Masters of Sex (2013–2016): Season 2, Episode 8 - Mirror, Mirror - full transcript

Previously on
Masters of Sex...

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

Whole space up here belongs
to Masters and Johnson now.

I'm the new girl.

Betty can also help
with the books.

I'm not sure I can scrape
together this month's rent.

You will scrape, Flo.

Well, I was wondering if I could
fill one of those on-call positions

in return for your
waiving the charge

for Mrs Holden's
and my room.

What do you
want with Coral?



Just because you're Coral's boyfriend
doesn't... I'm her brother.

I want us
to get back together.

I've moved on, Austin.

Barbara, I thought
that you and Dr Greathouse,

there was a sexual...
We did everything.

Just not the normal way.

In terms of your
participating in the study...

Don't feel bad
about rejecting me.

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

I had to help you, son.

I couldn't not.
Not again.

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

I think Bill
is under a lot of pressure.

Nothing is happening.



How long do you
want me to try?

Ripped By mstoll

Rita Hayworth,

Ruth Taylor,

Lana Turner,
Marilyn Monroe...

They're all doing it.

Rhinoplasty,
chin implants,

face lifts.

Lift as in a literal...
No.

It's a basic elevation

and re-draping
of the skin.

Remember in med school,

they used to say
plastic surgery

was for cleft palates
and burn victims.

People are
finally realising

just because you're born
with one face

doesn't mean
you're stuck with it.

Obstetrician,
plastic surgeon.

Two of Rochester Medical
School's alumni made good.

You were supposed to be
an English professor.

For 15 minutes, maybe.

Do you still read
the way you used to?

Melville in a day,
Tolstoy in a week?

I don't have
the time any more.

Well, you didn't have the
time in school, either,

but you still
managed it.

"Suffering has been greater
than all other teaching.

"I have been
bent and broken,

"but I hope
into a better shape."

Charles Dickens.
I know who it is.

You wrote that to me.

That was the last letter
I ever got from you.

Whenever you boys
are ready.

What are you doing?

You came all the way
from Kansas City.

Absolutely not.

No, this is my treat, Frank.

End of discussion.

Professor Tolan
used to say

you were the biggest
pain in the ass

to ever grace
his lecture hall.

I see some things
don't change.

It was great
seeing you. Really.

You don't think I drove
six and a half hours

to discuss Marilyn
Monroe's nose job, do you?

I don't know
if you heard,

but after all my years
of bachelorhood debauchery,

I finally settled down.

I did.

Through the grapevine.

The grapevine.

Congratulations.

As soon as
we got hitched,

first thing,
I cleared out my office,

set it up as a nursery.

Pauline and I,
we've been trying,

but a year on,

I'm starting to worry.

I'm hoping you can help us.

I...

I do know a few fertility
specialists in Kansas City,

but I could easily have made a
recommendation over the phone.

Why would I see
a stranger in Kansas City

when I'm sitting here,

talking to the leading fertility
expert in the Midwest?

So, we have rejected 126
subjects from the study

due to dysfunction.

That's nearly a third
of all applicants.

In the future,
we'll make a special note

of subjects
presenting dysfunction.

We can build
a patient base from there.

Or from here.

M-25-106-NV.

Son of a bitch.
Wake up.

Impotence.

F-34-21-NV.

Dyspareunia.

Is it supposed
to feel like knives?

M-28-364-NV.

Ejaculatory incompetence.

Don't hold back
on my account.

NV?

Non-viable.

You kept them all.

Why?

Well, if they're
brave enough to come in,

we should at least keep a
record of that bravery,

don't you think?

You're a magician
with those fingers.

Well, what brings you
in today, Miss Packer?

My arches are as flat
as old soda pop.

At work, I'm hobbling up the
stairs like a polio baby.

Girl in the building,
Virginia Johnson,

she saw me, said,

"Flo, you need Dr Langham
and you need him now."

Oh, you're
a Virginia referral.

Yeah, I work
right next door to her.

At Cal-O-Metric?

No kidding?
You know, my wife...

Uh, my ex-wife
used to work there, too.

Oh, I know.
I was her boss.

Oh, the stories I used to hear
about Elise Langham's husband.

You've been a very naughty
orthopaedist, Dr Langham.

Well, with what I'm
seeing here, Miss Packer,

I think you may be a prime
candidate for surgery.

