Masters of Sex (2013–2016): Season 2, Episode 7 - Asterion - full transcript

Previously on
Masters of Sex...

You made it very clear that you
don't approve of my behaviour.

The fact I have sex
with Virginia

with no plans to stop.

What happened?

My mother will go back
to Ohio for good.

And Lester's job
as a production assistant

is for a real studio, which means
he's gonna be a director soon

and he wants me to be
the leading lady.

I have been putting up
with Al because of you.

And I don't want to see
them ever again.



Betty doesn't
like Helen.

I mean, those two,
they're so close.

The way they kiss each
other right on the lips

and now they hate each other?
I don't...

Wait, wait, wait, wait.
What are you talking about?

It's just you and me,
hand-in-hand, despite everything.

Everything... Oh,
and it has been everything.

Every lie imaginable, Betty.

What's going to happen
to me?

The radiation
may slow the cancer,

but it's unlikely
to stop it.

And she's my friend.

She knows me.

I know you.



I'm sorry.
I must have, uh...

You're looking
for Virginia?

Who are you?
Her... Her beau.

Ripped By mstoll

Can I help you?

I'm sorry. I must have
the wrong address.

Masters and Johnson
clinic?

Oh, no.
I'm, I'm not a patient

Uh, I'm just...

It's my first
day back at my old job.

Just getting here early
to get a jump on things.

The neighbourhood's down
on its luck.

Hard to keep
good tenants.

Communist headquarters?

Used to be a haberdashery,

then a dentist office...

Better red than dead.

That was a joke.

Whole space up here
belongs to

Masters and Johnson now.

Used to be Eddie's
place before

Dr Masters
fancied it all up.

You have a happy
first day now.

Thank you.

Some men come home to fame
and fortune,

some to measure ejaculate.

Can you, uh, back up
onto your mark?

My mark?

Uh, the feet.

Your feet go on
the feet.

The feet are
your mark.

It's as if
you never left.

I was thinking
the same thing.

I meant to tell you,

I received a postcard
from Jane last week.

Really? Didn't know they had
postcards in bitch town.

I'm good to go
when you are.

All right. I will tell
Dr Masters we're ready.

October 15, 1958.

Subject 38-328...
Ejaculate trajectory.

We're running
out Of space.

We need another

at least dozen
bulletin boards,

considering
we're at the halfway point.

You'll order them?

I would say
we're more than halfway.

I disagree. I won't
publish until we have

at least 100 observations of
each individual phenomena,

10,000 observed sex acts
in total

to ensure that the data
is ironclad, unimpeachable,

which means we're now at
the halfway point at best.

Well, I'd say
even halfway

is ambitious
at this point.

I was doing the books
last night...

And the sky is falling.

It's safe to say that we are not
in the best shape financially.

Money will sort
itself out.

How? By magic?

Twenty-three of your fertility
cases followed us here

out of the hundreds
that you had at Maternity.

Oh, uh,
am I interrupting?

What you are
is a half-hour late.

Hardly an
auspicious beginning.

Does auspicious mean
hello to you, too?

Betty, uh,
what are you...

I'm the new girl.

Girl?

Yes. Miss Dimello...
Mrs Moretti.

Miss Dimello.

Has joined our staff

to help with light paperwork
and answering phones.

You hired Betty
without telling me,

without consulting me?

I didn't consult you about the move
here or the terms of our lease.

Which was a mistake,
I think we can both agree.

Betty can also help
with the books.

I do the books. Yes, but it's not
your area of expertise, is it?

Betty did the finances
at the brothel'

Mmm, I ran
the books there,

and we had steak three nights a
week and heat in the winter.

You said we were
short-handed.

Here's your extra
set of hands.

Please see to it
that Betty gets settled

and has everything
she needs.

Violence against
Negroes in Little Rock, Arkansas,

is once again on the rise

as white citizens are
blaming the Negro community

for the closing of four public
high schools in Little Rock.

Tensions increased
for months

after controversial Arkansan
Orval Faubus...

Change your thoughts, and
you change your world.

Easier said than done,
apparently.

