‘Masters of Sex’ season 2, episode 4 review: Did Virginia and Bill get caught?
Last week’s episode of “Master’s of Sex” gave us a glimpse into what life would be like if Bill and Virginia were husband and wife: There would be love, a strong connection and a power struggle between two dominate personalities. After watching that episode (which is arguably the best episode the show has ever produced) we wonder what the masterminds behind the show have in store for us this week.
We’ve been wondering how long it was going to be before Virginia and Bill’s affair became public knowledge and here we are!. Now that Austin’s wife has thrown him out, he’s staying at a hotel… the same one Bill and Virginia frequent. Although he doesn’t see them doing anything romantic he has his suspicions and confronts her about it. Virginia plays it off as nothing, saying that they are meeting up there because there is no where else to meet to work on publishing the paper. Austin doesn’t believe it.
One night while drinking with Lillian he blurts out that Virginia and Bill are sleeping together, something she clearly didn’t know. Lillian wants to make a deeper connection with Virginia and tries to get her to open up about her affair with Bill, but after some prodding, she still won’t budge. Lillian decides that without trust with Virginia (and the fact that she’s going to die), that she is going to hand over the research to a doctor at another hospital. When Virginia finds out that she is going to be losing her job, she realizes that she is going to have to step up her sales in diet pills.
Bill is losing participants in the study now that there isn’t a female assistant involved. Bill pushes the matter with the head of the hospital asking for Virginia to be hired, but he seems to be stalling. What’s worse is that the head of the hospital is acting like a school boy and inviting hordes of men into watch the study proceedings – also he never asked the board for Virginia to be considered for the position. After punching the head of the hospital in the face and throwing everyone out of the study, Bill is getting fired again and Libby is furious that his study is always taking precedence over her and the family. Will Bill find another job? He does in fact find one and it will include Virginia.
The topper of the episode was seeing Austin go to Bill’s house to give him some marital advice: He tells Bill that he’s got to get this affair under control or he’s going to lose everything and he has to figure out if it’s really worth it. Episode grade: B –
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