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    Masters of Sex: Season 1, Episode 1

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  1. Sep 29, 2013 · Pilot: Directed by John Madden. With Michael Sheen, Lizzy Caplan, Caitlin FitzGerald, Teddy Sears. Dr. William Masters, a successful doctor of obstetrics and gynecology, begins his controversial study of human sexuality.

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    • Drama, Romance
    • John Madden
    • 2013-09-29
    • Plot
    • Production
    • Reception
    • Deviations from Maier's Biography

    The series opens in October 1956 at Washington University in St. Louis where Bill Masters (Michael Sheen) is honored for his work in obstetric surgery. While making a speech, Bill states that he has to go. Later, he watches through a peephole as Betty DiMello (Annaleigh Ashford), a prostitute whom he hired, has sex with Ernie (Steve Rosen). Afterwa...

    Masters of Sex was picked up for a first season consisting of 12 episodes on June 11, 2012. "Pilot" premiered on September 29, 2013.The episode was written by series creator Michelle Ashford and directed by John Madden. Prop master Jeffrey Johnson designed "Ulysses," a transparent dildo with attached camera first seen in the pilot episode, from scr...

    Approximately one million people viewed the pilot episodebefore its Showtime premiere. The episode was watched by approximately 1.4 million people upon its debut. For her performance in this episode, Lizzy Caplan was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Michelle Ashford was nominated at the 2014 Write...

    Sarah Hughes of The Guardian notes that participants in Masters and Johnson's study "wore pillowcases with eyeholes on their heads"; writer Michelle Ashford didn't include that detail in her adaptation because "they made the actors look like Ku Klux Klanmembers".

  2. Oct 2, 2013 · The best new drama series of the 2013 season. The 1950s show about the discovery of how people react during sex. See the best of MASTERS OF SEX Season 1http:...

  3. 11 minutes in. William Masters and his wife has sex in her single bed. (They sleep in separate beds like old fashioned TV sitcom characters.) He doesn't look at her as they try to conceive. 25 ...

  4. Showtime ordered the pilot for Masters of Sex in August 2011, [14] and greenlit it for series in June 2012, with the first season consisting of twelve episodes. [15] Paul Bettany was originally cast as William Masters and had a say in the casting of the female lead which had reportedly stalled the process. [16]

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  5. Sep 29, 2013 · Pilot. S1 E1: Noted obstetrician Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) teams up with divorced mother Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) to conduct pioneering research that unleashes the sexual revolution. Drama Sep 29, 2013 58 min. TV-MA.

  6. Feb 1, 2024 · Pilot. September 29, 2013 | 61 min. 18+. Noted obstetrician Dr. William Masters (Michael Sheen) teams up with divorced mother Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan) to conduct pioneering research that unleashes the sexual revolution.

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