The Girlfriend Experience (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Moral Inventory - full transcript
With an impending trial date, Ian attempts to reign in Bria by stepping up his surveillance of her.
I was thinking maybe tomorrow
I could borrow your car
and pick up Kayla from school.
Where's Ian?
I thought I'd pick you up today.
PAUL:
You must be Kayla. I'm Paul.
I'm very, very wealthy.
I'm a rich guy.
Did my dad really do
all the things
that they are saying?
Of course he fucking did.
And he wasn't your dad
and he's the reason
you don't have a mother.
MAN 1:
Please describe
how you met Donald Fairchild.
BRIA:
He ran an escort company
called "Premium Companions."
And I was working at
the company for about a month.
MAN 1:
As an escort?
BRIA:
Yeah, as an escort.
[ door opens ]
[ door shuts ]
You're supposed to be at school.
I didn't feel well.
I don't believe you.
Are you making a habit of this?
This skipping school?
No.
I, I just felt really sick.
I put a lot
of trust in you, Kayla.
I thought you'd be
more responsible than this.
I'm very disappointed.
Does Bria know you're here?
No.
And she doesn't need to know.
Sometimes you have to protect
people from themselves.
Let's do a session.
BRIA:
I need your help.
I need your help.
Repeat it.
*
Do you want to talk
about last night?
IAN:
Not right now.
BRIA:
I'm sorry. I really, I'm sorry.
BRIA:
Have a nice day, Sandra.
BRIA:
I need to be better.
I can be better, I know I can.
I cleaned the kitchen, uh
and I...
...was thinking maybe tomorrow
I could borrow your car
and pick up Kayla from school
after I finish at the factory?
*
IAN:
Okay.
BRIA:
Kayla!
KAYLA:
Where's Ian?
BRIA:
I thought
I'd pick you up today.
KAYLA:
Since when do you
fucking care?
BRIA:
You're not meant to have that.
KAYLA:
Not meant to have Paul, okay?
Ian doesn't want you on...
Give that to me!
Hi.
IAN:
Where were you?
Took Kayla out
for an early dinner.
You got dressed up
to take Kayla to a picnic?
I wanted to dress up
for a change, look nice.
*
BRIA:
I want you to fuck me.
*
[ sighs ]
*
BRIA:
I think she's missing her mum.
Yeah, well, you seem like
you're doing a pretty good job.
You look good.
Teenagers,
what are you gonna do, right?
- It's rough.
- Yeah.
So you don't drive, no?
I have a driver.
But you don't have a car?
Well, it's my car,
but, you know...
- He just drives it.
- Right, so why don't you drive?
Uh, DUI, down the hatch.
[ chuckles ]
Doesn't everyone have a DUI?
Yeah,
but y-you better not have one
especially if I'm gonna
get you a car.
- Uh-huh.
- Mm-hm.
Two doors,
with a six month lease.
And then there's
the option to buy.
- Ah!
- And it's electric.
Electric, let's see, huh.
Not bad,
looks a little expensive.
I don't know, it's weird, you
know, you live in this place.
It's a little bit dangerous.
Somethin' like this, I can
imagine getting broken into.
- Hm.
- You think?
Maybe I need a better place.
A better place like what?
- Like a house?
- Yeah, that would work.
I mean,
all things are possible.
- Uh...
- I really like this one.
I like that you like that.
And I like that
you need things from me.
Good.
I like what you like.
[ chuckling ]
Right.
You're so sweet.
But I don't think
your argument's logical.
I think it's bullshit.
And if you wanna be an equal...
Oh, wai-wai-wai-wait,
I didn't, no-no one said...
I didn't say
I wanted to be your equal.
Did I? I didn't say that.
I was...
Okay, um, so, I think
that you have the luxury of--
- "Luxury?"
- Being a white male.
- Yeah, just l-hear me out.
- I didn't come from luxury.
Let me just finish
what I am saying.
I made everything from nothing.
No, I know that,
I know, I know, I know.
But you ca... Just hear me...
Just let me finish what I'm...
- My thought, okay.
- I had nothing.
- If you have, like, the...
- You think I'm lying?
No, I don't think you're lying.
But I think, when you come
from a place of privilege,
which you do
[ Paul imitates whip cracking ]
when you're a white male...
Are you listening
to what I'm saying?
You don't know shit.
My father,
my mother, they died
w-w-way before I was 30,
I was a little kid.
- I made strategic decisions.
- Yeah, I know.
- I know, I get it.
- To build a business.
I didn't have a buck
to fuck around with.
I understand that,
I'm not saying
that you didn't struggle,
I know you struggled.
It was hard but I did it
on my own. Struggled?
What the fuck
do you know about struggle?
Well, I'm just saying
that your struggle was yours
and you can have yours,
and I can have mine and that's--
Why would you say
that I don't have struggle?
- I'm not saying you don't--
- Look at me. Look at me.
- Why would you say--
- Wait, wait.
I'm not saying
you don't know struggle.
I know struggle! I own struggle.
- That's mine.
- Oh, my!
Yeah, I know,
I know what you've been through.
We talk a lot about you, Paul.
Yeah, because that's
the most interesting thing.
- Yeah, that's right.
- Let me ask you a question.
You sell that pussy
to other dudes?
You hawk that little coochie?
No.
Not since I met you.
I don't wanna see anyone else.
Is that true?
Yeah.
- Hm.
- Yeah, you know it's true.
I have another question.
Why do you always wanna resort
to sex when we're together?
Why is it always
about fuckin'?
BRIA:
That's how you make me feel.
PAUL:
Can you understand
why I'm holding back on
fucking you though?
I want to, you're beautiful.
You're hot as hell.
But I want you to want me
for who I am.
I would fuck you right now.
I would throw you down
on the ground.
Spread you eagle.
St-start going down on you,
gettin' you all wet.
But it wouldn't mean shit.
- Yeah.
- And I'm lookin' for meaning.
PAUL:
Listen, look at me.
I'm lookin'
for transcendence, baby.
I'm lookin' for elevation.
Are you with that?
BRIA:
Yeah, I want
what you want, Paul.
MAN 1:
When you were confronted
by federal investigators
on November 25, 2018
for assisting Donald Fairchild
in trafficking
unregistered arms
and unlicensed amounts
of pseudoephedrine
a known chemical component
for producing methamphetamines
were you aware of
Donald Fairchild's intentions
for distributing and selling
this contraband
in foreign territories?
BRIA:
Yes
but not to the extent...
...that it...was happening.
MAN 1:
Please describe
how you met your former husband
Donald Fairchild.
- I was never married to him.
- Okay.
We only had a relationship,
and, uh, um...
...he...
...had an agency called
"Premium Companions."
And I worked there
for about a month.
MAN 1:
As an escort?
It's fine. It's okay.
Yeah, as an escort.
He was pretty brazen about
the whole thing, you know.
It wasn't l-like a big secret
or anything, that he was--
Brazen? What? Uh, can you
explain what you mean by that?
BRIA:
I mean, he'd have parties.
We, the girls, would show up.
He'd invite a lot
of his friends.
And we would...
We would find customers
at these parties.
MAN 1:
Do you remember the names
of any of these girls?
That's not how it works.
They don't know my name,
I don't know theirs.
Do you remember
the location of the event
where you met Donald?
BRIA:
When I met him
it was at a hotel downtown
in-in Atlanta.
Do you know the address?
BRIA:
I have no idea.
It's been a while
since I've been in Atlanta.
So, can you identify
any of these as being...
...owned by Donald Fairchild?
I mean, they're trucks.
They all, they all look
like the same truck to me.
- I have no idea.
- None of them look familiar?
None, when I would go
and help with the transports...
...it would be really dark,
and I'd be quite nervous
and I really
didn't wanna be there.
BRIA:
So I wasn't taking
note of things
like freight containers.
MAN 1:
Do you recognize this man?
Yeah, yeah. I don't...
