-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Masters of Sex - S2 - Michael Sheen & Lizzy Caplan - Sundays on Showtime
- Thread starter Cornballer
- Start date
- Status
dead souls
Member
The hype was mostly justified. That was phenomenal, as well as phenomenally depressing.
PinkCrayon
Member
A little on the nose for me, but the stories themselves were well told and emotional.
CreepingFear
Member
Excellent episode. I wish they could all be this personal.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Whooof.
And for some reason, I thought Bill and Ginny were going to actually fight.
And for some reason, I thought Bill and Ginny were going to actually fight.
Cornballer
Member
- Promo for next weeks episode (please spoiler tag any discussion)
- Sneak peek clip from Ep 4 (please spoiler tag any discussion)
- Sneak peek clip from Ep 4 (please spoiler tag any discussion)
- Masters of Sex Presents: Masters of Style (youtube, ~24min)
- Sneak peek clip from Ep 4 (please spoiler tag any discussion)
- Sneak peek clip from Ep 4 (please spoiler tag any discussion)
- Masters of Sex Presents: Masters of Style (youtube, ~24min)
They're called bottle episodes. I imagine because it's like a ship in a bottle.
spindoctor
Member
I thought the build up to Bill revealing that he was abused by his father was slightly dull due to the fact that we already know about it (through his conversations with his mother). Still, the episode was really damn good. So much tension and sadness as they talk to each other. How smoothly their conversations transitioned back and forth between truth and lies. How they managed to weave the boxing match going on in the background into all the stories being told. And just fantastic performances from Sheen and Caplan that made it so difficult to watch. I don't know if it's the 'best hour of television' in the year but I sure as hell can't think of anything better offhand.
Only 3 pages in this thread. The show deserves more popularity.
Only 3 pages in this thread. The show deserves more popularity.
Caught up.
Last episode (3) was definitely among the best ones of the series, for me.
As i said i also loved Fly, and i totally see the comparisons, however the complaining about bottle episodes (as StuBurns called them
) were more justified in an action show like Breaking Bad.
In Masters of Sex, character development is just about the most action you'll get, the cream of the show, really.
Last episode (3) was definitely among the best ones of the series, for me.
As i said i also loved Fly, and i totally see the comparisons, however the complaining about bottle episodes (as StuBurns called them
) were more justified in an action show like Breaking Bad.In Masters of Sex, character development is just about the most action you'll get, the cream of the show, really.
I just watched the last episode. I am appalled at some of the negative reviews. It was, to me, one of the finest hours of television in a long time. Just masterful, I loved it so much. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire episode. It was easily the best episode of the series to this point, in my opinion of course.
AngmarsKing701
Member
I see what you did there.
The Fly was good though.oh man people compared this latest episode to "The Fly", I think I need to break my self imposed wait for the whole season to finish before watching it
I dunno, is comparing to to The Fly a bad thing?
Then how about, this was like The Suitcase?
I know the Fly was good. That's why I said I wanted to break my wait for the season to finish to watch it. Comparisons to The Fly make me excited.
Watched season one recently. Going in, wasn't expecting much. Dexter really hampered me on Showtime... :/ came out amazed at how good this show is. It's as good as if not better than Mad Men (another show I just started watching. gotta start season 5 soon.)
My one complaint is I find it very strange that for a show about the study of sex it is very prudish about showing other than the most basic details. I mean, I get the need to be artful but this is the perfect opportunity to be educational about anatomy and pleasure as well, and it's kind of a cop out to not delve further into those types of visuals.
In other words, why no visuals of penises and vaginas? Not asking for porn brah, just, they exist you know.
My one complaint is I find it very strange that for a show about the study of sex it is very prudish about showing other than the most basic details. I mean, I get the need to be artful but this is the perfect opportunity to be educational about anatomy and pleasure as well, and it's kind of a cop out to not delve further into those types of visuals.
In other words, why no visuals of penises and vaginas? Not asking for porn brah, just, they exist you know.
Fly was good but, as i said, the complaints made still more sense there than here.
Breaking Bad is an action show that sometimes moves incredibly fast, plot wise, an episode like Fly is a definite change in pace.
