The WORST episodes of Masters of Sex
Every episode of Masters of Sex ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Masters of Sex!
The series chronicles the unusual lives, romance and pop culture trajectory of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a mid-western teaching hospital in St. Louis to the cover of Time magazine.
#1 - High Anxiety
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/6/2015
Masters continues his surrogacy program, now under Johnson's critical eye.
#2 - Monkey Business
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/23/2015
Masters and Johnson are interviewed as they take on an exotic new patient.
#3 - Undue Influence
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/2/2015
Masters seeks unexpected advice. Virginia is distracted by news of Henry.
#4 - Freefall
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2016
In the wake of their fallout, Masters and Johnson search for purpose in a world without one another and look to work as their personal lives crash down around them. Libby finds herself alone for the first time since her marriage and discovers some unexpected allies. Season premiere.
#5 - Giants
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/2014
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.
#6 - The Excitement of Release
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/26/2015
Masters and Johnson look to capitalize on their burgeoning fame.
#7 - One for the Money, Two for the Show
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/21/2014
A television crew arrives at the clinic to document Masters and Johnson's work treating sexual dysfunction. Masters considers the publicity premature, and himself unsuitable as a television presence. Virginia deals with the fallout of having prioritized her work over her parenting when George argues to take their children on a trip with his new wife. Plus, Libby finds in Robert an appreciation for what she has to offer. And Langham realizes there's no way out of his sexual contract with Flo.
#8 - Two Scents
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/16/2015
Masters and Johnson take on a famous couple hoping to renew their sex life.
#9 - Inventory
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2016
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.
#10 - Kyrie Eleison
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/20/2014
Masters begins a new job at Memorial Hospital under Betty's extortion terms only to discover that his boss insists he leave Virginia behind in favor of a handpicked secretary. Meanwhile, Johnson is torn between pressing Masters to rehire her and staying by DePaul's side as her condition worsens.
#11 - Surrogates
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/30/2015
Johnson jets away with Dan Logan. Masters begins his surrogacy program.
#12 - Through a Glass, Darkly
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2015
Johnson objects to Masters' program following missteps in the protocol.
#13 - Parallax
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/13/2014
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.
#14 - Night and Day
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/2016
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.
#15 - Dirty Jobs
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/3/2014
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.
#16 - The Pleasure Protocol
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2016
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.
#17 - Below the Belt
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/14/2014
Masters learns of a rival study and calls in a public relations expert to help brand his work with Johnson. Virginia, having finally learned of Masters' sexual difficulties, is invigorated by the prospect of finding a cure. Determined to prove her worth to Robert, Libby canvases a tenement for a rent strike. Plus, Langham is stunned when Flo informs him that he has to have sex with her in order to keep his job. And Barbara and Lester connect over their shared sexual dysfunctions.
#18 - Mirror, Mirror
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/31/2014
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.
#19 - Three's a Crowd
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/19/2015
Masters takes on a high profile patient. Virginia and Libby come to terms.
#20 - In To Me You See
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/2016
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.
#21 - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/28/2014
After watching an early cut of the documentary, Masters is disturbed by the portrayal of his work. Johnson's move to solidify her custody arrangement with George backfires. Finding justification in Masters' distraction, Libby continues her relationship with Robert. Langham discovers Flo's family's wealth and connections, causing him to re-evaluate his relationship with her. And after repeated testing of their protocol to cure impotence, Masters and Johnson feel they are ready to cure sexual dysfunction.
#22 - Fallout
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2013
The hospital takes part in a nationwide civil defense drill, and the heightened atmosphere escalates conflicts among the staff. A former study participant reveals she’s pregnant and wants to know the identity of the father. Masters and Johnson, their relationship strained after ending their study participation, butt heads on whether to maintain study confidentiality or take responsibility. Haas learns he’s been denied a future job at the hospital but wrongly assumes his breakup with Vivian is to blame. Margaret Scully seeks answers about her husband’s sexuality from an unlikely source.
#23 - Matters of Gravity
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/9/2015
Johnson's parents arrive unannounced. Masters takes on a promising patient.
#24 - Party of Four
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/20/2015
Masters, Johnson, Logan and his wife gather in New York for a dinner in which agendas collide, truths are exposed and no relationship emerges unscathed. Back home, Libby faces an accusation that threatens her family's foundation.
#25 - Fight
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/27/2014
Masters delivers a baby with ambiguous genitalia and urges the parents not to surgically assign the child a sex out of fear or convenience. Meeting Virginia at a hotel for a secret rendezvous, the two of them divide their attention between sexual role-play and a championship boxing match, prompting Virginia to unearth the truth of Masters'' troubled childhood.