Please, can you just put it...
Is he in custody?
- Who?
- Is Donald in custody?
[ sighs ]
*
DONALD:
If what you're saying is true
then I can't have any of these
accounts linked to me.
Drink.
*
DONALD:
Take another sip.
[ man coughs ]
DONALD:
I need you to drink
the entire glass.
[ man coughs ]
*
DONALD:
Sarah, will you follow
Mr. Paulson home
make sure he's all right?
*
[ indistinct chatter ]
[ indistinct chatter ]
[ thudding ]
WOMAN 1:
911, what's your emergency?
Ye-yes,
I'd like to report an accident.
*
IAN:
He made bail.
And given that,
he can stay at home.
But he has to appear in court
otherwise, he's a fugitive.
That's the law.
That's the law.
Unfortunately, it is his right
to face his witness.
Which is you on the stand.
BRIA:
So he's out there.
He could come find me.
He could...
IAN:
I'm gonna keep you safe.
I'm gonna keep you safe.
[ dishes clanking ]
[ indistinct chatter ]
I don't spend this much time
with my other witnesses.
So why are you paying me
so much attention?
[ chattering continues ]
[ indistinct chatter ]
[ vehicle door shuts ]
[ engine revving ]
[ water running ]
[ door opens ]
[ door closes ]
Kayla?
IAN:
Hi.
BRIA:
You just let yourself
into my house?
You didn't knock
the door first?
Oh, I did knock,
but you didn't answer.
So I got worried.
BRIA:
Just washing dishes.
Where did you move?
- It's right here.
- Oh.
That's a lot of plates.
Yeah, I had a friend over
for dinner.
What friend?
It's good
that you're making friends.
Where did you make this friend?
Met him through work.
Oh, how's that going?
How's work at the factory?
Oh, it's great, yeah.
Really great.
So, you met this guy
at the factory?
Fine, I met him at a bar.
Hmm.
And how much did he give you?
Excuse me?
Look, I really want what's best
for you, but you are testing
the boundaries
of what I think is acceptable.
Feeling's mutual.
*
I watched you in that room.
The other day, and...
...Donald hurt you.
He really hurt you,
and I don't...
...I don't think you understand
just how badly.
But you are amazing,
and-and so is Kayla, and...
...what you're doing for her
is amazing.
And that's the right thing.
Do you wanna do a session?
*
You don't need anyone.
Say, "I don't need anyone."
BRIA:
I don't need anyone.
*
I don't need anyone.
I don't need anyone.
*
You're beautiful.
Let me rephrase that.
"I'm beautiful."
Say it.
I'm beautiful.
*
"I want you."
- Say it.
- I want you.
*
What do you want me
to do to you?
I think you've imagined
what you want to do to me.
So why don't you just do it?
[ Bria panting ]
[ Ian moaning ]
[ Bria panting ]
[ door opens ]
Hey.
Stuck in traffic. Sorry, babe.
[ sighs ]
Oh, God.
This guy is killing me.
He doesn't like his job,
he doesn't like the location.
And the motherfucker
doesn't know
that I'm actually
trying to help him.
I mean, come on...
He killed...six people
and I'm protecting him
to get to a guy who killed,
like...75 people.
So 75? That an exact number?
Shut up.
Our job...is fucked up.
Sorry.
Tell me about your day.
There ain't no sorries.
SUSAN:
Ooh, look at this one.
It's three bedrooms,
three baths
all new appliances.
That seems fine to me.
Ooh, it's next to downtown,
so you'd be close to work.
[ indistinct chatter ]
What's wrong with the place
we have now?
It's, um...it's yours.
We talked about
getting a place together.
One that's-one that's ours.
I mean, this could be ours.
This one
has its own washer and dryer.
Okay,
we'll get a place that's ours.
I just...I just
need some more time.
SUSAN:
You always say that.
[ crickets chirping ]
*
What are you doing?
Don't do that. You scared me.
I didn't mean to scare you.
You're being weird.
Did he make you do that?
Who?
