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Transparent Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
11 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 0
Original Pilot
Thu, Feb 6, 201430 mins
An L.A. family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone to spill their secrets.
Episode 1
Pilot
Wed, Aug 27, 201430 mins
Adult siblings Sarah, Josh and Ali each receive a telephone call from their father Morton who wants them to have dinner with him at the longtime family home - where Morton lives and which he got to keep in the divorce settlement from the kids' mother, Shelly - so that he can tell them as a collective some big news. The three are rather nonplussed even in their speculation that the news may be something serious like Morton having some major health issue like cancer, which if be the case successful music producer Josh openly talks about what to him is the more important aspect of inheritance. At dinner, Morton cannot tell his children the real reason for convening them, despite a vow made at a support group meeting to do so, as Morton can see that it's not the right time in the three's self-absorbed lives. What Morton does not know about his children's current lives: Sarah has just run into an old flame from college, Tammy, about who she has never told her husband Len; Josh is in a serious relationship with one of his much younger clients, Kaya, who in turn does not know about his extracurricular activities with someone from his past; and Ali, once again between jobs and broke, uses the borrowed money from her father to deal with her body image issues. What Morton ultimately does tell them at dinner, which is only an associated issue to the main event, has its own repercussions as it sends certain shock waves among the three.
Episode 2
The Letting Go
Fri, Sep 26, 201429 mins
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.
Episode 3
Rollin'
Fri, Sep 26, 201430 mins
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.
Episode 4
Moppa
Fri, Sep 26, 201427 mins
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.
Episode 5
Wedge
Fri, Sep 26, 201427 mins
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.
Episode 6
The Wilderness
Fri, Sep 26, 201428 mins
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.
Episode 7
The Symbolic Exemplar
Fri, Sep 26, 201430 mins
It's the day of the talent show, and Sarah has convinced her siblings to attend, which is important for Maura. In the lead up to show, Sarah checks in with Tammy on the renovations for the house, before heading off with Josh to take advantage of the lax regulations to get some "medication" which in turn allows her to get high before the start of the show. Josh has his first date with Raquel, which doesn't go quite according to plan. Raquel, however, plans on making a romantic dinner for the two of them while Josh goes to the show. And Ali, sporting a new look, has a date with Dale, who she brings to the show on the last minute remembrance during the date about the promise to attend the show. The applause that Davina and Maura receive for their performance is bittersweet for Maura, who turns to someone from her past for additional support. Following the show, Josh gets sidetracked by his self-absorption in a certain matter which leaves Raquel waiting for her dinner date.
Episode 8
Best New Girl
Fri, Sep 26, 201431 mins
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 canceling her Bat Mitzvah, 13-year-old Ali finds trouble with an older man at the beach.
Episode 9
Looking Up
Fri, Sep 26, 201429 mins
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.
Episode 10
Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?
Fri, Sep 26, 201429 mins
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.
