r/MastersOfSex • u/NicholasCajun • Jul 27 '15
Discussion Masters of Sex - 3x03 "The Excitement Of Release" - Episode Discussion
Season 3 Episode 3: The Excitement Of Release
Aired: July 16th, 2015
Masters and Johnson look to capitalize on their burgeoning fame.
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u/BrownSugarVoodoo Jul 27 '15
ok this goddamn baby has got to go. i can't be robbed of another bill & virginia sex scene.
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u/8bubbles8joe Jul 27 '15
Round of applause for the young actress who plays Tessa tbh. She's fierce but never annoying and I loved every scene she was in tonight. Excited to see more from her. Another great episode like always, loving this season so far.
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u/BrownSugarVoodoo Jul 27 '15
Something I remembered...virginia said she lost her virginity in a car to her bf at the time. Tessa did too in a way but it ended up being horrifying. The fucking parallels on this show man.
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u/klosec12 Jul 28 '15
Missed watching this yesterday but catching up with it this morning made for some interesting watching.
First thing that i really want to talk about is Lester. I thought he was dating Betsy Brandt? And now Jane has just appeared out of nowhere and they are married with kids? I get that the show time jumped something chronic, but to just glaze over all of that is a bit much.
Holy shit Tessa in this episode. The acting was top notch from her in this episode, especially in her last scene in the school where you can tell something has changed in her, fucking amazing stuff.
Barton returns! Another surprise here, I can't remember from last season and someone correct me if I was wrong, but wasn't he still married? Granted it was falling apart, but for him to just move and find a new partner was a bit surprising too. Also sucks to see him be the chancellors whipping boy, but I was kind of hoping he would accept Masters offer.
I don't think anything made me smile as much as Bill when he was with Paul talking about those football cards. I mean, a lot of this show is him being angry at other people, but that scene really nailed it for me, he is just a normal person and it was also such a surprise, I never would have expected Bill to be into something like that.
Very solid episode, but I am going to give Episode MVP to Tessa. That ending of the car scene was brilliant and the back half of the episode really turned me around on her character.
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u/MonsieurA Jul 28 '15
For those who are also interested in the chronology of the series, I caught a reference to Cesar Chavez's march to Sacramento, which happened in March 1966, and the Times Magazine "Is God Dead?" cover, which was released in April 1966.
If anybody knows the football game that was on, it would probably help narrow down the date. Unfortunately, I'm not exactly an NFL aficionado.
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u/thevegetexarian Jul 27 '15
perfect casting for hugh Hefner -- portrayal was spot on.
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u/bionix90 Jul 28 '15
The last scene really annoyed me. I didn't mind Bill being a horrible father to his children. Some people are just not cut out for it and the abuse he suffered as a child made him cold and distant to his own children, in no small part out of fear of harming them. He of course doesn't realize that the other extreme is just as harmful as we can see with his older son. Still, it really irks me that he can be loving to Virgina's daughter. It makes him as a character a real asshole. You can't be an emotionless recluse to your own children but a caring father to another kid.
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Jul 29 '15
Bill is an a-hole for sure, but I was moved by his compassion for and progressive thinking about Barton. He defended Barton to the chancellor , encouraged him to stand up for himself in front of the Chancellor, and offered him a job as well where he'd be valued and accepted. At the end of the episode he said to Gini, who goes where they're not wanted?
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Jul 27 '15
Good episode. Felt sick right along w Tessa after her pig date forced himself on her.
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u/Bigtris Jul 27 '15
Can someone please explain to me what's going on with Lester? Why is his wife angry at him, and what every happened to the girl with vaginismus who he was into last season (portrayed by Betsy Brandt)?