Oh, I can't wait for surgery.

This week's our yearly
sales conference.

I don't want to be
dragging around

like Quasimodo
in the bell tower.

I could offer you
a cortisone shot.

In the long run, I recommend
you consider losing weight.

You're putting tremendous
pressure on your feet.

Some men
like a lady with curves.

You?

In spite of what you may
have heard, Miss Packer,

my relationship with my patients
is strictly professional.

Sure.

But somehow,
I can't help but to think

that if I lost 50 pounds
and dropped 10 years,

you might be whistling
a different tune.

Look, I made some very foolish
decisions in the past...

Decisions that have made my
life here at the hospital

a living hell.

Passed up for promotion
the last two years,

and, uh, my colleagues
actually call me Don,

as in Don Juan.

Frankly, I would give anything
to walk through that door

and never come
back here again,

start over
somewhere else,

somewhere new.

But seeing as
that's not going to happen,

the best thing
for me to do is to...

Stay out of trouble.

So, uh,
if you don't mind,

I will ask the nurse to prepare
your cortisone shot for you.

Nurse.

While I have
your attention...

I thought you might be
interested to know

that we're being audited.

The IRS wants 4,000 bucks
in taxes,

with interest.

You said
we were exempt from taxes.

No, I said companies
that apply for

and receive 501 not-for-profit
organisation status

under the Internal Revenue
Code were exempt from taxes.

You haven't applied?

No, because
in order to apply,

you need to have
a board of trustees,

like I told you
two months ago.

I'm working on that.

Libby and I are having dinner
tonight with Sam Duncan.

I'm assuming
that if I can convince

the Chief of Police
to join our board,

others will follow.

You're going
to convince him?

Why not?

- Virginia?
- Yes?

You got any plans
tonight?

Not at the moment.

Well, you do now.

Subjects are
unmarried and randomly assigned.

Darkening of the areolae.

I was thinking,

what if
every dysfunction

had a male version
and a female version?

Meaning?

Meaning, look at
normal sexual functioning.

There's a kind of
symmetry to it.

Swelling of the testes
in men,

swelling of the vulva
in women,

so what if the opposite
were true, too?

Vaginismus could be the female
equivalent of impotence.

Well, impotence
has a significantly

higher rate of occurrence
than vaginismus.

Kinsey puts it upward
of 27% of men

that have trouble
achieving erection.

Granted, that's anecdotal,

but Wilhelm Stekel makes
the number closer to 50.

You've looked
into this already.

Uh,
preliminary research only.

Um, I was wondering if I could
take an extra couple hours

for my lunch break
tomorrow.

It's just, um, it's...

My dad's funeral,
is all.

Oh, I'm so sorry, Lester.

Uh, yes, of course, take
all the time you need.

Actually, if I could leave
a little early today,

I'm trying to write
my eulogy.

I was up all night
working on it,

but I just can't seem
to crack it.

Why don't you
try it out on us first?

Really?

I guess I could use some
feedback at this point.

Um...

"My dad had a long,
happy life.

"He was a lawyer.

"He loved his family."

That's all I have so far.

It's a fantastic start.

And maybe the rest of it will
come a bit more naturally

if you were to try,
I don't know, uh,

maybe something visual.

My cousin, for example, she had
a slide show at her wedding.

To be honest,
it was not...

It was not very good,

but yours, I think,
would be terrific.

Climax.

Nervous?

Thirsty.

$5 for prime rib?
That is highway robbery.

If it goes well tonight,
it'll be worth the price.

I still don't understand
why you need a board.

When you go to the grocery
store, why do you buy...

Campbell's soup?

Why not some
other variety?

Well, I know
Campbell's is good.

You trust the name,
the label.

That's precisely
what a board is.

It's packaging.

And the right packaging

is what will allow us to
get our tax-exempt status

so we can get through
this audit in one piece.

You've been audited?

Here they are now.

Caroline is
just at her wit's end

with the Veiled
Prophet Ball.

The thing is, our study,

it isn't really
about sex at all.

Do you know what the
number-one cause of divorce

in the state
of Missouri is?

Sexual dissatisfaction.

And the children
of divorce,

as I'm sure
you do know,

they' re 10 times more likely
to pursue a life of crime.

An alarming statistic
with a clear correlation.

If we can save
even one child

from the scourge
of divorce...

