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  • SHOWTIME
  • Sep 11, 2016
  • SHOWTIME
  • Sep 11, 2016

Summary Masters of Sex is a Showtime series features Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance and pop culture trajectory, which saw them go from a Midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazi...

  • SHOWTIME
  • Sep 11, 2016
  • SHOWTIME
  • Sep 11, 2016
Masters of Sex
Season 4
Season Premiere: Sep 11, 2016
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
6.5
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Summary Masters of Sex is a Showtime series features Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as the real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance and pop culture trajectory, which saw them go from a Midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazi...

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Episode 1 • Sep 11, 2016 • 57 m
Freefall
Episode 2 • Sep 18, 2016 • 58 m
Inventory
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.
Episode 3 • Sep 25, 2016 • 57 m
The Pleasure Protocol
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.
Episode 4 • Oct 2, 2016 • 56 m
Coats or Keys
Johnson, Masters, Libby and Keller wind up together at a party thrown by Art and Nancy. Pairings and perspectives shift as the night wears on, until the light of day exposes the consequences of the evening.
Episode 5 • Oct 9, 2016 • 58 m
Outliers
Johnson and Masters' troubles come to a head as the trial begins with Keller leading the charge. Virginia does her best to revive their career as Bill faces the reality of what the charges could mean for him, Johnson and the practice.
Episode 6 • Oct 16, 2016 • 56 m
Family Only
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.
Episode 7 • Oct 23, 2016 • 58 m
In to Me You See
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.
Episode 8 • Oct 30, 2016 • 56 m
Topeka
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.
Episode 9 • Nov 6, 2016 • 59 m
Night and Day
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.
Episode 10 • Nov 13, 2016 • 57 m
The Eyes of God
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.

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83
Sep 9, 2016
At least the opener indicates this remains an intelligent series in search of complex answers to complicated questions.
By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 12, 2016
This is the most entertaining the show has been in quite some time, but for reasons most would never have predicted. Like just about everyone in this episode, Masters of Sex has finally been liberated.
By Jon Negroni FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
6.5
70% Positive
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13% Mixed
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17% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
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70% Positive
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13% Mixed
3 Ratings
17% Negative
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70
Sep 14, 2016
There is an old axiom that says you should not confuse sex with love. The fourth season of Masters of Sex lands squarely and entertainingly right in the middle of that potential mess.
By Rob Lowman FULL REVIEW
67
Sep 6, 2016
Masters of Sex excels when Virginia Johnson and William Masters are together, so it's to the season 4 premiere's detriment that they share only a few mostly uneventful minutes on screen. Still, the duo deliver nuanced performances. [9 Sep 2016, p.55]
By Ariana Bacle FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 12, 2016
Watching Masters plod around in despair, while Johnson rejects his attentions, doesn't feel suspenseful, since we know at some point these two are going to tie the knot. By this point, it's hard to care about their relationship, or the fate of their sex-research clinic.
By Kristi Turnquist FULL REVIEW
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