Overview
- The series will begin broadcasting on Friday, August 28 on Das Erste and will be available earlier in the ARD‑Mediathek in six episodes of about 25 minutes each.
- The plot follows Nelly, a business‑student played by Ella Morgen, who adopts the escort name Aurora to pay off a study loan and who gains money, confidence and a new sense of control as her side job reshapes her life.
- Creators Miriam Dehne and Marie C. König say they deliberately exaggerate clichés as a stylistic device and draw on König’s own past escort experience to ask the show’s central question: when does buyability begin?
- The series intentionally distances itself from depictions of forced prostitution, street‑level Reeperbahn clichés and overt violence, presenting escorting as a professional, high‑end service.
- Reviewers note the program’s clear message that ‘sex work is work’ but also flag that its empowerment framing may not reflect the realities of many sex workers and could shape public debate about agency, safety and labor in the industry.