]
Oh my God.
I'm like, weak in the knees! [shrieks]
-Oh my God.
-[laughs]
I'm sorry, that was really loud!
-[Bettie] This isn't the same room!
-[Melanie] No, it's not the same room!
-Oh my God. It's so beautiful.
-[Melanie] Oh, darling.
[Melanie] So when I first met you both,
I knew that you were performers,
and I took the style
from old Hollywood glamour.
Yeah, you did.
[Bettie] It's us.
It's playful, and it's sexy,
and it's dangerous, and it's edgy.
I mean, that's absolutely
our taste and our style
and everything that we asked for.
So you've got a suspension bar.
♪ No, you won't keep up
So stop pretending… ♪
Oh my God!
How did I miss the ceiling? Jesus!
And you remember when we did shibari?
Yes.
-Okay.
-Yeah!
-I got you some shibari rope…
-[both cheer]
…oh my God, that you can clip on here.
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ I work how I like to work how I like… ♪
And another you can clip on here.
-I can even reach the ceiling. Exciting.
-Oh, that's exciting!
-We have lots of toys for you to look at.
-Ooh!
♪ Tryin' to keep up… ♪
Wearable vibrator.
-Yes!
-Ah, cool! Sorry.
That's all right. Express yourself.
-[Melanie] Isn't that cool?
-Yes!
I know you love
to watch each other put makeup on.
-[both] Yeah.
-This is your ultimate makeup space.
[funky music playing]
-[Bettie] Look at that lipstick chair!
-[Brody] Oh!
Oh my God. So cool.
And I haven't taken away any closets.
I've given you whole new closets.
-[Bettie] Look at the handles. [gasps]
-[Melanie] I know!
[Melanie] I bought you some new toys.
-Oh, they're all blingy too!
-It's a star!
-I know.
-Look at the… Ooh!
-[Melanie] Sparkles.
-[Bettie] Oh, that's gorgeous!
This is a two-person bathtub for you both.
♪ Yeah, I think you know
That I think you are so fine… ♪
[Bettie] Ah, we have a tub!
-We have a fucking tub now!
-[Brody laughing]
Oh my God!
-So cool!
-Bubbles.
-Can I touch it?
-Touch it and get in if you want to!
-[Brody] I would like to.
-[Bettie laughing] Yes! Watch.
-How do you feel?
-I live here now.
The bathtub was so important
for, you know, so many reasons,
where, like, it was one
of our first, like, intimate moments.
Oh, hi. [giggles]
-This is a massive upgrade.
-This feels sexy.
-[Bettie] This feels right.
-Just nailed it all, didn't you?
[laughs]
It's gonna be even cooler
to, like, take a bath
in this amazing space created just for us.
[Melanie] What about this?
-[gasps] Holy hell!
-[laughs] Yes!
[funky music playing]
[Melanie] This is your stage.
Trifold mirror,
so you can check out what you're wearing.
-[Bettie] So you can see from all angles.
-[Melanie] Yes.
You're telling me
that I can get a private Brody Danger show
while I'm in my bathtub right now?
-Hell yes!
-That's the dream.
[Brody]
I don't know which mirror is my favorite,
and I love looking at myself.
-So it's very exciting.
-[laughs]
And I love looking at you.
-And then, allow me.
-Yes.
-This is your strut down the runway.
-♪ Superstar… ♪
This is a full-length mirror here.
We're not worthy of your presence.
I love it!
-Oh my God!
-[Brody laughs]
Oh! Yeah!
-[Brody] That's amazing.
-You have a mirror!
-I love you.
-Go. Go. Try it out.
[funky music continues]
-Ah! Come to me!
-Come on, Brody!
♪ Time to be more than who you are ♪
-♪ You're a superstar… ♪
-[Bettie] Ow!
Ow, ow, ow!
We may never leave this space.
[Brody] I'm overwhelmed. I'm speechless.
I never in a million years
thought that this could be our space.
♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah… ♪
[Brody] It's a space that's ours,
and we can have new adventures
and time together,
and it's just us and who we're meant to be
and who we want to be with each other.
-It feels right. It feels perfect.
-[Brody] It does. Yeah.
You nailed it.
-Absolutely nailed it.
-You absolutely nailed it.
♪ Used to be a fire… ♪
[Bettie] It can be equal amounts
of lace and feathers
as it is restraints and leather.
That's the best part of this.
Yeah, absolutely.
♪ I will stay ♪
♪ I wanna stay ♪
♪ Everybody stay to play ♪
♪ Everybody stay to play the game ♪
-♪ It's a beautiful life ♪
-♪ It's a beautiful life ♪
-♪ Gonna be all right ♪
-♪ Gonna be all right ♪
♪ Oh yeah, yeah ♪
[song fades]
There is a little bit of truth
to the "opposites attract" thing.
Like you're organized and I'm not.
There's elements of our personalities
that are very opposite,
but I think our spirits are very aligned.
Jesse's low-key hood. Nobody notices that.
But Jesse's…
He's the one who's invited
to all the barbecues.
-[laughs]
-Tha-- Thank you.
-[whispers] Push the button.
-What?
Push the button.
-I can't push it because of my nails.
-Jesus!
-Are you kidding me?
-Ah, it's American. I know.
-So this is the room.
-[Mike] Yes.
[Melanie] So my plan is
this steel wall goes,
that one goes, and that one goes.
-We're going to start from scratch.
-Reframe.
-Reframe.
-[Mike] More like an interior space.
-Not like a half exterior, half out.
-[Melanie] Exactly.
I'm not sure if I told you,
she is a professional stripper.
-Oh.
-Full-on.
-I want Ouima to make an entrance…
-Right.
…when she comes in here.
Okay.
I want it to be like,
"Oh my God. I'm in my room."
Ouima wants this room
to emulate the Moulin Rouge.
[jazzy music playing]
[Melanie] One of the most famous cabarets
in the history of Paris.
