elizrug I thoroughly enjoyed this show. The characters were interesting, though not unrealistically so. I love the fashion, and seeing it change over time. I love how the characters were 100% in the part. I never felt they were letting modern society slip through in their gestures or expressions, like many actors do.I learned something from Master of Sex and it wasn't anything about sex. I learned that people from their generation just did not give a crap about their children. It makes sense, as my parents are from that era, and my childhood was a mix of them hosting cocktail parties or them going out or on business trips and vacations without the kids. It's like they had no idea what being a parent meant, and even though Masters finally conquers his fear of showing affection towards his son, I think most parents then didn't have that same revelation.

Jim Herman I've made it through 2 1/2 seasons...and this shows just gets worse and worse. Dr. Masters and his snotty, racist wife are such utterly unlikeable characters, why should I care what happens to either one of them? Why do Bill's wife and Virginia stay with this abusive, egotistical as#%$$hole? It just seems that any sane woman wouldn't put up with his abuse and manipulations. "Oh, poor Dr. Masters. He's so complex and misunderstood." No, he's just an a@#hole. And its been a while since I've watched a show completely devoid of any humor, especially in season two. The show has no ups and downs...its one steady, boring storyline. No "whoa, I didn't see that coming", or any really dramatic moments. It just drags along, with a bunch of self-centered unlikable characters.

MacCarmel We're three seasons in and the critics are wrong about this series. If you're watching for the Mad Men appeal of something set in the 50's-60's you're in the wrong place. There are no eye candy sets here, the men are all either unredeemable dicks or hugely patronizing pains and the women are, by far, the most appealing characters and actors. But that said, the writers certainly seem to have taken an interesting series and run it into the ditch by season 3. The characters have pretty much all outlived their viewer interest. The fictional children do not belong in this series based on real people and they are a big drag on the story arcs.The value to the series is, in my opinion, solely to view the work of Lizzy Caplan, Allison Janney, Annaleigh Ashford, Sarah Silverman and Caitlin FitzGerald. Michael Sheen does nothing with a wholly unlikeable character. There is no humanity in his Bill Masters. The longer this show continues the more awful this character becomes. And he is, ultimately, the reason I can no longer watch the show. I just can't put up with his character that takes up so much screen time to get to the female performances that are actually worth watching.

rzajac Note that these comments come after I've "binge" watched most of the first season.The scripts for Masters of Sex are seamless stories, building up to warm, supremely human moments, all reverently observed and craftily delivered in the product. This is the stuff of great drama. I love exposition that grabs me by the lapels and compels me to understand the destinies of the characters; and this production does exactly that.Whew! Now that I've gotten the mythos out of the way, what about production? No balls dropped, anywhere. Sets, props, costuming, shooting, sound, editing--the rest of it--are all done with peerless professionalism.From top to bottom, wonderful, funny, powerful, unfolding human events. Enjoy. Cry. Behold.