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Transparent — Season 1

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Gerard O'Donovan Daily Telegraph (UK) There weren't many belly laughs on offer but the dialogue was sharp as a whip and totally contemporary. Rated: 4/5 Mar 11, 2015 Full Review John Doyle Globe and Mail The awards were deserved. Transparent is magnificent. Daring, quietly searing, funny and profoundly poignant, it is social-observation storytelling at its most incandescent. Feb 10, 2015 Full Review Sophie Mayer Sight & Sound Jill Soloway's first TV series, is a dark family comedy, exquisitely discomfiting because its big moments bring familiar sensations couched in intriguing difference. Feb 2, 2015 Full Review Kathryn Reklis The Christian Century One of the least cynical, most convincing shows about religion that's offered on television. Aug 21, 2018 Full Review Natalia Marcos El Pais (Spain) It is a few steps away from the great contemporary comedies, although for the moment it can be tolerated thanks to some cathartic sequences where group work helps to cloud those undesirable attacks of interpretive hysteria. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 14, 2018 Full Review Jade Budowski Decider ... without the perfect cast behind [Tambor, Light, Landecker, Duplass, and Hoffmann], the show may never have been as successful. Jan 31, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 26, 2014 Pilot Mort gathers his children together to tell them something important; they fear he has cancer, but his real revelation shocks the entire clan. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 26, 2014 The Letting Go Maura embraces her new journey, but nothing about life as a woman is easy; Sarah introduces her husband to her ex-girlfriend Tammy; Josh pays a visit to his ex-babysitter, Rita; Ali gets closer to her trainer. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 26, 2014 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; Ali finds some new boundaries to cross. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 26, 2014 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 about his longtime relationship with Rita. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 26, 2014 Wedge When Shelly's husband Ed goes missing, Sarah, Josh and Ali set out to find him; Ali can no longer keep Maura's secret from Josh, which sends him into a tailspin; Maura runs into a Pfefferman family friend and takes a stand for her new identity. Details Episode 6 Aired Sep 26, 2014 The Wilderness As they struggle to come to terms with Maura, Josh looks for answers from a rabbi named Raquel; 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. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 26, 2014 The Symbolic Exemplar Josh goes on a date with Rabbi Raquel while Ali explores her feminine side with a teaching assistant from gender studies class; the kids turn out for Maura's performance in a talent show, but her delight quickly turns to dejection. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 26, 2014 Best New Girl In a flashback, Mort escapes with friend Mark to a cross-dressing retreat in the woods, and becomes captivated with a very accepting woman named Connie. Left alone after cancelling her Bat Mitzvah, Ali finds trouble with an older man at the beach. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 26, 2014 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; Raquel finally breaks through to Josh; the family is summoned to Shelly's. Details Episode 10 Aired Sep 26, 2014 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. Details

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