Escort playing the naive boy like a fiddle
Realistic but she's not doing working girls a service here, and neither are the show runners.
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Since she told her friend MIA that she wants to QUIT her job there's a chance that she could be sincere about the feelings that she has for Albie.
And saying that she'd also created a MONSTER in reference to MIA also seems to indicate that she's had enough of servicing others who don't give a HOOT about her.
She already lost my sympathy. Nice body but not a soul worth saving.
shareWhat exactly did she do to lose your having sympathy for her? On another topic another poster thinks it was all an ACT when the guy who's supposed to be her PIMP followed her as a way to try to get some sympathy for herself and get Albie & his relatives to take her to LA.
And if that's the case, you might be right.
But she also seemed SINCERE when she told MIA that all she wanted was a shop of her own, & she also sounded sincere when she said she's created a MONSTER by teaching MIA her trade.
I got the idea the 50,000 was to start her shop.
shareWhat "exactly" did she do? Well I don't know, maybe something to do with her being a con artist and an overall piece of living trash. Being around when she was told to LEAVE so she can prey on rich people, and this show thinks that's just all fine and noble.
shareTheir romance is really underwritten. I don't buy she fell for him after one night.
shareWhen Portia first met Albie people were full of ADORATION for him & were cheering for PORTIA being so LUCKY to have found such a nice guy.
So for that reason I could see why LUCIA might fall for him.
Because unlike his SELF CENTERED father (who also told Lucia he didn't want to TALK to her when she tried to have a conversation with him), Albie does talk to her, and he also treats her like a human being instead of like she's a USED piece of KLEENEX tissue.
And after being treated the same way by other clients, one could also see the reason why she's tired of being treated that way.
On the other hand, Albie was also HOVERING and CROWDING Portia too much (or treating her very much the same way as her BOSS TANYA was doing). In other words, he was also almost SMOTHERING her or making her feel as if she wasn't able to breathe due to the way he was always around her so much.
But now she probably also regrets how she treated him & wishes that she'd never gotten involved with JACK.
Question, since I might have missed it. When is the wh*re character mistreated by her clients? Because all I saw was her and the other wh*re scamming around and coming out on top in every scenario.
shareI was mostly surprised his father didn’t say that she was scamming him.
The hooker asks for $50,000 and at no moment does the father suspect it is a scam?
He could’ve said, “Son, she is playing you.”
He did. He called him a mark.
shareI know. But that was towards the end of the conversation and he could’ve been more direct.
shareParents grow up telling their children lessons that they've learned and the children often ignore because they need to find out the hard way
Think what red flags to look for in a partner, to always use protection etc., It never really helps.
She said to the friend moments after meeting the rich kid that she had a new plan.
The 'Pimp' was just another doorman she arranged to be part of the scam
That doesn't mean you do nothing.
shareShe could have just as well left for L.A. with Albie, married into his fortune instead of settling for just 50k. Why didn't she?
shareShe's her own person, she's experienced in life and she would believe his love might be fleeting - especially given his age. Seemed like she wanted to do her own thing, not be dependent on a man.
shareShe's dependent on being a pathetic POS. Her personality type would try to get with Albie, marry and take his money, and if she got dropped she would at least extract money and would have lived the high life. Then she's go leech from another guy.
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