Transparent
2014 · TV Series · TV-MA · 30 min · ★ 6.4 · 88% critics
A Los Angeles family with messy boundaries is thrown into upheaval after a life-changing admission brings long-buried feelings to the surface. As everyone tries to redefine who they are, old wounds, new relationships, and uncomfortable truths collide in ways that are funny, raw, and often painfully relatable.
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Details
- Years
- 2014–2019
- Release date
- 2014-09-26
- Network
- Prime Video
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 30 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 88/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (170 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a character-driven dramedy about family dysfunction, identity, and uncomfortable honesty, with humor mixed into the mess; Not for you if you need tidy plots, consistently likeable characters, or minimal sex and vulgarity.
Pros: strong acting; witty, realistic dialogue; thoughtful identity themes | Cons: meandering episodes; unlikeable, selfish characters; explicit sexual content
Themes
- family drama
- los angeles, california
- lgbt
- trans woman
Awards & recognition
- British Academy Television Award — Best International Programme · 2016
Cast & crew
Jeffrey Tambor
as Maura Pfefferman
Gaby Hoffmann
as Ali Pfefferman
Amy Landecker
as Sarah Pfefferman
Judith Light
as Shelly Pfefferman
Jay Duplass
as Josh Pfefferman
Melora Hardin
as Tammy Cashman
Luzer Twersky
as Mendel
Emma Howard
as Becky
Mel Shimkovitz
as Jude
Lena Waithe
as Jane
Directed by Gaby Hoffmann, Rhys Ernst, Joey Soloway +11 more
Episodes5 seasons · 41 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1Pilot31mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2The Letting Go29mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Rollin30mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Moppa28mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Wedge27mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6The Wilderness29mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Symbolic Exemplar30mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8Best New Girl31mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9Looking Up29mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?29mAmazon Prime Video
Season 210 episodes
- S2E1Kina Hora30mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E2Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump29mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3New World Coming28mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E4Cherry Blossoms29mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E5Mee-Maw29mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E6Bulnerable30mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E7The Book of Life28mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E8Oscillate31mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E9Man on the Land27mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E10Grey Green Brown & Copper31mAmazon Prime Video
Season 310 episodes
- S3E1Elizah24mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E2When the Battle is Over31mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E3To Sardines and Back31mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E4Just the Facts29mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E5Oh Holy Night30mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E6The Open Road30mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E7Life Sucks and Then You Die28mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E8If I Were a Bell27mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E9Off the Grid30mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E10Exciting and New31mAmazon Prime Video
Season 410 episodes
- S4E1Standing Order24mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E2Groin Anomaly29mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E3Pinkwashing Machine33mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E4Cool Guy27mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E5Born Again25mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E6I Never Promised You a Promised Land23mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E7Babar the Borrible23mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E8Desert Eagle25mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E9They Is on the Way24mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E10House Call27mAmazon Prime Video
Season 51 episode
- S5E1Musicale Finale102mAmazon Prime Video