Ian.
Did he make you...you know?
BRIA:
I don't know
what you're talking about.
*
*
*
I could borrow your car
and pick up Kayla from school.
Where's Ian?
I thought I'd pick you up today.
PAUL:
You must be Kayla. I'm Paul.
I'm very, very wealthy.
I'm a rich guy.
Did my dad really do
all the things
that they are saying?
Of course he fucking did.
And he wasn't your dad
and he's the reason
you don't have a mother.
MAN 1:
Please describe
how you met Donald Fairchild.
BRIA:
He ran an escort company
called "Premium Companions."
And I was working at
the company for about a month.
MAN 1:
As an escort?
BRIA:
Yeah, as an escort.
[ door opens ]
[ door shuts ]
You're supposed to be at school.
I didn't feel well.
I don't believe you.
Are you making a habit of this?
This skipping school?
No.
I, I just felt really sick.
I put a lot
of trust in you, Kayla.
I thought you'd be
more responsible than this.
I'm very disappointed.
Does Bria know you're here?
No.
And she doesn't need to know.
Sometimes you have to protect
people from themselves.
Let's do a session.
BRIA:
I need your help.
I need your help.
Repeat it.
*
Do you want to talk
about last night?
IAN:
Not right now.
BRIA:
I'm sorry. I really, I'm sorry.
BRIA:
Have a nice day, Sandra.
BRIA:
I need to be better.
I can be better, I know I can.
I cleaned the kitchen, uh
and I...
...was thinking maybe tomorrow
I could borrow your car
and pick up Kayla from school
after I finish at the factory?
*
IAN:
Okay.
BRIA:
Kayla!
KAYLA:
Where's Ian?
BRIA:
I thought
I'd pick you up today.
KAYLA:
Since when do you
fucking care?
BRIA:
You're not meant to have that.
KAYLA:
Not meant to have Paul, okay?
Ian doesn't want you on...
Give that to me!
Hi.
IAN:
Where were you?
Took Kayla out
for an early dinner.
You got dressed up
to take Kayla to a picnic?
I wanted to dress up
for a change, look nice.
*
BRIA:
I want you to fuck me.
*
[ sighs ]
*
BRIA:
I think she's missing her mum.
Yeah, well, you seem like
you're doing a pretty good job.
You look good.
Teenagers,
what are you gonna do, right?
- It's rough.
- Yeah.
So you don't drive, no?
I have a driver.
But you don't have a car?
Well, it's my car,
but, you know...
- He just drives it.
- Right, so why don't you drive?
Uh, DUI, down the hatch.
[ chuckles ]
Doesn't everyone have a DUI?
Yeah,
but y-you better not have one
especially if I'm gonna
get you a car.
- Uh-huh.
- Mm-hm.
Two doors,
with a six month lease.
And then there's
the option to buy.
- Ah!
- And it's electric.
Electric, let's see, huh.
Not bad,
looks a little expensive.
I don't know, it's weird, you
know, you live in this place.
It's a little bit dangerous.
Somethin' like this, I can
imagine getting broken into.
- Hm.
- You think?
Maybe I need a better place.
A better place like what?
- Like a house?
- Yeah, that would work.
I mean,
all things are possible.
- Uh...
- I really like this one.
I like that you like that.
And I like that
you need things from me.
Good.
I like what you like.
[ chuckling ]
Right.
You're so sweet.
But I don't think
your argument's logical.
I think it's bullshit.
And if you wanna be an equal...
Oh, wai-wai-wai-wait,
I didn't, no-no one said...
I didn't say
I wanted to be your equal.
Did I? I didn't say that.
I was...
Okay, um, so, I think
that you have the luxury of--
- "Luxury?"
- Being a white male.
- Yeah, just l-hear me out.
- I didn't come from luxury.
Let me just finish
what I am saying.
I made everything from nothing.
No, I know that,
I know, I know, I know.
But you ca... Just hear me...
Just let me finish what I'm...
- My thought, okay.
- I had nothing.
- If you have, like, the...
