Masters Of Sex

The ramifications caused by Masters (Michael Sheen) and his disastrous presentation ripple beyond his firing from Maternity Hospital. Libby (Caitlin Fitzgerald), worried about supporting their new baby, pushes him to get another job. Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), still working for Dr. DePaul (Julianne Nicholson), must fight off the advances and innuendos stemming from the belief that she was the...

Masters (Michael Sheen) begins his new job at Memorial Hospital under threat of extortion by Betty (Annaleigh Ashford), only to find his boss insisting he leave Johnson behind in favor of a handpicked secretary. Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), still alienated at Maternity, is torn between pressing Masters to rehire her and staying with DePaul (Julianne Nicholson) as her condition worsens.

Masters (Michael Sheen) delivers a baby with ambiguous genitalia and urges the parents not to surgically assign the child a sex out of fear or convenience. Upon meeting Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) at a hotel for a secret rendezvous, the two divide their attention between sexual role-play and a championship boxing match, prompting Johnson to unearth Masters’ troubled childhood.

Langham (Teddy Sears) sees Masters (Michael Sheen) and Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) exiting a hotel room after an evening tryst. He brings his suspicions to DePaul (Julianne Nicholson), causing problems between the two women and putting Johnson’s job in jeopardy. Masters is thwarted by the head of the hospital – a man with a prurient interest in the study – when he tries to bring Johnson on as his...

Masters continues to break new ground by continuing his study as the only white physician in a Negro hospital but at the cost of his gynecology practice. Libby is confronted by Coral’s brother, Robert, over her poor treatment of Coral, Betty reunites with her former lover, and Johnson struggles to right her relationship with DePaul, who is newly aware of Johnson’s ongoing affair with Masters.

After Hendricks bans Masters from using black participants in his study, Masters contacts a journalist to promote his efforts, using the debunking of black sexual stereotypes as the lure. Johnson is forced to accept DePaul’s choice to end her chemotherapy treatments. Gene uncovers the truth about Betty and Helen’s relationship. Libby fires Coral after discovering she lied about Robert being...

In the wake of Masters (Michael Sheen) discovering that Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) has continued to have romantic relationships with other men, he becomes impotent without her knowledge and cuts off their sexual work together. He tries to keep his new clinic solvent over the course of three years by borrowing against his house, offering medical services to the hotel and finally accepting money...

Masters (Michael Sheen) privately treats a couple for infertility, without revealing his relationship to them. Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) realizes her work with Masters can be used to help people suffering from sexual dysfunction but quickly gets in over her head when she attempts to treat Barbara Sanderson (Betsy Brandt) on her own. Libby (Caitlin Fitzgerald) is unnerved after witnessing a hate...

While mining their shared history over a family dinner, Masters (Michael Sheen) bristles at Frank’s insinuations about his and Estabrooks’ demons. Virginia (Lizzy Caplan) continues to impersonate a patient’s case history in order to glean advice from a psychiatrist. Betty (Annaleigh Ashford) and Masters attempt to help Lester (Kevin Christy) remedy his impotence by hiring a prostitute,...

Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), having finally learned of Masters’ (Michael Sheen) sexual difficulties, is invigorated by the prospect of finding a cure. When Masters learns of a rival study, he calls in a public relations expert to help brand his work with Johnson. When his brother Frank insists that their father’s alcoholism – and not the man himself – was responsible for the abuse they both...

A television camera crew arrives at the clinic to document Masters (Michael Sheen) and Johnson’s (Lizzy Caplan) work treating sexual dysfunction. Masters considers this publicity premature and himself unsuitable as a television presence – especially in the wake of lessons learned about the power of television from the Nixon-Kennedy debates. Johnson deals with the consequences of having...

After watching an early cut of the documentary, Masters (Michael Sheen) is disturbed by the whitewashing of his work. Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) moves to solidify her custody arrangement with George (Mather Zickel) only to see it backfire. Libby (Caitlin Fitzgerald) continues her relationship with Robert (Jocko Sims), finding justification in Masters’ distraction. Langham (Teddy Sears) discovers...