It opened in 1889
and is famed for showgirls
and Bohemian opulence.
♪ So come on, come on
Come on, come on with me, boy… ♪
[Melanie] Like the Moulin Rouge,
I will wrap this room
in deep reds and golds,
starting with
the vintage-looking wallpaper.
Make sure it looks really beautiful.
Not that sort of like horrible gold
that some people have.
Not bad gold, good gold.
-[Melanie] Good gold.
-Got it.
And continuing
to the luxe velvet drapes and tassels
that will give the space a showy flare.
And, of course,
at the center of it all, Ouima's pole
and the floor-to-ceiling mirror
framed in gold.
What are we doing with ceiling?
Well, I would like to put in
some beautiful brass tile.
-Like those panel tiles you can get.
-[Mike] Okay.
So when you look up,
you have something to look at,
rather than this…
Is this pine?
It is pine. Is it knotty pine?
[Mike] That's probably knotty pine.
Not like "naughty" pine.
-It's knotty.
-[Mike] Just knotty.
-Not "naughty."
-[mocking] Not naughty.
Knotty.
-[Melanie] "Knoh."
-Knotty.
-No, that's "naughty."
-Naughty?
-Naughty.
-Knotty.
Knotty.
We're… We'll never end with this.
Oh, fucker.
[woman scatting]
[Mike] Fire in the hole!
This looks good. Got that door out.
Got the new door in.
Then we'll frame out from the wall.
You got the stripper pole going in.
Real good.
Anchored to the ground. It's gonna be hot.
There's gonna be
a lot of action in the joint.
[both laugh]
[Mike] All right.
Let's get to the business.
[pop music playing]
[woman scatting]
[song ends]
[upbeat music playing]
[Melanie] Ooh!
Show us how it's done, girl!
-[Melanie] Oh, wow!
-[Ouima] I love it!
[Melanie] Exotic dancing gets
a really bad rap,
like it's seedy or dirty.
But you know what?
Dancing can be empowering,
so don't knock it until you've tried it.
[Melanie] Oh my God!
-Are you nervous?
-[sighs]
-A little bit.
-Don't be.
It's been six years since Ouima
has felt the power of erotic dancing.
So I'm bringing her back to the club,
where her former colleague Coco
can help her get her groove back.
[Melanie and Ouima] Yes!
-Girl. Coco!
-Oh my God.
[Melanie] That was fabulous!
[Ouima] Still got it, girl.
You still got it.
Are you ready?
[sighs] I… I think I am.
-You got this.
-You got it.
-[Coco] Yes.
-Bring Nala out.
-Bring Nala out.
-[Ouima] Let's.
-Okay, let's do that now.
-I'll be right back.
Nala is Ouima's former stage name,
so today, we're hoping to resurrect Nala
to give Ouima back that empowerment
that she's been missing.
[woman] Yes!
-[Melanie] She looks fuckin' amazing!
-[woman] Doesn't she?
-That's Nala?
-That's Nala.
[Coco] So let's go basic spin.
-Basic spin.
-[Coco] Okay.
All right.
[Coco] Grab on, hook, spin.
-Okay.
-[Coco] Wanna try it?
-Yeah. See if I can.
-[Coco] Super light.
Got this, girl, eh.
Feel yourself.
[Ouima] This floor's kinda slippery.
[Ouima] It was a little nerve-racking,
just because, like, I haven't seen myself
like that on stage in a long time,
so it was a little intimidating.
[Coco] There you go.
-Yep.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
Ah! Yay!
-Yay!
-[Jay] Yay!
-[Ouima] Okay, so I still got it.
-Yep.
I just have to look at myself.
[Coco] Yeah, look at yourself.
Make love to yourself.
[Coco chuckles] Yeah!
I just saw you watch yourself
in the mirror.
As many mirrors as possible.
So you wanna see all your angles?
Yeah,
'cause it could look really bad. [laughs]
You're not looking bad now.
You're looking great.
Let's put some music on.
-I wanna have some music.
-Yes.
[Melanie] We'll get some music for you.
[Coco] All right. Now, let's go.
When you hit the end,
bend, reach, drop, pop.
-Definitely do that.
-[Coco] Bend, reach, drop, pop.
-[Ouima] Yes.
-[Coco] Get the booty.
-♪ But that ass in the pants won't fit ♪
-♪ Won't fit ♪
♪ Got a body like cake
I mean, the cake's so thick… ♪
[all] Yes!
-Yes!
-Yes!
[cheering]
♪ Move that ass, move that ass
Real slow, real slow ♪
♪ Move down for whatever
So I give her what she wants… ♪
-[Jay] Hey!
-Does my ass still look good?
-Oh, more than.
-Yes! It looks fabulous, darling.
-[laughs]
-Time has done it well.
♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
♪ It's so enticing ♪
♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
♪ I'm a tiger on the prowl ♪
♪ I'm wanted, and I want it now… ♪
-Yes.
-Oh, yeah!
♪ I go bigger boho, never basic… ♪
Yes!
-[Jay] Yes, girl!
-[Melanie] That's Nala!
-There she is.
-There she is, yeah.
[Ouima] I discovered
that I can turn on my confidence
and bring back that empowerment
into myself.
It doesn't just dwindle off and die away.
It was reignited immediately.
[Ouima] Whoo!
-Yep, yep, yep.
-[laughing]
Yeah, I definitely miss this.
Oh, you do? Carry on!
[laughs]
♪ Ain't nobody like me
Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ No, oh ♪
♪ Ain't nobody like me
Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ No, oh ♪
♪ What you see is what you get… ♪
[song ends]
[drill whirring]
A little loud?
It sounds like my vibrator.
What are you doing?
We're reinforcing so the pole will be…
Oh my God.
[Mike] …super strong.
I'm screwing
right into the structure of the roof.
-Okay.
-So then she can swing wherever.
So the pole is the centerpiece
to this private burlesque club,
but the key to bringing out Nala
will be the use of mirrors in this room.
