Transparent (2014)
Synopsis
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
First Air Date: 2014-09-26
Last Air Date: 2019-09-27
Number of Seasons: 5
Number of Episodes: 41
Created By: Joey Soloway
Networks: Prime Video
Top Cast
- Gaby Hoffmann as Ali Pfefferman
- Amy Landecker as Sarah Pfefferman
- Jay Duplass as Josh Pfefferman
- Jeffrey Tambor as Maura Pfefferman
- Judith Light as Shelly Pfefferman
- Rob Huebel as Len Novak
- Alexandra Billings as Davina
- Kathryn Hahn as Raquel Fein
- Zackary Arthur as Zack
- Carrie Brownstein as Syd Feldman
Seasons
Season 1 (2014)
When the Pfefferman family patriarch makes a dramatic admission, the entire family's secrets start to spill out, and each of them spin in a different direction as they begin to figure out who they are going to become.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Pilot
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out. Starring Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, and Gaby Hoffmann.
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Ep. 2: The Letting Go
Maura embraces her new journey, but nothing about life as a woman is easy -- making friends, finding a new community, and above all, coming out to her children. Sarah introduces her husband (Rob Huebel) to her ex-girlfriend Tammy (Melora Hardin). Josh pays a visit to his ex-babysitter Rita, as Ali gets closer to her trainer.
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Ep. 3: Rollin
Maura moves out of the family house and into a lively new apartment complex, just as Sarah needs a new home after dismantling her perfect life. Josh has to reconsider his sudden vision of starting a family, while Ali finds some new boundaries to cross.
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Ep. 4: Moppa
Maura finally comes out to Ali, and they join Sarah on a field trip to the mall - where they all get rude lessons in womanhood. Josh is forced to confront his past thanks to questions from Syd (Carrie Brownstein) about his longtime relationship with Rita.
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Ep. 5: Wedge
When Shelly's husband Ed goes missing, Sarah, Josh and Ali set out to find him, and instead find themselves lost in their past. Ali can no longer keep Maura's secret from Josh, which sends him into a tailspin. When Maura runs into a Pfefferman family friend she takes a stand for her new identity.
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Ep. 6: The Wilderness
As they struggle to come to terms with Maura, Josh looks for answers from a rabbi named Raquel (Kathryn Hahn), and Ali looks for answers in a Gender Studies class with Syd. Sarah is left to answer questions from her own kids, who meet Maura for the first time.
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Ep. 7: Symbolic Exemplar
Josh goes on a date with Rabbi Raquel while Ali explores her feminine side with a TA from Gender Studies class. The kids turn out for Maura's performance in a talent show, but her delight quickly turns to dejection.
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Ep. 8: Best New Girl
In a flashback, Mort escapes with friend Mark (Bradley Whitford) to a cross-dressing retreat in the woods, and becomes captivated with a very accepting woman named Connie (Michaela Watkins). Left alone after cancelling her Bat Mitzvah, 13-year-old Ali finds trouble with an older man at the beach.
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Ep. 9: Looking Up
Maura finds solace with ex-wife Shelly, and the two hatch a plot to help Ed realize his wishes. Sarah spends time with her ex-husband and begins to question their breakup, while Raquel finally breaks through to Josh. And when the entire family is summoned to Shelly's, they are in for a few surprises.
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Ep. 10: Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?
A funeral brings all the Pfeffermans together and reunites them with their past - Shelley and Maura with old friends, Sarah with her ex, and Josh with his teenage babysitter - who brings a 17-year-old boy. Just when they thought there were no more secrets, the family busts out a few more.
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