Season 1 was a well written, well acted character study of Christine Reade, who transforms from smart, "good girl", from a good family, who does well in law school, receives an internship at a prestigious firm but winds up a high priced call girl. Christine was not a particularly likeable character but her transformation from one world into another was spellbinding.
Season 2 consisted of two unrelated half hour weekly stories. It seems creators Kerrigan and Siemtz wanted to go in a very different direction but were stuck with the escort theme. Kerrigan did the "Erica and Anna" portion of GFE primarily about Erica, an unethical political operative involved in arranging illegal campaign contributions. Anna was the call-girl in the story. Erica uses Anna to blackmail a political opponent and inexplicably decides she must have a relationship with Anna. Anna appears somewhat unstable and the two of them alternate between pleasing and hurting one another. We learn nothing about either character. The series is essentially about the political intrigue and less about the characters, none of which have any redeeming value or are worth caring about.
Siemetz did the "Bria" portion of GFE. Bria is a former escort now in the witness protection program. We learn that she met a mob boss as an escort and married him, presumably to live a life of wealth. She was aware of his violent criminal activity and admitted to participating in some crimes. Now she feared he would find her and kill her before she could testify against him. Unhappy in her new, tedious life as well as afraid, she secretly finds a few wealthy men to escort as well as using sex to ensure the married marshal assigned to protect her remains interested. The only thing "Erica and Anna" and "Bria" have in common is that there is not a single character in either series worth caring about.
Season 2 consisted of two unrelated half hour weekly stories. It seems creators Kerrigan and Siemtz wanted to go in a very different direction but were stuck with the escort theme. Kerrigan did the "Erica and Anna" portion of GFE primarily about Erica, an unethical political operative involved in arranging illegal campaign contributions. Anna was the call-girl in the story. Erica uses Anna to blackmail a political opponent and inexplicably decides she must have a relationship with Anna. Anna appears somewhat unstable and the two of them alternate between pleasing and hurting one another. We learn nothing about either character. The series is essentially about the political intrigue and less about the characters, none of which have any redeeming value or are worth caring about.
Siemetz did the "Bria" portion of GFE. Bria is a former escort now in the witness protection program. We learn that she met a mob boss as an escort and married him, presumably to live a life of wealth. She was aware of his violent criminal activity and admitted to participating in some crimes. Now she feared he would find her and kill her before she could testify against him. Unhappy in her new, tedious life as well as afraid, she secretly finds a few wealthy men to escort as well as using sex to ensure the married marshal assigned to protect her remains interested. The only thing "Erica and Anna" and "Bria" have in common is that there is not a single character in either series worth caring about.