Au Pair Girls (1972) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Anita realizes her deadline has passed while she is with the Sheik. When he attempts to seduce her, she suddenly remembers she was supposed to return to the Howards' house by a specific time. By the time she leaves the Sheik's residence, it is already too late, she arrives to find her suitcases left on the doorstep, meaning the Howards have terminated her placement.

• Anita Sector
• deadline
• Howard family
• Sheik El Abab

Rupert has been raised in a sheltered environment focused entirely on musical training. Lord Tryke and Lady Tryke have prepared him for a concert career but have limited his contact with peers, resulting in him being immature for his age. Nan Lee observes this during her time at the Tryke residence and recognizes his childlike behavior in their games.

• Rupert Tryke
• Lord Tryke
• Nan Lee
• maturity
• concert career

After spending the night with Rupert, Nan quietly leaves the Tryke residence the next morning. Her departure reflects the transient nature of the au pair arrangement and possibly her recognition that the relationship was inappropriate given Rupert's emotional immaturity. She leaves the family with a sense of complicated affection but does not stay.

• Nan Lee
• Rupert Tryke
• morning after
• departure

Carole deliberately introduced virgin Christa to pop star Ricky Strange, having them shop for a revealing outfit and arranging for them to meet after his performance. Christa sleeps with Ricky, then with Carole's own boyfriend Buster. The entire sequence was orchestrated by Carole as a scheme to secure Ricky's attention, she used Christa's virgin status as a novelty to draw him in, knowing he would be intrigued.

• Christa Geisler
• Carole Fairfax
• Ricky Strange
• ruse
• manipulation

Christa leaves because she realizes she has been deliberately used in Carole's scheme to attract Ricky Strange. After discovering the manipulation, she confides in Buster, who shows understanding despite his rough manner. The next morning, Christa tells Carole she is leaving and terminates her employment with the Fairfax family.

• Christa Geisler
• Carole Fairfax
• employment
• leaving
• used

After their various placements end poorly, Anita misses her deadline, Randi causes a scandal, Nan manipulates a vulnerable young boy, and Christa is used and then leaves, each au pair finds themselves back at the Overseas Employment Agency. Anita returns and proposes they join her as concubines for the wealthy Sheik El Abab. All four accept, seeing it as a better alternative to their disappointing host family experiences.

• au pairs
• Sheik El Abab
• concubines
• ending
• choice

After a string of mishaps, Randi and Stephen Wainwright end up at Mr. Wainwright's offices and have sex in the car. The next morning, Mr. Wainwright discovers them naked together on his business premises, creating a shocking breach of propriety that unsettles the entire household and complicates the employer-employee relationship.

• Randi Lindstrom
• Stephen Wainwright
• Mr. Wainwright
• naked
• discovery
• scandal

Anita goes on a date with Malcolm, who had preyed on her at the airport. They visit a casino where Malcolm loses money at the roulette table. Anita then encounters the wealthy Sheik El Abab and disappears with him, leaving Malcolm behind. Sheik takes her to his opulent home where she meets his concubines and discovers he is a wealthy philanthropist before the seduction attempt occurs.

• Anita Sector
• casino
• Malcolm
• Sheik El Abab
• roulette

Soon after arriving at the Howard residence, Anita causes a flood during a shower. This incident establishes her as "something of a handful" and contributes to her poor impression with the Howard family, setting up her later unreliability as a au pair.

• Anita Sector
• Howard family
• flood
• shower
• mishap

Christa's status as a virgin becomes significant when Carole discovers this information and uses it as part of her ruse to attract Ricky Strange. Carole deliberately plans for Christa to meet Ricky, understanding that his interest would be piqued by a virgin. The reveal of Christa's virginity drives the entire manipulative scheme.

• Christa Geisler
• virgin
• Carole Fairfax
• Ricky Strange
• manipulation

The four storylines converge at the Overseas Employment Agency where Randi, Nan, and Christa reunite after their placements end. Anita returns and proposes they join her as new concubines for the Sheik. All four accept and climb into his car together, driving away to begin their new life, a collective ending that ties up all four separate narrative threads.

• agency
• reunion
• Sheik El Abab
• concubines
• ending
• together