Louis Theroux s01e01 Episode Script

Ladies and gentlemen, we're about to occupy the best brothel in the history of the state of Nevada.
Very well said.
Now I can move all my stuff into the other room.
All you need is your condoms.
I've been sent to try and help.
Hailey, are you packing your stuff? - Do you want me to carry that, Summer? - I got it.
I was at the Wild Horse Resort and Spa, Nevada's newest legal brothel, helping the working women as they moved into their new custom-built premises.
Is this a Range Rover? Nice car.
- Louis, you're doing such a fine job.
- Thank you.
- The dream is becoming - A reality.
They're rushing to it, aren't they? Like lemmings to the party.
Mm.
That's not the right metaphor.
My plan for the next few weeks was to spend all my time here, observing the launch of what many were already calling ”the most ambitious brothel in Nevada's history.
" - Do you need a hand, Hailey? - No, I need two.
Where is your stuff? It's heavy.
I'm not going to do it.
- Do you ever kiss the guys? - Yes.
- Do you? - Uh-huh.
- Some of the girls don't.
- Well, I do.
Depending on the person.
Most girls don't, but I like to break the rules sometimes in the heat of passion.
Ask me a question.
- I don't want to ask you a question.
- All right.
OK.
The Wild Horse was the dream of an extraordinary couple.
Lance Gilman, one of Nevada's wealthiest real-estate developers, and the house madam, Susan Austin.
Louis, have you seen this photo of us? It was supposed to be very over the top.
Oh, my word.
It's kind of Addams Family.
How about that? It's a very nice photo.
- We came in and she was on this leash.
- On a leash? - On a leash? - Yes.
They had met and fallen in love two years previously when Susan was a prostitute and Lance one of her customers.
Together, drawing on Lance's financial muscle and Susan's experience in the industry, they had constructed a $4 million bordello.
The idea, to create a brothel that was comfortable for its clients but, more importantly, a friendly and caring environment for its women.
One of those women was Hailey.
- Can I come in? - Yeah.
OK, don't film me yet.
- It's cool.
- I don't know.
I wanted like I don't even know if I can let you Are you filming me? Don't film me.
- Thank you for letting us see you get ready.
- That's OK.
Do you have any questions? Describe your relationship with Susan.
I think she likes me.
I'm open, I'm honest, I'm a hard worker.
I like my job.
- How do you feel about her? - She's a hard worker, she's honest.
She has good ideas and she's a good business person.
They want that house to be resorty.
Not your typical, come in "Give me your money, fuck me and get out.
" They want to make it more relaxing, more of a fun environment and that's what that new house is all about, which is a good thing.
- Could you size up a customer very quickly - Right? - .
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And get into quite - But, to be honest - .
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emotional stuff quite quickly? - .
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that you would be able to embrace that or understand that, is if you were a customer, and you've never been one.
Would you ever be with a working girl? Would you ever pay someone for sex? It's entertainment.
Think of all the things you spend money on to entertain yourself.
So how do you think of it? Let's ask that.
The reason why it wouldn't be a natural thing for me to do is because I like the idea that if I was with a woman that she wouldn't have to be paid to enjoy my company.
It's not about a personal attachment.
It's about, let's say, "I'm horny and I'm travelling through and I want a hot chick.
"I don't want the problems of meeting someone, taking her out to dinner.
"I'm too busy.
So I'm going to pay this girl to have sex with me.
" - Maybe I would do.
I don't know.
- You travel a lot, right? Maybe you just have a low libido.
Maybe you're just not very sexual.
- Do you like women? - Yes, I do, yeah.
OK.
So if you were travelling around and you didn't have the time to meet someone, you wouldn't call someone to come over and please you? Maybe I would.
But also, I'm on television and I'm Everyone has a reputation and stuff like that can really damage you in your career and things like that.
These are things, unfortunately, people have to think about.
Right.
Like the politicians.
Yeah.
- So, yeah, you have to be very discreet.
- Mm.
- What do you think of my body? - Very nice.
- You're obviously athletic.
You work out? - I'm athletic Yeah.
That's cos I have lots of sex! And I hula-hoop.
You're obviously intelligent and capable.
- Why have you become a prostitute? - Honestly? Laziness, probably.
I was very wild.
Urn Oh, this is heavy.
Urn OK.
Hold on.
At first I really didn't At first, I felt I didn't like my choices and then I don't know if you become I don't know if you convince yourself of the choices that you make in life and make them OK.
OK.
We're done, you guys.
I'm getting bored of you.
- No.
We're done.
- Does somebody want a blow job now? - See you later.
- Bye-bye.
- It's Emily, isn't it? - Mm-hm.
How long have you been here? - Urn Since February.
- How's it going? Good.
I make a lot of money.
A lot for me because I'm young yet.
I'm like, "Wow, all these $100 bills! There's ten of them.
" I kind of turned it on.
So was it a case of needing the money? - No.
Sex drive.
- Really? - Sex drive is off the wall.
- For real? Yes.
For real And I'm not kidding.
- How long do you think you might do it? - Oh, 20 years.
- You could do this for 20 years? - Mm-hm.
No problem.
