EXCLUSIVE: There will be no wedding bliss chapter for Bill and Virginia. I’ve learned that Showtime has opted not to pick up a fifth season of Masters of Sex starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as real-life pioneers of human sexuality, William Masters and Virginia Johnson. The news comes two weeks after Season 4 of the period drama ended its run on the network. Showtime declined comment.
Season 4 began with the year 1968 and chronicled the “swinging ‘70s” during which time the characters took on new partners both professionally, personally and sexually. The season — and now series — finale on November 10 saw Masters and Johnson working to save the practice from disintegrating in the face of insurrection within the clinic. As everyone in their lives was either moving or falling away, Bill and Virginia found solace in one another and got married. With Bill and Virginia finally tying the knot in the Season 4 finale, I hear Showtime brass felt that was a fitting conclusion to the duo’s complicated story, and decided not to go forward with another season.
Season 4 began with the year 1968 and chronicled the “swinging ‘70s” during which time the characters took on new partners both professionally, personally and sexually. The season — and now series — finale on November 10 saw Masters and Johnson working to save the practice from disintegrating in the face of insurrection within the clinic. As everyone in their lives was either moving or falling away, Bill and Virginia found solace in one another and got married. With Bill and Virginia finally tying the knot in the Season 4 finale, I hear Showtime brass felt that was a fitting conclusion to the duo’s complicated story, and decided not to go forward with another season.
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