The Best Episodes Directed By Joey Soloway

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(14 votes)

   #1 - The Letting Go

   S1:E29/26/2014

   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.

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Elizah

   S3:E19/23/2016

   While working at an LGBT suicide hotline, Maura receives a distressing call from a young trans woman, Elizah. Afraid that Elizah will hurt herself, Maura goes on an odyssey through South Central LA to find the troubled teen and lands herself in the hospital.

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   7.8/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump

   S2:E212/11/2015

   Josh 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 with an old friend; Sarah finds her past catching up with her.

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   7.8/10(4 votes)

   #4 - The Open Road

   S3:E69/23/2016

   Josh hits the road with an unlikely copilot, stirring up some undeniable chemistry along the way. Back at home, Shelly becomes wary of Buzzy's outlandish spending while Ali sees God during a nitrous induced trip at the dentist's office.

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   7.6/10(5 votes)

   #5 - They Is on the Way

   S4:E99/22/2017

   Back in Los Angeles, Davina's stay at the Pfeffermanhouse is rudely interrupted. The Pfeffermans float in the Dead Sea and Ali rushes to meet them but is waylaid at an Israeli checkpoint.

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   7.5/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Why Do We Cover the Mirrors?

   S1:E109/26/2014

   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.

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   7.4/10(8 votes)

   #7 - Rollin

   S1:E39/26/2014

   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.

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   7.3/10(6 votes)

   #8 - The Wilderness

   S1:E69/26/2014

   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.

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   7.2/10(5 votes)

   #9 - Standing Order

   S4:E19/22/2017

   An exciting offer draws Maura to Tel Aviv. Hoping for a fresh start, Shelly sells her condo and shacks up with Josh. Grappling with their family's weird intimacy issues, Sarah, Ali, and Josh attend a sex and love addicts meeting together. Ali rents out the Pfefferman house and contends with weird AirBnBers.

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10. 

    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Best New Girl

    S1:E89/26/2014

    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 cancelling her Bat Mitzvah, 13-year-old Ali finds trouble with an older man at the beach.

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    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Man on the Land

    S2:E912/11/2015

    Maura makes a new friend and has a rude awakening at the music festival; Sarah experiences liberation from an unlikely source; Ali makes an unexpected journey to the past.

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    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #12 - To Sardines and Back

    S3:E39/23/2016

    Relationships are tested as the Pfefferman family gather for Maura's birthday. Sarah confronts Buzzy on temple board politics and Maura makes a big announcement, experiencing pushback from both Vicki and Shelly. The night culminates in a game of Sardines, forcing tense situations into tight spaces.

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13. 

    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #13 - Kina Hora

    S2:E111/30/2015

    Sarah 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 news.

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    6.8/10(16 votes)

    #14 - Pilot

    S1:E19/26/2014

    An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out. Starring Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, and Gaby Hoffmann.

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    6.1/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Cherry Blossoms

    S2:E412/11/2015

    Josh's bonding with Colton comes at a price; Sarah feels more like an outsider than ever following a disastrous school gala; a visit to Grandma Rose leaves Ali and Syd with questions; Maura searches for autonomy.

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    5.9/10(8 votes)

    #16 - Symbolic Exemplar

    S1:E79/26/2014

    Josh 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's performance in a talent show, but her delight quickly turns to dejection.

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    5.2/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Pilot

    S1:E18/19/2016

    A stalled married couple, Chris and Sylvere, temporarily relocates from New York City to Marfa, Texas. Tensions rise when the couple spends an evening with celebrated artist and mysterious cowboy, Dick, launching them into an unusual sexual fantasy.

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    5.2/10(6 votes)

    #18 - A Short History of Weird Girls

    S1:E55/12/2017

    The women of Marfa expose their history of desire.

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