Transparent

The Pfeffermans escape their problems on land by taking a cruise together. Though the clan spends most of the cruise apart - venturing on their own journeys of self discovery - they ultimately find themselves coming together at the Seder that almost wasn't.

And this is the perfect suite to luxuriate.

Done with this farshtinkener phone.

And then we never had another Seder after that. Why not?

Especially when there's literally

but you all treated me so horribly that I decided not to.

Did you get a gay with your room?

I don't know. I think, like, my ex and I

I don't know. We have a kind of a...

for couples who might be into us.

I'll give you a hint. It's Mommy.

He believed in me.

Looking for something in particular?

and to my feminine shapewear.

so I think it's one thing to wear this stuff

It sucks.

- Can I? - Do it.

Goodbye, tight, terrible Spanx.

I'm pretty good. How are you?

Do it.

Why did you just let me bet $25,000?

Really?

and I'm-- this-- this is fucking it up.

- Why do you want a Seder? - because we need it.

Hey, we can use saltines for matzo.

- That's great. - Thank you.

and we're going to name this moment

and you tell them...

- Okay. - No. We're doing it.

- Yeah. - Okay.

renowned Spinnaker Lounge.

Come with me on the journey to Shel and back.

I stopped growing in every sense of the word.

* I'm broke, but I'm happy

* I'm lost

* And the other one is giving a high five *

* What it all comes down to

After reconnecting with Colton, Josh decides to move to Overland Park, until a concerned Ali travels to him, intending to bring him home. Feeling abandoned, Sarah has trouble controlling her rage. Shelly confronts Buzzy about his spending, leading to some unforeseen revelations. Newly single Maura has an exciting, surprising night out.

- You ain't gonna believe this, dog. - What's that?

You want to come?

That's wacky all right.

So anyway, I am trying to figure out how to

You cannot write a thesis about

You sound nuts.

Ali texted and said she's a maybe.

Hon, he is a big boy,

Anyway, I love hearing about how fucked up I am from you.

Pony, it's-- it's Sarah.

Well, what am I supposed to do now?

Just get them out here! Zachy and Ella!

Stop it! Just stop it!

I don't want rage in this house!

- Mmm. - Shut the fuck up.

Alexandra, I'm so glad you're here with us today.

- I mean, for real. - Well, we're very polite people around here, I guess.

You know what that was, Josh?

this baby trans needs to get fucked up

No, I-- I would not convert to another religion

I need to be here for him.

It's the twenty from last week

So, there is something that I haven't told you,

I didn't want you to feel sorry for me.

she died.

in terms of actual fact,

- Really? - Is that a dumb question?

And now Raquel's MIA. And Pony's gone.

Aah. Oh, my God, ow.

Come on.

- Harder? - Uh-huh.

It's all right. I was--

I didn't want to embarrass you in front of Mama and Pappy.

Boyle Heights, 1958. 12 year old Maura's femininity causes a clash between her mother Rose and her grandparents, Haim and Yetta. Across town, 12 year old Shelly quits the school play and stops eating but won't tell anyone why. Flash forward to 1966, where 21 year olds Mort and Shelly carry on a secret affair.

All right now. Okay, okay!

* Give me my rose and my glove *

You're very natural.

We've seen a psychologist.

Well, I'm going to give her a Miltown prescription.

* [bells]

* From the moment we kissed tonight *

Go talk some sense into that boy

Without question.

To Tom's or Joe's or Saul's.

Ha. You came back.

Chocolate? We got what, 60 bars of chocolate.

Oh, but we'll all be together.

...if we all share two cans a day?

I don't want Mom's eyeballs to melt.

Go eat a Waldorf salad. Go to goyische heaven.

* Ooh-ooh

.. * Did you lock the door? Ooh *

Yetta, Yetta, come on. In the bunker now.

- Shh. - Why are you wearing Mom's nightie?

- You need help? - There we go.

And this-- Is this-- Hey, is this yours, too?

You're gone all night. You sleep all day.

Come here. You want to know

You make him stop this,

[sniffling] I will. I promise.

- Boy: Tommy, throw it! - Okay, let's go!

Stop!

You're a boy, Mort,

[panting]

- Bryna, are you okay? - [Bryan crying]

* She won't take it from just any guy *

Oh, it's rare for me

Um, having an opening like this

Josh arrives in Overland Park and delivers difficult news to Colton. Sarah oversteps her boundaries with Raquel, putting the Hineni Seder in danger. A tough conversation with Bryna brings up some big issues between Maura and Vicki.

Oh! A royal flush!

- I could heat that up. - Right?

You did that really well. My turn. Come on.

Come on, you cannot tell me you don't have something going with him.

I've always preferred to be the wizard.

If she said so, she said so.

Why don't you get off this endless martyr thing?

Oh, my God. Oh, I'm so sorry.

Well, I thought I might have reconstruction,

she realized her mistake and took you into her heart.

Every morning, she told me how happy I made her.

So when I was cleaning out her apartment, um, I found this.

I mean, she said it was awesome.

