‘Masters of Sex’ episode 9 preview: Are multiple relationships in trouble?

While “Masters of Sex” may obviously have a very central subject matter, there has been a theme of the show tucked away at almost every turn: Illusion. For many of these characters, they want to project to the world what they want to be, and they somehow think that no one will ever detect that they are pretending. Take, for example, Provost Scully and his sexuality … which is a story that we wish would last the entire season based on how good it is. From there, you also have right now Ethan, who is trying to get engaged just because he thinks it’s the right thing to do.

Then, you have Dr. Bill Masters himself. From our vantage point, there is almost no doubt at all that more than anything else, he wants to be with Virginia. But, he also realizes that he has a wife, and he has to at least keep the facade of not allowing his study to destroy his personal life.

But on the new episode airing Sunday night, that facade may be starting to fall apart. While there is good news surrounding Libby’s pregnancy, Masters has that habit of caring about work miles ahead of everything else, and it is easy for Libby to tell when he is detached. Really, the only thing that she has to find out now is that he and Virginia are both taking part now in the study as active members, and are seeming to enjoy being a part of it more and more.

Speaking of Virginia, she is going to be taking her role in the study to yet another level this weekend, as she will volunteer to take part in something that could help the study develop even more of a great reputation nationally. Of course, the twist to that is that it is also something that will probably divide the science community in the process.

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