Masters of Sex television series online watching
Masters of Sex is an American period drama television series that premiered on September 29, 2013, on Showtime. It was developed by Michelle Ashford and loosely based on Thomas Maier's biography Masters of Sex. Set in the 1950s through the late 1960s, the series tells the story of Masters and Johnson (Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson) who are portrayed by Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan. The series has received critical acclaim. It was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Series in 2013. The series was canceled by Showtime on November 30, 2016, after four seasons
The series explores the research and the relationship between William Masters and Virginia Johnson (Lizzy Caplan), two pioneering researchers of human sexuality at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. The series begins in October 1956 and ends in August 1969 with the fourth season.
As noted by the Los Angeles Times television critic, the series "hangs on bones of fact"; "it's more useful for the viewer to think of it as all made up. Because, mostly, it is, and because to the extent it tells the story of two real people, it also adorns the telling with dramatic practicalities, invented characters, and narrative detours. Indeed, it's down these side streets, casting a brief light on a passing character, that the show finds many of its best moments.
Other than principal characters, which are partly fictionalized, adults are significantly fictionalized; however, children are entirely fictionalized. In real life, Masters and Johnson each have two children, however, in the series they have three children each. Episodes featuring the children include a disclaimer where it states that their storylines are "entirely fictitious". Series creator Michelle Ashford explained, "We are telling a non-fiction story and one where there are people who are still alive out there, and those people need to be protected. We were advised to add to protect the people that are still alive. It wasn't a storytelling prerogative. It had to do with protecting living people.
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