Okay. See?
[gasps]
Oh my God. That's gonna be beautiful.
-Nice and big.
-[Melanie] Yeah.
So I've ordered a ceiling mirror
and added a floor mirror into the design.
-Mirror's in the garage, safe.
-[Melanie] Okay.
We're going to center it here,
right on the pole.
Right on the pole,
which is right on center here.
-[Mike] Yep. Mm-hmm.
-[Melanie] Okay.
She needs to be able to look at herself.
She needs to acknowledge
how beautiful she is.
Put a slot machine over here, right?
Ching, ching, ching, ching!
You just made it really unclassy.
And a sweet pull handle,
maybe with an ostrich feather.
Sha-ching, ching, ching!
[Mike continues]
Change just whipping out at you.
-Why did you bring him here today?
-Yeah, I don't know.
♪ Hot girl, hot dress, hot summer day ♪
♪ So hot, make the competition run away ♪
♪ Can't hear
Only care what my mamma say ♪
♪ And she said I'm doin' real good ♪
♪ Break it down
Break it down, just like that ♪
♪ Speed it up, speed it up
Think of what fits ♪
♪ Do without, do without
Where you at, baby? Don't hold back ♪
♪ Let's go ♪
♪ Them breakin' your rules, oh yeah ♪
♪ So tell me what you mean ♪
♪ What you do ♪
♪ Ooh, la, la, la ♪
♪ Ooh, get on my level ♪
♪ Ooh, la, la, la ♪
♪ Ooh, get on my level ♪
[Tricia] Part of what drew me to kink
is the fact of
I like to be naked.
Like, just… [laughs]
[slow country music playing]
[Tricia] Being able to feel sexy,
to be comfortable 100% in your body
with who you are
is just amazing.
♪ Hey, boy ♪
♪ Hey, boy, don't… ♪
[Tricia] I'm definitely
not the one to be like,
"Somebody might see me. Cover me up."
♪ Where did you stay last night? ♪
♪ Did you stay in the pines ♪
♪ Where the sun never shines? ♪
♪ And shiver when the cold wind blew ♪
[Melanie] This is gonna be interesting.
♪ 'Cause I love when you're naked ♪
♪ I can't help but stare
When you're naked ♪
♪ Nothing can compare when you're naked ♪
♪ We're just skin to skin ♪
♪ You're my favorite sin ♪
♪ Girl, you know I love it
When you're naked ♪
♪ I can't help but stare
When you're naked ♪
♪ Nothing can compare when you're naked ♪
♪ We're just skin to skin ♪
♪ You're my favorite sin ♪
♪ Girl, you know I love it
When you're naked ♪
♪ You and I've been searching ♪
♪ Who would have thought
You'd be the one… ♪
[Melanie] Okay, you can come out now.
♪ Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na… ♪
-Oh! [laughs]
-Shut… up!
Are you serious?
[laughing] Oh my God!
♪ Come on, come on now
Come and be my lover ♪
♪ Come and be my lover ♪
♪ You know, you know
I don't need another ♪
♪ I don't need another ♪
♪ I am yours now, baby… ♪
[Meghan] I wasn't expecting a hot tub!
Oh my God!
♪ Come and be my lover… ♪
[Meghan] Got a freakin' hot tub!
Can Victoria swim?
I mean, I don't know.
-She can float. That's fine.
-[chuckles]
-I've given you a privacy fence here.
-[Dave] Mm-hmm.
[Melanie] You've got the drape
so they can't see when you're in here,
and you can just get saucy and sexy
and make love in the hot tub.
♪ Don't let me, let me
Let me, let me down… ♪
[Meghan] To actually have this,
you know, in our own home,
it's amazing.
It's insane.
♪ Take it easy, take it easy ♪
♪ Don't let me, let me, let me ♪
-♪ Let me down ♪
-♪ In the middle, in the middle… ♪
This is your little meadow
for you to fuck in.
[both laugh]
Well, look, I think
I ought to love you and leave you.
[Meghan] Melanie listened when I said
I just want a space that is just ours
that we can connect,
that we can grow our relationship,
that we can try different things,
and that's exactly what we got.
-I love you, darling.
-Thank you so much. You're amazing--
[Melanie] Take care. Bye!
-Can you believe this is where--
-No!
-When we started dating…
-I need some time--
…could you imagine we'd have a sex room
and a hot tub and a deck and--
No.
I mean, I…
I love you to death.
-I love you too.
-You're my person.
And with a space like this
to take us to the next level,
if you'll have me…
I'd like to do it as your husband.
[Meghan] Are you serious?
[Dave] Will you marry me?
Yes, obviously! Oh my God!
♪ Gonna shake you off my mind… ♪
-Hey.
-You did good.
It was a big swing.
-Yeah, you did really good.
-Thanks! [chuckles]
[Dave laughs]
♪ We go together like peaches and cream ♪
♪ Oh, ready when you whip on the cream ♪
♪ Stay in all the nice, sweet dreams ♪
♪ Now we're only makin' good things ♪
♪ We go together like peaches and cream ♪
[song fades]
I think we've always talked about
the kink world in abstract terms.
Yeah.
I think I've always tried to convey
the feelings
and the amazing power of this world.
Yeah, you have explained it to me a lot,
but it's like,
as much as I, like, hate to admit that,
I think, like, part of me
still subconsciously, like,
associated it with dark dungeons and pain.
[Melanie]
Have you heard of shibari before?
I don't know a ton.
-You're learning today.
-[Brody] Yeah. That's cool. I like that.
♪ I just wanna say ♪
♪ Hidden treasure when I found you ♪
♪ I think I love everything about you ♪
♪ I never have a reason to tell you… ♪
Shibari is the art
of Japanese rope bondage,
and it's only in the last few decades
that the BDSM and kink community
have used it
as an exotic, erotic rope art.
