"I'm starting to get the sense that the show is steering hard away from
Bill and Gini sex scenes and more toward the compounding of their deep
emotional bond with each other. I'm almost wondering if the half-asleep
quickie from behind was the last time we'll ever see them have sex."

I didn't watch Breaking Bad, so that comparison is lost on me. And I didn't say that Bill wasn't judgy at all, just that he was the least judgy. Yes, he argued with Virginia about her taking a leave of absence, but that was basically it. Meanwhile, both Libby and George kept coming at her. So I stand by my…

I think it shows the true ramification of sex during this time in history - or any time in history, actually. I mean, the woman in the study volunteered for the study and she was using a diaphragm. She was in a tough position in that she had fewer choices (both in terms of birth control options and termination…

Because of the legality issues, I am less annoyed than I was last week about this plot point but I am not sure I agree that this was an inevitability (if only because, IRL, Johnson only had the two kids). A pregnancy scare probably was, though.

No, she didn't. Bill essentially said it wasn't their problem because they signed an agreement, etc. IIRC, Gini eventually took all of the money they had from petty cash and gave it to the woman. IIRC, it was the same episode as the nuclear drill and I think it was also the same episode where Virginia quit working…

Well, to be fair, we have already seen sex lead to pregnancy - with the study participant who got pregnant with Austin's baby.

Since apparently the reason to have Virginia get pregnant was to get around some legal hurdles with the actual Johnson children, it would make little sense to have Virginia get pregnant only to have her have an abortion. The point of this plot, apparently, is to give the producers and writers some freedom to tell a…

I just wonder why "Danny Boy"? Was that Sheen's choice? Because a maudlin Irish tune just doesn't seem like something that Bill Masters would pull out of nowhere.

I was happy to see Libby be a bit obnoxious, to be honest. Caitlin Fitzgerald does a wonderful job with the character but it just seemed terribly unlikely to me that she would never lash out at Bill or Virginia, at some point, even if she has come to terms with their unusual arrangement. This seemed like the time to…

Oh, I don't blame you for using the word - its shorthand for what happened and everyone else is using it, too. But for me, it doesn't work because seduction tends to imply some level of success, and even if Johnny hadn't wandered by, it was pretty clear that Bill had absolutely zero interest in being seduced by Tessa.

Well, for one thing, she was drunk and as such, she probably wasn't thinking that much about the impact this would have on Libby.

Just a note to the reviewer - Libby gave birth to the Masters's daughter last season. In the time jump episode of season 2, we see Libby with an infant, and she is referenced in some of the other episodes.

The first scene of the episode include Bill and Gini having sex (the night before the press conference).

I was in college when Reality Bites came out and I knew even then that any smart person would prefer Ben Stiller's character over Ethan Hawke's. Lord, did I hate Ethan Hawke's character, and unfortunately, it spilled right on over to Hawke himself.

I'll stick up for Season 2. I think that the tortured relationship between Bill and Gini is the best part of the show and I liked that the season focused on it. I will say that I hope that we have a better understanding of Gini's psyche this season, as I think last season was a little too Bill-focused.

As it should be. Briscoe County was the only show paired with The X-Files that I ever actually liked.

IIRC, most of the dialogue in Irish is Mary Kate explaining the situation. When Fr. Lonergan is reading her the riot act, he does it in English and he says something to the effect that while Ireland is a poor country, men still sleep in beds and not in bags.

Lonergan! That's the name of Ward Bond's character, which I couldn't remember in a comment up thread.

Exactly. In a lot of ways, despite the dragging scene, The Quiet Man is quietly and subversively quite feminist.

But you're really wrong about this. He doesn't walk her 5 miles because they are "putting a price on love and marriage and sex." He drags her back to her brother's because he's finally mad enough to fight for her. She isn't using him as a pawn in anything, she's getting him to see her as a person who sees value in…