We haven't had
the pleasure

of your and Mrs Holden's
company for a while.

It's nice to see you back.

Well, there's reasons
for our...

...absence.

Mrs Holden is...

Uh...

Well, Mrs Holden
decided that,

uh, the life
we created together

was no longer enough.

So she has left

in search
of greener pastures.

I'm, I'm so sorry,
Dr Holden.

You always seemed like
the nicest couple.

Well, things aren't
always what they seem,

Elliot, are they?

No. No, sir.
Heavens, I just...no.

Someone who works right
here at this hotel...

He will remain
nameless...

But his wife just ran
off with a Spaniard.

You just don't
see it coming.

That's the worst part.

You take a vow.
You take a wife.

And with that wife,

you enter into

a covenant

where you can...

You can stand exposed,

and you can show things
you've never shown anyone,

because your wife...

She knows you.

She sees you,

and, uh,
she's not repulsed.

She doesn't recoil.
She doesn't leave.

And the betrayal

of that kind of wife
who just comes in

and opens you up,
and then...

Nah, just, just leaves.

That is a wife
who cannot...

Cannot be forgiven.

For every storm,
a peaceful harbour.

For every tear,
the buds of May.

For every care,
a perfect future.

My wish for you
on this special day.

Oh, daddy's here.

Just us three
for Johnny's birthday.

You've landed yourself
a handsome beau.

Looks like me a little.

Is it serious
with this guy?

He hasn't asked me
to go steady,

if that's what you mean.

And, uh,

how's our Bill
taking this?

Bill?

He has nothing to do
with my personal life.

I see.
Playing that game.

Bill is married, Austin.

We work together.
That's all.

I'll take your
overreaction to mean

you've ended things
with Bill.

Good move.
Austin.

Out with the old,
in with the new.

Looks like we both have a
second chance at happiness.

Me with the beautiful,
vivacious Holly,

and you with Sidney.

Shelley.

Shelley.

Careful with her
mitts, Shel.

If she were a surgeon,

you would fuss
over her hands less.

Hand models have it 10 times
harder than surgeons.

One nick, scratch,
chipped nail,

there goes a career.

It's true.
I had a friend.

She burned her thumb making
pancakes, and that was it.

She's a substitute
teacher now.

Show them how
it's done, honey.

Oh.
You're gonna love this.

Nice.
Wow.

And you would think
doing such exacting work

that she would earn
a solid wage, but...

No. Peanuts.
So we were thinking,

me and Austin,
about going

in an entirely
new direction.

- Lingerie modelling.
- Hmm.

I can't picture you
in lingerie, Austin.

Austin says the less
I wear, the better.

So I thought, why not get
paid for my God-given gifts?

It's funny.
Lingerie happens to be

something I know
a lot about.

Yes, Shelley
is a girdle salesman.

Actually, there's a modelling
agency in our new building.

I'm not sure what type of
modelling they specialise in,

but...
But why not find out?

Yeah.

Austin loves
my hands, loves...

But why limit myself?

Why think closed
when the world is open?

Why think small when
the world is so big?

So big.

I want to plant a
garden in the side yard.

I love gardens.

You plant beans,
you get beans.

Carrots become carrots.

Set out to make something
grow, and it does.

You wanted a clinic
of your own.

Deep down,
you probably always did.

And now, you have it.

I envy you.

You've reached your goal,
I guess you could say.

My goal is to
have a family.

Well, that's why
we have the boy.

Family meaning
more than one.

You know
what that entails, Lib.

We can’t just
flip a switch. It's, uh...

It's fertility treatments,
more fertility treatments,

disappointment,

maybe heartbreak.

Please.

This is what I need.

It's like we're fated
or something.

Always showing up
at the exact same place

at the exact same time.

You're not gonna
regret this, hiring me.

Although, it's funny.

This morning, I was putting
on my last pair of stockings,

hole in each big toe,
and I thought to myself...

"Why did the doc
give me this job,

"considering we've both been at
each other like two cats in a bag?"

Well, you've, uh... You've
helped me out before...