Then we feel we've done our small
part in the fight against crime.

So, all of
these volunteers,

they're all
married couples?

Of course.

I don't know.

Me being on the board
of something like this.

I'm gonna
have to think about it.

You know what I think?

I think we should
share a table

at the Veiled Prophet Ball
this Friday.

Mrs Duncan's
been bending your ear

about her chairing
the leadership committee?

Well, truly, with the
economy the way it is,

if we don't receive
more donations by Friday,

we'll have to make some
devastating decisions.

Well, if you are looking
for more volunteers,

I would be more than
happy to lend a hand.

Look at you.
One good idea after another.

I wouldn't want
to impose, but...

It is a great cause, Lib.

Of course it is.

Well, Virginia,
you must come, too.

I've always wondered
about the Veiled Prophet

with his strange mask
and costumes.

Well, you'll come
with me and Bill.

We'll go as a triumvirate.

FLORENCE; Fabulous!

I' uh,
tried to find a...

An opening
in the calendar,

but unfortunately,

all the, uh, regular
appointment times were taken.

We don't mind getting up
with the birds. Yeah.

My staff usually opens the
office, turns on the lights.

Ah.

Uh,just...

It is such a pleasure
to finally meet you,

although I feel like I've
known you forever, really.

Francis has told me
all about the trouble

you two used to get up to.

Well, Bill was always
better behaved than I was.

Everyone was
better behaved than you.

Folks that knew him
back then,

they always ask me,

"How did you ever get this
bum to stop running around

"and put a ring
on your finger?"

It is an impressive feat.

Once you finish filling out
the, uh, intake forms,

I'll be taking
samples of blood, urine,

and semen for testing.

Are there any questions?

Pauline and I
have been wondering

if there's
any way to know

if the issues
we've been having

have anything to do
with my disease.

My alcoholism.

Your...

I assumed you knew.

The grapevine and all.

Francis hasn't had a drop
in almost a year.

I don't believe past drinking
should have any impact whatsoever

on your chances
of conception.

Well, I can't tell you
what a relief that is, Bill.

Sorry. I got stuck
with a patient.

I didn't think we had any
appointments until 10:00 today.

Where should we begin?

Um, well,
male impotence,

vaginismus,

female dyspareunia,
male dyspareunia.

Well, we're in
the volume business.

I suppose
it makes the most sense

to start where we can
make the most difference.

Male impotence it is.

We can start with the sexual
history questionnaires.

Look for any patterns.

Similar backgrounds,
psychological abnormalities.

I think we should
stay focused on the data.

Without the empirical work
we've gathered,

sexual histories are just a
collection of anecdotes.

Yes, but the data by itself
only tells part of the story.

We're not telling stories.

We have to devise practical
methods for treating these men.

Start by compiling
a list of techniques

that have already proven a
degree of effectiveness.

Betty might be a place
to start.

If you're a taxi driver,
you got lousy tips.

If you're a mailman,
you got barking dogs,

and if you're a hooker,
you got this.

Were there any methods in
particular that you found useful?

Hands, mouth, you know.

Whatever worked.

In other words, an aggressive
approach seemed most effective?

And then it wouldn't be.

Sometimes I'd give the guy

a special tonic
straight from India.

I'd warn him about it first,
though.

I'd say,
"Sure you want to take this?

"If you take
too much of it,

"your erection
might last forever."

And the ingredients were?

Rum and cayenne pepper.

If you could get
this guy to believe it,

you could get that guy
to believe it, too.

Placebo effect.

Hmm, we called it
punch for suckers.

And if that didn't work,

we had a couple
penis pumps lying around,

but, ugh,
those were a real pain.

They'd make your arm sore
for a couple days.

Clearly, this is not
just a physical problem.

Once, I was in the backseat
with Gordon Garrett,

my high-school beau.

He never had any problems
whatsoever with performance,

but this one night, he found
his mother's handkerchief

tucked in between
the cushions

and smelling
like her perfume,

and that was the end
of that.

Exactly.

Most of the time,
it's a mental block.

You know, guy feels
lousy about himself,

guy feels guilty about
his wife or his mother

or he's got a thing for
farm animals or whatever,

but you're still stuck
with the same problem...

How to get it up so he can
finish off, pay up, and get out.

Hey, while we're on the
subject of happy customers,

what's this file
you left here?

