Showtime already had me at the mention of SEX and Lizzy Caplan, but when I found out it was a series about the famous Masters & Johnson sex studies, I was still intrigued. While Paul Bettany was the original star, I am glad to see Michael Sheen getting the opportunity to headline a project like this. And now we have a nice, long, slightly NSFW trailer to lead up to the premiere of MASTERS OF SEX.
For those unfamiliar with Masters & Johnson, they were a pair of researchers who began in depth analyses of sexual behavior in humans in the 1950s when it was considered a perverted and taboo subject. The pair had true scientific ambition on their minds despite the graphic nature of their methods. This trailer showcases some of them, including a very unique dildo.
Virginia Johnson and William Masters studied sex for four decades, so making a recurring television series about them shouldn’t be difficult. The question is was everything they studied really that interesting? From the looks of this trailer, at least a couple of seasons will be good television, but I am not sure how much beyond that.
MASTERS OF SEX premieres on Showtime on September 29th.