Twice, in fact.

When things were as dire for
me as they are for you now.

So you could say I'm a man who
believes in repaying a debt.

What makes this
tricky is you seem to have

no credit history
at all.

So, because I'm, uh, not
up to my neck in debt,

that makes me
a credit risk?

Up until recently, you were
drawing regular paycheques

from several major St. Louis
hospitals, but now...

Now I'm an entrepreneur. As you can
see, I've opened this practise,

overseen its refurbishing.

That takes capital,
Mr Durang.

Are you not in the business
of providing loans

to new businesses?

It's funny with doctors.

I missed the joke.

They are notoriously
bad businessmen.

In fact, we have
a saying at Walcohl Bank

that if doctors were
in charge of Wall Street,

it would still be
a saltwater swamp.

So you're rejecting my application?
No, no.

I can get
this loan approved,

but we are gonna use your assets.
All your assets,

as collateral.

I'm talking your house, your cars,
any savings accounts, investments,

so that if you do go the
way of most doctors...

We know we'll get our money
back one way or the other.

What's he waiting
for, a chequered flag?

I told Mr Boychuck
he could take his time.

The 98th observation

of male respiration

monitored through
the four stages.

Oh, stage one.

Finally.

Beginning at...

Ah!

$10 we paid Mr Boychuck.

$10 now out the window, because
no data can be gleaned

from a subject who orgasms
in under five seconds.

We can no longer make
these kinds of mistakes.

I think that we should
expand the questionnaire.

Might help to weed out the
people that aren't suitable.

Well, I suggest
you do that soon.

I will start on it
first thing in the morning.

I'm going to
head out now.

I drove by the Park Plaza
the other night.

It was all I could do to keep
from going in, having a drink.

Ever have that impulse?

I'm not much
of a history buff.

Bill, please.

I suppose that you could
punish me forever, but I...

I'm not punishing you.
Yes, you are,

but it's unreasonable.

You go home to someone
every night.

Why can't I go home to...
Fill in the blank?

You know I'm sorry, Bill.

I've said it many times, even
though you refuse to listen.

But I will
say it again.

I regret that night that
you went by my house.

I know seeing Shelley
there was a shock.

If you're gonna stand here and
press the matter, Virginia...

The real shock that
night was your child.

The night I stood
on your doorstep,

I wasn't looking
at Shelley.

I was looking at
your daughter.

Wrapped around
this stranger's leg...

One of how many strangers
that have met your children

in their way
in and out of your bed.

And I thought, I cannot
be a part of this.

I know something of what
children carry through

from their childhoods, how
they need a good mother,

a present mother.

And I know better than
to be yet another man

who parades through their lives
while the mother they do have

tries to keep clean
sheets on the bed.

You cannot keep
this up, Bill.

You can't.

There's nothing
to keep up, Virginia.

We're work colleagues,
nothing else.

Nothing's happening.

How long do you
want me to try?

It's like it's our own
little city down here.

Um, our offices are
on the second floor.

I'm embarrassed it's
taken me long to visit.

It's, um...

It's really very...

There was a man urinating
on the wall outside.

Ah, the neighbourhood's in
transition, as they say.

Recession's not helping much,
either, but that just means

there's one direction
to go, and that's up.

Uh, there's
Stalin's gift shop.

Uh, about as popular
as the plague these days.

And that's our resident
modelling agency.

And by modelling agency, I mean
"joint that books burlesque girls."

Ah.
Uh, and finally...

No more Chinese takeout.

Hallelujah for a cheeseburger
at a good old greasy spoon.

Two kids now?

Yes.

Uh, I asked Bill how the plans
for the new lab are coming.

Still plans.

But to be
perfectly honest,

I've been telling your
husband for the last year

he should rent
this space.

It'd be better
for our end of year report.

Didn't realise you knew
about real estate, Betty.

I just finished
my real estate tax class.

Uh, I'm halfway to my
accounting degree. Oh.

I figure a woman that's stupid
about money is a stupid woman.

I learned that
the hard way.

Hey, come here.
Yeah, come here.

