Virginia: Previously on Masters Of Sex...
Dr. Madden: So, you consider the relationship
to have a higher purpose?
Virginia: We are uniquely qualified
to develop a treatment,
to prevent countless marriages from dissolving.
William: Cannot present ourselves
as the saviors of the sexually dysfunctional
without having cured a single patient first,
including me.
Shep: The two of you
could finally teach America how to have sex.
William: On... television?
Libby: I don't know why I want what I want,
- but if you would... Robert: - What?
Libby: ...kiss me,
then maybe I could figure it out.
Lester: I have a... a-a condition.
I can't do anything with a girl.
Barbara: I-I also have a... condition.
George: I got a gig. Six weeks backing Floyd Desouza.
We want the kids to come, too.
Virginia: - To Europe? George: - Why not?
Virginia: No. My answer is no.
George: So you would rather that they come home from school
every day to a babysitter
and hope that they can stay up late enough to see their mother?
Herb: You push back on this--
on a reasonable request--
you could be opening up a whole can of worms.
I don't think you want to do that.
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Virginia: I feel we may have stumbled upon
something interesting.
That night, after the camera crew left,
that was the first time that we had ever touched--
just touched.
William: Without the ulterior motive for touching being sex--
even an-- a-an attempt at sex.
Virginia: And then that other night
when you were so upset and vulnerable
after the fight with your brother,
I comforted you just by touching you.
William: And I was able to have sex.
[ Sighs ]
Virginia: Given that...
I think we have to come at this with a different approach.
Intercourse off the table,
but, also, the touching of genitals.
William: Also off the table.
Virginia: Nonsexual touching only.
Well, you're definitely aroused.
William: [ Sighs ]
S-so maybe now is a good time to try.
[ Sighs ]
So... now what?
All right, if-- if we put touching genitals
back on the agenda...
Virginia: But still stop before actual sex.
William: Right. No expectations being key.
Virginia: That seems the logical next step.
[ Romantic music plays ]
[ Breathing deeply ]
We now know sexual touching works.
[ Both breathing deeply ]
Maybe we should continue into actual sex.
William: Mm.
[ Sighs ]
Virginia: Let me initiate first.
And you just feel-- feel...
feel me.
Feel your body.
It's interesting if you look at the progression.
Seven nights of nonsexual touching, multiple erections.
William: With a few unmitigated disasters.
Virginia: But still.
And then followed by seven nights of sexual touching.
William: Again with multiple erections if you don't count--
Virginia: I don't.
We're focusing on the positive.
And now we've had seven nights of successful...
William: And successive...
Virginia: Yes, seven nights of successive
and successful coitus.
So based on these results,
at what point can we consider you cured?
[ Cheers and applause ]
Man: After 14 years on the national scene,
Senator John F Kennedy of Massachusetts,
selected by the Democratic Party,
began his campaign for president,
showing the same enthusiasm he displayed
while seeking the nomination.
[ Birds chirping ]
William: [ Sighs ]
[ Applause ]
[ "Stars And Stripes Forever" plays ]
[ Crowd cheering ]
[ Cheering stops, music fades ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Wistful folk music plays ]
You left the water on in the shower.
Libby: I did?
How stupid of me.
Uh, I'm going in today to volunteer.
William: At CORE?
I thought you'd given that up.
Libby: The leadership has been in Atlanta,
protesting the arrest of Dr. King.
They're back today, and, no, I have not given it up.
Your mother should be here soon to stay with the children.
[ Child babbling ]
I love you.
I love you both so much, hmm?
So, so much.
[ Voice breaking ] You have no idea.
Child: Mm.
Libby: [ Smooches ]
Hmm.
[ School bell rings ]
Virginia: Oh. Good.
Miss Braddock is running late.
George: Actually, you're late.
Miss Braddock's on time.
That's why she took the other parents in--
the ones who were already here.
Virginia: Oh.
Well, they must've been early--
trying to impress Miss Braddock, no doubt.
George: [ Chuckles ]
Well, would that be such a bad thing?
I did see Henry's last report card.
Virginia: [ Sighs ]
George: Hey, I got a call from Johnnie J yesterday.
He offered me a regular gig at The Cosmopolitan Club.
St. John's Trio is now playing there four nights a week.
Virginia: Oh.
First Europe and now St. Louis.
George: [ Chuckles softly ]
I've been thinking...
What if the kids, uh, spent a little more time
at my place during the week?
Instead of just the one night, maybe two or even three?
Virginia: You just had them for six weeks in Europe.
George: Yeah, and I've never seen them happier.
Virginia: Well, that's because you hardly ever see them.
George: My point, Gin, is to change that.
Virginia: And my point is
don't make me regret giving you an inch, George.
I mean, seriously. Where is this all coming from?
Audrey?
George: Why can't I have changed?
Virginia: You have changed-- changed for Audrey.
And while I'm so pleased that she has managed
to acquaint you with fatherhood in these past six months,
let's not forget I'm the one who has been here for them
since the beginning-- all of the conferences
and the vacations and the sleepless nights
when they've been sick and--
George: Fine, okay, but let's not forget that you've had
your own problems in the parent department.
I mean, we're being honest, right?
Neither of us is particularly great parent material, Gin.
But you know who is? Audrey.
Virginia: [ Chuckles ]
George: - No, she loves the kids. Virginia: - [ Sighs ]
George: And she spends more time with them
than either of us put together.
And don't our kids deserve to have at least one parent
- who puts them first? Virginia: - [ Sighs ]
No, I-I am going to pretend that I didn't hear that.
