A.G. Lawrence writes, and Gary Dean Orona directs, this third episode of The Erotic Traveler.

Marissa (Divini Rae) is hosting another showcase of her work in her gallery when she meets Serena and Trevor (Christine Nguyen and Levi Steele), who tell her that they’re in town for the weekend, celebrating their 7th wedding anniversary, and they would like to book her for an erotic photo shoot the next day. But Marissa can’t do it because she’ll be busy with the showcase, which also continues the next day. So Allison (Kaylani Lei) jumps in and volunteers to do it, which the couple accepts because “a protege of Marissa Johanson must be the next best thing to having Marissa Johanson.” 

Unbeknownst to them, Allison has no experience shooting erotic photography yet, which Marissa points out to her, but Allison is sure she can do it.

We see Serena and Trevor back in their hotel room, where Serena expresses her second thoughts about the shoot, as she doesn’t feel as sexy as she used to, complaining about the way her body looks. Trevor assures her that she is as beautiful now as she was when he met her, and they have hot and romantic sex.

The next day at Marissa’s studio, Marissa is giving Allison a quick lesson in erotic photography by having her shoot a nude male model named Maurice (Sarge Logan), while giving her some tips. But they don’t have time to do much because Serena and Trevor show up early, and Allison leaves with them.

A little later in the episode, we see Marissa in a darkroom, developing pictures she took of Maurice, and he comes in to see them, and then we see that they have a history together and they have sex.

Allison takes Serena and Trevor out to a remote desert-like area (remember, they’re in Utah) to shoot. They get naked and pose together but Serena is still insecure about her body and doesn’t feel sexy. And when Trevor makes a little joke about the look on her face, she takes that as him mocking her looks and storms off. Trevor goes after her to calm her down, leaving Allison alone. As Allison walks around, she starts to imagine Serena and Trevor having sex, while she watches, and eventually she joins in, until Serena appears in real life and snaps her out of it. It’s getting late, the sun is setting, so the shoot is just called off.

Back at Marissa’s studio, Allison complains about her failure, but Marissa talks about how her first 3 shoots also failed for various reasons and encourages her to not give up. Allison calls Serena and Trevor back to the studio and the two reconcile and start having sex on a loveseat as Allison takes pictures of them.

The episode ends with Allison showing Marissa the photos she took, which include one of her with Serena and Trevor. THE END

Okay, now, this episode was much better than the first and second episodes of this series. It feels like what I was expecting when I first heard of it. A decent story that actually shows some character growth and has some very hot sex scenes. First of all, Christine Nguyen is one of my all-time favorite softcore actresses, so the three scenes with her were a delight to watch. She always brings her A-game. Normally, including a Divini Rae sex scene with that would make this a 5-Star episode. However, since her scene takes place in a photography darkroom, it’s all in a red light, which is hard to watch, so I have to deduct a point for that. Still, this is a great episode.

Chacebook rating: FOUR STARS

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