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[[caption-width-right:299:L-R: Tess, Tippi, Heather, Mel, Nat, Chloe, Lauren, Sean, Amy]]
''Satisfaction'' is an Australian drama series revolving around the lives of several women who work at 232, a high-class brothel. It was filmed in Melbourne and aired between 2008 and 2010.

The cast of characters are:
* Nat. The manager of 232. She inherited the business from her father and grapples with some unresolves issues regarding her estranged mother
* Chloe. A single mother who used to be a teenage runaway and is afraid her daughter might turn out the same.
* Mel. A former escort and later shareholder of 232, as well as a former lover of Nat's father.
* Tippi. An orphan and aspiring writer with an interest in the spiritual.
* Heather. Struggles to come to terms with her profession as she's trying to get pregnant and come to terms with her bisexuality.
* Lauren. The former receptionist who soon becomes an escort.
* Sean. Mel's brother, 232's new male escort and Nat's potential love interest.

The third series saw the departure of several characters and the arrival of 2 new escorts. Amy, a student who is struggling to make ends meet and Tess, a disillusioned saleswoman who is looking for some excitement.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Nat rarely shows any emotion in the first series, but after [[spoiler: her father dies]] she begins to open up a bit more. Her moments with Sean also bring out her vulnerable side.
* {{Dominatrix}}: Heather specialises in this, likely because she's a female-oriented bisexual and trying to get pregnant, which would get in the way of conventional sex work.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Tippi is killed by a loan shark.]]
* EndOfAnAge: The Series 3 finale. Aside from 3 of the original cast being PutOnABus, [[spoiler: Lauren has considered going back to administration after her drinking overtakes her life, Mel adopts a baby and is planning to go travelling, Nat plans to go back to her roots and Sean is planning to take a hiatus]].
* HighClassCallGirl: A show all about them.
* HookersAndBlow: Mostly avoided, but Amy gets on the drugs shortly after joining 232 which causes her to make some seriously bad choices.
* HookerWithAHeartofGold: All the escorts are this, with Amy being the occasional exception. They all look out for each other and go out of their way to connect with their clients.
* LipstickLesbian: Heather, though technically she's a bisexual who just happens to skew towards women.
* PutonABus: [[spoiler: Both Chloe and Heather retire from sex work at the end of Series 2.]]
* SingleMomStripper: Chloe has a daughter, works as a high-class call girl and has a boyfriend but hasn't committed to marriage yet. Lauren eventually becomes this as well after becoming an escort and deciding she's had enough of her husband taking her for granted. [[spoiler: Mel adopts a child in the final episode.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: Amy turns out to be the least professional out of all the escorts. She takes drugs, hangs out with shady figures, was complicit in vandalising a car and assaults a client when he gives her a love bite, as opposed to just calling security on him.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Sean takes an interest in Nat early on and she doesn't push him away even when he gives her reason to. [[spoiler: They get together at the end of Series 2, but by Series 3 they decide to keep things open and it's left ambiguous if they'll stay together.]]

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