Rope bondage is something you can do
in the bedroom,
but also you can have
a lot of fun in public spaces
doing more performative
and suspendy kind of things.
-[Brody] Yeah.
-[Bettie] This is gorgeous.
[Melanie] It is an art form
in its own right as well.
Bettie has been really into kink
in her past life,
and she wants to bring that
into this relationship with Brody.
[slow pop music playing]
[Melanie] I think Bettie and Brody
will actually really like shibari
because it's very performative.
Look at Lauren's face now.
She's gone into almost that trance.
She's
relaxing into it,
giving over that power, trusting.
I've seen shibari
in just previous fetish parties and stuff
that we've performed at before.
I thought it was just such a cool process,
and just the trust level
that you have with each other is amazing.
[Melanie] Lauren?
-Can I ask how you're feeling?
-[woman laughs]
You go through
a series of feelings in rope.
At first, everything hurts,
really badly,
and then you kind of sink into subspace,
and you disconnect from pain,
and you attach to "I'm in this place
with this person who I trust,
and I am having a blast."
-There's also a lot of endorphin release.
-Yes, I'm sure.
It'll heighten,
so when I give her touches like this,
it feels a lot nicer.
-It feels nice anyways, right?
-[all laugh]
[Bettie] Oh, I'm crying.
-Why are you finding it so emotional?
-[Bettie laughs]
That's why I love this world.
And just kind of
the kink world in general.
This is exactly what is missing
in my life.
The way that she described the feelings
and just… I felt like she was in my head
back in these days
where it was just this cathartic release
of joy and energy and pain and everything.
[Lauren sighs]
[Bettie] And just made me realize
how much I miss the scene,
and I miss just that powerful feeling.
Is this something you'd like to try?
[laughs]
[Melanie] There you go.
There's the answer.
Let's get started.
All right!
My base-level emotion
is always angst and anxious.
[woman] You take the bite…
[Brody] There?
…and put it on top of the V.
I'm worried about you,
and I'm worried about hurting you,
but I'm also worried
about making sure that I'm good at it.
I don't wanna let you down.
Then this is what tightens
the whole thing.
I'm going to pull that tight.
Yeah, it looks great.
Like, I know it's important,
and it's very cool,
and I'm excited to learn and grow.
[woman] And lock it off.
[Melanie]
How does that make you feel, Bettie?
Yay!
[Melanie] You like… You like the feel,
the sensation of that?
I…
It's more watching Brody's face.
Oh!
-[Bettie] I love you.
-[Brody] Love you.
-[Bettie] I trust you.
-Thank you.
♪ Now that you ♪
♪ Now that you ♪
♪ Now that you… ♪
[Brody] It's an incredible feeling
to know that she trusts me that way.
And that you would put that faith in me
is a very humbling
and overwhelming experience.
♪ Now that you ♪
♪ Now that you… ♪
[woman] Very nice. Okay.
[Brody] So like that?
[woman] There you go.
And now…
I've definitely never been tied up
like this before.
-I can honestly say!
-[all laughing]
[woman] With a chest harness,
you could tie the thighs
in single columns to the chest
which is super fun too.
-Yeah.
-[woman] So more to come.
-[Brody] Hell yeah.
-[woman] If you wanted.
-We're glad you're in the neighborhood!
-[Brody] Yeah, definitely! [laughs]
It was so cool to have you be there.
♪ Done the whole Friday freedom ♪
♪ Told you I'd get so serious… ♪
And it's not necessarily
an everyday thing that I need,
but it's cool to know
that it exists with us.
♪ Another fact
That I wanted to be just friends ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ Can we talk about us? ♪
♪ Another fact
That I wanted to be just friends ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ Now I'm trying not to fall in love ♪
♪ When we talk about us ♪
-Oh, look at my tub!
-Right?
-[Melanie] Oh, can I get in it?
-Sure. Get on in.
So Bettie and Brody have actually
requested a bathtub in the basement.
-Oh, this… I like this.
-[Mike] Yeah, huh?
-[Melanie] Oh my goodness.
-You look pretty fabulous.
They get turned on
when they take baths together.
[Mike] Coming in. Look out.
It's very much like foreplay for them.
[sighs]
-Look at that.
-Stretch your legs out.
-I don't wanna get all your stuff dirty--
-No, no, no. I'm already dirty.
You are dirty. Dirty girl.
Oh, I'm such a dirty bitch.
Dirty Lady Rose.
This is lovely.
I can massage your feet here.
-Ooh!
-[Melanie] Isn't that good?
Glass of wine chinking. Cheers, darling.
-Cheers.
-Cheers. Hmm.
[Mike] Shots.
-[Melanie] No, not shots.
-Oh.
If Mike and I can get in there
and have space,
oh, Bettie and Brody are gonna love it.
Get the flooring in.
-Level that out over there for the stage.
-Yeah.
Then wallpaper will be in after flooring
and after everything else is here.
All right, darling.
I'm excited! So how long?
-How long?
-Yeah.
-[Mike] Hmm.
-Next step.
Hmm. Couple months.
What do you mean, a couple of months?
You're so easy.
You're like a new lawnmower.
One pull, you're all fired up.
♪ Ooh, la-la, comin' ♪
♪ Ooh, like that ♪
♪ It's the jungle ♪
♪ I'm ready to rumble, oh-oh ♪
♪ La-ki-dah ♪
♪ I'm a superstar ♪
♪ All eyes on me ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm royal figure, yeah ♪
We definitely have married sex life
without a bunch of sex.
When we first moved in together,
we were banging it out everywhere.
And I think we need
to get back to that place
where there's more affection,
there's more touching.
We didn't really christen the house.
We didn't bang in the kitchen or anything.
[both laugh]
[rings doorbell]
-Hello.
-[Jesse] Hi!
-[Ouima] Hi!
-I'm Melanie.
-Come in.
-Oh, and you have bow-wow.
-[Ouima] This is Surrey.
-[Melanie] Surrey is lovely.