- I don't think that would be a good idea.
- I don't think so either, but I could.
- I plan on doing it for five.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
It's fun here though.
I mean, it's like a family surrounding.
Welcome to the Wild Horse.
So your total experience of this profession is how many weeks? - Three.
- Three weeks.
You're brand-new.
Do you ever get pangs of conscience at all about what the girls go through? Especially someone like Emily who is quite vulnerable.
- What she goes through here? - Mm.
No.
No.
Because she'd be going through that anywhere else too.
- As a prostitute, you mean? - Men would use her.
She's vulnerable.
She's looking for someone to give her advice and guidance.
A man would grab her in nothing flat.
And he would use her and abuse her and throw her away when she's used up.
We don't do that.
Now she has people who believe in her pushing her on her way.
So Can I show you how it should be done? You're walking up.
Your head's high, your shoulders are back.
You got oomph in your stride.
You're smiling at him.
You go, "Hi, I'm Devon.
How are you?" Then go this way, over to the mirror Right next to your friend.
Like that.
Hello.
I'm Summer.
Hello.
I'm Alex.
Mm-hm.
Yeah.
- Wow.
- Those were nice.
They took the time to stop, say their name, give them a beautiful, elegant smile, like, "Hey, I'm fun.
" - Yeah.
- Rather than vroom and they're gone! There's not a huge amount of sassiness there, is there? Are you trying to make the men comfortable? Is that it? No.
I'm trying to give the woman that few seconds in the spotlight where he can look at just her and not the whole line-up.
It's a lot to convey, isn't it? It'll allow the girls to show their true personalities.
Be fun, you know? Be real.
Don't stand there like a plastic Barbie doll.
So that is an intercom? What is that? Well, the two rooms over there are the negotiating rooms and the lady takes the customer in there and they negotiate and we listen in, then they check them and they come up here - Check them? What, their genitals? - Yes.
In there.
- For disease? - Yes.
And why do you have to listen in on that? Well, if not, they could rob us blind.
- The girls could skim money.
- Exactly.
Skim.
Oh, yeah.
Honey, these towelettes may be too strong for your skin.
Try one and see how it works.
- But just a touch.
You know.
- Definitely.
- She knows.
- OK, I have to get ready.
I try to help her because no one ever has.
Emily's the one who is supporting you said a daughter A young daughter, two brothers and a grandmom.
Yes.
I want her to go to college, get a degree, go into a profession that will take her Long term somewhere.
This is onlyonly a short interval of her life to get her to where she needs to be, a vehicle.
That evening, I had my first opportunity to meet a client.
Malcolm McKay was a Vietnam vet Hey, how you doing? “And a maker of false teeth.
- I'm Louis.
- Hi, Louis.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
And, um Roughly how many times have you been to a brothel before? - Probably lost count.
- Really? I lost my virginity as a teenager in a border camp brothel in Villa Acuña, Mexico.
What are you looking for in a brothel? - That reconnection with the opposite sex.
- Is it? Yeah.
I stay fairly isolated.
I'm a reclusivereclusive person.
In a relationship I would never mess around or even think about somebody else.
Unfortunately, I picked some bad ones and found out there was a little bit of whore in everything.
I found myself a lot more comfortable when I was with somebody who was at least honest about it.
Is it about the sex or the communication? Yeah.
Sex is a very powerful thing that you gotta be careful with, but you go through long periods of time and you just want to go out and have, you know I think it's that completion of sex.
Instead of masturbation, taking care of myself.
- Is this your first time here? - Yes, it is.
- I'm very impressed.
Absolutely.
- Good.
- Sonia.
- Tania? - Sonia.
Nice to meet you.
- Sonia.
Russian? - No, Norwegian.
- Norwegian.
Nice to meet you, Sonia.
- Hi.
I'm Emily.
- Yes, Emily.
Nice to see you.
Hi, I'm Belle.
- What's your name? Belle? Ring a bell? - Belle, yes.
Yes.
- Ring my bell? - Yeah.
- You want to talk with me for a bit? - You want to talk with me? - Mm-hm.
- OK.
Come on.
- You want to? - Yeah.
- You can't smoke.
- You can smoke out here.
- Thanks for spending time with me.
- You're welcome.
I'd like to get to feel comfortable.
Where I can come out, relax, maybe have a dinner and not have to go through the pressure.
If I feel like it, good.
If not, I can come or go.
Yeah.
Pressure's not very much fun.
Good to meet you.
May your journey in life be good too.
- I hope so.
- I'm sure it will be.
- Well I guess, let's go.
- Ready, steady.
Follow me.
OK.
Do you know what you want to do? We have a jacuzzi room, a jacuzzi party.
We have the regular rooms where we have our rooms.
Do you know what you're interested in doing? - Are they having a negotiation? - Uh-huh.
Oh.
my God! I don't even want to touch it.
I can't put that in - What's happening? - What? Oh, she's doing the check-up now.
And I think the gentleman's penis is too big or something.
- Did you hear my "Oh, my God"? - Yeah.
What happened? It's fucking this big.
What the fuck am I supposed to do with it? Put it in between a foot-long hot-dog bun? - You don't have to party with him.
