Masters of Sex

20134 seriesEntertainment / Drama
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William Masters and Virginia Johnson are known as pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research shoots them to fame on a trajectory that takes them from humble beginnings in the Midwest to the cover of Time magazine. Masters is a brilliant scientist who is out of touch with his own feelings. Johnson is a divorced mother who is ahead of her time on many fronts, including her determination to have a meaningful career. The pair's relationship isn't just professional, as Masters divorces his wife, Libby, to marry Johnson as they pursue their experiments. `Masters of Sex' is based on Thomas Maier's book of the same name that profiled the couple.

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Episode 1Parallax

As Masters faces up to the ramifications of his disastrous presentation, Libby pushes him to find another job. Johnson struggles with unwanted advances and innuendos.

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Episode 2Kyrie Eleison

Masters begins a new job at Memorial Hospital under Betty's strict terms, only to discover that he's being forced to leave Johnson behind in favour of a new secretary.

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Episode 3Fight

Johnson unearths details of Masters' troubled childhood as the pair experiment with sexual roleplay during a secret rendezvous. Masters delivers a baby with ambiguous genitalia.

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Episode 4Dirty Jobs

When Langham sees Masters and Johnson leaving a hotel room, he raises his suspicions with DePaul, putting Johnson's job at risk. Betty tries to conceal her infertility from Gene.

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Episode 5Giants

Masters continues his work as the only white doctor in a hospital for black patients, but it comes at a cost to his gynaecology practice. Libby is confronted by Coral's brother.

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Episode 6Blackbird

Masters contacts a journalist after he's banned from using black participants, and Johnson struggles to accept DePaul's decision. Gene learns the truth about Betty and Helen.

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Episode 7Asterion

After learning that she continued to have romantic relationships with other men, Masters ends his and Johnson's participation in the study and tries to keep his new clinic solvent.

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Episode 8Mirror, Mirror

Masters treats a couple for infertility privately, without revealing his relationship to them. Elsewhere, Johnson realises her work can help people with sexual dysfunction

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Episode 9Story of My Life

Masters is upset when Frank discusses his mother's personal issues at dinner, while Johnson adopts a patient's medical history as her own to get advice from a psychiatrist.

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Episode 10Below the Belt

Johnson discusses her relationship with Masters with her therapist, and Betty's efforts to help with the clinic's shaky finances threaten to attract some undesirable tenants.

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Episode 11One for the Money, Two for the Show

A television crew begins filming the treatment of patients at the clinic, but Masters worries he isn't the right person to be featured in the production.

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Episode 12The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Masters is concerned by the whitewashing in an early cut of the documentary, while Johnson tries to solidify her custody arrangement with George.

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