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- Amazon Instant Video
- Nov 30, 2015
- Amazon Instant Video
- Nov 30, 2015
Summary In Jill Soloway's dark comedy Maura (Jeffrey Tambor), who previously was known as Mort Pfefferman, announces his transition to his ex-wife Shelly (Judith Light), and his three kids--Ali (Gaby Hoffmann), Josh (Jay Duplass, and Sarah (Amy Landecker).
Created By: Joey Soloway
- Amazon Instant Video
- Nov 30, 2015
- Amazon Instant Video
- Nov 30, 2015
Summary In Jill Soloway's dark comedy Maura (Jeffrey Tambor), who previously was known as Mort Pfefferman, announces his transition to his ex-wife Shelly (Judith Light), and his three kids--Ali (Gaby Hoffmann), Josh (Jay Duplass, and Sarah (Amy Landecker).
Created By: Joey Soloway
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 28 Critic Reviews
94
100% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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A TV series that makes revolutionary art seem both irresistible and inevitable.
The Pfeffermans, the dysfunctional family at the center of Jill Soloway’s Transparent, return for a second season more poisonous and captivating than ever.
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Based on 142 User Ratings
6.6
65% Positive
93 Ratings
93 Ratings
10% Mixed
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25% Negative
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35 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 142 User Ratings
6.6
65% Positive
93 Ratings
93 Ratings
10% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
25% Negative
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
The second season of Transparent was just a good as the first. This modern day drama only gets better and bolder with every episode by taking on issues no one else is focusing on. The characters have genuinely evolved, although Tambor steals the spotlight with his performance as Maura Pfefferman. Jay Duplass and Gaby Hoffman also contribute fantastically to this season. I thoroughly enjoyed following Transparent in season two and will continue doing so as the third season starts airing.
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SEASON 2
I loved Season 1 and Season is BRILLIANT! The development of this "modern family" takes the nuclear family to another dimension of understanding, unconditonal love and the world we live in. Outstanding performanes from the entire cast. Jill Soloway is amazing.
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SEASON 2
It is every bit as powerful, moving and surprising as the first season, and just as transformative in its own way, as it belies the notion that second seasons of great high-concept shows are rarely as good as first seasons.
Just a few of the series’ many charms are its nimble energy and its ability to hopscotch between sadness and silliness without missing a beat; there are also scenes of pure joy, like a road-trip sing-along to the Indigo Girls classic “Closer to Fine.” Transparent is also ridiculously funny at times, and quite willing to send up the self-absorption of its characters while never losing sight of their pain and aspirations.
These scenes [flashbacks to Weimar Germany], which feature Michaela Watkins doing the best with a tritely anxious, angry character, are the weakest elements of the new season, at once too pat and too melodramatic. But the show benefits from terrific casting in its supporting roles this season, with great turns by Cherry Jones, Richard Masur, Anjelica Huston, and the poet Eileen Myles.
Transparent returns for a second season with the Pfefferman family digging deeper into their pasts and struggling to make sense of their futures.... The dialogue can slash like a knife.
Transparent, with Shelly’s increased screen time and the children’s repetitive story lines, has grown even more myopic. With few exceptions, including random flashbacks to Weimar-era Berlin, the show feels more claustrophobic than ever.
"Transparent"'s most impressive quality is that it doesn't try to be a "transgender" show, zeroing in exclusively on the character of Maura. Maura's decision to transition is an inciting incident for her children to examine their lives, and the show reflects this by gradually focusing more and more on her offspring. The second season benefits from a wider scope, overall, defining Maura's ex-wife Shelly as more than a Jewish stereotype and exhibiting the best cross-decades thematic linking since "The Godfather Part II". It's quite simply one of the best shows on television (if it were on television).
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SEASON 2
I so loved season one. I must admit to some disappointment with season two. That's not to say it's not still in a class by itself. It's just that the primary characters, excepting Jeffrey Tambor's exquisitely wrought lead role, are written in a very unsympathetic palette of near-psychotic "colors." I am not looking for some "Pollyanna-like" resolution to crazy family dynamics, but, gosh, would it kill the show to make a few human connections go unbroken, or at least be reparable? Cherry Jones breathes remarkable life and nuance against the 2D figures with whom she interacts. Of course, she's also a brilliant actor. Like Jon Voight's character of Mickey Donovan in "Ray Donovan," she commands the screen when she occupies even a portion of it. So, for the flashes of brilliance that endure, I will not pan this show.
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SEASON 2
Interesting at times for exploring history and gender, but this show is mostly about extremely selfish people being incredibly awful to each other in the name of "growth" (which never turns out to be real character growth). Every once in a while, some of the characters do act tenderly toward each other, but those brief moments are swamped by cold manipulation, selfish motivation, even pure narcissism.
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