Uh, it's the Masons.

New fertility patients.
I saw them this morning.

Early this morning.

Mr Mason was only available
before 7:00.

Oh, I didn't see them
in the...

I'm gonna need you to have the
lab rush their test results.

You have any idea
how much that costs?

I don't care
how much it costs.

Just get it done, please.

Are you in a rut?

Do you eat to excess?

Does your husband keep his
eyes glued to the television

when you step
into the room?

You get the idea.

Our new radio spot.

Ah, I can't believe Kent
Underleigh is your spokesman.

I used to listen to him
on that old radio soap,

Hospital of Love,
in junior high.

Unfortunately, talent like
that doesn't come cheap.

Mr Underleigh requires

four-star accommodations,

although I did get
a fabulous deal

on a hotel room
outside the city.

I'm flying him in to give the keynote
address at our sales conference.

Ah.

Well, um,
as I was saying,

for just a small donation
to the Veiled Prophet Ball,

Cal-O-Metric will be
featured in the programme

alongside other businesses
like...

Look, I'd love
to help you out, Lib.

Can I call you lib?

But with this
sales conference,

I'm leaking cash
like an old bladder.

I'm sorry to hear that.

You got to spend a mint
to make a mint.

And I'm sick of being a big
fish in a rain puddle.

By 1965,
I want Cal-O-Metric

to be the number-one
diet product in America.

Well, in that case,

you need to get
the message out there.

An advertisement
in this year's programme

will be seen
by hundreds of women...

Women, I might add,

with significant
disposable income.

Rich women.

Unhappy women.

Just imagine
the exposure.

See?

Leaking again.

Mind if I join you?

How did you find me?

You wrote your work address
on your study application.

And they said upstairs
that I'd find you here.

Barbara, I feel terrible
about how we left things.

Please, don't.

Don't feel bad for me.

In fact, I thought
maybe you could help us.

I'm setting up
for the 4:00.

I hope I didn't
miss too much.

Uh, we decided to begin
our work on dysfunction

with male impotence.

How was it this morning?

I ended up putting
together a slide show

like Virginia suggested.

I spent hours digging
through old photos...

Shoeboxes full of them.

178 photos.

Guess how many
I was in.

Two.

So, you've always been the
one behind the camera.

Just like everything else
in my life.

The action seems to be
happening to somebody else.

I'm just like those guys.

Those guys?

In the, you know...

Dysfunctional way.

I, uh...

I have...

Vaginismus
is the medical term,

when the vagina
becomes impenetrable.

Vaginismus, then.
That's...

That's why Gil left me
after two years.

After window shopping
for rings.

That surprises me a bit.

Most men
appreciate a woman

open to trying
different forms of sex.

Well, not Gil.

His dad was a minister
at one of those

hellfire and brimstone
churches.

So, having sex the normal way
was hard enough for Gil,

let alone putting his...

Somewhere other than the one
place that I can't put anything.

Freud, he did posit,

things that we learn as
children never fully go away.

Even things
that we know aren't true,

there's a part of us
that still believes them.

Hmm.

Like my neighbour.

Sid Pomerantz.

He was this
big-shot producer Jane met

a few months after we'd
been in Hollywood.

He goes completely crazy
for her,

sending her
Tiffany bracelets,

taking her
to fancy parties,

casting her.

I'm either at home
unemployed

Or babysitting some director's
incontinent bulldog.

All of a sudden, Jane's
getting home to our apartment

later and later
at night,

out painting
the town with.“

Mary Dougherty.

She was a sweet girl. She
lived up the block from us.

Mary got pregnant
at 14.

She kept it to herself,

then she went into labour
a month early

and bled to death
in her bedroom.

Oh, how awful.

My mother used to say, "If you're a
wicked girl, God will punish you.

"But if you're
a good girl, Barbara,

"and you wait
until marriage,

"then God
will protect you."

And then one day,
out of the blue,

I woke up
with a figure, and...

Boys started to give me
the time of day.

I liked it.

All that attention.

But then any time
I would be with a boy,

Mary Daugherty would pop into
my head and it'd be like...

Like someone
flipped a switch.

I just couldn't do anything
in the bedroom with Jane.

Since then, I tried once
with another girl.

Twice, sort of, but still.

I'm sorry.

This is an inappropriate topic
to be bringing up at work.

