The Pitch: Jennifer Love Hewitt plays a hooker with a heart of gold.
The Plot: Inspired by a true story, this Lifetime Original Movie tells the tale of Samantha Horton (Jennifer Love Hewitt), a former Texas homecoming queen and physical therapist who — in order to keep her family clothed, fed and sheltered — has no choice but to take a job at a massage studio in a nearby town. Unfortunately for Sam (and somewhat fortunate for those in the audience who enjoy watching actress Jennifer Love Hewitt traipse around in really skimpy outfits), the ideal job turns out to be a little less so when our heroine discovers that a little more than simply massage goes on at the nondescript studio located in a strip mall (Sacre bleu!). Suffice to say, after quickly realizing that it “beats the hell out of waitressin’,” it doesn’t take Sam long to succumb to the world’s oldest profession. Particularly upon discovering that as a result of her photographic memory and gift for gab, she’s quite adept at making lonely men part with money. Lots of money! Allowing for the family to keep the house, son Brady to play football and her overbearing mother (played by Lifetime staple) Cybill Shepherd to cut her a little slack.