- You think I'm lying?
No, I don't think you're lying.
But I think, when you come
from a place of privilege,
which you do
[ Paul imitates whip cracking ]
when you're a white male...
Are you listening
to what I'm saying?
You don't know shit.
My father,
my mother, they died
w-w-way before I was 30,
I was a little kid.
- I made strategic decisions.
- Yeah, I know.
- I know, I get it.
- To build a business.
I didn't have a buck
to fuck around with.
I understand that,
I'm not saying
that you didn't struggle,
I know you struggled.
It was hard but I did it
on my own. Struggled?
What the fuck
do you know about struggle?
Well, I'm just saying
that your struggle was yours
and you can have yours,
and I can have mine and that's--
Why would you say
that I don't have struggle?
- I'm not saying you don't--
- Look at me. Look at me.
- Why would you say--
- Wait, wait.
I'm not saying
you don't know struggle.
I know struggle! I own struggle.
- That's mine.
- Oh, my!
Yeah, I know,
I know what you've been through.
We talk a lot about you, Paul.
Yeah, because that's
the most interesting thing.
- Yeah, that's right.
- Let me ask you a question.
You sell that pussy
to other dudes?
You hawk that little coochie?
No.
Not since I met you.
I don't wanna see anyone else.
Is that true?
Yeah.
- Hm.
- Yeah, you know it's true.
I have another question.
Why do you always wanna resort
to sex when we're together?
Why is it always
about fuckin'?
BRIA:
That's how you make me feel.
PAUL:
Can you understand
why I'm holding back on
fucking you though?
I want to, you're beautiful.
You're hot as hell.
But I want you to want me
for who I am.
I would fuck you right now.
I would throw you down
on the ground.
Spread you eagle.
St-start going down on you,
gettin' you all wet.
But it wouldn't mean shit.
- Yeah.
- And I'm lookin' for meaning.
PAUL:
Listen, look at me.
I'm lookin'
for transcendence, baby.
I'm lookin' for elevation.
Are you with that?
BRIA:
Yeah, I want
what you want, Paul.
MAN 1:
When you were confronted
by federal investigators
on November 25, 2018
for assisting Donald Fairchild
in trafficking
unregistered arms
and unlicensed amounts
of pseudoephedrine
a known chemical component
for producing methamphetamines
were you aware of
Donald Fairchild's intentions
for distributing and selling
this contraband
in foreign territories?
BRIA:
Yes
but not to the extent...
...that it...was happening.
MAN 1:
Please describe
how you met your former husband
Donald Fairchild.
- I was never married to him.
- Okay.
We only had a relationship,
and, uh, um...
...he...
...had an agency called
"Premium Companions."
And I worked there
for about a month.
MAN 1:
As an escort?
It's fine. It's okay.
Yeah, as an escort.
He was pretty brazen about
the whole thing, you know.
It wasn't l-like a big secret
or anything, that he was--
Brazen? What? Uh, can you
explain what you mean by that?
BRIA:
I mean, he'd have parties.
We, the girls, would show up.
He'd invite a lot
of his friends.
And we would...
We would find customers
at these parties.
MAN 1:
Do you remember the names
of any of these girls?
That's not how it works.
They don't know my name,
I don't know theirs.
Do you remember
the location of the event
where you met Donald?
BRIA:
When I met him
it was at a hotel downtown
in-in Atlanta.
Do you know the address?
BRIA:
I have no idea.
It's been a while
since I've been in Atlanta.
So, can you identify
any of these as being...
...owned by Donald Fairchild?
I mean, they're trucks.
They all, they all look
like the same truck to me.
- I have no idea.
- None of them look familiar?
None, when I would go
and help with the transports...
...it would be really dark,
and I'd be quite nervous
and I really
didn't wanna be there.
BRIA:
So I wasn't taking
note of things
like freight containers.
MAN 1:
Do you recognize this man?
Yeah, yeah. I don't...
Please, can you just put it...
Is he in custody?
- Who?
- Is Donald in custody?