- Oh, my God.
- It's huge.
- So you weren't kidding? I was not kidding.
The thing is huge.
OK.
Come on, big boy.
Hailey, HeatherAlex.
- Emily.
- We gotta put this on the bed.
- We can't just mess the bed up? - No.
Sony.
Gosh.
I wanted to mess the bed up.
- What about the pillows? - You can keep them on.
OK.
There's something about that I don't really like.
- What, the sheet? - Yeah.
- So this is your little room? - Yup.
How long do you stay here? - A long time.
I practically live here.
- Really? Thank you, Princess Emily.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
I want to come back, sit out by the pool, watch the sunsets.
Well To the wonderful world of women.
Or the wonderful world of brothels.
- How was it? - Had better.
He seemed a little tipsy.
Maybe not tipsy.
Maybe just nervous, slash ditsy? I don't know.
- A little bit loopy? - Yeah.
Maybe.
Did he do anything weird? Uh, he asked me for a mirror.
I said, "A mirror for what? There's one.
" He said to put it under us so I could look, but that's not too weird.
And he wasyou know, gentle and Was he, reasonably? And kind of considerate? - Yeah.
He was fine.
- Yeah.
Tell me what you're really thinking because you seemed a little Just tired.
I had to change condoms, my CDs fell.
- Did they? - Things crashed.
He went to the bathroom in the bidet.
He didn't know better.
Just things, just kept going.
He couldn't find the lotion, then he puts this lotion on me, it burns.
So Put it on my crotch, so my crotch started burning.
A while ago, we spoke about you doing this kind of work and you said that you had a very high sex drive.
- I do.
- Yeah, and that you One reason you do this is because you enjoy the sex.
I do enjoy the sex, but when I'm too tired I can't function, then it turns into a job.
Thank you for calling the Wild Horse where wild women will.
This is Louis.
How may I help you today? Out massages? Urn, let me check on that.
And the name, please? It's no problem whatsoever, Charlie, and we will speak to you later.
Would you say there is an average size for the guys who you see? Well, most of the guys I see here I believe most brothels cater to white American men between 30 and 60.
You don't get a lot of black guys.
You'll get Spanish, Mexicans once in a while, but it's usually Caucasian men between the ages of 30 and 60.
- Is there an average size? - Yeah, I think so.
- How big? - Five or six inches.
That is interesting.
Five or six.
Let's measure you up.
I bet you're between five and six.
OK.
Maybe seven once in a while, but the average is between five and six.
Asians are smaller because they like I mean, they're pretty small.
They need the snugger fits.
They made the snugger fits for the Asians.
- They're about this.
- Oh, come on.
Maybe a little fatter.
I am not telling lies here.
And these people are comfortable with their sexuality.
That seems slightly racist to say that.
It doesn't.
It's just genetic make-up.
How is that racist? Racist is like saying they all eat dog.
How am I racist by telling you what their penis looks like? You guys aren't getting a lot of footage today.
- You're pretty weird, do you know that? - I'm weird? Oh, no.
Foreigner.
Are they still filming me? - OK, cut.
- You don't have the right to say cut.
I have the right to say cut.
You're filming me.
You know what? You're gonna piss me off.
As the days passed, filming with Hailey had become increasingly difficult.
Oh, man.
What are you doing? That isn't funny.
- Why are you doing that? - I told them not to film me.
They can't film me with my top off, can they? I'm touching his penis! - Why are you so funny about filming? - Why are you so uptight? You do make it a little harder, but that's OK, cos that's your right.
- I make it a little harder? - Yeah, but it's OK.
It's worth it because you're interesting, so it's OK.
But You knowflashing your breasts and things like that It's, uh Don't do that.
Don't do that, seriously.
Oh, God! OK.
Then quit filming me.
Then Hailey delivered an ultimatum.
Turn the camera off.
She said no more filming until I do a party with her.
Ah.
I thought that was a pretty weird thing to say.
No, that's just Hailey.
She's putting a deal together.
- What is that? I thought that was a little odd.
- Well Hailey isthe essence of a manipulator.
She's really very, very intelligent.
You know how intelligent she is.
And she plays.
She grandstands and And, ershetitillates She'll have a great deal of fun at your expense and mine.
She's a very attractive, alluring, devilish little lady.
It's awkward, because we like having her on film and she's serious about not going back on film.
- Oh, only for today.
- You think? And yesterday.
Oh, no.
Just for a bit.
I really see her as a lost child that needs support.
That's my job.
So certainly I'll give her all of that and I'll also try to duck when her feminine wiles show up.
- Do you think Susan would say the same? - You should ask her.
It's a weird situation.
- It's sort of funny but not that funny.
- Uh-oh.
She just said she's only going to do an interview if I have a party with her.
That's my Hailey! A working girl never does anything without getting paid.
Hailey can work a guy like nobody's business.
You know that.
She's worked you.
She's worked all of you.
She talks a lot about being real and I think when she says that, she means she really puts a lot of her soul and her heart into doing it Absolutely.
Every girl who's good at what she does gives away a little piece of her soul every time.
So you have to go back and recharge yourself, otherwise you can't survive.