Not at...
Not at all, Lester.

We, uh, we talk
about these...

...sorts of things
every day.

It's why we ask about this
on our questionnaire,

about someones
first sexual experience.

My brother Paul had a
friend who liked me.

He wanted to sleep
with me, but I...

I didn't want
to get pregnant,

so I used
my mouth instead.

That's my first.

It was a while after
that until I...

...realised that my opening
had shut completely.

All that thinking about
Mary Daugherty, l guess.

What was his name?

Your first.

Paul's friend.

I can't remember.

Is that bad?

No.

No, it...

It's just most people
can't forget the name

of their first partner.

Even if they want to.

Hello.

Looking for
fashion periodicals?

Yes. Yes, lam.

For heaven's sake!

Oh, honey. You haven't
eaten anything.

You can't let him
do that.

I didn't notice.

There's an article
in the afternoon edition

about that man you saw.

What does it say?

Police found
an ounce of marijuana

in the victim's jacket.

They think it's some kind
of drug deal gone awry.

So I wouldn't feel too sorry
for him if I were you.

They don't know
who did it?

Still looking
for a suspect.

Never should have moved to
that awful neighbourhood.

Every area
has its problems.

I don't remember
men fighting for drugs

outside of
Washington University.

Well, that's why putting together
a board is so important.

A reputable board is an essential
partner in the raising of funds.

With more cash on hand,

we can move the office

to a more
desirable location.

Oh, speaking of cash,

I spoke lo Glen Ellis
this morning.

He said you managed
to convince him

to write a $50 cheque
for the Veiled Prophet.

Told me
you're a natural salesman.

Is that...

Is that
something burning?

The casserole.

I feel like a teenager
smoking in the girls' room.

Mmm-hmm.

What did you say
his name was again?

Francis H. Mason Jr.

He ever mention
a Francis before?

Rochester school
of medicine.

Okay, so I snooped
through his file.

Graduated 1947.

Bill was class of '43.

They must've been pals.

Who even knew
the doc had friends?

He has never
mentioned any to me.

Although, he has been acting
strangely the past few days.

And the man does like
to keep his secrets.

Motility grade is...

Is, uh, excellent.

Uh...

Morphology...

Well above average.

For Christ's sake,
just tell me.

Sperm count is low.

Two million
per millilitre.

Normal is...

Ten times that.

It's a random
genetic anomaly.

Incredibly common.

In fact, I, uh...

Well, I... I see men with
this condition every day.

I can assure you,

you and your wife
will be able to conceive.

In a lab.

Oh, I'd have thought,
being a plastic surgeon,

you'd appreciate
more than most

that nature doesn't always
have to have the last word.

In terms of treatment,
I spoke to Howard Graham

at Kansas City Methodist
this morning.

He feels quite confident
in taking it from here.

Well, it hardly
makes sense for you,

uh, to upend both your
lives for months on end

just to be treated
here in St. Louis.

Why not?

I'm due for
a sabbatical anyway.

We could find
an apartment in the area...

Howard Graham is one of the leading
lights in the country in fertility.

You'll be in very capable
hands, I can assure you.

He's not our doctor, Bill.

You are.

You can take your
results to Dr Graham

when you see him
tomorrow morning.

I've scheduled an appointment
for you and your wife for 9:00.

I assumed you'd be
eager to get started.

Um, I'll keep up
with your case,

make sure
everything runs smoothly.

You and I, uh...

Well, we'll be
in touch.

Like last time?

Good luck, Frank.

It's open!

I wasn't paying
attention, and I...

And I...

I put too much soap in...

Because the whole thing
just exploded.

Well, I can take a look
at it, if you want.

I'm sorry.
I thought...

I thought you were
from Sears.

You want me to...

No. No, thank you.

Well, I'm here
because I saw you yesterday

drive by our building.

Yes, my, um...

My husband
works there now.

And, uh, I was
only there,

um, raising money
for charity.

Actually, for the
Veiled Prophet Ball.

It's, um...
It's an annual...

Yeah, I...
I know what it is.

It's, uh, one of the oldest
traditions in St. Louis, actually.

I never understood it
myself.

All those privileged folks
paying a fortune

to see a man dressed up in
robes and a white hood.

I mean, you can drive a
couple hours south of here

and see that for free.

I'm very busy,
as you can see,

so if there's something
that I can do for you...