[ sighs ]
*
DONALD:
If what you're saying is true
then I can't have any of these
accounts linked to me.
Drink.
*
DONALD:
Take another sip.
[ man coughs ]
DONALD:
I need you to drink
the entire glass.
[ man coughs ]
*
DONALD:
Sarah, will you follow
Mr. Paulson home
make sure he's all right?
*
[ indistinct chatter ]
[ indistinct chatter ]
[ thudding ]
WOMAN 1:
911, what's your emergency?
Ye-yes,
I'd like to report an accident.
*
IAN:
He made bail.
And given that,
he can stay at home.
But he has to appear in court
otherwise, he's a fugitive.
That's the law.
That's the law.
Unfortunately, it is his right
to face his witness.
Which is you on the stand.
BRIA:
So he's out there.
He could come find me.
He could...
IAN:
I'm gonna keep you safe.
I'm gonna keep you safe.
[ dishes clanking ]
[ indistinct chatter ]
I don't spend this much time
with my other witnesses.
So why are you paying me
so much attention?
[ chattering continues ]
[ indistinct chatter ]
[ vehicle door shuts ]
[ engine revving ]
[ water running ]
[ door opens ]
[ door closes ]
Kayla?
IAN:
Hi.
BRIA:
You just let yourself
into my house?
You didn't knock
the door first?
Oh, I did knock,
but you didn't answer.
So I got worried.
BRIA:
Just washing dishes.
Where did you move?
- It's right here.
- Oh.
That's a lot of plates.
Yeah, I had a friend over
for dinner.
What friend?
It's good
that you're making friends.
Where did you make this friend?
Met him through work.
Oh, how's that going?
How's work at the factory?
Oh, it's great, yeah.
Really great.
So, you met this guy
at the factory?
Fine, I met him at a bar.
Hmm.
And how much did he give you?
Excuse me?
Look, I really want what's best
for you, but you are testing
the boundaries
of what I think is acceptable.
Feeling's mutual.
*
I watched you in that room.
The other day, and...
...Donald hurt you.
He really hurt you,
and I don't...
...I don't think you understand
just how badly.
But you are amazing,
and-and so is Kayla, and...
...what you're doing for her
is amazing.
And that's the right thing.
Do you wanna do a session?
*
You don't need anyone.
Say, "I don't need anyone."
BRIA:
I don't need anyone.
*
I don't need anyone.
I don't need anyone.
*
You're beautiful.
Let me rephrase that.
"I'm beautiful."
Say it.
I'm beautiful.
*
"I want you."
- Say it.
- I want you.
*
What do you want me
to do to you?
I think you've imagined
what you want to do to me.
So why don't you just do it?
[ Bria panting ]
[ Ian moaning ]
[ Bria panting ]
[ door opens ]
Hey.
Stuck in traffic. Sorry, babe.
[ sighs ]
Oh, God.
This guy is killing me.
He doesn't like his job,
he doesn't like the location.
And the motherfucker
doesn't know
that I'm actually
trying to help him.
I mean, come on...
He killed...six people
and I'm protecting him
to get to a guy who killed,
like...75 people.
So 75? That an exact number?
Shut up.
Our job...is fucked up.
Sorry.
Tell me about your day.
There ain't no sorries.
SUSAN:
Ooh, look at this one.
It's three bedrooms,
three baths
all new appliances.
That seems fine to me.
Ooh, it's next to downtown,
so you'd be close to work.
[ indistinct chatter ]
What's wrong with the place
we have now?
It's, um...it's yours.
We talked about
getting a place together.
One that's-one that's ours.
I mean, this could be ours.
This one
has its own washer and dryer.
Okay,
we'll get a place that's ours.
I just...I just
need some more time.
SUSAN:
You always say that.
[ crickets chirping ]
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What are you doing?
Don't do that. You scared me.
I didn't mean to scare you.
You're being weird.
Did he make you do that?
Who?
Ian.
Did he make you...you know?
BRIA:
I don't know
what you're talking about.
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