So, Louis, let's go and have sex.
Come on.
I'll make you straight.
Louis, let's go and have sex.
You're gonna break down cos you're not gonna have enough shit to do.
"We need something.
OK, fine.
" You'll break down.
You'll come around.
You will be in my room naked.
Oh, yes.
Oh, yes, you will be in there naked.
- Have a seat.
- OK.
Company, ladies.
Company.
- I'll be right back.
- You gonna do a line-up? I have to.
So this is our first Friday night.
It's our first Friday in the new facility.
- Last night, Thursday, was very encouraging.
- Very encouraging.
Everything is starting to come together, but it's doing it quickly.
What we've found, here at this house, is that actually our daytime business has been outpacing the night-time.
- Yeah.
- That's interesting.
- Company, ladies.
- I'm going to listen to my - Watch your line-up.
- Listen to how he handles it.
Yeah.
Mm-hm.
Susan said something that I thought was quite oddyesterday.
It wasn't on camera.
But she said It's not a secret, there was a whole group in the room.
And she said, "When I was a working girl, "my speciality was oral sex.
" She was known as one of the best in the United States.
She won awards on the internet.
She said, "There was no dick too big.
" Well, actually, that was probably not true.
What do you mean, she won awards on the internet? She was known as being extremely proficientat that task.
When I said that thing about Susan and her being very good at oral sex and being known for that, that was her reputation, I thought, "I'm saying something incredibly rude to Lance "about his beloved.
"And, actually, you could punch me.
" Someone could punch me for less.
Actually, I'm incredibly good at some things I do too.
You gave me up! Oh, no, I'm embarrassed.
Don't be embarrassed.
- It was about your special expertise.
- Oh, yes.
I do have a special expertise.
Would it embarrass you to say what that was? Well, not really because among women who do this business if you've gotta have a speciality, I think it's a good one.
Urn I have an ability, even though I have a very small mouth, to practically unhinge my jaws and deep throat.
The trick isn't swallowing.
The spasms I'm having in my throat gives a rippling feeling down and enables you to get it further back.
- Isn't that painful? - No.
Not at all.
- Hailey wants to come in.
- Can I have some water? that job? He was quick and easy.
I bust 'em out like that.
Yes, you do.
You bust them out and away they go.
- So did she just have a party? - Yes.
She got a young What she called "a young buck" who's in the navy.
Yes.
Quick and easy.
- She's blasé about it.
- Yeah.
Hopefully that's the start of many tonight.
- It's her job.
- It's her job.
Hopefully there'll be 14 more tonight, if she's lucky.
Just business.
Interesting concept to grasp, but it's just business.
Have you been settling in to the big house? - Totally.
I'm still moving my stuff in.
- Are you? - So this is your room? - This is my room.
- Can we go in? - Yeah.
Shanice, how do you feel about the fact that you're selling yourself, selling your body, sex, intimacy? Do you mind doing that? No, not really.
It's kinda I used to.
It's kinda like I think it hardens you up a little bit.
You kind of get past that and it makes you a strong person.
So, yeah, you get over it.
Either you can deal with it or you can't.
Some girls can't deal with it and they don't stay very long and there are those of us who can deal with it and we stay and we make the best of it.
There you go.
What do you think of our new place? - I like it.
It's clean and nice.
- Yeah? Take care of yourself.
Bye, sweetie.
Thank you.
- How was that? - Her and I are pretty much set.
She's going to provide me with what I want.
Yes, a very good move coming out here.
I'm in a situation where I need to have a friend like her.
- What is your situation? - I'm 100% disabled with a brain injury and my wife was killed in an accident and so I need to have a woman to be with for every reason.
What appealed about Shanice? I don't think she's bullshitting me and lying to me like a lot of girls would.
Meaning? Not after a quick buck and deceive me.
I think she'll do what she says.
- Which is? - Well If we can work in to seeing her more under the terms that we talked about, in here or out of here, I think she will do it cos she wants to.
- But she is being paid.
- She's being paid very well.
And I have the money.
I want to try and keep her as a regular so I don't have to fool around with other personalities.
Have you struck up a romantic relationship or a business relationship? Business only.
Business only.
Strictly business.
I'll be seeing you in about a week.
I won a lot of money, so I'll be back in a week.
- To see Shanice? - Yes.
Only her.
Aah.
- Are we ready, cabbie? - Yes, we are.
It seems like you're very good at the caring and nurturing side of the job.
- Do you know what I mean? - Mm.
That's what they come here for, so you have to cater to that.
Especially guys like that that can't really get out there and get a girlfriend or a wife, or who have been through something tragic.
His wife died, so they almost need that.
I'd been at the Wild Horse for more than three weeks now and I was beginning to feel like a fixture of brothel life.
Behaviour that I would have once considered strange had become normal, almost routine.
What surprised me was no longer the sex, but that women were selling something more intimate, they were selling real relationships.
I wondered how they drew the line between business and emotion and whether they always could.
Let's go.
Come on.
Let's go do a massage.
- Finish your food.
We'll do it later.
- No, no.
I want to do a massage.
Cos I'm making tea for Susan.
- Would you like a cup of tea? - No, thank you.