Thank you. I'm Jesse. This is Ouima.
[Melanie] It's lovely to finally meet you.
Oh, and little one down here.
Hello! Yes!
So what a lovely couple you are.
-[both] Thank you.
-My goodness.
We try. [chuckles]
Tell me a little bit about yourselves.
What do you do for a living?
I have my own boutique with clothes
and jewelry and occasionally furniture.
[Melanie] Wonderful, and you are?
I'm a product manager
in financial technology, so…
Oh, okay.
I'm a Sag. Jesse's a Virgo.
Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
So, technically,
you'd be Beyoncé and I'm Jay-Z. [laughs]
That actually makes sense.
-That does make sense.
-That makes sense.
We've been together for three years.
-We bought this house last year.
-Okay.
[Jesse] Tried to, like, make it
as homey as possible.
[Melanie] You have a lovely place.
Very colorful home.
[Ouima] Yes. We love red.
I think living in this home
has made our intimacy more adult.
We took this hard turn
into, you know, deep adulthood,
but we were not leaving time
for fun and for excitement
and for passion,
so it's introduced this need
for us to balance that out.
So you want a sex room.
Would you like to tell me why?
I prefer to call it the champagne sunroom.
-Champagne sunroom.
-[both laugh]
It's, like, the loosest possible
definition of a room right now.
It is sort of a ceiling
with some very skimpy barriers,
so we're looking
to more fully flesh it out
for fun, relaxation, show purposes.
Oh, show purposes. Oh.
Shall we have a look at this room?
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
[upbeat pop music playing]
[Jesse] So this is the room.
Oh.
[Jesse] Is that a good "oh"?
[playful music]
[Melanie] It's smaller than I thought
it was going to be.
[Jesse] I'm trying not to make
a "that's what she said" joke.
I guess I just did.
Okay, so this is
where you house all your stuff.
[Ouima] These are, like, my dresses.
These are what I have for sale right now.
[gasps] What are those?
[Ouima] These are my, uh, stripper heels.
-Jesus Christ! You can walk in these?
-[Ouima] Those are seven inches. I can.
[Melanie] What do you use them for?
It's pole dancing.
I used to be a stripper.
-You used to be a stripper?
-Yeah.
-Oh God, you have to tell me more.
-[both laugh]
Okay, so tell me
about your stripping experience.
Um, I went to college and got my bill
and decided I needed to dance
to pay for that.
Okay, so what did you do?
I danced for, like, six years
and paid off all of that fun stuff,
learned a lot in the strip club.
Dancing was the most liberating
and fun thing that I've ever done.
I went by "Nala,"
and I used to wear, like, this big 'fro,
and I was like a lion on stage.
That was when I felt the sexiest.
-I'm definitely dusty. It's been a while.
-[Melanie] Okay.
-Did you ever see her strip?
-[Jesse] No.
-We did not know each other then.
-[Melanie] Okay.
Oh no!
We have to do something about this.
Ouima definitely needs
to get her sexy spark back,
and Jesse needs to see
a side of Ouima he's not seen yet.
All right, so let's talk a little bit more
about this room.
So what would you like it to be?
I want to make it
kind of set up as a stage almost.
Like, pole up here, seating all around.
Like a lounge, like a grown-up lounge
with a pole in it.
-[Jesse] Yeah.
-Sort of like a gentleman's club.
Yeah.
♪ Let me want you ♪
♪ I'd give anything… ♪
You wanna walk in,
and there is the entertainment
right in front of you.
And you can just sidle in, sit down,
and then just…
You can do all the touching and feeling.
-[laughing]
-[Melanie] Oh my God! Oh my God!
-I'm interested in participating myself.
-[Melanie] Okay.
So tell me… Tease that out for me.
So you know how,
in the typical setting, right,
at an establishment,
you're supposed to not touch,
not supposed to do anything.
You're sitting there.
So the fantasy would be, like, you know,
getting a little handsy,
and, you know,
being able to break the rules
but not get the shit beat out of you
by some 300-pound guy.
Okay, you'd give her dollars,
or stuff like that?
-[Ouima] You should. [laughs]
-[Melanie] Yeah.
I can send you some, uh, some crypto.
[chuckles]
Oh my God, cryptocurrency.
Are you kidding me?
-Oh my God!
-[both laughing]
What do you figure, color-wise?
What are your likes and dislikes?
We're envisioning,
like, Moulin Rouge-type rooms.
Rich reds and golds.
Elegant, classy.
Now she's speaking my language. [chuckles]
[Melanie] And sexy.
♪ Oh, you had the same idea ♪
♪ To guide you tomorrow as my last year… ♪
[Ouima] I wanna put on a show.
That's what gets me going.
And if I can be that proud…
you know, my goddess there,
then, like, everyone reaps the benefits
of the goddess.
-It's trickle-down goddess. Yeah.
-[giggles] Yeah.
I feel a little sexy time coming on.
-May I try these on?
-[Ouima] Yes.
-[Ouima] Oh, okay.
-Oh! Oh my God!
-[Ouima and Jesse laugh]
-[Melanie] Oh my God.
If I'd known I was gonna do this,
I'd have painted my toenails.
[Ouima laughs]
They look great.
Oh my God. Okay. Hang on a second.
[Ouima] They make your legs
look super long and sexy.
Oh my God. All right.
Oh my God.
-I feel like I'm doing a balancing act.
-[Ouima laughs]
If I had a stripper name…
[sighs] God, what would it be?
[producer]
What was the name of your first pet?
Dustee. [gasps]
Oh my God. I could be Dustee Rose.
That's it. Dustee Rose.
Okay, let go.
Oh my God.
[Melanie gasps]
-[Ouima] Oopsie.
