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->''We sit huddled in the dark like prudish cavemen, filled with shame when the truth is, nobody understands sex. And science holds the key.''
-->'''Dr. Masters'''
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* AnguishedDeclarationofLove: [[spoiler: Masters to Johnson at the end of Man High.]]

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* AnguishedDeclarationofLove: AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Masters to Johnson at the end of Man High.]]
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* YouGetMeCoffee: When Dr. Lilian DePaul joins the hospital, Virginia tries to strike up a friendship, offering to show her around, etc. [[IceQueen She doesn't react.]] At the end of her monologue, Virginia asks if there's anything she can do... and Dr. [=DePaul=] asks her to get a coffee. (Virginia is a secretary, after all...)

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* YouGetMeCoffee: When Dr. Lilian DePaul [=DePaul=] joins the hospital, Virginia tries to strike up a friendship, offering to show her around, etc. [[IceQueen She doesn't react.]] At the end of her monologue, Virginia asks if there's anything she can do... and Dr. [=DePaul=] asks her to get a coffee. (Virginia is a secretary, after all...)

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* IceQueen: Dr. Lilian [=DePaul=]




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* YouGetMeCoffee: When Dr. Lilian DePaul joins the hospital, Virginia tries to strike up a friendship, offering to show her around, etc. [[IceQueen She doesn't react.]] At the end of her monologue, Virginia asks if there's anything she can do... and Dr. [=DePaul=] asks her to get a coffee. (Virginia is a secretary, after all...)
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Dr. Lilian [=DePaul=] is given the suggestion that, rather than maintaining her IceQueen persona, she should try acting flirtatious with male co-workers in order to get on their good side. Unfortunately, the person she first tries this out on happens to be her homosexual, married boss.

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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Dr. Lilian [=DePaul=] is given the suggestion advice that, rather than maintaining her IceQueen persona, she should try acting flirtatious with male co-workers in order to get on their good side. Unfortunately, the person she first tries this out on happens to be her homosexual, married boss.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Dr. Lilian [~DePaul~] is given the suggestion that, rather than maintaining her IceQueen persona, she should try acting flirtatious with male co-workers in order to get on their good side. Unfortunately, the person she first tries this out on happens to be her homosexual, married boss.

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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Dr. Lilian [~DePaul~] [=DePaul=] is given the suggestion that, rather than maintaining her IceQueen persona, she should try acting flirtatious with male co-workers in order to get on their good side. Unfortunately, the person she first tries this out on happens to be her homosexual, married boss.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Dr. Lilian DePaul is given the suggestion that, rather than maintaining her IceQueen persona, she should try acting flirtatious with male co-workers in order to get on their good side. Unfortunately, the person she first tries this out on happens to be her homosexual, married boss.

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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Dr. Lilian DePaul [~DePaul~] is given the suggestion that, rather than maintaining her IceQueen persona, she should try acting flirtatious with male co-workers in order to get on their good side. Unfortunately, the person she first tries this out on happens to be her homosexual, married boss.
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* OpenSecret: Masters, not his wife, is the one who's infertile. Everyone but her knows this. [[spoiler: Virginia eventually tells her the truth.]]

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* {{Blackmail}}: Masters gets the provost's support for his study by hinting that he knows that the provost has been having sex with male prostitutes.



* GruntingOrgasm: You betcha.

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* GruntingOrgasm: You betcha.



* IncompatibleOrientation: The provost and his wife.

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* IncompatibleOrientation: The provost and his wife. He's heartbroken when his wife insists on leaving him over it.



* MyGirlIsASlut: Virginia certainly isn't but her past sexual history makes her more attractive to jaded men.

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* MyGirlIsASlut: Virginia certainly isn't one, but her past sexual history makes her more attractive to jaded men.men.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Dr. Lilian DePaul is given the suggestion that, rather than maintaining her IceQueen persona, she should try acting flirtatious with male co-workers in order to get on their good side. Unfortunately, the person she first tries this out on happens to be her homosexual, married boss.
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* [[spoler: AnguishedDeclarationofLove: Masters to Johnson at the end of Man High.]]

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* [[spoler: AnguishedDeclarationofLove: [[spoiler: Masters to Johnson at the end of Man High.]]
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* [[spoler: AnguishedDeclarationofLove: Masters to Johnson at the end of Man High.]]
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* KarmaSutra: Name dropped a few times.

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* KarmaSutra: KamaSutra: Name dropped a few times.

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* TheModestOrgasm: [[RealityEnsues Not everyone is a screamer.]]


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* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Funnily enough outside of the study, given the setting, but unsurprising within the study.



* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Funnily enough outside of the study, given the setting, but unsurprising within the study.
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* AutoErotica: Virginia and Ethan both discuss first timing in the back of a car.
* BettyAndVeronica: With Libby and Virginia split between Bill.
* ConvenientMiscarriage: Heartrendingly straight with Libby.



* EverybodyHasLotsOfSex: Funnily enough outside of the study, given the setting, but unsurprising within the study.



* GoshDangItToHeck: Averted all over the place.
* GruntingOrgasm: You betcha.



* TheModestOrgasm: [[RealityEnsues Not everyone is a screamer.]]