What is the massage thing? Is that just like a way? It's a massage.
But you want me to do that as a way of making a bit of money out of this? - Uh-huh.
- Is that what it is? You ready? - But is it also because you think I'm - Sexy? You think I think I, um have a superior kind of attitude? Oh, don't get deep on me.
This is a massage.
Like, everything's got to be so deep with you.
- I don't think anything.
- Because you did say that.
I can't believe you remembered that.
I can't remember what I did yesterday.
God, you are smart.
Let's go.
Do you think that I considered myself a bit alooffrom what goes on here? Aren't all British people like that? - I don't know.
- A bit superior.
I don't know why it started.
We don't have to do it.
I guess I did it because I don't know why I want to give you a massage.
Because I think you're sexy.
It'll be good for the camera, right? I think it'd be goodyou know You think what? And massages are nice.
OK, let's go.
We have to go negotiate.
No, I do have to make this tea for Susan.
- I'll meet you down there.
- OK.
Sounds good.
- Don't tell anyone.
- OK.
You want to make sure people aren't in here first cos that's kind of embarrassing.
- Are you ready? - We haven't really negotiated.
- $200? - OK.
What about 100? I said three, you said 150, so we'll meet in the middle at two.
OK.
Are you going to pay with a credit card or cash? - Credit card.
Can I do that? - You can do that.
It's not traceable, if you're married or something like that.
To protect our married clientele, it comes back "Cash Asset Management".
There's a 6% service charge.
This is your credit card? OK.
- Louis? - Yeah.
- We've come in for you to sign the credit card.
- Excellent.
You sign where it says "customer".
What this is saying is that you are aware that you are charging an amount with us and you can't dispute it later because we've got two signatures.
That's for the man who says, "I was drunk and I don't remember.
" No turning back now.
OK.
So where are you from? - So you undress the guy? - I'm trying to but you're not cooperating.
- Now we have to go get 'em! - Sshh.
Would you be able to size me up? - Do you want me to try? - Yeah.
Why not? I think you're very sexual, probably.
You might have a little kinky side to you, but we'd have to get the glasses off.
What even counts as kinky these days? What I think is kinky is guys who like want to have their nipples pinched and fucked in the ass and talking about drinking come.
- That's pretty kinky.
- Yeah.
Would you consider that kinky? Yeah.
That'd be kinky.
So Flip over and you don't have to talk about this.
- How am I doing? - You're doing great.
- Am I pleasing you? - Yes, very much so.
Can we keep the towel on? You said that a lot of prostitutes won't kiss their customers but that sometimes you do.
I have.
Rarely.
Only if they're really good-looking.
Like cowboys.
I'm a sucker for a good-looking cowboy with a nice smile.
If he's got a sense of humour, fuck, it's a date.
Can we - If you go on a date with a guy, do you - Do I tell him I'm a prostitute? Yeah.
No.
And I don't date much, especially when I'm working.
I've had one relationship in the past four years.
- OK Keep talking.
- Have you found something down there? No, no.
I lost the lotion though.
This is expensive stuff.
This is high quality.
You're going to be all shimmery.
You need a tan.
- Are you having a good party? - I'm having a blast.
- Does it feel nice? - Yeah, it does, yeah.
You said one time when we were out here on the first trip, erm that you didn't have a very high sex drive.
After my husband I think I got very wounded, yeah, and I was very not intoyeah, fucking.
I hadn't even known that you were married.
- You hadn't even known? - No, I didn't know that.
Does that hurt? Is that too much pressure? - When were you married? - A long time ago.
- And you're divorced now? - I'm divorced now.
That's You just And why did you get divorced? Because we didn't like each other any more.
- You became a working girl after that? - Correct.
What part of it didn't agree with you? I don't know.
I guess I'm not cut out for marriage.
He started out very gentle and very But then it changed.
"My wife Don't" Very kind of And I was young, so it was hurtful to me and I didn't really have a good take on men for a while.
I kind of just turned it and sex wasn'tyou know.
I don't know.
But I'm not any more.
Not since this massage.
Not since this massage.
- How was it for you? - It was good.
That was fun.
I thought I was gonna get you naked, but that was never gonna happen.
Because we did that, can we keep interviewing you? How does it work now? - We're done now.
That was the negotiation.
- That was it? We had an interesting chat.
We'd have to up the stakes.
We'd have to go for a sexual party or something.
The next day, I met up with Susan in downtown Reno.
I wanted to talk to her away from the brothel.
I'd had a chance to reflect on the women I'd got to know and I had some questions about where they were headed.
Hand on heart, do you really see Emily going to university? Yeah, I do.
I really see her going to junior college.
What about Hailey? Hailey? Hailey's a free spirit.
Hailey will always be Hailey.
But is she getting to that time? I don't mean in terms of She only wants to stay in it one or two more years.
But they all say that.
That's something you hear all the time.
Hailey's hard to pin downon anything.
She'll discuss the fact that she's deaf in one ear, partially deaf, but she'll never say why, and unless you know her story, you'll never know why.
- Why is she partially deaf in one ear? - That's where he shot her.
Her husband.
Yeah.