-[laughs]
♪ Hey boy ♪
♪ Had my way ♪
♪ Come on over, sway with me ♪
♪ Don't you see
We could light up the night? ♪
♪ You and me, we could be such a sight ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Just like that ♪
♪ Oh, boy, spin me around ♪
♪ Till my feet won't touch the ground ♪
♪ Let's get high on tonight, you and I ♪
♪ Okay, let's just share the delight ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Just let go ♪
♪ We-ll-ll-ll ♪
[laughs]
-[Mike] Yes!
-It's a vibrator.
That's not what you do with that then.
-[Mike] Well, that's something.
-Yes. Are you kidding me?
-Look how gorgeous these are.
-Whoo!
Looks like nunchucks.
♪ I don't need the world… ♪
[Melanie] All right, so let's talk
about hard points in here.
'Cause we went on a field trip,
and we did some shibari.
What's shibari?
Shibari is Japanese rope bondage.
-Oh!
-Also known as kinbaku.
I'm not even going to try that one.
It's about suspension in ropes.
As long as I've got
two hard points together
and another two hard points somewhere,
that would work.
-Okay.
-Okay.
[gasps] The stage!
Stage.
-Oh my God. Look at this.
-[Mike] 100% custom stage.
This is gorgeous.
I had Mike build a little stage
in the corner
so that they could perform together.
I can imagine Brody getting changed
and performing
while Bettie is in the bath.
Definitely a… [purrs]
…moment.
[sensual music playing]
[Melanie] New toys to play with.
For Bettie and Brody's burlesque boudoir,
I wanted to create
old-school backstage glamour…
♪ Candles burning, lights dim ♪
♪ Listenin' to Marvin Gaye and Prince… ♪
[Melanie] …where they can be together
as they assume their performer identities,
using art-deco design motifs,
gold accents,
and feminine details.
♪ Body's yearning ♪
♪ Goosebumps every time you touch me ♪
♪ Baby… ♪
Oh, my little pot of gold.
I have blended that
with elements of kink and BDSM
which will allow them
to deepen their intimate connection.
♪ Come protect this body ♪
♪ Lock it up and chain it to the bed… ♪
[Melanie] I loved designing this room.
It is now a room
for Bettie and Brody
to explore their own sexuality.
♪ Take out all your stress on me… ♪
They can come in
being Bettie Belladonna and Brody Danger.
Do you think this is cute enough?
Oh. I think it's perfect.
[squeals]
[Brody] My biggest fear
of what is in this room
is the giant, like,
happy and sad theater masks.
Oof!
-Hello!
-[Bettie squeals and claps]
-Yes!
-This little number?
-What do you think?
-[Bettie] What is this?
[laughing] I just love it.
It's my favorite.
How excited are you to see this room?
Should I put it off a day or two,
or do you wanna see it now?
I will rip that necklace off of your neck
if we don't get to see it right now.
-Let's go!
-[Bettie squeals]
-Go, go, go!
-[Melanie] Let's go! Come on. Let's do it.
I didn't think I could skyrocket
out of my body with excitement.
-Yeah.
-But I feel like I'm gonna hyperventilate.
Okay, you can come down now!
-[Brody] You ready?
-[Bettie] Yes! You go.
[Bettie] Whoa!
Oh my God.
-Hello and welcome.
-Jesus!
Fuck, this is gorgeous!
[funky music playing]
Oh my God.
I'm like, weak in the knees! [shrieks]
-Oh my God.
-[laughs]
I'm sorry, that was really loud!
-[Bettie] This isn't the same room!
-[Melanie] No, it's not the same room!
-Oh my God. It's so beautiful.
-[Melanie] Oh, darling.
[Melanie] So when I first met you both,
I knew that you were performers,
and I took the style
from old Hollywood glamour.
Yeah, you did.
[Bettie] It's us.
It's playful, and it's sexy,
and it's dangerous, and it's edgy.
I mean, that's absolutely
our taste and our style
and everything that we asked for.
So you've got a suspension bar.
♪ No, you won't keep up
So stop pretending… ♪
Oh my God!
How did I miss the ceiling? Jesus!
And you remember when we did shibari?
Yes.
-Okay.
-Yeah!
-I got you some shibari rope…
-[both cheer]
…oh my God, that you can clip on here.
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ I work how I like to work how I like… ♪
And another you can clip on here.
-I can even reach the ceiling. Exciting.
-Oh, that's exciting!
-We have lots of toys for you to look at.
-Ooh!
♪ Tryin' to keep up… ♪
Wearable vibrator.
-Yes!
-Ah, cool! Sorry.
That's all right. Express yourself.
-[Melanie] Isn't that cool?
-Yes!
I know you love
to watch each other put makeup on.
-[both] Yeah.
-This is your ultimate makeup space.
[funky music playing]
-[Bettie] Look at that lipstick chair!
-[Brody] Oh!
Oh my God. So cool.
And I haven't taken away any closets.
I've given you whole new closets.
-[Bettie] Look at the handles. [gasps]
-[Melanie] I know!
[Melanie] I bought you some new toys.
-Oh, they're all blingy too!
-It's a star!
-I know.
-Look at the… Ooh!
-[Melanie] Sparkles.
-[Bettie] Oh, that's gorgeous!
This is a two-person bathtub for you both.
♪ Yeah, I think you know
That I think you are so fine… ♪
[Bettie] Ah, we have a tub!
-We have a fucking tub now!
-[Brody laughing]
Oh my God!
-So cool!
-Bubbles.
-Can I touch it?
-Touch it and get in if you want to!
-[Brody] I would like to.
-[Bettie laughing] Yes! Watch.
-How do you feel?
-I live here now.
The bathtub was so important
for, you know, so many reasons,
where, like, it was one
of our first, like, intimate moments.
Oh, hi. [giggles]
-This is a massive upgrade.
-This feels sexy.
-[Bettie] This feels right.
-Just nailed it all, didn't you?
[laughs]
It's gonna be even cooler
to, like, take a bath
in this amazing space created just for us.
[Melanie] What about this?
-[gasps] Holy hell!
-[laughs] Yes!