You saw what they did
to Leonard.

Leonard Gilroy.

He's the treasurer of the St.
Louis office of CORE.

Congress of
Racial Equality?

He's the one you saw
laying on the sidewalk.

I did see that. Yes.

It was very upsetting.

Broke his nose, his arm,

cracked a couple of ribs,

and left him outside
the CORE office

for everyone to see
what they had done.

Well, the newspaper
said that...

Leonard Gilroy is a history
teacher, not a drug hustler.

And how can they say
there was a fight

when there were people
there the whole time

and no one saw
nothing like that?

I was surprised
to read that, too.

I... I had just come
out of the building,

and, um, hadn't noticed
any sort of altercation.

Look, we got
a couple of witnesses

who, uh, saw
a truck drive by

and saw Leonard
get dumped out the back,

and one of them saw the first three
numbers of the licence plate.

And, so,
I was wondering if...

If maybe
you saw anything.

If there are
other witnesses,

why are you
talking to me?

Because most of them
are coloured folks.

The few white witnesses
won't talk,

and the police aren't about
to start an investigation

based on the testimony
of a bunch of negroes.

So if you
did see something...

I didn't.

Sorry.

Francis Holden,

radiologist
from Kansas City.

That patient you brought
in this morning,

Francis Mason?

Plastic surgeon
from Kansas City?

You two went to medical
school together, right?

We went
to the same school' yes.

And were you close?

We had
a complicated relationship.

In what way?

Things didn't end well
between us.

Or I... I...
I don't know.

We drifted apart.

Sent letters for a
while, every year,

then every two.

Then not at all.

Well, he must have made some
kind of impression on you,

considering you
named yourself after him.

It's a coincidence.

The universe
is full of coincidences.

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
died within hours of each other

exactly 50 years
to the day

from the signing of the
Declaration of Independence.

Right.

Are you going
to join me?

I should have stopped after I
had my third drink downstairs.

I may have overdone it.

I'm not sure I'd be of...

Uh, much use.

Well, we could try.

A man can tell.

You order something
from downstairs?

I'm sorry
to disturb you, Dr Holden,

but you're on call tonight.

Something the matter?

You could say that.

He's been dead
for hours.

You need a coroner,
not an obstetrician.

He ate himself to death?

Either the lining
of his stomach burst,

or he suffered
cardiac arrest.

Hard to say, based on
his, uh, presentation.

Well, maybe
he's better off.

Whatever demons
this man was battling with,

clearly,
they were considerable.

They can't harm him
any more, can they?

I know, I know. I just...

I needed to talk to you.

And then I saw your address
in the phone book.

I realised you were
just a short drive.

There are boundaries.

You cannot just
show up at my home

in the middle
of the night.

You came looking for me!

You came to my building.
You started talking to me.

And after all of that

and letting me pour
my heart out to you,

now you want to talk to
me about boundaries?

Barbara, my children
are sleeping upstairs.

I'm sorry.

I just... I can't stop...

Thinking about
what you said.

I went home, and I took out
all the old photo albums

back from
when I was a kid.

And I thought if I could just
find a picture of that boy,

if I could just put a...

A face with the name,

that I would be sure to
remember it straightaway.

And I did.

I remembered his name.

Paul.

But wasn't
your brother...

We had this creek
that ran behind our house,

and Paul and I spent...

Practically
every afternoon there.

We'd catch frogs
and have them race.

Silly things like that.

And then we got older.

And we made up new games.

Like...

You have
to close your eyes

and then just hug each other
as tightly as you can,

or kiss for 20 seconds
with your mouth open.

And then one day, Paul asked
me if he could put...

Just to try it.

And Paul said that if we were
careful, we wouldn't make a baby.

And so we continued.

And then one day,
we were late for supper,

and my mom
came to find us.

And when she saw us there,
she just...

Didn't say anything
for the longest time.

She just stood there,

and she stared at us
with this...

This look on her face.

Not angry, just...

Sickened.

And then she turned around
and she walked home.

That was it.

She didn't say anything.

She never brought it up,
but she didn't have to.

Because God saw
what we did.

God
knew what we had done,

and that is why
he did this to me.

He closed me up
because of what we did...

Because we sickened him.

Having a patient
in your home...

I didn't know
what else to do.

