Masters of Sex
Apple TVWilliam 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 a midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazine and multiple appearances on Johnny Carson's couch. He is a brilliant scientist out of touch with his own feelings, and she is a single working mother ahead of her time. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance, and unlikely pop culture trajectory.
Season 1
In 1956, former nightclub singer and single mother Virginia Johnson becomes the assistant to renowned OBGYN William Masters. They embark on their pioneering study in human sexuality while trying to navigate their personal feelings for each other. Masters' wife Libby tries to conceive a child to save her marriage. Dr. Ethan Haas chafes under the supervision of Dr. Masters and deals with a changing society. University Provost Barton Scully struggles to support his protege William Masters while dealing with a long-held personal secret.
Season 2
Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson struggle to get their work back on track while taking their relationship to a much more intimate place. Libby flounders in a loveless marriage and turns to volunteering. Former prostitute Betty DiMello tries for the American dream and ends up working with Masters and Johnson. Dr. Austin Langham becomes the spokesman for a popular diet company and the boy toy to its aggressive founder.
Season 3
Welcome to the swinging sixties. Thrust into the spotlight by the publication of their controversial study, Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson find themselves the unlikely leaders of the sexual revolution. But as newfound fame and pressures mount, their relationship becomes twisted and tangled putting the couple in a position that even they might not be able to handle.
Season 4
The seventies are in full swing and sexual experimentation is all the rage. Masters and Johnson should be celebrating, but their clinic is in legal trouble, their personal lives are in tatters and their relationship is on the rocks.
Cast (526)
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Directors
Michael Apted
Director
Ages 72-75
Adam Arkin
Director
Ages 57-60
Jeremy Webb
Director
Colin Bucksey
Director
Ages 67-70
Michael Dinner
Director
Ages 60-63
Jennifer Getzinger
Director
Ages 46-49
Dean Perisot
Director
John Madden
Director
Ages 64-67
Christopher Manley
Director
Lawrence Trilling
Director
Michael Weaver
Director
Phil Abraham
Director
Tim Fywell
Director
Ages 61-65
Keith Gordon
Director
Ages 52-55
Karyn Kusama
Director
Ages 45-48
Susanna White
Director
Ages 53-56
Lesli Linka Glatter
Director
Ages 60-63
Dan Attias
Director
Ages 61-64
Adam Bernstein
Director
Ages 53-56
Michael Engler
Director
Adam Davidson
Director
Ages 49-52
Eric Tignini
Director
Matt Earl Beesley
Director
Miguel Sapochnik
Director
Ages 39-42
Julie Anne Robinson
Director
Ages 68-71
Writers
Michelle Ashford
Writer
Amy Lippman
Writer
Sam Shaw
Writer
Steven Levenson
Writer
Ages 29-32
Bathsheba Doran
Writer
David Flebotte
Writer
Eileen Myers
Writer
Tyler Bensinger
Writer
Gina Fattore
Writer
Ages 45-48
Richard Levine
Writer
Jonathan Igla
Writer
Noelle Valdivia
Writer
Lyn Greene
Writer
Ages 59-62
Michael Cunningham
Writer
Ages 60-64
Producers
Original Language
en
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
US
Production Companies
Sony Pictures Television, Round Two Productions, Timberman/Beverly Productions