| Behind Locked Doors | |
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| Season 1, Episode 1 | |
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| Air date | May 13, 2011 |
| Written by | Richard Hollis |
| Directed by | Greg Pritikin |
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"Behind Locked Doors" is the premiere episode of Femme Fatales, and the first episode of Season 1. It premiered on May 13, 2011.
"Behind Locked Doors" is a double-length episode. For syndication and streaming, it is often split into two separate episodes, respectively titled "Behind Locked Doors, Part 1" and "Behind Locked Doors, Part 2".
Plot[]
Movie star Lacey Rivers is in for the role of a lifetime after her fast-living lands her in jail. She finds that it's not so easy to make friends except for her tough cellmate, a starstruck guard and a sympathetic warden. Will her past finally catch up with her, or does she have nine lives?
Summary[]
Lacey Rivers, a female movie star, is sentenced to a year in jail after she runs down four pedestrians while texting. A hulking inmate named Big Aggie, who marks her territory by scarring her girls' faces, comes on to Lacey and tries to torment her. Lacey is saved at the very last minute by Camille Gardner, a female cellmate. Maxine, a female prison guard, intervenes on Big Aggie's behalf and sends Camille to solitary.
Maxine visits Lacey in her cell and attempts to extort her: she knows Lacey's real name and criminal past. Lacey files a grievance against Maxine with Jeffries, a male prison warden on Camille's behalf, which angers Maxine further. Lacey also starts a very passionate affair with Rafe Daniels, a male prison guard.
Lacey has Camille punch her in the face, and tells Rafe that it was Maxine who gave her the shiner. When Maxine again tries to extort Lacey, Rafe follows her into Lacey's cell. Together, they murder Maxine and frame Camille. Lacey tells Warden Jeffries that Camille gave her the shiner, and begs him to get her an early release.
Rafe is somewhat thrilled to think that Lacey will be getting out, until she makes it clear their affair is over. Realizing that he has been fooled by Lacey, he gets very angry and reveals that he found out what Maxine knew about Lacey: back in Little Rock, where she was a dancer, Lacey convinced a lover to kill her husband so she could collect on his insurance. Rafe is determined to get even with Lacey for using him. He clears Camille of Maxine's murder and escorts Lacey to her new cell, where Big Aggie awaits.
Opening segment[]
"Prison can be a very scary place – survival of the fittest and all that. What's a spoiled young Hollywood actress to do when thrown into the tank with all those sharks? Those are just the prison guards. No, Lacey Rivers is going to have to rely on her one skill she can count on – her acting. You don't get $5 million a picture without any talent. Behind these locked doors, our little Lacey is about to give the performance of her life."
Closing segment[]
"Watch any Lacey Rivers movie, and you will always be treated to a happy ending. Well, poor Lacey. She's about to discover that real life rarely turns out like a G-rated family film. Karma can be such a bitch."
Notes[]
Trivia[]
- It originally aired as a 60-minute episode, but has been formatted as two 30-minute episodes in most subsequent re-airings for scheduling reasons. While many guides list it as a two-parter, its initial airing and release on DVD as one double-length episode should make this the official recognition.
External link[]
| Femme Fatales TV Series - Season 1 |
| Behind Locked Doors I Bad Medicine I Something Like Murder I Speed Date I The White Flower I Girls Gone Dead I Haunted I Angel & Demons I Help Me, Rhonda I The Clinic I Till Death Do Us Part I Visions, Part 1 I Visions, Part 2 |