Oh, I'm still learning.

"It" is an experience. It's being in California.

Oh, yeah, here we go.

I just got back from a birthright trip where we always ask permission--

- I wanna go now. - Here it is!

I bet you can.

- Who? - And she's off.

Don't you ever worry about him getting botched surgery?

evening.

when you were pregnant with Simon.

Can you make me understand something?

Yes, I'm having surgery and I'm scared.

- You gave him nothing! - It took 45 minutes

I knew the moment you gave that valet a dollar.

Can't sleep without the fan on ever since I was little.

I can take the air mattress.

Hey.

I was reading up on cults, and you know the only thing

Honestly, I feel like Len and I are, like, also connecting around this.

I don't know, maybe. I just, like, feel just,

I mean, I don't-- That's-- I don't know.

God is ever-changing.

Okay! Calm down. We've got a lot of people coming. Raquel?

- I'm not doing it! - Okay.

* Jesus told me that I'd have to live humble and change my name *

Thank you.

is to come to the Lord in prayer.

She knew how much it meant to me when I accepted You into my heart.

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.

It's actually way less crazy than everyone thinks.

I don't know, I feel like when I was a kid

to Shell and Back.

.. Oy! Gotenyu. Buzzy, was that all right?

Look, Shell, this is prosumer.

All these points are good for travel.

Cruise tickets for the entire family.

Take my glasses, babe.

How the wind tried to blow her down.

Mm.

Our faces the hardened son of warriors,

Oh, yeah, sure. Come on up here, bro.

* Where who we are is not the same as what we do *

* Do you hear it chiming?

* Do you hear it chiming?

Nicole was lucky to have him.

- Uh-huh. - My show, my responsibility.

Okay, that is, like, completely irrelevant,

No. It's a vase from the Jewish Museum in New York.

All my girlfriends told me not to bother with bottom surgery,

I mean, what about--

- Miss Pfefferman. - Hi.

* Garnet her stone ever gleaming *

* Her blood is our blood, too, I know *

* You know

not possible, so, I don't know,

Do you know why Rita killed herself?

Okay.

And I can tell you're still not flossing.

Hey, um--

and there's really nothing to worry about,

I'm not gonna murder you. I'm not gonna hate you.

Uh, no, I don't have it here.

It's just--

I'm not allowed to, like, pause,

I see right through you, and I'm not your fucking adventure!

The Pfefferman family gathers at Hineni to support Sarah's alternative spiritual endeavor. After the news of a close friend's untimely passing, a distressed Josh leans on Raquel for support. Ali ends the night by witnessing the pitfalls of Leslie's prejudices.

It's not an honor. It's just information that you need to have.

- He's a Christian. - Mm-hmm.

I guess, uh, your mom and I thought

No, I... I don't know. I think...

You know? And then they don't mean it.

How worried you were? And you wanted, like, everything to be perfect?

Tammy really put an effort into fucking this place up.

- Hold that, please. - Why?

The event's called Tacos con Torah.

Oh, my gosh, look at you guys.

- Mm-hmm. - Shabat shalom.

- Hi, Grandma. How are you? - Hi. How are you?

- Oh, hey, Mom. - This is so gorgeous.

- No, thank you. - Okay.

- Oh, Sarah. - Oh, my God.

And these tacos are delicious.

- Like what? - I don't know.

What does it mean, she fell off the mall?

Do you wanna go for a walk?

that I recorded for her in high school.

No, I mean, she's basically a part of the family.

And could I get a couple of those tacos?

- An unjust cause? - Yeah.

- Rosh Hashanah, 1982. - Read the Balfour Declaration on your own time.

Yes, I'm mad at you. This is my sister's event.

I could just live right here in this hug.

Do you wanna go? You wanna come with me?

Mmm. This is to remember the sweetness of Shabbat

left in our day,

I'm Len, and, um, don't kick me out,

Yisgadal, v'yiskaddash sh'mey rabbah...

I did not expect to be so moved.

for all the storytellers in the community.

- Good to see you. - Nice the see you.

Maura gets an exciting peek at the future with a visit to the plastic surgeon's office but fails to muster the same enthusiasm from Vicki on a fun night out. Josh visits an unusually upbeat Rita while Ali and Leslie struggle with intimacy. Sarah finds distraction from her personal troubles by spearheading an unorthodox approach to Judaism.

- I'm coming in there. - No!

- Let's do that shit. - So, um, I'm taking off.

I'm sorry. Did he scare you off?

Touch that inner light and let it shine bright.

- Thanks for coming. - Yeah.

to the... our whole configuration.

I mean, he's, like, 43, and you're, like, 20... I don't know, 8?

It was so great to meet you.

Wait. Uh, I want to tell you something before you go.

and then, you know, then my hand was in her pants.

and I totally appreciate your rejection of...

Oh.

You want to top me?

You're the one who's paying.

we're given love.

Um, I miss him, too. I do.

more in one day than I ever did in ten years.

You wrote that for me. You remember?

Yeah.

You need help?

Huh? Where do you think?