You're mommy's got
to go in there.

I know.
Got her?

Yeah, got her.

All right, let me take that, too.
Just in case.

You're a lifesaver.

Got it.
I know.

Yeah, now you're
with Uncle Betty.

September 2, 1959.

Background interview,
Virginia Johnson part one.

Tell me about
the questionnaire.

You see, a fair number
of study applicants

suffer from
sexual dysfunctions.

Uh, dysfunctions that make it
difficult for them to progress

through the four stages
of sexual response.

And since our data does depend on
normally functioning participants,

this questionnaire, it helps
to catch a dysfunction

before it lands
on our exam table.

The questionnaire 's become

sort of a weeding out
process.

Yes. Exactly right.

Uh, Lester, I'm sorry.

Why are...
Why are you filming this?

My inspiration at the
moment is Windjammer.

It's a documentary.

The true story of a 17,000
nautical mile journey

of a Norwegian sailing ship,
The Christian Radish,

directed by
Louis de Rosemont III

and shot in a widescreen
cine-miracle process

with a seven track
stereophonic soundtrack.

But that's not the
reason it changed my life.

Oh, it changed your life.

The story of Windjammer,
is the story of real life.

Danger, tragedy,
triumph, risk.

And it's what we're...
You're doing here, too.

Your study
is real life.

Libby.

I came to
share with you

the interesting conversation I
had with Simon this morning.

Simon?

The man
from the bank.

Found him poking around
in our bushes.

Turns out, he was
reassessing the property.

I didn't realise
it had been assessed

in the first place.

When did you
take out a loan?

A year ago.

And you haven't
paid it back?

How very uncharacteristic
of you.

It's all perfectly routine
when you start your,

your own business.

Takes money to make
money, and,uh...

We're not selling
the house.

I know we're not.

That would only happen
in a worst-case scenario.

The man was
in our bushes...

We will not
have to sell the house.

How do...
How do I know that?

That if sacrifices
have to be made,

they'll be made here
at work?

Why would I uproot you
and the children

to subsidise our work?

My work? Why would I do my
best to make you happy,

then turn around
and undo it all?

Hello?

Oh, I'm so glad
you got my message.

Libby told me
you worked here now.

You spoke to Libby?

I've been
speaking to Libby

for over
a year now, son.

In fact,
I see her regularly

and my grandchildren.

I had intended to
stay away forever, Billy.

I knew that's what you
wanted, given how we parted.

But then I...

I just couldn't
stay away...

Cut off from
all I hold dear.

So when Libby called,
I suggested that we meet,

and I was prepared
to tell her everything.

But then one look
at that sweet face,

and I couldn't.

I couldn't hurt her
like that.

And I couldn't
hurt you.

So whatever secrets you
may have, they're safe.

They've been safe
for a long time.

I don’t judge you.

I don't want to.

What you do,
what you don't do,

it's not my place
to judge my own son.

My place is
to love you.

Just that.

And I do.

And so I...

I'm asking for
another chance.

If you say no, if you
tell me to go away again,

I will.

But I'm hoping
you don't.

Is that what
you've come to say?

There is one
other thing.

One thing
I want to do,

to help.

We are taking
that money.

You know, what I'm
trying to understand

is that for over a year,

you have been meeting
with my mother once a week

in Terre Haute,
Indiana.

It's the midway point.
After I told you

we were done with her.
You

were done with her.
I need her.

She is good to me.
I don't have a mother,

and I am not gonna deprive our
children of their grandmother.

The answer is no.

You're not gonna take
my mother's money.

It is your money.

Our money.

With your father's estate
settled, it's just sitting there.

Essie wants us
to have it.

There is nothing left
to discuss.

You deceived me,
you went behind my back.

Not for the first time.

I am not the enemy here,
Bill, nor is Essie.

She is offering
to help us.

My mother...

My mother cannot
be counted on.

She is not
to be trusted.

Trusted to do what?
To be good to us?

To help us keep a roof
over our heads?

I provide the roof!

I have always
provided the roof!

Trying to explain my mother
or any of this to you,

it's like trying to teach
a horse to count!