So she has damage in her ear as a result of the bullet.
She's very lucky to be alive.
So - Yeah.
- Do you know why he did that? - Unbalanced.
- Was he? Yeah.
Unbalanced.
What happened to the husband? He killed himself.
He shot her and killed himself.
So Was that, um? This is an ugly world we live in, Louis.
Didn't you know that? Things don't always turn out the way we'd like them.
We grow up thinking everything is going to be wonderful in our lives and we're going to have wonderful jobs and families and opportunities and then reality sets in and it's not always what it's supposed to be.
People are people and they're not always Not everybody can handle life.
I don't want to be a favouritist about it but I think Hailey's sort of I really like her and I think she's - Hailey's one of a kind.
- She's one of a kind, isn't she? She's one of a kind and you've gotta love her, just her spirit alone, but you don't always have to like her.
Actually, could you jump up to number four? Volume's on the left-hand side.
- Left-hand side.
- Hey, sweetie, how you feeling? - Better.
- You're looking better.
Yeah, it's gone down a bit.
I can do this.
- How are you doing? - I'm fine.
There's some coffee.
- I'm Louis.
- Hi.
I'm Belle.
- You're Belle.
I've heard about you.
- Really? - Are you new? - Yeah.
Brand-new to the brothel.
- And to the business? - Mm-hm.
- No kidding? - Yeah.
- You look very young.
- Thank you.
I'm only 21.
- You're 21? - Yeah.
21 going on 12.
Really.
- How do you like the business so far? - I love it.
It's different.
It's safer than doing other stuff.
Yeah.
Have you tried other kinds of work? Yeah, I did some porno, did some escorting.
What about, um just sort of doing regular work, I don't know, like waitress or whatever? I used to do waitressing and there's no money in it and you work your butt off.
How do you feel about the sex? I love sex.
That's why I'm here.
Why not get paid for it? - I'm a kleptomaniac.
- A nymphomaniac.
A nymphomaniac.
My bad.
- Maybe you're a kleptomaniac too.
- No.
You know! I'm some kind of maniac! I can't tell which one's which.
Do you have a relationship? A boyfriend, anything like that? I have a husband and he knows what I do.
He don't have a problem with it.
I'm picking up that this is mainly money, that you've got a money situation.
- Yeah.
It's a really big money situation.
- What happened? My husband's grandparents are kicking us out, so we don't have no place to go, so I gotta give some money up.
That's all.
It's just a lot of money.
Hi.
- Hi, sweetheart.
- How are you? - I'm fine.
- We've met Belle.
Isn't she nice? - We're so glad to have her.
- I'm so glad to be here.
And she's, er21? - Yes, she is.
- 21 looking 12.
- 12! - I look 12.
- But that's OK.
- Yeah.
We'll keep the 12 looking good.
- Is that a good thing? - Oh, it's a good thing, honey.
- Really? - It's really good with paedophiles.
- That's right.
- Do you get paedophiles through here? - Absolutely.
- All the time.
I would rather a paedophile come here than rip a child out of a school yard.
- How do you know? - If they select Belle.
It's generally if they're looking for someone very, very young.
One guy last night, "I want that little girl there.
" Oh, my gosh.
- That was one.
"I want the little girl.
" - Really? - I'd rather they be here than elsewhere.
- That's true.
Do they ever ask you to do anything weird? I had one guy the other night, he wanted to jack off as I was hitting him in the balls.
I was like, "As long as you pay me, I don't care.
" I didn't have to do anything except hit him in the balls.
I was like, "Cool beans.
" It was really nice, I guess.
Some guys are weird, you know.
Little sexual fantasies.
That's the only weird thing I had so far.
I'm lucky.
Veronica, this is Louis.
How do you do? - Are you a new working girl? - She's an old new working girl.
- Just coming back.
- Not old, but she's been with me before.
- Great.
Welcome back.
- Back under the proper conditions.
- Get in the pool.
- I'm not getting any sun.
It's not hot enough.
- You're not getting fat.
- I said sun.
I'll never be fat.
What's that like, Lance, to be fat? Aah, I'm just joking with you, boss.
OK.
just jokes, just jokes.
I still can work here, right? The brothel had opened its saloon and was making more money than ever.
But access to alcohol brought with it new problems.
Some of the women were binge drinking and being rude to customers.
At the top of the list of offenders was Hailey.
Then I heard some startling news.
Hailey had been let go.
They said, "Your personality is too aggressive and you need to go.
" - So I'm just gonna go to your house.
- OK.
So you've been fired? Apparently, you've been acting up.
Right? - Apparently so.
- Hailey, at least tell me what happened.
Hailey, be gone.
- They're - Be gone.
No.
Go on.
- Shoo.
Excuse me.
Bye.
- OK.
Bye.
- .
.
Honey.
- We've got to talk about this, Lance.
- Not now.
- Not now.
- Not a good time.
But I'll talk with you later.
- OK.
- I'm sorry I'm pissed off - So am I.
- I am very pissed off, missy.
- OK.
I was joking.
- I'm not.
- I know you're not.
I like a peaceful house.
I've had three days of shit coming out of you.
- I want you to - I'm sorry.
Go.
