Transparent (2014–2019)

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Plot

In Transparent, an LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Transparent S02E10Grey Green Brown & CopperS02E10 · 8.5Maura reconciles with her lineage, both past and present; Ali talks to Leslie about her academic future; Josh looks to Buzz as a father figure; Sarah tries to tie up loose ends.
  2. 02Transparent S03E08If I Were a BellS03E08 · 8.2Boyle Heights, 1958. 12 year old Maura's femininity causes a clash between her mother Rose and her grandparents, Haim and Yetta. Across town, 12 year old Shelly quits the school play and stops eating but won't tell anyone why. Flash forward to 1966, where 21 year olds Mort and Shelly carry on a secret affair.
  3. 03Transparent S03E10Exciting and NewS03E10 · 8.2The Pfeffermans escape their problems on land by taking a cruise together. Though the clan spends most of the cruise apart - venturing on their own journeys of self discovery - they ultimately find themselves coming together at the Seder that almost wasn't.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2014Aired 7.4Season avg
  1. S01E01Transparent S01E01PilotSeptember 26, 2014 6.8An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill ou
  2. S01E02Transparent S01E02Season's bestThe Letting GoSeptember 26, 2014 8.1Maura embraces her new journey, but nothing about life as a woman is easy -- making friends, finding a new community, and above all, coming
  3. S01E03Transparent S01E03RollinSeptember 26, 2014 7.6Maura moves out of the family house and into a lively new apartment complex, just as Sarah needs a new home after dismantling her perfect li
  4. S01E04Transparent S01E04MoppaSeptember 26, 2014 7.7Maura 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 forc
  5. S01E05Transparent S01E05WedgeSeptember 26, 2014 7.7When 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 l
  6. S01E06Transparent S01E06The WildernessSeptember 26, 2014 7.4As 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
  7. S01E07Transparent S01E07Symbolic ExemplarSeptember 26, 2014 5.9Josh 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'
  8. S01E08Transparent S01E08Best New GirlSeptember 26, 2014 7.3In a flashback, Mort escapes with friend Mark (Bradley Whitford) to a cross-dressing retreat in the woods, and becomes captivated with a ver
  9. S01E09Transparent S01E09Looking UpSeptember 26, 2014 7.3Maura 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 be
  10. S01E10Transparent S01E10Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?September 26, 2014 7.8A funeral brings all the Pfeffermans together and reunites them with their past - Shelley and Maura with old friends, Sarah with her ex, and

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2015Aired 7.1Season avg
  1. S02E01Transparent S02E01Kina HoraNovember 30, 2015 6.8Sarah and Tammy are getting married, while Maura and Ali are visited by ghosts from the past and Josh and Rabbi Raquel can't hide their big
  2. S02E02Transparent S02E02Flicky-Flicky Thump-ThumpDecember 11, 2015 7.8Josh has a pool party for his new band, but he and his siblings are caught off-guard when Maura and Shelly arrive together; Ali reconnects w
  3. S02E03Transparent S02E03New World ComingDecember 11, 2015 6.1Josh and Raquel ask Colton to move in; Maura and Ali meet a feminist scholar—and Maura's former nemesis—at UCLA; Sarah launches a sexual fan
  4. S02E04Transparent S02E04Cherry BlossomsDecember 11, 2015 6.1Josh's bonding with Colton comes at a price; Sarah feels more like an outsider than ever following a disastrous school gala; a visit to Gran
  5. S02E05Transparent S02E05Mee-MawDecember 11, 2015 5.9Davina and Shea inspire Maura to re-imagine her past; Colton's adopted family visits, leaving Josh facing a touch decision; Ali finds hersel
  6. S02E06Transparent S02E06BulnerableDecember 11, 2015 7.6Ali finds herself a little too close to Leslie when she seeks Leslie's advice on her UCLA application; Josh confronts Shelly about the past;
  7. S02E07Transparent S02E07The Book of LifeDecember 11, 2015 7.5On Yom Kippur, Sarah tries to make amends with Tammy; Maura tries to communicate with Davina; Josh tries to make peace with Raquel; Ali and
  8. S02E08Transparent S02E08OscillateDecember 11, 2015 7.8Maura learns more about the trans experience; Josh heads down a reckless path; Ali and Sarah take Maura to the Idyllwild Wimmin's Music Fest
  9. S02E09Transparent S02E09Man on the LandDecember 11, 2015 7.0Maura makes a new friend and has a rude awakening at the music festival; Sarah experiences liberation from an unlikely source; Ali makes an
  10. S02E10Transparent S02E10Season's bestGrey Green Brown & CopperDecember 11, 2015 8.5Maura reconciles with her lineage, both past and present; Ali talks to Leslie about her academic future; Josh looks to Buzz as a father figu