Once that kind of professional
boundary has been crossed,

you can't simply snap
your fingers and undo it.

I... I see no other option
here besides a clean break.

No. No.
I provoked those memories.

I can’t just end it like that.
That would be cruel.

She needs help, Bill.

She's not eating
or sleeping.

She has nowhere else
to go.

All right, we bring her in as a patient...
Our patient.

No more
individual meetings.

We see her together,
in the office,

in a controlled environment.

In terms of treatment,

obviously, there is significant
psychological trauma

underlying
the physical symptoms.

Neither of us
is equipped

to be delving into this
woman's psychology.

I know that.

I would like
to become equipped.

You know that I've wanted
to go back to school.

What?

As a practising
psychologist?

Virginia, first of all, you'd have
to complete an undergraduate degree.

That's four years
of coursework.

There is an accelerated programme.
I've looked into it.

And at least three more
years of graduate studies,

not to mention hundreds of
hours of clinical practice

before you can even begin
the accreditation process.

It's important to me, Bill,
going back to school.

You know that it is.

And I fully support it.

I'm just wondering,
how does years of study

help Barbara
in the short term?

All right, then.
In the meantime...

Who is the best psychologist in St.
Louis?

Lloyd Madden, maybe?

He chairs the programme at
the University of Missouri.

Well, then,
let's call him

and give him the basics
of Barbara's case,

see what advice
he has to offer.

No reputable physician
would consent

to giving
a medical opinion

on a patient
they haven't met.

And with us
as intermediaries,

passing on
second-hand advice...

What do you suggest, then?

Stick to what we know.

The focus of this study
has always been

the physiology
of the human body.

I see no reason
to change course now,

just because
we're attempting to cure

as opposed
to simply observe.

Okay, salesladies,
let's take our seats.

The presentation
is about to begin.

I didn't sleep a wink
last night.

Nervous about
your big day?

My spokesman croaked.

Had to drive out to some hotel
in Alton, identify the body.

Heart attack?
Cheesecake.

Turns out there was a reason
he never made it past radio.

It's a blessing
in disguise.

What kind of diet company
has a 300-pound spokesman?

Plus, it pushed me
to do something

I've been thinking about
for days.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Ladies?

Ladies, please be quiet.

Ladies.

It is with
a heavy heart

that I announce
to you today

that Kent Underleigh,
our beloved spokesman,

has passed beyond
this earthly veil.

Now, ladies,
even in this dark moment,

we must remember...

Every end
is a new beginning.

That's why I'm delighted

to introduce our new
spokesman for Cal-O-Metric.

With no further ado,

let's give
a big Cal-O-Metric welcome

to the new face
of women's nutrition...

Dr Austin Langham!

Thank you!
Thank you.

Stop.

You're embarrassing me.
Please.

Thank you very much.

Possible somatic
causes of impotence

may include
vascular disease,

hyperthyroid,

diabetes,

or other
endocrinoiogical conditions.

We've been going
for an hour.

Should we take a break?

Uh, let's, uh,
keep rolling, actually.

Take a seal.

I realised that, uh...

After all this time
of you filming us,

you haven't had a chance

to discuss your own role
in the study.

Oh, uh...

I'm... I'm documenting it.

I'm archiving it, really.

I guess.

In your work, um,

what would you say has been your
most important inspiration?

The study.

I mean, in Hollywood...

And I know
because I've been there...

They just churn out
the same old stories...

The Western about the
outlaw with a heart of gold

or the monster movie
about the scientist

that no one will listen to
until it's too late.

But here, in this lab,

what you do every day,

it's all brand-new.

And what we do here

is not just about observation
and discovery, though.

What good is a theory,
after all,

if you can't do anything
with it?

The work we're doing here,
it's changing.

We're no longer simply observing
phenomena and compiling data.

We're beginning to explore
the idea of intervention...

Working directly
with patients.

Our new mission here
is not simply to observe.

It's also to heal.

The gown, the gloves,
the dancing lessons...

The... The whole thing
cost a fortune.

So I was the only one in my
class who wasn't a debutante.

Well, in spite of that,

I would say
you debuted quite well.

Now, where is
that waiter?

Uh, the lady
will have a gin and tonic.

Thank you.

Bill Masters,
how the hell are you?

Dr Pearson.

Allow me
reintroduce you to...

Mrs Masters,
what a pleasure.

