Showtime: Masters of Sex

[EricMontreal22]

As of the third episode (yes, I'm behind) Finn Whitrock from AMC is now in a recurring role as a male prostitute. One brief sex scene but no ass shots yet...

[EricMontreal22]

I do think the show has gone from strength to strength - and the even semi procedural aspect suggested has not come into play. Characters who seem like they wouldn't be sympathetic, often are, and vice versa. Episode five was devestating but had amazing acting.

[Juliajms]

I find Master's so repellant as a person, so far. I'm watching episode 3 right now. I cannot believe he's making his wife go through all of these treatments when his sperm count is the problem. I keep waiting to find out there's more to it. But even so he's an ass. Not as bad as the stalker, but still, completely unlikeable.

[EricMontreal22]

I think his nadir is in episode 3 and while he's still hardly likeable, once his mom comes into the picture, and particularly in episode 5 you grow *some* iota of sympathy for him. (for the "stalker" too actually--I like how the character has proven to have a degree of more dimensions.)

[Soapsuds]

You got me intrigued Eric so I watched tonight!

[EricMontreal22]

LOL And? There was very little gay content (I assume that's why you watched )

[Faulkner]

The acting on this show is exquisite. Allison Janney is killing it each week. Finn Wittrock had a pretty big emotional scene this week with Beau Bridges, and he acquitted himself well.

Libby's flirtation with the black handyman (FLEX!) is veering a bit into "Far From Heaven" territory.

[John]

Is Finn a regular? Ive only seen the pilot? I dont mind the nudity however was weird in a good way seeing Teddy Sears (OLTL) naked. Finn have scenes like that?

[EricMontreal22]

Sears of course also had a fair amount of nudity in the first season of Horror Story as one of the gay ghosts.

Finn has had major scenes in about three episodes now. You see a fair amount of nudity I guess in his first episode.

[Faulkner]

What does everyone think of the opening titles to the show? I'm not a fan - I find them to be more appropriate for a cheesy, puerile sex comedy, not the clever and sophisticated show this strives to be.

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[juppiter]

I hate hate HATE that they went there. It is so PC and anachronistic. A white housewife in 2013 Missouri is not going to dance with (or even speak to) the black handyman, let alone one in the 1950s. I hope that was a one-shot deal and they're not going to make a storyline of it.

Until we see an erect dick, this show isn't the daring, boundary-pushing show I need it to be. I'm enjoying it, but they're not pushing any boundaries that weren't already pushed 10-15 years ago.

[EricMontreal22]

I am a week behind (so haven't seen last night's) but I don't want a Far From Heaven story either. Still, I think it's too simplistic to say that a white housewife in that time would not even speak to a black handyman. We've already been shown that Libby is liberal minded, that she virtually has no friends and lives in this isolated world... Very little else about her.

I agree, the show is awfully tame really. I don't blame the show, but the advertising, and even the opening credits make it seem like it's more explicit than Tell Me You Love Me or whatever that couple's therapy show was with all the (apparently fake) cocks.

Still not sure how a Pulitzer Prize writer like Michael Cunningham was asked to script this episode (he didn't do the story) but I did think the final scene between the Prov and Finn Whitrock was really well played. Some of the other stuff was too obvious.

[Faulkner]

The advertising (with the 'E' turned on its side to look like a woman's privates) and even the name make the show seem silly and frivolous. Sure, it gets the show attention, but people expecting a Skinemax style boobs-and-buttfest are surely disappointed.

[EricMontreal22]

*Absolutely* I know many people who would really love it, who never gave it a chance simply for that reason -- expecting a silly, 1950s jiggly sex romp.

[EricMontreal22]

I cannot believe Lizzy Caplan didn't get a GG nom, though they tend to prefer actors who have won before.