Masters of Sex

Previously on Masters of Sex...

I told them the truth.

What did they say?

They just packed their stuff and left.

Why are you doing this?

Perhaps I should just talk to your boss.

For some reason, he's gotten it into his head

that I don't pass muster.

It can't be a coincidence that it happened

right after my fiancée called off our wedding.

The Clavermores have travelled all the way from Philadelphia.

Dr. Masters and Mrs. Johnson are unreachable today.

Why don't I begin your intake?

Was Virginia the boss in bed, too?

Nance, come on.

I vividly remember telling you that you needed to be honest

with your wife about what did not happen between us.

They've got the whole place wired.

Honey, did you have a bad dream?

I don't think he even saw you, thank God.

Why would it be so bad if he did see me?

There are reasons that we shouldn't be together.

Reasons that I am no longer afraid to say.

What is your position on dinner?

My favorite meal of the day.

I mean how would you like to take me to dinner?

The prosecution has sent over a new witness list.

There's a name on it I don't recognize.

Works as a bellhop at the Park Chancery Hotel.

Park Chancery?

Yeah, they're going to call him to testify

Virginia Johnson and I have been meeting

at the Park Chancery.

I would be willing to discuss a plea.

I know what you did, Bill, and I know why you did it.

Finally we are back where we belong, together.

Virginia...

I should have called first. I know.

Did I leave something at the office?

Did you...? Oh, no.

I, uh, I have just gotten some good news.

And I wanted to share it with you soon as I heard.

May I come in?

Um, sure.

You have a cat.

Yeah, Ernie.

Well, I've, uh, I've been calling him Ernie.

I, uh, I recently found out

he already has a name: Miss Julie.

You know, they have apartments that come already furnished.

Oh, no, this was furnished. It was quite cluttered.

So I stacked everything up and threw a cover on it.

You know, I've tried to simplify things.

Well, you would be surprised how little it takes

to make a place feel like a home.

Coffee table comes in handy.

Maybe... sofa

for when you have guests.

Uh, you wanted to celebrate?

Yes, uh, I just heard from Arnold Ketterman

at Little Brown.

Uh, he wants to move ahead with publishing the new book.

Oh, wow, that is good news.

It's terrific news.

The book was as good as dead a week ago.

I suppose it was my trip to New York made the difference.

Do you have champagne glasses?

Um, I don't know.

Maybe there's some in the closet.

Uh, well I think this may be your best option.

What about you?

Oh, uh, after months of AA,

um, drinking has begun to lose its appeal.

But don't let that stop you.

In fact, uh, when you came in,

I was just on my way out to a meeting.

You're welcome to... to take the cup.

You're still doing that? AA?

Uh-huh.

Sobriety is a journey, not a destination.

- Hey. - Oh, my God, Bill.

You scared me half to death.

Baxter and I thought it was an intruder.

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Can I fix you a drink?

Uh, I hope you're not here

expecting a repeat performance of last week.

No, you made it very clear,

uh, there'd be no encores... in that regard.

So I-I thought we could watch the, uh,

The Tonight Show together.

When was the last time we did that?

Before we filed for divorce.

Does the TV in your apartment not work?

I-I had to get out of the apartment.

I was feeling, you know...

- ...claustrophobic. - You live alone.

Well, that's just it, yeah.

I mean, I, you know, I...

I feel alone... there.

That's why I-I'm gonna ask Barton

to come back to the clinic.

You know, he's been such a constant in my life.

Like family.

And since our family is no longer what it was,

and, uh,

Virginia and I are... are no longer what we were...

Might I suggest that you consider dating.

Dating? Libby.

Why not? I am.

Who?

Bram Keller.

Bram Keller...

...asked you out?

My... my defense attorney, Bram Keller?

Well, actually, I asked him.

I hope it isn't awkward.

Awk... no. Why...

why would it be awkward?

It's just a date, Bill.

And I think it is a healthy next step for me,

as it would be for you.

"Friar Bill"... it does have a certain ring to it.

All that's missing from his apartment

is a monk's robe and a hair shirt.

I do appreciate the drink. And the company.

Better than going home.

Plus you cleared things up with Nancy.

I'm not one to hold a grudge.

Especially against a colleague.

How is it possible Bill Masters has a cat?

Honestly, I-I find that man completely inscrutable.

And I have always understood him,

but these past few months, he's been...

Well, he's in the middle of a divorce.

That doesn't explain this.

Come on. Erratic, uncharacteristic behavior,

isolating himself from those with whom he was once close.

Yes, traditionally those would be symptoms

of a man coming out of a long marriage,

but every marriage is different.

For example, I nearly sent out celebration notices

when I got divorced.

Each time.

But even an unfulfilling marriage can provide

a certain kind of, uh, stability.

At Kinsey, we found men typically took divorce

much harder than women.

And women were able to establish new routines, create new lives.

Whereas husbands, used to having their laundry pressed,

dinners cooked, they floundered without wives.

And yet here you are,

eating Chinese food at the office

while your wife is... where is Nancy tonight?

Thank you for reminding me.

Here I'd gone a whole three minutes

without thinking of Nancy's "dinner"

with her old college "friend," Bruce.

My point is,

Bill's relationship that most resembled a true marriage

was with me.

I was his work wife.

And since work was always his life...

But now he's remarrying, thanks to you.

My wife. His new work wife.

He keeps telling Nancy

he wants her involved in everything.

Every aspect of the clinic.

Bob?

Hey, Bob. Wake up.

Just the man I wanted to see.

It's a beautiful place you have!

Must be 800 square feet!

Can you just keep your voice down a little, Bob?

It's 12:30 in the morning.

Do you even know how much this kind of square footage

would go for in Manhattan?

I'll have you coffee in a minute.

Your speech. Let's talk about your speech.

My speech?

At... at the courthouse last week.

"No two human beings would paint the same painting."

How true is that?

On a scale of one to ten, ten being the truest,

how true is that?

I say 12, off the scale.

You're very kind.

"A being's sexual response

isn't formed on the assembly line.

There is no shape that it must take."

You memorized it?

And I've decided we're going to use it as the forward

to the... your book.

Because it's so true, what you said.

"There is no norm. There is only deviation."

Did you mean that?

Is there someone I should be calling, Bob?

Let them know where you are?

I don't know where I am.

Well, you're in St. Louis.