Secret Diary of a Call Girl 1x04

It’s still the same night. I told you this show is easy to binge! A little over 20 minutes per episode and I’m just flying through them. I love a good marathon of a show that’s easy to sit through.

Thoughts While Watching

• This opening montage is exactly why I could never be an escort. Or a model. Or an actress. Or anything where my physical appearance is judged constantly. You think I have the time, energy, desire, or care enough to stay on top of things like daily exercise, eating right, and shaving/waxing/plucking every day? Hell to the no.
• 300 pounds to do her taxes? I know pounds and dollars are different and I don’t know the exact exchange rate but that seems steep. I paid $85 USD for someone to do my taxes.
• I love the way they exchanged their paperwork in bed. It’s a cute scene.
• I LOVE this scene with Ben. They’re so adorable.
• Okay, so, part of the reason why I love Hannah and Ben so much is because I can relate to it. I have a guy best friend that I’ve been friends with now for about 15 years, since we were in high school. Long story short: we met because he was dating one of my best friends, I briefly dated his brother, then we were just friends but formed a crush on each other, we talked on the phone every night for months, he gave his best friend (who had a girlfriend) my number because his best friend had a crush on me and I started talking to him every night too (both of them, one call right after the other), he told me he liked me and I was too scared to say it back, then I started dating his best friend, and then the mess began. This friend, the Ben to my Hannah, or maybe in some ways the Hannah to my Ben, we’ll call him J. J was always jealous of my relationship, I was jealous of every girl J ever dated, hooked up with, or married, we had an off and on again unofficial relationship for YEARS. I say unofficial because he was never actually my boyfriend but we’ve been best friends since I was a teenager, we’ve hooked up many times, we’ve had feelings for each other the whole time, and it’s always caused problems with our significant others. This scene right here? I’ve lived it. When I found out J knocked a girl up and had a quickie shotgun wedding out of nowhere (he had just told me the week before that he would “never marry her"), I had an absolute MELTDOWN. I turned into the world’s most epic bitch just like Hannah does in this episode. I’ve lived this. And later on when Ben makes her the “best man” in the wedding that never happens? I actually did marry J’s best friend that I mentioned I started dating at the beginning of this story and J was the best man in my wedding. I love them because I relate to them. I’ve lived all of this but without the added complication of prostitution.
• I’m with Stephanie. I’d like to beat up men for money.
• I really don’t get the appeal in this level of roleplay. It’s too over the top. Just feels fake and cheesy to me.
• It seems dangerous to just kick someone without looking at where you’re kicking them, especially for someone as inexperienced as Belle. Poor guy could've broken a rib or something.
• I wish we’d seen this domme again. She’s interesting. I like that she’s married and doesn’t actually sleep with her clients.
• “So glad I didn’t get hit by a bus!” she says as she holds up a whip. Lmao!
• Okay, I have several questions. All of this stuff she bought to turn her apartment into a BDSM dungeon had to cost a fortune. Who paid for it? Did she pay for it out of pocket or did the client reimburse her? Did he get to keep it or did she take it back? I feel bad if he had to pay for it because I know the experience isn’t what he wanted. But I also think it’d be ridiculous for her to pay for it all for a one-time appointment. She would’ve put out more than she earned.
• I can’t avoid people when there’s drama like she can. I’m the type to get into a fight every time.
• This is so awkward and she’s so bad at this, I love it.
• Oh my God…why? Some of this, like the toilet thing, is just TOO GROSS. I can’t understand the appeal at all. And yeah, I’m kink shaming. Get over it.
• Not to nitpick about everything, but he said the safeword four times before she stopped. And she didn’t seem to do any of what the domme taught her about warming up. She’s supposed to be a professional and I know she’s new to this and emotionally distraught about Ben, but damn. And right after last episode where she intentionally did something without consent, it just feels a bit…gross.
• Dude, just let her apologize. She was clearly the one who screwed this up.
• I love how she’s making this out like she’s just mad that Ben didn’t tell her sooner when it’s obvious to me and probably everyone else that she’s actually jealous and doesn’t want to admit it or show a sign of weakness. I can relate to this so much.
• SHE TOLD BEN!

Final Thoughts

Time for the next episode where we see the fallout of her texting Ben the link to her escorting site! Also, we’re officially halfway through the first season. Time flies when you’re having fun!