George: Well, actually, I want you to hear it.
Virginia: No, George.
You can have our kids once a week like always,
as we've agreed.
And while it is your night tonight,
you did just have them for six weeks,
so I'm going to keep them at home with me tonight.
George: What's that, a punishment for suggesting something
that might actually be good for the kids?
Virginia: Shh! Miss Braddock! The Johnsons are here.
Oh, I-I don't need tissues, thank you.
This is, uh, it's a small matter really.
As you know, I share custody of my children
with my ex-husband, George.
Herb: Oh, h-how was the European tour?
Virginia: Fine, I suppose.
But I'm here because I-I may have been a bit sloppy
when I dissolved our marriage.
Herb: Sloppy?
Virginia: Yes, you see, George never even wanted children--
not even from the beginning.
And so when it came time to finalize a custody agreement--
Herb: You don't have a signed one. Ugh.
[ Sighs ]
Virginia: Well, it-it just--
it seemed irrelevant at the time.
Herb: But now he's found Jesus.
Virginia: Audrey.
My point is, George will back off quickly enough
when he's confronted with an actual lawyer,
which I do think is important
now that there is a new wife in the picture.
Herb: Hmm. New wives are like francium--
the most unstable of all the elements.
Virginia: You dabble in chemistry?
Herb: Eh, in another life. [ Chuckles ]
A life where I thought there was order to the universe.
Now I know better.
So now I get contracts signed.
Narrator: In the heart of the Midwest,
along the banks of the Missouri river,
lies the sparkling city of St. Louis.
With a quarter of a million people living...
William: Is this for the St. Louis Tourist Board?
Virginia: [ Chuckles ] I'm sure they're just setting the stage.
Shep: The idea was to ease the audience
into the subject matter.
Narrator: There are many building blocks
to a prosperous society,
but one essential element is marriage.
A strong, happy union between a man and a woman
is crucial to both the family unit
and to the community at large.
But what makes a happy marriage?
To answer the question, what kind of changes occur
physically during moments of marital intimacy?
William: I think I phrased it,
"What happens to the body during sex?"
Shep: Well, people are sophisticated.
- They'll read between the lines. William: - Sexual response.
And where we observed, uh, many physical phenomenon.
An accelerated heart rate in both men and women.
Virginia: Respiration also increased, as did perspiration.
William: There's a consistent skin flush in both subjects
called vasocongestion.
I'm fairly certain I said "Skin flush in both sexes."
Shep: You did, but the network preferred the word "Subjects."
Uh, we looped it from another part of your interview.
Virginia: And in both men and women,
there is a marked increase in blood pressure.
Lester: All the symptoms of a heart attack.
Shep: Yes, but here, we're talking about sex.
Lester: I must've missed that.
Narrator: The study continues here in America's heartland,
as Masters and Johnson are now poised to break new ground
in the treatment of physical dysfunction.
Virginia: Physical dysfunction.
It could imply...
Lester: Gout or amputation.
Shep: Because we see the couple
going into your offices, Bill, we know the context.
The dysfunction is sexual.
Virginia: Our goal, first and foremost,
is to promote understanding, to start a dialogue
about a subject long considered taboo.
Shep: Okay, well, that's just a rough cut,
but it gives you the general layout of the piece.
Now, CBS is very pleased.
No one else has a story like it.
And I feel it's not a moment too soon.
I did some more digging into your, uh, Dr. Joseph Kaufman
at UCLA, and it turns out he is publishing his work,
something called "Man And Sex."
Virginia: A book for general publication?
Shep: Publication is two months away.
Now, we're gonna be out there first with this,
and as I've said, once you've marked your territory,
the next guy to come along often looks like yesterday's news.
Virginia: But not always?
Shep: N-not to worry.
Once the film airs, there's gonna be follow-up press.
There's gonna be interviews and profiles.
We're in great shape.
Manny: By taking the focus off St. Louis,
we now have to re-energize our base.
Robert: Like we out of sight for a few months,
- and suddenly we're out of mind. Manny: - Mm.
Libby: Welcome home.
Robert: Glad you came in.
We're, uh, back to work, obviously.
We can use an extra pair of hands.
We're, uh, sending a letter of intent to everyone
on the housing board.
The envelopes need to be addressed and stamped.
Libby: I can do that.
Robert: Glenn, go and get Mrs. Masters settled by the mimeo.
Manny, I want you with me when I call Supervisor Drake.
William: A presentation of our work
that puts sex back in the closet.
Virginia: I'm not saying that it wasn't sanitized.
William: It had all the gravitas of a toothpaste commercial!
Virginia: [ Laughs ] It wasn't specific.
But Shep's point, which is well-taken--
William: I also told Shep to take out that reference
to sexual dysfunction,
yet there it was anyway, against our wishes.
Virginia: Physical dysfunction,
and we made no promises in that regard.
William: Virginia, stop defending the indefensible.
Virginia: [ Sighs ]
William: Uh, we barely have a handle on dysfunction ourselves,
let alone any statistical success with actual subjects--
other than me.
This is-- this is new work
in, uh, a delicate and fragile state.
Virginia: The work is?
Or... are we talking about something else?
William: Uh, look, if we have found something as--
as radical as this appears to be,
to-- to-- to fix something as intractable as impotence,
you first turn the focus entirely away from sex.
Virginia: Yeah, and that would be groundbreaking and--
William: Yes, it would be.
So it cannot be jeopardized.
Virginia: You're right.
We are nowhere near publishing.
But that doctor in Los Angeles, he is.
And if his book happens to catch the public's fancy
and we are