* KarmaSutra: Name dropped a few times.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Played completely straight with Bill and Libby.
* LoveTriangle: All over the place.



* SomethingElseAlsoRises: almost all of the StockFootage used in the opening credits. The sheer volume of it tends to undermine the usual subtlety of this trope (which is almost certainly intentional).

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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: almost Almost all of the StockFootage used in the opening credits. The sheer volume of it tends to undermine the usual subtlety of this trope (which is almost certainly intentional).
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* ForegoneConclusion: Don't read any of the Wikipedia pages about Masters and Johnson if you want to avoid spoilers.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Austin to be with Jane.
** [[spoiler: Vivian]].

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* YourCheatingHeart: Austin to be with Jane.
Jane...and a few others.
** [[spoiler: Vivian]].Mr. and Mrs. Scully]].

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** [[spoiler: Vivian]].
*** and now [[spoiler: Masters]].
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A 2013 {{Showtime}} series that tells a fictionalised version of the Masters and Johnson sexual research in . Starring MichaelSheen as Dr. William Masters and LizzyCaplan as Virginia Johnson.

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A 2013 {{Showtime}} series that tells a fictionalised version of the Masters and Johnson sexual sexology research in .team. Starring MichaelSheen as Dr. William Masters and LizzyCaplan as Virginia Johnson.
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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Averted hard, which is unsurprising given that the Masters and Johnson study was one of the major things to undermine Freudian psychology.

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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Averted hard, Averted, which is unsurprising given that the Masters and Johnson study was one of the major things to undermine Freudian psychology.
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* TheImmodestOrgasm: A prostitute fakes one.
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* SexEqualsLove: Dr. Ethan Haas falls ''hard'' for Virginia Johnson, in no small part because she's great in bed; he is shocked and heartbroken (thanks to his belief in this trope) when she tells him she thinks of them as JustFriends ([[FriendsWithBenefits who happen to like having sex with each other]]) rather than lovers.

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* SexEqualsLove: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Virginia Johnson in the first episode, in which she says that many women believe this, but she doesn't. Dr. Ethan Haas Haas, on the other hand, does believe in this. He falls ''hard'' for Virginia Johnson, in no small part because she's great in bed; he is bed, and he's shocked and heartbroken (thanks to his belief in this trope) when she tells him she thinks of them as JustFriends ([[FriendsWithBenefits who also happen to like having sex with each other]]) rather than lovers.other]]).
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* SexEqualsLove: Dr. Ethan Haas falls ''hard'' for Virginia Johnson, in no small part because she's great in bed; he is shocked and heartbroken (thanks to his belief in this trope) when she tells him she thinks of them as JustFriends ([[FriendsWithBenefits who happen to like having sex with each other]] rather than lovers.

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* SexEqualsLove: Dr. Ethan Haas falls ''hard'' for Virginia Johnson, in no small part because she's great in bed; he is shocked and heartbroken (thanks to his belief in this trope) when she tells him she thinks of them as JustFriends ([[FriendsWithBenefits who happen to like having sex with each other]] other]]) rather than lovers.
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* SexEqualsLove: Dr. Ethan Haas falls ''hard'' for Virginia Johnson, in no small part because she's great in bed; he is shocked and heartbroken (thanks to his belief in this trope) when she tells him she thinks of them as JustFriends ([[FriendsWithBenefits who happen to like having sex with each other]] rather than lovers.

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* ADateWithRosiePalms: They conduct a study of this.
* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Deconstructed with the analysis that loving homosexual relationships were nearly impossible.
* AllMenArePerverts: Played with. The revelation women can be too is a major source of tension.



* ArmoredClosetGay: The provost is an all-too realistic example of this, marrying and having children.
** A prostitute becomes this as well.



* EternalSexualFreedom: Averted with the force of ten thousand exploding stars.
* {{Fanservice}}: Quite a lot of sex is going on. Shock.



* IncompatibleOrientation: The provost and his wife.
* MyGirlIsASlut: Virginia certainly isn't but her past sexual history makes her more attractive to jaded men.




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* YourCheatingHeart: Austin to be with Jane.
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: almost all of the StockFootage used in the opening credits. The sheer volume of it tends to undermine the usual subtlety of this trope (which is almost certainly intentional).
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A 2013 {{Showtime}} series that tells a fictionalised version of the Masters and Johnson sexual research in . Starring MichaelSheen as Dr. Wiliam Masters and LizzyCaplin as Virginia Johnson.

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A 2013 {{Showtime}} series that tells a fictionalised version of the Masters and Johnson sexual research in . Starring MichaelSheen as Dr. Wiliam William Masters and LizzyCaplin LizzyCaplan as Virginia Johnson.




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* ForScience: Bill and Ginny's motivation, but played for drama, with real consequences.
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A 2013 {{Showtime}} series that tells a fictionalised version of the Masters and Johnson sexual research in . Starring MichaelSheen as Dr. Wiliam Masters and LizzyCaplin as Virginia Johnson.

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!!This show provides examples of:

* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Averted hard, which is unsurprising given that the Masters and Johnson study was one of the major things to undermine Freudian psychology.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: pretty much unavoidable given the date and subject matter.

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