[funky music playing]
[Melanie] This is your stage.
Trifold mirror,
so you can check out what you're wearing.
-[Bettie] So you can see from all angles.
-[Melanie] Yes.
You're telling me
that I can get a private Brody Danger show
while I'm in my bathtub right now?
-Hell yes!
-That's the dream.
[Brody]
I don't know which mirror is my favorite,
and I love looking at myself.
-So it's very exciting.
-[laughs]
And I love looking at you.
-And then, allow me.
-Yes.
-This is your strut down the runway.
-♪ Superstar… ♪
This is a full-length mirror here.
We're not worthy of your presence.
I love it!
-Oh my God!
-[Brody laughs]
Oh! Yeah!
-[Brody] That's amazing.
-You have a mirror!
-I love you.
-Go. Go. Try it out.
[funky music continues]
-Ah! Come to me!
-Come on, Brody!
♪ Time to be more than who you are ♪
-♪ You're a superstar… ♪
-[Bettie] Ow!
Ow, ow, ow!
We may never leave this space.
[Brody] I'm overwhelmed. I'm speechless.
I never in a million years
thought that this could be our space.
♪ Ooh, yeah, yeah… ♪
[Brody] It's a space that's ours,
and we can have new adventures
and time together,
and it's just us and who we're meant to be
and who we want to be with each other.
-It feels right. It feels perfect.
-[Brody] It does. Yeah.
You nailed it.
-Absolutely nailed it.
-You absolutely nailed it.
♪ Used to be a fire… ♪
[Bettie] It can be equal amounts
of lace and feathers
as it is restraints and leather.
That's the best part of this.
Yeah, absolutely.
♪ I will stay ♪
♪ I wanna stay ♪
♪ Everybody stay to play ♪
♪ Everybody stay to play the game ♪
-♪ It's a beautiful life ♪
-♪ It's a beautiful life ♪
-♪ Gonna be all right ♪
-♪ Gonna be all right ♪
♪ Oh yeah, yeah ♪
[song fades]
There is a little bit of truth
to the "opposites attract" thing.
Like you're organized and I'm not.
There's elements of our personalities
that are very opposite,
but I think our spirits are very aligned.
Jesse's low-key hood. Nobody notices that.
But Jesse's…
He's the one who's invited
to all the barbecues.
-[laughs]
-Tha-- Thank you.
-[whispers] Push the button.
-What?
Push the button.
-I can't push it because of my nails.
-Jesus!
-Are you kidding me?
-Ah, it's American. I know.
-So this is the room.
-[Mike] Yes.
[Melanie] So my plan is
this steel wall goes,
that one goes, and that one goes.
-We're going to start from scratch.
-Reframe.
-Reframe.
-[Mike] More like an interior space.
-Not like a half exterior, half out.
-[Melanie] Exactly.
I'm not sure if I told you,
she is a professional stripper.
-Oh.
-Full-on.
-I want Ouima to make an entrance…
-Right.
…when she comes in here.
Okay.
I want it to be like,
"Oh my God. I'm in my room."
Ouima wants this room
to emulate the Moulin Rouge.
[jazzy music playing]
[Melanie] One of the most famous cabarets
in the history of Paris.
It opened in 1889
and is famed for showgirls
and Bohemian opulence.
♪ So come on, come on
Come on, come on with me, boy… ♪
[Melanie] Like the Moulin Rouge,
I will wrap this room
in deep reds and golds,
starting with
the vintage-looking wallpaper.
Make sure it looks really beautiful.
Not that sort of like horrible gold
that some people have.
Not bad gold, good gold.
-[Melanie] Good gold.
-Got it.
And continuing
to the luxe velvet drapes and tassels
that will give the space a showy flare.
And, of course,
at the center of it all, Ouima's pole
and the floor-to-ceiling mirror
framed in gold.
What are we doing with ceiling?
Well, I would like to put in
some beautiful brass tile.
-Like those panel tiles you can get.
-[Mike] Okay.
So when you look up,
you have something to look at,
rather than this…
Is this pine?
It is pine. Is it knotty pine?
[Mike] That's probably knotty pine.
Not like "naughty" pine.
-It's knotty.
-[Mike] Just knotty.
-Not "naughty."
-[mocking] Not naughty.
Knotty.
-[Melanie] "Knoh."
-Knotty.
-No, that's "naughty."
-Naughty?
-Naughty.
-Knotty.
Knotty.
We're… We'll never end with this.
Oh, fucker.
[woman scatting]
[Mike] Fire in the hole!
This looks good. Got that door out.
Got the new door in.
Then we'll frame out from the wall.
You got the stripper pole going in.
Real good.
Anchored to the ground. It's gonna be hot.
There's gonna be
a lot of action in the joint.
[both laugh]
[Mike] All right.
Let's get to the business.
[pop music playing]
[woman scatting]
[song ends]
[upbeat music playing]
[Melanie] Ooh!
Show us how it's done, girl!
-[Melanie] Oh, wow!
-[Ouima] I love it!
[Melanie] Exotic dancing gets
a really bad rap,
like it's seedy or dirty.
But you know what?
Dancing can be empowering,
so don't knock it until you've tried it.
[Melanie] Oh my God!
-Are you nervous?
-[sighs]
-A little bit.
-Don't be.
It's been six years since Ouima
has felt the power of erotic dancing.
So I'm bringing her back to the club,
where her former colleague Coco
can help her get her groove back.
[Melanie and Ouima] Yes!
-Girl. Coco!
-Oh my God.
[Melanie] That was fabulous!
[Ouima] Still got it, girl.
You still got it.
Are you ready?
[sighs] I… I think I am.
-You got this.
-You got it.
-[Coco] Yes.
-Bring Nala out.
-Bring Nala out.
-[Ouima] Let's.
-Okay, let's do that now.
-I'll be right back.
Nala is Ouima's former stage name,
so today, we're hoping to resurrect Nala
to give Ouima back that empowerment
that she's been missing.