All these years, it's
right in front of you,

yet you refuse to see it!

You refuse to understand!

That you're in pain?

That you are nursing some
grievous wound from years ago?

Who isn't, Bill?

Point to one person
in this entire world

who isn't suffering!

Yet it is only you that insists
on spreading the torment around.

Only you that
makes all of us

suffer along with you.

The maker's closed.

You will not touch
that money.

And I suggest
you get dressed.

We're already late.

♪ For he's
a jolly good fellow

♪ For he's
a jolly good fellow

♪ Which nobody can deny ♪

I just wanted
to say thank you,

everyone,
for coming out tonight.

I've never seen a girl pop
out of a cake before.

I thought you said
she was a hand model.

Apparently, Holly has
moved on to burlesque.

And we really hope you
stay all night, drink all night.

Thank you,
thank you for coming!

Thank you.

♪ Sparks just fly
right out of the blue

♪ There's no way
I can deny

♪ The magic of you

♪ Our eyes meet

♪ And that is your cue

♪ Suddenly my
heart's complete

♪ With the magic of you

Glass appears
to be empty.

There's a remedy
for that.

Would you like another,
as well?

♪ Sleight of hand

♪ Yes, that could be true

♪ There's no way I can deny

♪ The magic of you ♪

Dr Masters.

I insisted
she introduce me.

Kenny Hitchens.

Gini speaks
so highly of you,

all the work
you two are doing.

Does she?

Anyway, now that
you've said your hellos...

No, no.
Well, it is...

It is important work
we're engaged in.

Has Virginia
explained to you

that we monitor subjects
while they have sex?

Usually in an exam room,
occasionally

in a hotel.

I didn't know
the specifics.

Well, it sounds
fascinating.

Well, we would be very
happy to have you join us

if you are interested,
as a subject.

You wouldn't have to participate
on your own, of course.

I'd pair you
with Virginia.

Dr Masters
has been drinking.

And Gini's
strictly a behind the...

I mean, you don't do the actual...
No.

Oh, she does
do quite well, in fact.

We could, uh, start

by monitoring different
sexual positions,

begin with the old
standby missionary pose.

Unless there's another
you two prefer.

In fact, he's drunk,
embarrassingly so.

Well, do consider it.

I see you've found
the last place of refuge.

Oh, I quit smoking during
my fertility treatments.

Oh...
But you go ahead.

It may be the only fun
of the night.

Bill certainly has had
a lot lo drink tonight.

I think Bill
may have lost his mind.

Yes. I do, too.

But we had
a terrible fight.

I'm sorry.

Why are you apologising?

He's the one
that should apologise.

I think he fears an
apology would weaken him.

I think he fears
so many things.

Intimacy with me,
physically.

Did you know that we haven't
had sex in over a year?

I mean, I've asked, I've
asked him why, of course.

He says it's
the new building

and the new clinic
and the new baby,

that he's just wiped out
by the end of the day.

And that's...

That's probably true.

Do you think it is?

I think Bill is under
a lot of pressure.

I was in California once
as a child,

and I woke up to find

that I'd been thrown
from the bed

like a rag doll,

just flung
across the room.

When I asked my aunt,
she had to explain to me

that we live
on these giant plates

that push against
each other,

the pressure just
building and building until

one day they break away
from each other

with a violent jolt.

I can wait here all night
until you apologise.

I want you
to look at this.

That is one world.

And this is the other.

I am sorry.

I'm sorry
for being weak.

I'm sorry
that I lied.

I'm sorry for Shelley
and Kenny,

Ethan and George,

all the men
who came before,

all the men
that lie ahead.

But most of all, Bill,

I'm sorry for my faithless
and fickle heart.

Can't take
your money.

You're getting nothing
out of this.

Do you...

Do you want me to stop?

Ugh!

Typography, that's, uh...
That's books, right?

Uh, it's designing
the type within books.

Oh, um, that used
to be the reds.

Now it's, uh,
coloured folks.

Uh, CORE stands
for, uh, um...

Congress of Racial Equality.