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2016Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S03E01Transparent S03E01ElizahSeptember 23, 2016 8.0While working at an LGBT suicide hotline, Maura receives a distressing call from a young trans woman, Elizah. Afraid that Elizah will hurt h
  2. S03E02Transparent S03E02When the Battle is OverSeptember 23, 2016 7.4After a health scare, Maura confronts death and her relationship to her body. Sarah hopes to join the MidCity Temple board. Shelly plans a o
  3. S03E03Transparent S03E03To Sardines and BackSeptember 23, 2016 7.0Relationships are tested as the Pfefferman family gather for Maura's birthday. Sarah confronts Buzzy on temple board politics and Maura make
  4. S03E04Transparent S03E04Just the FactsSeptember 23, 2016 8.0Maura gets an exciting peek at the future with a visit to the plastic surgeon's office but fails to muster the same enthusiasm from Vicki on
  5. S03E05Transparent S03E05Oh Holy NightSeptember 23, 2016 7.8The Pfefferman family gathers at Hineni to support Sarah's alternative spiritual endeavor. After the news of a close friend's untimely passi
  6. S03E06Transparent S03E06The Open RoadSeptember 23, 2016 7.8Josh hits the road with an unlikely copilot, stirring up some undeniable chemistry along the way. Back at home, Shelly becomes wary of Buzzy
  7. S03E07Transparent S03E07Life Sucks and Then You DieSeptember 23, 2016 7.5Josh arrives in Overland Park and delivers difficult news to Colton. Sarah oversteps her boundaries with Raquel, putting the Hineni Seder in
  8. S03E08Transparent S03E08Season's bestIf I Were a BellSeptember 23, 2016 8.2Boyle Heights, 1958. 12 year old Maura's femininity causes a clash between her mother Rose and her grandparents, Haim and Yetta. Across town
  9. S03E09Transparent S03E09Off the GridSeptember 23, 2016 8.0After reconnecting with Colton, Josh decides to move to Overland Park, until a concerned Ali travels to him, intending to bring him home. Fe
  10. S03E10Transparent S03E10Exciting and NewSeptember 23, 2016 8.2The Pfeffermans escape their problems on land by taking a cruise together. Though the clan spends most of the cruise apart - venturing on th

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2017Aired 7.7Season avg
  1. S04E01Transparent S04E01Standing OrderSeptember 22, 2017 7.2An exciting offer draws Maura to Tel Aviv. Hoping for a fresh start, Shelly sells her condo and shacks up with Josh. Grappling with their fa
  2. S04E02Transparent S04E02Groin AnomalySeptember 22, 2017 7.8Ali is blindsided when Leslie goes public with the details of their relationship. Sarah is ignited by a new connection with her daughter's f
  3. S04E03Transparent S04E03Pinkwashing MachineSeptember 22, 2017 7.6Sarah tests a new parenting style and is shocked to discover that it works. Josh reconnects with Dr. Steve as tensions rise at home with She
  4. S04E04Transparent S04E04Cool GuySeptember 22, 2017 7.6Maura and Ali uncover new truths about their family. Shelly gets bold in her improv class. Sparks fly between Sarah, Lila, and Len and they
  5. S04E05Transparent S04E05Season's bestBorn AgainSeptember 22, 2017 8.0Maura revisits the night that Ali was born. Davina recalls memories of her youth and comes to terms with her troubled relationship with Sal.
  6. S04E06Transparent S04E06I Never Promised You a Promised LandSeptember 22, 2017 7.6The family convenes for an unusual vacation and encounters a tribe of long-lost Pfeffermans. Ali pulls away from the rest of the family as h
  7. S04E07Transparent S04E07Babar the BorribleSeptember 22, 2017 7.6Sarah and Len divert a family outing to visit Lila's mom, leading to a blowup between the siblings. Ali breaks off from the group to visit h
  8. S04E08Transparent S04E08Desert EagleSeptember 22, 2017 8.0Maura yearns to forge a new relationship but finds the connection strained. Ali is drawn to rejoin her family. Out in the vast desert Josh t
  9. S04E09Transparent S04E09They Is on the WaySeptember 22, 2017 7.6Back in Los Angeles, Davina's stay at the Pfeffermanhouse is rudely interrupted. The Pfeffermans float in the Dead Sea and Ali rushes to mee
  10. S04E10Transparent S04E10House CallSeptember 22, 2017 7.6Feeling compelled to learn more about herself in Israel, Ali stays back as the rest of the family returns to Los Angeles. Sarah, Len, and Li

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season051Episodes2019AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01Transparent S05E01Musicale FinaleSeptember 27, 2019A dazzling two-hour movie musical fantasia. When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, b

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