[woman] Yes!
-[Melanie] She looks fuckin' amazing!
-[woman] Doesn't she?
-That's Nala?
-That's Nala.
[Coco] So let's go basic spin.
-Basic spin.
-[Coco] Okay.
All right.
[Coco] Grab on, hook, spin.
-Okay.
-[Coco] Wanna try it?
-Yeah. See if I can.
-[Coco] Super light.
Got this, girl, eh.
Feel yourself.
[Ouima] This floor's kinda slippery.
[Ouima] It was a little nerve-racking,
just because, like, I haven't seen myself
like that on stage in a long time,
so it was a little intimidating.
[Coco] There you go.
-Yep.
-Yes.
-Yes.
-Yes.
Ah! Yay!
-Yay!
-[Jay] Yay!
-[Ouima] Okay, so I still got it.
-Yep.
I just have to look at myself.
[Coco] Yeah, look at yourself.
Make love to yourself.
[Coco chuckles] Yeah!
I just saw you watch yourself
in the mirror.
As many mirrors as possible.
So you wanna see all your angles?
Yeah,
'cause it could look really bad. [laughs]
You're not looking bad now.
You're looking great.
Let's put some music on.
-I wanna have some music.
-Yes.
[Melanie] We'll get some music for you.
[Coco] All right. Now, let's go.
When you hit the end,
bend, reach, drop, pop.
-Definitely do that.
-[Coco] Bend, reach, drop, pop.
-[Ouima] Yes.
-[Coco] Get the booty.
-♪ But that ass in the pants won't fit ♪
-♪ Won't fit ♪
♪ Got a body like cake
I mean, the cake's so thick… ♪
[all] Yes!
-Yes!
-Yes!
[cheering]
♪ Move that ass, move that ass
Real slow, real slow ♪
♪ Move down for whatever
So I give her what she wants… ♪
-[Jay] Hey!
-Does my ass still look good?
-Oh, more than.
-Yes! It looks fabulous, darling.
-[laughs]
-Time has done it well.
♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
♪ It's so enticing ♪
♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
♪ I'm a tiger on the prowl ♪
♪ I'm wanted, and I want it now… ♪
-Yes.
-Oh, yeah!
♪ I go bigger boho, never basic… ♪
Yes!
-[Jay] Yes, girl!
-[Melanie] That's Nala!
-There she is.
-There she is, yeah.
[Ouima] I discovered
that I can turn on my confidence
and bring back that empowerment
into myself.
It doesn't just dwindle off and die away.
It was reignited immediately.
[Ouima] Whoo!
-Yep, yep, yep.
-[laughing]
Yeah, I definitely miss this.
Oh, you do? Carry on!
[laughs]
♪ Ain't nobody like me
Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ No, oh ♪
♪ Ain't nobody like me
Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ Ain't nobody like me ♪
-♪ No, oh ♪
♪ What you see is what you get… ♪
[song ends]
[drill whirring]
A little loud?
It sounds like my vibrator.
What are you doing?
We're reinforcing so the pole will be…
Oh my God.
[Mike] …super strong.
I'm screwing
right into the structure of the roof.
-Okay.
-So then she can swing wherever.
So the pole is the centerpiece
to this private burlesque club,
but the key to bringing out Nala
will be the use of mirrors in this room.
Okay. See?
[gasps]
Oh my God. That's gonna be beautiful.
-Nice and big.
-[Melanie] Yeah.
So I've ordered a ceiling mirror
and added a floor mirror into the design.
-Mirror's in the garage, safe.
-[Melanie] Okay.
We're going to center it here,
right on the pole.
Right on the pole,
which is right on center here.
-[Mike] Yep. Mm-hmm.
-[Melanie] Okay.
She needs to be able to look at herself.
She needs to acknowledge
how beautiful she is.
Put a slot machine over here, right?
Ching, ching, ching, ching!
You just made it really unclassy.
And a sweet pull handle,
maybe with an ostrich feather.
Sha-ching, ching, ching!
[Mike continues]
Change just whipping out at you.
-Why did you bring him here today?
-Yeah, I don't know.
♪ Hot girl, hot dress, hot summer day ♪
♪ So hot, make the competition run away ♪
♪ Can't hear
Only care what my mamma say ♪
♪ And she said I'm doin' real good ♪
♪ Break it down
Break it down, just like that ♪
♪ Speed it up, speed it up
Think of what fits ♪
♪ Do without, do without
Where you at, baby? Don't hold back ♪
♪ Let's go ♪
♪ Them breakin' your rules, oh yeah ♪
♪ So tell me what you mean ♪
♪ What you do ♪
♪ Ooh, la, la, la ♪
♪ Ooh, get on my level ♪
♪ Ooh, la, la, la ♪
♪ Ooh, get on my level ♪
[Tricia] Part of what drew me to kink
is the fact of
I like to be naked.
Like, just… [laughs]
[slow country music playing]
[Tricia] Being able to feel sexy,
to be comfortable 100% in your body
with who you are
is just amazing.
♪ Hey, boy ♪
♪ Hey, boy, don't… ♪
[Tricia] I'm definitely
not the one to be like,
"Somebody might see me. Cover me up."
♪ Where did you stay last night? ♪
♪ Did you stay in the pines ♪
♪ Where the sun never shines? ♪
♪ And shiver when the cold wind blew ♪
[Melanie] This is gonna be interesting.
♪ 'Cause I love when you're naked ♪
♪ I can't help but stare
When you're naked ♪
♪ Nothing can compare when you're naked ♪
♪ We're just skin to skin ♪
♪ You're my favorite sin ♪
♪ Girl, you know I love it
When you're naked ♪
♪ I can't help but stare
When you're naked ♪
♪ Nothing can compare when you're naked ♪
♪ We're just skin to skin ♪
♪ You're my favorite sin ♪
♪ Girl, you know I love it
When you're naked ♪