Yeah, and they're raring to
go, too, God bless them.

Anyhoo, uh,
we're a medical operation,

and the space we'd lease to
you shares this lobby here,

a 24 Carat location with
a lot of foot traffic,

you being a foot doctor and all.

Feet are not a joke.

I know that.
They are a business.

Which is why I'm telling you
that modelling agency there

comes with a lot of girls
on their feet.

And, uh, on their back
if you believe the rumour

that they're into
skin flicks now.

I, uh, heard from
a friend of a friend

that the new thing in
burlesque is actual nudity.

Did you hear that?

What I don't understand
is why no one else here

has to deal with your
carping, your threats,

your never-ending
bean counting.

I aced my CPA Exams,

so careful who you
call bean counter.

We leased you prime space,
Flo, and yet every month,

all you got is
another lame excuse.

Yeah, well, times are tough,
in case you can't read.

I'm not sure

I can scrape together
this month's rent.

You move more blubber
through this place

than a Japanese
whaling ship.

You will scrape, Flo,
and you will scrape now.

The next time you start
singing this song,

I'm slapping you
with a late fee.

October 11, 1960.

Background B-Roll.
Various subjects part 6.

She pays in cash,

hoping we'll get mugged
on the way to the bank.

Tell her this is
an actual business,

not a flea market
in ancient Rome.

Lester!

No! when we're talking
about money.

Of course, Although, money is part
of... Right.

He's an odd duck,
that one.

My point is,
tell Flo

from now on, she has
to pay with a cheque

like everybody else.

Oh, speaking of, I got a pile
of cheques for you to sign.

Start on the top.

The first one's for
the new blood pressure cuff.

I thought we couldn't afford
a new blood pressure cuff.

Oh, we can now.
Because?

Because our fertility patient
numbers are finally up,

plus I raised our fees.

So we're actually looking at
a 20% increase in revenue

from last month,
which is not nothing,

thanks to me.

I'll get you
those numbers tomorrow.

Shelley?

Gini.

Wow, you look fantastic.

Thank you. You look
so fit yourself.

Do you work here now?

I mean, are you still
with the study?

Yes, the study
is going very well,

and your, your work...
How is...

Girdle salesman.

Of course. It's a
hard one to forget.

Not too hard, apparently.

And, uh, Henry and Tessa,
they're doing well?

Yes, very well.

Uh, Henry is
a voracious reader,

and Tess, she just
joined Brownies.

And your kids,
how are...

Haven't been born yet.

I'm still single, looking for a
nice girl to settle down with.

And once upon a time,
I hoped it'd be you.

But then I would've had to have
made some kind of impression,

wouldn't I have?

Hmm. Take care.

Shelley...

Mrs Wilder is waiting.

Uh, refractory
response times.

What is that?

I'm just cataloguing
all my footage

that's from our time
at Maternity.

From two years ago.

Yes?

Room 412.
Chancery Park Plaza.

I'll wait for
a few hours.

If you haven't shown up
by the shift change,

I will assume
you're not coming.

Aside from my children,

everything I have

is permanently,
inexorably

tied to this work,
our work,

to you.

Sometimes in the past,

after a late night at the
hospital or the hotel,

sometimes I would
feel almost sick

at the unfairness of it,

that you would
go home to Libby

while I went home
utterly alone.

Well, you've compensated
admirably enough. No.

You see, I can't even remember
their names more often than not.

But you,
on the other hand...

Well, it's hard to tell
where you stop and I begin.

You have more of me than
you even realise, and yet

you focus on other men while
you yourself are married?

Just because one

goes home
to someone...

Doesn't mean
they're not alone.

Well, then,
we are fellow sufferers.

Are we?

Are we really?

Whatever this is
between us,

it can't be undone,

not without a violent
wrenching much worse

than this undeclared war
we have between us now.

For me,

what we have
comes first,

and you can
count on that.

But you must
allow me something,

someone to hold on to
while you hold onto Libby.

Just show me enough
compassion to allow me that.

My buddy Hank

thinks this is
such a kick,

us filming
all this tonight

Well, you're paying.

