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The Worst Episodes of Masters of Sex

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The Worst Episodes of Masters of Sex

William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from...

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  1. Background image for Monkey Business
    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #1 - Monkey Business

    S3:E7

    Masters and Johnson are interviewed as they take on an exotic new patient.

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    Director:Adam Arkin
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for High Anxiety
    6.1/10(9 votes)

    #2 - High Anxiety

    S3:E9

    Masters continues his surrogacy program, now under Johnson's critical eye.

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  3. Background image for Through a Glass, Darkly
    6.2/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Through a Glass, Darkly

    S3:E10

    Johnson objects to Masters' program following missteps in the protocol.

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    Director:Jeremy Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Excitement of Release
    6.4/10(14 votes)

    #4 - The Excitement of Release

    S3:E3

    Masters and Johnson look to capitalize on their burgeoning fame.

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  5. Background image for Two Scents
    6.5/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Two Scents

    S3:E6

    Masters and Johnson take on a famous couple hoping to renew their sex life.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for In To Me You See
    6.7/10(9 votes)

    #6 - In To Me You See

    S4:E7

    Masters looks to groom Art as his protege in a new area of research as Johnson does her best to keep Nancy at arm's length. Betty seeks an unlikely source for assistance in her fight for equal rights to Helen's baby.

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    Director:Michael Apted
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Mirror, Mirror
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Mirror, Mirror

    S2:E8

    Masters privately treats a couple for infertility, without revealing his relationship to them. Johnson 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 on her own. Libby is unnerved after witnessing a hate crime that is then whitewashed by the police.

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  9. Background image for Parliament of Owls
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Parliament of Owls

    S3:E1

    Masters and Johnson face the press for the first time.

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  10. Background image for Undue Influence
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #9 - Undue Influence

    S3:E4

    Masters seeks unexpected advice. Virginia is distracted by news of Henry.

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  11. Background image for The Pleasure Protocol
    6.8/10(10 votes)

    #10 - The Pleasure Protocol

    S4:E3

    Masters and Johnson adjust to new partners, but their respective cases have them second-guessing the instinct to remain separated. A romantic prospect pushes Libby to embrace life as a newly single woman of the sexual revolution.

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    Director:Adam Arkin
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for The Eyes of God
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #11 - The Eyes of God

    S4:E10

    Masters and Johnson work to save the practice from disintegrating in the face of insurrection within the clinic. As everyone in their lives either moves on or falls away, Bill and Virginia find solace in one another. Season finale.

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    Director:Michael Apted
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Giants
    6.9/10(14 votes)

    #12 - Giants

    S2:E5

    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 boyfriend, 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.

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    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Inventory

    S4:E2

    Masters and Johnson turn to new partners in an effort to put the past behind them and focus on their expanding clinic. Given their fractured triangle, Libby reevaluates her relationship with Bill and Virginia.

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    Director:Jeremy Webb
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Three's a Crowd
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Three's a Crowd

    S3:E2

    Masters takes on a high profile patient. Virginia and Libby come to terms.

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    Director:Dean Perisot
  16. Background image for Family Only
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #15 - Family Only

    S4:E6

    Johnson looks to get her relationship with Masters back on track while Masters does his best to find satisfaction elsewhere. Betty and Helen ready themselves for a new addition; Art and Nancy discuss the consequences of their party.

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    Director:Colin Bucksey
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Topeka
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Topeka

    S4:E8

    Masters and Johnson go on the road and pose as a couple to investigate practices at a competing clinic. While Bill and Virginia are away, Art, Nancy and Langham take advantage of their absence to further their own agendas.

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  18. Background image for Night and Day
    7.0/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Night and Day

    S4:E9

    Masters and Johnson return from Topeka, each grappling with the trip's ramifications. Art and Nancy look to tie up loose ends in order to have a fresh start, and Libby embarks on a road trip with Bram that changes her perspective.

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    Director:Karyn Kusama
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Pilot
    7.1/10(20 votes)

    #18 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Dr. William Masters, Washington University’s foremost OB/GYN, runs a successful medical practice by day and conducts a secret study of human sexuality by night. Former nightclub singer Virginia Johnson joins the hospital secretarial staff and proves herself to be an asset to Masters’ work.

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  20. Background image for Race to Space
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #19 - Race to Space

    S1:E2

    On the heels of Masters’ proposal that they participate in the sexual response study, Johnson considers the best course of action to keep her job – only to find she no longer has one. The study has been forced out of the hospital and Masters believes Johnson is to blame. As Johnson fights to save her job and struggles to care for her kids, Masters moves his study to a brothel. But Masters soon discovers that the chaos of the cathouse is unmanageable without Johnson’s help.

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  21. Background image for Love And Marriage
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Love And Marriage

    S1:E8

    Masters and Johnson decide that the best way to record their study findings is to film them, but to do so they have to enlist outside help. Johnson redoubles her efforts to get a college degree, only to find that Dr. DePaul’s Basic Anatomy class is a requirement. Meanwhile, Haas and Langham – both unsure in their relationships – convince each other of the merits of being a married man. And after Margaret catches him in a compromising position, Scully takes drastic steps to control his sexual impulses.

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  22. Background image for Parallax
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #21 - Parallax

    S2:E1

    Masters deals with the ramifications of his disastrous presentation and being fired from the hospital. Meanwhile, Libby urges Masters to get another job; and Virginia fights off advances and innuendos stemming from the belief that she was the woman in Master's explicit film.

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  23. Background image for Dirty Jobs
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Dirty Jobs

    S2:E4

    Langham observes Masters and Johnson exiting a hotel room and shares his suspicions with DePaul, who is forced to make plans for her work without Virginia's involvement. Meanwhile, Betty attempts to conceal her infertility from Gene; and Masters tries to bring Johnson aboard as his assistant only to be thwarted by the head of the hospital, who takes a prurient interest in Masters' study.

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    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Blackbird

    S2:E6

    After Hendricks bans Masters from using black participants in his study, Masters contacts a journalist to promote his efforts, using the debunking of 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.

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    Director:Keith Gordon
  25. Background image for Story of My Life
    7.1/10(11 votes)

    #24 - Story of My Life

    S2:E9

    Virginia continues to impersonate a patient's case history in order to glean advice from a psychiatrist. Betty and Masters' attempt to remedy Lester's impotence by hiring a prostitute rattles him even further. Libby gets the third degree when she offers her eyewitness testimony regarding the beaten man. And Barbara Sanders wrestles with an unsettling diagnosis that exposes a chain of secrets and causes Masters and Johnson to clash over their treatment strategy.

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    Director:Jeremy Webb
  26. Background image for Surrogates
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Surrogates

    S3:E8

    Johnson jets away with Dan Logan. Masters begins his surrogacy program.

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    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"Monkey Business" is the worst rated episode of "Masters of Sex". It scored 6.1/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Adam Arkin and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/23/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "High Anxiety".