You're going to get me in trouble.
He's really pissed at me.
Go.
- What happened with Hailey? - Yes.
She's trying to bend the rules, twist the situations to suit herself.
And think about it, Louis, we just opened our bar, didn't we? Who's an alcoholic? - I didn't know.
Is Hailey an alcoholic? - Yes.
Is she? And she can't seem to control it, so she can't work for me.
Which is kind of a hard way to look at it but I want serious working people who want to do a good job and not someone who just thinks this is a game.
It's not a game.
It disrupts the entire house.
If you have one person disrupting all the ladies, no one makes money.
It was unclear where exactly Hailey had gone or whether she would ever be allowed back.
But life at the brothel carried on without her.
There was a new face in the saloon, someone well known to the working women.
They referred to him, affectionately, as Humping Hank.
You were talking to Hank as well, weren't you? What happened? He likes to do kissing, which I don't do.
Ah.
How do you know he likes kissing? He's a regular at the bordellos here and that's his thing.
It's called GFE, Girlfriend Experience.
- GFE.
- Yeah.
GFE.
Girlfriend Experience.
All right, guys.
You have fun.
Here he comes.
A guy who was looking for companionship That's right.
But he doesn't want commitment.
- He doesn't want commitment.
Yeah.
- I have lots of gentlemen like that.
That's how a girl makes her money when times are slow.
She has these gentlemen who see her once every two weeks, every month, - however often they're in town.
- Interesting.
That's a smart working girl, when she gets regulars.
Hank was one of mine for a while.
- Was he? - Yeah.
- So was he - He offered to take me away from this.
So was it a choice between Lance and Hank? - No.
- And you chose Lance over Hank? Susan! What's wrong with you? - I had quite a few men after me.
- I bet you did.
He wanted to take you away and make you his wife, his full-time romantic partner? He never said wife, but he wanted to take me home.
- What stopped you from doing that? - Common sense.
Thank you, sir.
What did you come for here today? To meet a beautiful lady, have a wonderful time.
And not just physical beauty, but inside too.
- This girl's got it all.
- You're a sweetie.
What happened between you when you partied earlier? I don't kiss and tell.
- Am I allowed to? - But I will tell I had a good time.
This girl is one hot chick.
You're a sweetie.
Andis it about the physical, the emotional? When I first came out here it was 1990, the year Pretty Woman came out.
It's almost an addiction for me.
I fly cross-country to come out here where it's legal and I've been doing it a long time because I enjoy it so much.
And this girl is so easy to get along with.
She is wonderful.
I could never see her giving anyone a disappointing party.
And that scares me, makes me jealous.
- Oh, honey.
- Does it really? Are you joking? Not entirely.
That was kind of weird, right? Urn That's kind ofa situation of keeping the persona that goes with the party.
- Right.
- I'm not really used to this yet and it's kind ofawkward Learning where to draw the line.
Did you let him kiss you? Urn That's all that he does in his parties.
He doesn't have sex.
Really? That's the only person that I've done a kissing party with and it's specifically because of the fact that he doesn't have sex.
- You'd prefer sex than the kissing? - Yeah.
Definitely.
Cos it's nota relationship thing so much as the kissing is.
How do you see the next few years panning out for you as far as romantic life goes? I mean, is this a temporary thing? Well, at my age I'm ready for the bingo crowd, but I don't want to go there yet.
That's why I'm here.
I don't think you're ready for the bingo crowd.
- At my age, chronologically I am.
- You know what - Emotionally I'm not.
- That's right.
You have the spirit of a young man in you.
You make me feel young, sweetie.
It's in you.
I just help you bring it out.
You do a good job.
You're well worth every penny I spend.
It was kind of like he was getting off on the camera a bit, which was weird.
He was really wanting to show off for you guys.
I had to have a talk to him about pushing me against the wail and kissing me because it's not appropriate in any way, shape or form.
He was thinking about showing off for the cameras and I'm thinking that this is not the way I want people to think you treat women in a place like this because it's not OK.
You shouldn't do that.
You need to keep your intimateness in the bedroom.
I think you're a really wonderful guy, but But? There's always a but.
You don't mix business with relationships.
I hate that word, business.
Ever so unfortunately, it is an aspect of the brothel life.
Was I business to you for the time we were together? You were fun.
Did I make you forget where you were at? Absolutely.
Have I walked in on a private party? I feel like I'm intruding a little bit.
- Are you still in the party? - Sony! No! I wondered how typical that was.
It's not very.
Most of your clients you don't really have to worry about that with.
It's clients that like to get more intimate that you need to be upfront in the beginning and say, "This is where it stops.
This is a business relationship.
"We can pretend to do the whole girlfriend thing, "but you need to understand I'm not your girlfriend, it is a business relationship.
" And he hates saying that because he pretends that it's real, but it's important that he knows that it's not.
The brothel was now days away from its grand opening and there was still no word from Hailey.
I'd been thinking about my experience with Veronica and Hank.
I was troubled by her willingness to role-play and equally shocked by how convincing she could be.
I wondered how hard it was to provide the Girlfriend Experience.
I decided to seek counsel from someone who'd built a career separating love from sex.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.