Well, everybody's
filming everything

these days, so...
Right.

We'll have a drink
while we set up.

Oh, that's okay.
I don't, uh, really...

Don't really what?
Have fun?

It's a bachelor party
for cripes' sake.

Truth is, Lester,
we have a lot in common.

I can't think of
one thing.

Jane.

All I am saying is...

Don't make a shrine
out of one woman.

Just change religions.

I'd like to
make a toast.

All right,
a toast to Hank.

Our proverbial lamb
to slaughter.

Oh, okay!
Okay.

Goodbye to the days
of wanton sex,

a glance across a crowded bar
ending in tangled sheets.

And hello to meatloaf,
Jack Paar,

and faces smeared
with so much cold cream,

it looks like they took
a pie in the face!

Oh!

To Hank!
Whoo!

Congratulations, buddy.

Thank you, buddy.

Should I take off
my clothes?

And you?

Tonight I need
to reacquaint myself...

Reacquaint myself
with your body.

I will kiss you
on the mouth.

I will find your breasts
with my lips,

and I will make you climax
this way.

Then my hands will
slide down your body,

and I will spread
your legs.

I will touch
every part of you

and I will put
my mouth on you

and I will make you climax
that way, as well.

Is that clear?

Does this mean
we've resumed our work?

What do you think?

Well, if we have,

Betty told me today

that she thinks the janitor
is stealing from petty cash.

She noticed $20 missing.

It was there this morning,

and by the end of the day,
it was gone.

And while I
appreciate the effort,

Park Plaza isn't cheap.

And so,

if our participation
is to continue,

we're going to have to find
someplace else cheaper...

Free, even.

Which is unfortunate,
because I will say,

it is nice to be back.

AUSTIN; Showtime!

Beer. Beer.

Here you go.

Naughty, naughty.

- Nobody's looking.
- Oh!

Blow a kiss.
There you go.

You know,
I've been thinking...

"Holy Cow."

Looks a lot like
Dr Langham's girl Holly.

But it can't be. Can it?

Mmm, you smell good.

Is that
L'Air du Temps?

It's Tommy the turtle
bubble bath.

Austin, it's...
It's late.

The kids have school
in the morning.

Oh, I know.
It's just, uh...

Um, please hear me out.
Can you at least do that?

I want us
to get back together.

I've tried
the bachelor life.

I've really
given it my best.

I don't doubt that.

But there's
something, um...

This is going to
sound strange.

But there is something,

hollow

about it.

Emmy, you know.

I feel...
Adrift?

Without an anchor?

Yeah.

Exactly.

See? This is why we belong
together, because you...

You always just know.

But it's... It's, uh...
It's more than that.

I love you.

I do, and...

God, I love our kids.

And I realise

that you're it for me.

You're the one.

And what happens
when we get back together

and because you were
then re-anchored,

you immediately go out and screw
everything that walks again?

I would not do that. No. I
swear I would be faithful.

Let's say that
were humanly possible.

It still
wouldn't work.

Well, uh,
of course it would work.

It couldn't.

Because some things
cannot be undone.

As much as you want to
un-ring the bell, it's rung.

And when that happens,

all you can do
is listen.

I've moved on, Austin.

I'm gone.

Ah, are you
and Mrs Holden

enjoying your room,
sir?

Yes. Thank you, Elliot.
You, uh,

seem to have moved up
the ranks.

Night manager
is a position

that comes with
great responsibility,

but I do feel
up to the task.

And I must say,

I'm so glad

you and Mrs Holden
have patched things up.

Elliot, I have
a question.

The hotel has
an on call doctor

if there's any
medical emergencies?

Yes, sir. That's part
of my new positioning

is scheduling
the doctors.

Well, I was wondering
if, uh...

If I could fill one of those
on call positions in return

for your waiving the charge
for Mrs Holden's and my room.

That might be tricky,
Dr Holden.

Because?

The hotel...

The hotel has to be up
front about who our guests

are actually being
seen by,

if you know
what I mean.