I should beat the shit out of you. That's what I should do.

I can't quite believe I'm doing it, either,

That shit with Aubree and how it works with us.

is another person's disassociating.

This is weird. I don't want to do

We have a kit that we brought,

You know, sort of normalize the ritual.

Are we why Zacky's not pooping.

- With Una? - Yeah, but it's been on the calendar...

- Mm-hm. - From a psychologist

- Have you seen this before? - I don't think the waiter's seen it, though.

♪ The facts of life ♪

So remember we were having that whole conversation

I... this... What I was imagining was, um,

I was gonna ask you, do you have, like, travel arks,

- Wait. - This is her idea.

Hineni... Hin... Here I am.

You make fun of me.

Some best friend I am.

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.

Well, I mean,

- You just relax back, okay?

I'd like to solve the puzzle.

as opposed to bullet points.

She's got a really dark energy.

And I can tell people about it?

Wow.

Uh, oh, I mean--

Who?

- 6-1? - ...inside yourself

- Hi. - Hi. What's up?

- Let me kiss you. - All right.

Birthday girl is here.

My. We have the exact same haircut.

You looking for anybody in a party, check the kitchen.

That is such a good point.

I, too, have transitioned.

No. This is the living room.

No, I mean, there was a vote at--

I'd like to propose a toast.

- L'chaim. - L'chaim.

- I'm not-- No, you think--

is that-- the feeling,

What about Nana?

Well, I mean were you there

transitioning...

So, uh, tell us more about your sex change.

one person hides, and everyone else seeks.

- 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!

Where's Mom hiding?

Come on.

I like how you wait till we're trapped together

Yeah, she does.

Silver Reign.

Why would you wait to speak

I did not know I was going to say it

Do you remember how I used to try out for everything

After a health scare, Maura confronts death and her relationship to her body. Sarah hopes to join the MidCity Temple board. Shelly plans a onewoman show with Buzzy. Dissatisfied with their lives, Josh and Ali play married couple.

Everything on this board is wrong, dude.

Has been farting like it's his job.

You have the ticket, right, boss man?

"No one, least of all me.

"I have started to really live the truth of my existence,

Thank you so much.

You could live your whole life

with some arrogant asshole calling me Mr. Pfefferman.

is allow you to raise money from investors

And I'm the old him.

Oh, hi. You-- you missed my temple talk.

You know, buzzy's on the board,

I do.

No. Unfortunately, bathsheba had a heart murmur

We're so happy to have you.

But you know where they took her? They took her to county.

Oh, shh.

with the sense that they're being, uh, chased.

all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Hey, which of the readings were you teaching on just now?

Uh, but if you don't mind, let's walk out separately.

Knock, knock, knock.

Just like heart emoji, dollar emoji.

- you good? - um...

or a shabbat at the beach.

I'm sorry. I'm trying to--

That's sort of the same thing as diversity, right?

but b and t never really get their due,

Tammy. It was the tammy time.

I swear, I mean, they're like gobble, gobble, gobble.

their white tears matter more than black blood.

Ooh, guys, guess what leslie keeps in her desk.

with that sad charlie brown christmas kale.

There are so many women out there

Don't worry.

You do sing. That's not fair.

there's this whole jewish concept, though,

I'll just charitably pay you for the last 15 minutes,

They use waze now.

You're doing that?

Yeah?

M-my body and I haven't really been talking.

It's insane, and yet here I am doing it.

I mean, the cash is good,

Hey! Hey.

She was 17 years old in this picture.

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.

I mean, they love me and they accept me for who I am.

I've got everything I need.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

I was born with, quote-unquote, ambiguous genitalia.

What's MOBS?

- wrong call. - Most of us just get crank calls.

I'm sorry, can you speak up? I can... I can hardly hear you.

and I need my fuckin' foster parents

No, you said you were gonna help me,

but we may have some Scotch tape.

My name is Maura.

Um, I... I wasn't raised by my mom.

Have you ever been to South L.A.?

- What are you, a fuckin' therapist? No. - No, no, no.

- Yes. - Yeah?

Let's breathe in through our nostrils. Ready?

I'm here.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

but, you know, you need like three of them for them to fill you up.

You're just here to provide support and...

you re-tell your story of escape.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

I haven't really been talking with him. Do you have your I.D.?

It's confidential information.

- Just anything. - I can't give any information out.

Do you know anything about her?

but we may have some Scotch tape.

Soul. Get your soul. Get some poetry in your life.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

Um... esta familia.

- Elizah. - And I'm very worried.

In general, the streets, not, not... I mean...

- Pobrecita. - The streets. Like, really?

but we may have some Scotch tape.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

but we may have some Scotch tape.

Definitely don't have no duct tape, um,

People think it's cool. It's not cool.

- Okay, there you go. There you go. - There it is.

Hi. How can I help you?

Chicken tenders meal, uh-huh.

That's not a big deal at all.

Don't... You're fine, it's fine.

I'm gonna get you your money, I told you that.

Hey, it's not he. Does she look like a he to you?