“House Call” is a finale full of send-offs but few goodbyes, proving once again how little anything sticks on Transparen…
With members of the Pfeffermans either literally or figuratively wandering the desert like a lost tribe in “Desert…
Transparent doesn’t go for tidy. Its characters are all in varying states of personal disarray, and in season four,…
There’s usually one—at least one—mid-season episode, in even the prestige-iest of prestige dramas, that’s more about…
In theory, there’s a lot of dramatic potential in the setup for the second half of this season of Transparent. The rest…
With its title at least, “Born Again” pushes the themes of Transparent’s fourth season right to the fore: It’s about…
Before getting into the review proper, it’s fair to disregard this episode’s grade, critiques, and misgivings entirely…
I value Ali Pfefferman as a POV character in “Pinkwashing Machine,” because I am, as an American Gentile who lacks even…
Pick any Transparent episode, drop in at any timestamp, and you’ll see that boundaries are anathema to the Pfefferman…
“How much longer is this gonna go on for?” Ali Pfefferman asks, exasperated. She’s talking to a team of people grilling…
“I am not at home in this family. You ridicule me. You bond with each other behind my back. You roll your eyes at me.”…
The penultimate episode of Transparent’s second season forced most of its characters together at a women’s music…
There’s a lot of loaded dialogue in “If I Were A Bell,” but nothing detonates quite like the episode’s sign-off.…
The Pfefferman’s all experience their spiritual journeys on a treadmill. Lots of movement without ever actually getting…
It’s easy to see why women fall for Josh. Aside from the fact that Jay Duplass is the top Duplass brother at the…
Even if you’re the most reform of Reform Jews—like I am, or like the Pfeffermans are—the Mourner’s Kaddish brings a…
That Transparent often works best when the Pfeffermans are all together is practically an established fact, one…
Thanks to “Elizah” and “When The Battle Is Over,” we’ve caught up with Maura, Shelly, and the Pfefferman kids, the…
After a premiere focused primarily on Maura, the third season of Transparent widens its gaze to show us what the other…
One of the advantages television has over other mass media is the amount of time we spend with its characters.…