I'm not sure how
comfortable they'd feel

if they knew they were being
seen by a radiologist.

What sort of medical
background do you think

would reassure
your guests?

More of a general
practitioner.

Uh, a surgeon,

obstetrician.

My sister,
for example,

she had her first baby
delivered by a Dr Masters.

If a doctor with
those kind of credentials

approached me
with such a request,

I would have
a hard time saying no.

So Dr Masters
would be a good choice?

With a doctor
such as Dr Masters,

something could be
worked out.

Betty?

I need these test results
back first thing tomorrow.

Oh, before you go,
remember that oddball

that worked for the doc
back at Memorial,

the one that was, you know,
bringing up the rear

with Dr Greathouse?

Oh.

She'd like a moment
of your time.

I'm surprised to
see you here.

I know.

It's funny, isn't it?

What, what made you

want to become a
participant in our study?

I don't know.

You don't know?

Well, I...

I was very impressed

with your study when
I was back at Memorial

working for
Dr Masters.

I know that Dr Masters
hated me,

but I could tell
from his work that

he was a very
dedicated doctor.

I'm, I'm sure
that he didn't hate you.

Well...

He hated
Dr Greathouse,

and Dr Greathouse
at the time was my...

Oh, goodness. That's a long story.

Anyhow...

I suppose I thought
that I could

learn something
from your study,

learn something
about the human body.

About your body?

Which doesn't work
very well down there.

You said that you can't
have intercourse.

In fact,

nothing can penetrate
the vaginal opening,

because it's closed.

Um, Barbara, I thought

that you and
Dr Greathouse,

there was a sexual...
We did everything.

Just...

Not the normal way,
because I couldn't.

As I was saying,
it's a long story.

I see.

Well, there are things
that we can discuss

about your condition,

but I'm afraid
in terms of your

participating
in the study,

this type of
dysfunction...

Please don't.

Don't?

Don't feel bad
about rejecting me.

It's life.

Sometimes the answer's
just no.

Infant, it usually is.

I realised
as she left,

there goes an entire
sexual history

that we will never
know about

because she's technically
ineligible for the study.

But that's true
of everybody we reject.

You're saying we
shouldn't be rejecting.

I'm saying I think
people see the doctor

in front of your name and
they hope that you can help.

You two,
what's it gonna take

to get you to take
a day off?

So sorry, Libby.
You are absolutely right.

There is lots of work to
be done in the kitchen.

Bill's working, too.

Cake still isn't frosted.

Huh. Well, that happens
to be my speciality.

So, the Lefley's
offered us their lake house.

It's two hours away.

Oh, that could be fun.

I thought you quit.

I did.

No, I really did quit.

You know what'd be
really fun?

Hmm?

Paris.

I've always wanted to
go to Paris

and Morocco.

I am dying to go

anywhere.

But the lake house is a good
start, and you know what?

You should go with us.

Lib!

No, that is
your vacation.

Yours and Bill's
to have alone.

Well, the children
are coming, of course.

And you, you could
bring your kids.

Honestly, it would be...

It would be nicer
if you were there.

Easier, and I
would like that.

It's much more
pleasant to be around Bill

when you're around.

We need a few more
with cheese.

I invited her.

I'll be inside.

It's a perfect
celebration.

It means a lot to Libby
to have you here.

And this time, when I asked
you to stay away, you did.

Believe me, I...

I looked closely.

I've learned
my lesson.

I wouldn't say that.

20% bump
in revenue?

Due to an increase in

fertility patients
and fees?

What I'm not gonna look
too closely at,

is how you and Libby and Betty
managed to make that money,

which I said I didn't want,
land in my pocket anyhow.

Because if I really
looked at that,

we'd be back at square one,
wouldn't we?

Ruptured again.

And the thought
of that just...

Frankly,
it just leaves me tired.

Sometimes exhaustion

is the first step forward.

I had to help you, son.

I couldn't not.
Not again.

But there's another
reason that money

didn't find
its way to you.

It's because
I'm proud of you.

Everything you've accomplished,
all on your own,

in spite of everything.

I am so very proud
of my son.

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