When we were getting to know each other, we talked about whether you can You talked about how you separate the emotional from the sexual, that if you have a party with a man it doesn't mean you get emotionally involved.
You might like them as a person but that doesn't mean you fall in love.
You don't allow that emotion to enter.
Because someone like Hailey I sense with her, it isthere is a little romantic dimension to her work that she either can't help letting in or is just there.
Hailey's a really wonderful woman but she's been hurt so many times, it would be hard for her to become close to someone because she'd be waiting for that other shoe to drop and the anger to come out and the hurtfulness.
- She doesn't need that right now.
- No.
Look who it is.
- She'll be back shortly.
- OK.
- Uh-oh.
Hello.
- Hi, you guys.
- Hi, Hailey.
How are you doing? - Candy, Hailey.
Have I introduced you to my friends? Yeah.
Did you guys meet my best friend? - Do you feel better? - I didn't feel bad.
When did I feel bad? I don't know.
You seemed a littleI don't know.
I'd been drinking a lot, but I guess binge drinking isn't too damn funny.
I thought it was hysterical, personally.
- So where did you go? - California.
And I'm smoking like a fiend cos I'm not drinking.
- I need some vice.
- To see your sister? I went up there for half a day.
- What is it? - What is it? - What the hell's the trick there? - I thought you were fired.
I think Lance was about ready to pop one.
He got cross.
Was that when we were there? His mean side came out.
He tried to keep it under control.
He said, "You!" - Did he? - "You!" What are the terms of you coming back? No drinking beyond four drinks and keep my drinking under control and don't badmouth the customers.
So that was the circumstances of me coming back.
So I said OK.
This place is going to make lots of money.
- Yeah, that's good.
- Yeah.
So you can still drink a little bit? - You're funny.
- I thought you couldn't drink at all.
- At all? After you.
We'll see what happens.
- It was pretty quiet while you were gone.
It was the day of the grand opening.
Lance and Susan's $4 million dream was officially a reality.
Be friendly.
This is what we are.
"Thank you, nice to see you.
"Please, this is our VIP suite.
" OK.
My name's Emily.
It's E-M-I-L-Y.
Susan helped me go through school.
When I was nervous, she'd help me.
She helped me decide things I didn't know.
When I first came here I didn't know anything at all.
I thought I did though.
I sure thought I did but I didn't.
I'd grown attached to these women.
Susan and Lance had often talked about providing a Girlfriend Experience and maybe I'd been away from home too long, but it seemed to me I'd had a kind of Friend Experience at the brothel that had ended up something like the real thing.
Now I was leaving, but they would continue on, making fantasy a realityfor a price.
Do you think you're an alcoholic? Yeah.
I'm definitely an alcoholic.
I've been an alcoholic for four or five years.
Too long.
Yeah.
I'm a binge drinker.
That's my problem.
I can go months without drinking but once I dotragic results.
Seriously.
That's alwayswork.
I'm always working on that.
Maybe you could just find the right guy and raise a family.
Everybody wants that.
Any human on this earth wants somebody to love and to understand them and to be their partner.
Your life isn't complete without somebody to share it with.
But how can you do that? You can't just make that happen.
That's a really hard thing to obtain.
In five years, if you were still here doing this, would that be a good thing, bad thing? - That'd be a bad thing.
- Why? I hope that I find some sort of path or some place for me.
I hope that I pull that together.
Cos I want a life too.
I mean, this is a life but I do want more.
This is really good for me.
This is kind of therapeutic for me and I'm glad you made me come out here and ended up I don't know what this is going to do For me but it's a nice conversation.
- Can I stroke it? - Can he stroke it? Yeah.
Why did you ask? Careful, man, you're afraid of them.
Just a little action - Is that the snake? - It's a rattlesnake.
They're dangerous.
Baby rattlesnakes are poisonous.
- They're the most poisonous.
- I don't think it is a baby rattlesnake.
Have you guys met Hey, hey! They're my special BBC guys.
- Thanks, Emily.
- Bye, guys.
When are you getting your high-school diploma? - I just haven't done it.
We're lazy.
- You'll have it next time I'm here? Then you're gonna go to Truckee Meadows Community College.
Oh, OK, yeah.
OK, bye, guys.
It's been a wonderful thing.
I've enjoyed your company.
- Thanks, Susan.
- Thank you, Louis.
- I really appreciate it.
- Thank you.
You asked me what I thought of prostitution - and whether I would party with a girl.
- Uh-oh.
And I thought about it and you know what it is? I think it's fake, isn't it? What isn't fake in business? Is your business real? Yeah, but my business is just talking to people.
It's not It's not the intimate thing of sex.
That's the difference.
Right.
So your point is what? - You wouldn't party because - Because it's fake, isn't it? Sometimes.
Sometimes it's not.
You wouldn't know.
I meanyou gotta know.
It's not real.
It's just not real, and you want it to be real.
You were never gonna do me anyway.
You tease.
- It's just entertainment.
- Is that not real? My girlfriend will get jealous.
I'm jealous of your girlfriend, lucky bitch.
- Bye, you guys.
- See you later.
Bye, my love.
Bye!