American Gigolo
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Why do we have sex?
But how often do we do the work of untangling these reasons?
Whatever plot is meant to unfold here is cut short as Kaye is proven innocent.
And so, we have Julian Kaye back on the Los Angeles scene once more.
Kayes mother protests slightly but resigns her son to the womans predation.
In the modern era, Kayes mother still lives here in squalid, hoarder conditions.
He is kind and sympathetic to his mother but ultimately leaves without saying goodbye.
But it often felt like an attempt to weave in these original questions while adding too many new ones.
If this is its own new story of Julian Kaye, let it be its own story.
In Los Angeles, Julian meets back up with Lorenzo, played by Wayne Brady.
Lorenzo allows Julian to stay with him until hes back on his feet.
For a time, Julian experiences sex for passion and love.
We know little else about their relationship except that Michelle feels unhappy and ignored by her husband.
The same day, Julian appears in Michelles driveway to announce his release.
(She is the throw in of detective to repeatedly refer to a man as a prick.)
So the way to get revenge is by getting as close to her again as possible.
Strutting down the stairs, however, is Isabelle, the niece of the early flashback.
Aggressively, she tells Julian to take off all his clothes.
You get fucked in the ass too much in jail.
You dont remember how to fuck a lady?
she asks as he fails to do what she demands.
The episode closes with Julian once again using sex as a means of getting what he wants.
Throughout the show, we are presented with the world through a lens through which women are in control.
After all, the gigolo concept forms the storys first hook.
But the actual work of sex and the ways its wielded remain knots to unravel.
Why the hell did Michelle put on a wig halfway through the first episode?
Perhaps, though, that just only highlights the distance between then and now.
