What Happens at the End of "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed" Season 1? (Spoilers!)

Spoiler Alert!

Heads up! This article gives away big surprises from "Queens," which is the Season 1 finale of the show "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed." You can watch it now on Apple TV. If you don’t want to know what happens, stop reading!

Meet Paula and Her Crazy Year

Imagine a woman named Paula Saunders (played by Tatiana Maslany). In the first season of Apple TV’s show Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, she had to deal with a lot of very hard problems all at once:

• She was paying a webcam sex worker named Trevor (played by Brandon Flynn) to talk to her online.
• One day, Paula watched Trevor seemingly get murdered right on her screen.
• After that, she tried to figure out who did it.
• At the same time, bad people were blackmailing her (that means they threatened to share secrets unless she did what they said).
• She also fought to keep her daughter Hazel (played by Nola Wallace) living with her.
• But her ex-husband Karl (Jake Johnson) and his new wife Mallory (Jessy Hodges) wanted to move the family far away to a place called Boise.

Just When Things Seem OK…

At the end of the season, it looks like Paula finally fixed everything!

What Got Solved

1. Paula won the court case to keep custody of Hazel, even though she had been acting weird and scared lately.
2. The big dangers she faced seemed to go away.
3. Some mysterious crime-world people (the same sneaky folks behind all the trouble) made Paula’s main enemy, Frank (Murray Bartlett), fall off a roof.
   • They left a fake suicide note saying Frank killed Trevor.
   • This made it look like all the problems were finished.

Paula Says "I’m Done!"

A detective named Sofia Gonzalez (played by Dolly de Leon) thinks something is still wrong. But Paula doesn’t want to hear it.

• Paula tells Detective Gonzalez: "I don’t know anything that makes any sense!"
• She closes the door on helping the police.
• Paula says she will celebrate her wins.
• She even plans to go on a date with Steve (played by Raymond Lee), a parent she knows from school.
• Her final words to the detective: "I’m dropping everything else, and maybe you should too."

Important Point: Even though the danger looks gone and Frank is blamed for Trevor’s death, the detective still feels the story isn’t over. Paula chooses to walk away and be happy instead.

Summary

In the Season 1 finale of Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Paula wins custody of her daughter and seems free from blackmail and danger. Shadowy criminals frame Frank for Trevor’s murder, tying up loose ends. But Detective Gonzalez suspects more is going on. Paula, tired and ready to move on, tells the detective she knows nothing and is done investigating—she’s celebrating and even going on a date!

FAQ

Q: Where can I watch "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed"?
A: It is streaming now on Apple TV.

Q: Who plays Paula?
A: Tatiana Maslany plays Paula Saunders.

Q: Is Frank really the one who killed Trevor?
A: The show makes it look that way with a fake note, but Detective Gonzalez thinks there’s more to the story.

Q: What does Paula plan to do after the finale?
A: She plans to celebrate, go on a date with Steve, and stop worrying about the investigation.