The Best Episodes of Transparent Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.5/10(1093 votes)

   #1 - 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.

   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Joey Soloway

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   Director:Joey Soloway

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   7.6/10(616 votes)

   #2 - 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.

   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Joey Soloway

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   Director:Joey Soloway

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   7.5/10(538 votes)

   #3 - 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.

   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Bridget Bedard

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   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Bridget Bedard
4. 

   7.9/10(520 votes)

   #4 - Moppa

   S1:E49/26/2014

   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.

   Director:Nisha Ganatra

   Writers:Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue

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   Director:Nisha Ganatra

   Writers:Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue
5. 

   7.8/10(499 votes)

   #5 - Wedge

   S1:E59/26/2014

   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.

   Director:Nisha Ganatra

   Writer:Ali Liebegott

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   Director:Nisha Ganatra

   Writer:Ali Liebegott
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   7.9/10(487 votes)

   #6 - 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.

   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Ethan Kuperberg

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   Writer:Ethan Kuperberg
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   8.2/10(557 votes)

   #7 - 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.

   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Faith Soloway

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   8.1/10(506 votes)

   #8 - 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.

   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Bridget Bedard

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   Director:Joey Soloway

   Writer:Bridget Bedard
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   7.8/10(458 votes)

   #9 - Looking Up

   S1:E99/26/2014

   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.

   Director:Nisha Ganatra

   Writers:Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue

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   Director:Nisha Ganatra

   Writers:Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue
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    8.4/10(515 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Joey Soloway

    Writer:Joey Soloway

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