In Masters of Sex, Plot Advancement isn't... isn't really that crucial, because it's a slower show to begin with, so an episode like this, to me, is an episode filled with juicy material, the very meat of the show.
If an episode like this is boring to you, i don't even know what you're getting out of the rest of the show; you won't have Bill Masters go "Stay out of my Hospital" to some Organ Smuggler, or him having to hide in a parking lot from the Cartel's hitmen.
A sentiment that made more sense in BB.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
My man.
i doubt any actor on the show would be willing to show their genitals in full "engaging" mode.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
That was a very good episode. Definitely one of the best they've done. The stuff with the baby was heart wrenching.
Cornballer
Member
New episode tonight:
Cornballer
Member
Cornballer
Member
- Masters of Sex Season 2: Next on Episode 5
- Sneak peek clip from next week's episode
- Sneak peek clip from next week's episode
Please spoiler tag any discussion.
- Sneak peek clip from next week's episode
- Sneak peek clip from next week's episode
Please spoiler tag any discussion.
Cornballer
Member
I have yet to catch up with the last episode, but isn't Betty the reason why Masters got to work on his study again?
Cornballer
Member
Pretty much yeah. Her husband.
Just saw episode three. What a great episode. The boxing bit was jokes. The drama was good. The baby. Maybe my favourite episode yet.
Yeah i don't know how i feel about Libby's arc either.
She was going to become a boring mary sue, victim of the whole situation, but this turn of events seems rather sudden, in the way she completely disregards Coral's dignity at every turn.
Makes her look more like a coward lashing out on someone with less power to answer back, than anything else, which i guess it's an interesting turn of events, in and out of itself.
The scene themselves though, i didn't like them too much.
I'm happy Masters is out of that hospital though, that scene behind the glass with the woman masturbating and everyone laughing, was massively creepy, lol.
She was going to become a boring mary sue, victim of the whole situation, but this turn of events seems rather sudden, in the way she completely disregards Coral's dignity at every turn.
Makes her look more like a coward lashing out on someone with less power to answer back, than anything else, which i guess it's an interesting turn of events, in and out of itself.
The scene themselves though, i didn't like them too much.
I'm happy Masters is out of that hospital though, that scene behind the glass with the woman masturbating and everyone laughing, was massively creepy, lol.
Agreed. Feels like an incredibly forced plotline.
I feel like they wanted to go somewhere with the other Libby and PoC plotline last season (the repairman dancing with her).
Hopefully this will go somewhere though.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
"Dirty Jobs" was a very good episode. Julianne Nicholson was absolutely fantastic in it.
Also, when Betty joked about "Doctor Lipschitz", was that a Rugrats reference? XD
He was pretty annoying for the majority of the episode but I really liked his scene at the end with William.
Agreed. I'm dreading the conclusion to that arc. At this point it seems like it can only end in disaster.
Also, when Betty joked about "Doctor Lipschitz", was that a Rugrats reference? XD
He was pretty annoying for the majority of the episode but I really liked his scene at the end with William.
Agreed. I'm dreading the conclusion to that arc. At this point it seems like it can only end in disaster.
Langhams advice to Bill was something I appreciated too. It seems he meant to do well and let Bill reflect on what he accomplished in life. Also liked the conclusion to Betty's subplot on how the two actually met. Libby turned into a cunt these past few episodes isn't really my favourite plotline but I can kind of see why they would go there. It feels like they wanted a way the Libby character can express her stress to someone and the nanny became the victim. There's practically no one else around the house anyways. To conclude, I'm on board with pretty much all the directions they chose to go with. Bill punching Greyhouse being my favourite bit. No one strongarms Bill Masters. So far I see this show getting another spot in my year list, Showtime is really delivering for me.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Oh yeah, I really liked that scene too. That revelation really shined a new light on their relationship. I hope they can move past things and start fresh. :3
Cornballer
Member
New episode tonight:
Cornballer
Member
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Started slow but some real gut punches later on. Betty is turning into a phenomenal character.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
I'm thinking about watching this again. I caught a couple of episode at random late last year or was it early this year? Can't remember.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked