Showtime announced Sarah Silverman will be back as a guest star on the third season of Masters of Sex starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan. Silverman will be reprising her role as Helen in a multi-episode arc in season three set to premiere on July 12, 2015 at 10pm ET/PT.
According to the official announcement, the upcoming season will find Helen and Betty (Annaleigh Ashford) trying to have a baby in 1966, which is a huge undertaking for the lesbian couple.
Michelle Ashford developed the series for Showtime and is an executive producer. Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Amy Lippman, Dave Flebotte, and Judith Verno are also executive producers on the series based on Thomas Maier’s book Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, The Couple Who Taught America How To Love.
The Plot of Masters of Sex Season 3: “Season three of the series is set when the famed duo Masters and Johnson are dealing with the glare of the national spotlight as their sex study is finally unveiled. Masters and Johnson’s work will have a profound impact on contemporary relationships, especially their own evolving three-way “marriage” with Masters’ wife Libby (Caitlin FitzGerald).”
