New show ‘Good Sex’ wants to leak your sex tape — and review it

A new Discovery+ docuseries wants to leak your sex tape — and members of the public are lining up to bare all.

Well, almost all.

“Good Sex,” premiering Aug. 19, challenges couples to film their most intimate moments and then review them with a coach to see where they went wrong. The audience is shown snippets of the footage, with the couple’s most private parts blurred out. 

Caitlin V. Neal, a sex coach in her 30s who goes by Caitlin V, is at the heart of the show. She told The Post why she prefers the strip-down approach.

“When we are doing talk-based coaching sessions, I’m asking people to describe in words something that’s far beyond our ability to articulate: a sexual encounter,” she said. “Often, because people don’t have a shared baseline understanding, [talking] pales in comparison to being able to see that on video.” 

She likes to watch

The series follows Caitlin V (the V being short for Victorious) through her workday, observing as she meets with a range of clients who come to her for help with intimacy issues, including mismatched libidos, trouble reaching orgasm and erectile dysfunction.

Before meeting, clients are asked to set up cameras in their bedrooms and have sex. Only then can the work really begin.

For Caitlin, watching other people’s sex tapes doesn’t feel weird or invasive: It’s about doing her job more thoroughly, not to mention efficiently.

“My goal is to find a neutral and compassionate base from which to receive information from them,” she said. “I want people left with a sense that whatever they’re going through in their own intimate lives is normal, and there is hope. It’s OK to seek help.”

She’s faking it

Wisconsin couple Erica, 37, and Thomas, 35, came to Caitlin because Erica was not able to reach climax during sex. When they looked over their tapes, Thomas observed himself and commented, “I need to slow down.” 

Caitlin also noted that, within the first few minutes, Erica was “moaning full volume, full force. I just know this has got to be part of a performance for her and not actually in response to what’s happening.”

Caitlin might not have seen the issue if she only had them describe their sex lives using words, she said, since Erica might not have admitted that her moans were fake. 

Through their session, Erica realized she was still grappling with issues of sexual shame and repression rooted in her strict church upbringing. To help her, she was given “homework” to examine herself in a mirror in order to become more comfortable with her sexuality.

Focus, people

In another episode, Caitlin meets with Los Angeles couple Ben, 48, and Annie, 40. They’ve been together for two years after meeting on a dating app; prior to that, they had each been married to their college sweethearts. So, neither Ben nor Annie has much sexual experience. In Ben’s marriage, “it was not common for us to have sex,” he said.

And so he was dismayed to discover that he has erectile dysfunction after he got divorced and began seeing Annie. 

When the threesome reviewed Ben and Annie’s footage, Caitlin noticed that they were interrupted by their dog and that Ben was focused on pleasing Annie and disregarding his own needs. That made it easier for her to help them eliminate distractions, which she said is one of the factors that contributes to the anxiety and stress that leads to ED. It also enabled her to give them instructions for an exercise that focused on Ben vocalizing his desires to Annie. 

Hips don’t lie

The most common problem that couples seek her out for is what they assume is a case of mismatched libidos.

“That’s what they call it, but it’s a whole lot of different problems that are going on beneath the surface,” Caitlin said. “What looks like mismatched libidos might be that they don’t know how to arouse each other. Or, they haven’t been open with themselves about what they really desire.”

The list goes on — and on.

“It could be a problem with shame,” she said. “It could be a hormonal or chemical problem … But it shows up as one person wants to have sex more than the other. It could be that there’s resentment that has not been addressed. The interesting thing about our bodies is that they’re going to be the giveaway. They can’t lie.”

‘Worth a million words’

Alanna, 22, whose sex drive is lower than her boyfriend’s, Adam, 30, is one of the people who came on the show to get Caitlin’s help. She isn’t so sure about seeing herself — all of herself — on television.

“I don’t like watching myself on anything, never mind something so intimate. I think it will be rough,” she said. 

On-screen, Caitlin asks them to tell her what they notice when they watch their tape. 

“I’m not doing much, just laying there,” Alanna commented. “I’m definitely the aggressor in the situation,” Adam said. 

The tape helped the couple pinpoint what was wrong with their dynamic so that Caitlin could give them some exercises such as a sexy game of “red light, green light” that made Alanna the initiator.

“Being able to take control and tell him to come toward me or move away — I really enjoyed that,” she said.