No, actually,
this is Mrs Masters.

And Mrs Johnson
works with Bill,

which is like
being married.

Yes, only the hours
are worse.

There you two are.

Hello.
Look who else is here...

The king and his court
have arrived.

From the Court of Honour,

the Queen of Love
and Beauty

is crowned by the Veiled
Prophet of Khorassan.

It certainly is
a fascinating tradition.

It's been going
since 1878.

Damn strange tradition
is what it is.

But at least the liquors
always first-class.

You behave yourself,
Sam Duncan.

A toast

to Libby Masters,

true Christian saint
if there ever was one.

Libby raised $300
in one week.

Oh, it was nothing,
really.

- Hear, hear.
- Cheers.

And have you given
any more thought

to our proposal,
Chief Duncan?

I have a feeling this study
of yours is political poison.

Well, but then again, you're
not a politician, are you?

In fact, we're the...

The opposite
of political men.

Thank God for it.

So...

I suppose I'm in.

Shall we head in?

Oh, um, just...

There you are, sir.

Excellent.

Robert Franklin came to
the house yesterday.

Coral's brother.

What did he want?

He said the story
in the newspaper

about that man in front of
your office isn't true.

There are witnesses,
he said,

who saw the man being
thrown out of a truck.

And what has that
got to do with you?

I saw the truck.

It almost drove
right into me.

He asked me to go to the police,
to tell them what I saw.

This is not our issue, Lib.

"Our" issue?

This isn't our issue.

The only reason I
volunteered to raise money

was to convince Sam
to join the board.

And I appreciate it.

I know you do.
It's just...

Everything in
our lives, Bill,

for as long
as I can remember,

has been
about the study.

I mean,
loans we've taken out

and friendships
that we've lost,

and it's all been
for your work,

work that does not
include me.

I just... I...
I don't know...

I don't know
where I fit in with it all.

You're with me.

Uh, Frank just called.

Said he'll meet you tonight
at the coffee shop at 9:00.

Dr Madden
is expecting you at 7:00.

I figured it would be easiest
for you to see him after work.

You made me
an appointment?

Dr Madden is an expert
in this area.

He can help you.

You can discuss the problems
that you've been having.

I thought that
you were helping me.

Yes, but I don't have anywhere
near the qualifications...

You cannot expect me to sit
down with a complete stranger.

A... A man, no less

and tell him the things
that I have told you.

No, I'm...
I'm sorry, Virginia.

I'm sorry, but I can't.

I'm sorry.

I'd like
to speak to you,

about what I saw
the other day.

I can't live like this.

I'm... I've lost my appetite.
I haven't slept in days.

And why do you think
that is?

Something happened to me
a very long time ago.

And, somehow...

Well, it's...
It's come up again.

When I grew up,

there was a creek
that ran behind my house.

And in the summers,
my brother and I,

we would spend
every day down there,

chasing frogs

and holding our breaths
underwater.

And then, eventually,

as we got older,
the games...

They changed.

I thought
you were going home.

We were.

We discussed it, though,
and we decided

we didn't want anyone else
doing the treatments.

We've made arrangements.

Pauline found a hotel that
accommodates long-term stays...

This was not the agreement.

I didn't agree
to anything.

My first week
as a resident,

they had me on the
emergency-medicine rotation.

About 2:00 in the morning
one night,

they bring in this young
girl, automobile accident.

She'd lost control, swerved off
an embankment into a ditch.

Went right through
the glass,

skidded across asphalt
and gravel for 30, 40 feet.

Her face...

I'm sure you can imagine.
It was just...

They called in a plastic
surgeon from New York City.

I watched him work
on that girl for hours.

When he was finished,

she walked out of that hospital
with a brand-new face.

The next morning,

I switched my speciality
to plastic surgery.

I thought,
"What could be better

"than being able to give
somebody a second chance?“

The embankment
she swerved off?

It wasn't an accident.

All we'd done
was ruin her plans.

Six months later,
she corrected the mistake...

Took a fistful
of sleeping pills.

You think it's enough
to fix the outside.

That's the easy part.

I have to tell you, Bill...

I've spent most of my life
pretending you don't exist.

When people would ask me,

I'd tell them
I was an only child.

"My parents
only wanted one."

At some point,
I'd said it so long,

I started half-believing it
myself.

I want my brother back.

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