Home > Transparent > Season 2 « TV Series Page Transparent: Season 2 (2015) SEASON: Season 2 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Want to see Episode List Season 2 Transparent Critics Consensus Transparent's second season ups its dramatic stakes while retaining the poignancy and humor that have made the series such a consistently entertaining example of the best that modern serial drama has to offer. 98% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 42 86% Audience Score User Ratings: 324 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1. Kina Hora Air date: Nov 29, 2015 Sarah and Tammy have their wedding in the Season 2 opener. Also: Maura and Ali are haunted by their pasts; and Josh and Rabbi Raquel try to hide their big news, to no avail. View Details 2. Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Josh hosts a pool party for his new band FUSSY PUSS. The Pfefferman siblings are caught off-guard when Maura and Shelly arrive at the party together. Ali reconnects with her old friend Syd. And Sarah's past catches up with her. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 3. New World Coming Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Josh and Raquel attempt domestic bliss in the Pfefferman house by asking Colton to move in. Maura takes Ali to UCLA to discuss graduate school where they meet feminist scholar, Leslie Mackinaw - Maura's old nemesis. Sarah has a run-in with Len and Barb, and begins a sexual fantasy life with a domineering figure from her past. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 4. Cherry Blossoms Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Josh bonds with Colton, but it comes with a price. Sarah endures a disastrous school gala, feeling more like an outsider than ever. Ali and Syd are left with some questions after a visit with Grandma Rose - leading to a flashback uncovering the origins of Tante Gittel's ring. Meanwhile, Maura attempts to find more autonomy, but doesn't have the best luck. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 5. Mee-Maw Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Maura finds community with Davina and Shea, inspiring her to re-imagine her past. Cultures clash when Colton's adopted family visits, and Josh is confronted with a tough decision. Ali finds herself even more drawn to Leslie at a New Moon Ceremony. Sarah tries to get her life in order by seeing a Life Coach, but opts for a different kind of remedy with Dr. Steve. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 6. Bulnerable Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Ali seeks advice from Leslie on her UCLA application, but finds herself getting a little too close. Josh unravels after he confronts Shelly about the past, while Sarah explores some of her sexual fantasies on a hard-won date night. Maura helps Davina get ready for Sal's return from prison and is faced with a harsh reality. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 7. The Book of Life Air date: Dec 10, 2015 It's Yom Kippur, and the Pfeffermans have plenty to atone for - Sarah tries to make amends with Tammy, Maura struggles to communicate with Davina, and Josh tries to make peace with Raquel. All of the atonement culminates at a break-the-fast party hosted by Ali and Syd, who are deep in a spiritual crisis of their own. --(C) AMAZON View Details 8. Oscillate Air date: Dec 10, 2015 In a flashback, Rose and Gittel are faced with an ultimatum. Maura learns more about the trans experience, and gets closer to Shea when she volunteers for a suicide hotline. Josh displaces his energy on his career, taking him down a reckless path. After a revealing dinner with Shelly and her new beau Buzz, Ali and Sarah decide to go on the road to the Idylwild Wimmin's Music Festival - with Maura. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 9. Man on the Land Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Sisterhood - and the lack thereof - blazes like campfire at the Idylwild Wimmin's Music Festival. Maura makes a new friend - and has a rude awakening - while Sarah experiences liberation from an unlikely source. Meanwhile, Ali finds herself on an unexpected journey to the past. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 10. Grey Green Brown & Copper Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Maura experiences an unforeseen love connection and reconciles with her lineage - in the past and the present. Ali discusses her academic future with Leslie. Josh seeks a father's love in Buzz. And Sarah tries to tie up loose ends. -- (C) AMAZON View Details Transparent: Season 2 Videos 0:48 Transparent: Season 2 Teaser - Wedding Photo View All Videos (1) Transparent: Season 2 Photos View All Photos (19) Tv Season Info This comedy series, based in Los Angeles, follows the goings-on of the dysfunctional Pfefferman family. Season 2 begins with Sarah and Tammy's wedding. Genre: Comedy Network: Amazon Prime Premiere Date: Nov 29, 2015 Creator: Jill Soloway Exec. Producer: Jill Soloway Cast & Crew Jay Duplass Josh Pfefferman Gaby Hoffmann Ali Pfefferman Judith Light Shelly Pfefferman Jeffrey Tambor Maura Pfefferman Amy Landecker Sarah Pfefferman Kathryn Hahn Carrie Brownstein Syd Feldman Alexandra Billings Davina Emily Robinson Young Ali Cherry Jones Leslie Mackinaw Alex MacNicoll Colton Hari Nef Gittel Trace Lysette Shea Melora Hardin Tammy Cashman Kiersey Clemons Bianca Zackary Arthur Zack Rob Huebel Julia Butters Ella Becky Thyre Zelda Mel Shimkovitz Jules Jill Soloway Micah Fitzerman-Blue Noah Harpster Andrea Arnold Bridget Bedard Stacie Passon Ali Liebegott Arabella Anderson Marielle Heller Faith Soloway Silas Howard Our Lady J Show all Cast & Crew News & Interviews for Transparent: Season 2 12 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This September Writers Guild: 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced DGA 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced View All Transparent: Season 2 News Episodes 1. Kina Hora Air date: Nov 29, 2015 Sarah and Tammy have their wedding in the Season 2 opener. Also: Maura and Ali are haunted by their pasts; and Josh and Rabbi Raquel try to hide their big news, to no avail. View Details 2. Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Josh hosts a pool party for his new band FUSSY PUSS. The Pfefferman siblings are caught off-guard when Maura and Shelly arrive at the party together. Ali reconnects with her old friend Syd. And Sarah's past catches up with her. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 3. New World Coming Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Josh and Raquel attempt domestic bliss in the Pfefferman house by asking Colton to move in. Maura takes Ali to UCLA to discuss graduate school where they meet feminist scholar, Leslie Mackinaw - Maura's old nemesis. Sarah has a run-in with Len and Barb, and begins a sexual fantasy life with a domineering figure from her past. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 4. Cherry Blossoms Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Josh bonds with Colton, but it comes with a price. Sarah endures a disastrous school gala, feeling more like an outsider than ever. Ali and Syd are left with some questions after a visit with Grandma Rose - leading to a flashback uncovering the origins of Tante Gittel's ring. Meanwhile, Maura attempts to find more autonomy, but doesn't have the best luck. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 5. Mee-Maw Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Maura finds community with Davina and Shea, inspiring her to re-imagine her past. Cultures clash when Colton's adopted family visits, and Josh is confronted with a tough decision. Ali finds herself even more drawn to Leslie at a New Moon Ceremony. Sarah tries to get her life in order by seeing a Life Coach, but opts for a different kind of remedy with Dr. Steve. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 6. Bulnerable Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Ali seeks advice from Leslie on her UCLA application, but finds herself getting a little too close. Josh unravels after he confronts Shelly about the past, while Sarah explores some of her sexual fantasies on a hard-won date night. Maura helps Davina get ready for Sal's return from prison and is faced with a harsh reality. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 7. The Book of Life Air date: Dec 10, 2015 It's Yom Kippur, and the Pfeffermans have plenty to atone for - Sarah tries to make amends with Tammy, Maura struggles to communicate with Davina, and Josh tries to make peace with Raquel. All of the atonement culminates at a break-the-fast party hosted by Ali and Syd, who are deep in a spiritual crisis of their own. --(C) AMAZON View Details 8. Oscillate Air date: Dec 10, 2015 In a flashback, Rose and Gittel are faced with an ultimatum. Maura learns more about the trans experience, and gets closer to Shea when she volunteers for a suicide hotline. Josh displaces his energy on his career, taking him down a reckless path. After a revealing dinner with Shelly and her new beau Buzz, Ali and Sarah decide to go on the road to the Idylwild Wimmin's Music Festival - with Maura. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 9. Man on the Land Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Sisterhood - and the lack thereof - blazes like campfire at the Idylwild Wimmin's Music Festival. Maura makes a new friend - and has a rude awakening - while Sarah experiences liberation from an unlikely source. Meanwhile, Ali finds herself on an unexpected journey to the past. -- (C) AMAZON View Details 10. Grey Green Brown & Copper Air date: Dec 10, 2015 Maura experiences an unforeseen love connection and reconciles with her lineage - in the past and the present. Ali discusses her academic future with Leslie. Josh seeks a father's love in Buzz. And Sarah tries to tie up loose ends. -- (C) AMAZON View Details Critic Reviews for Transparent Season 2 All Critics (42) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (1) Nothing is more real than the Pfeffermans' faith that they are the center of the universe... It doesn't make them good people, but it does make them great television. Dec 2, 2015 | Full Review… Willa Paskin Slate Top Critic Between all the yelling and drama and narcissism, this is a family where the important revelations can almost slip by unnoticed. Until, of course, they can't. Dec 1, 2015 | Full Review… Drew Grant Observer Top Critic Season 2 is bolder, stronger, and more audacious because now, actions have consequences. Dec 1, 2015 | Full Review… Mark Peikert TheWrap Top Critic Transparent's second season shocked me. It feels like a deep questioning of some of the central tenets of progressive society... This allows Transparent to be more bracing, more challenging, and more compelling than most any other show on TV. Dec 16, 2015 | Full Review… Spencer Kornhaber The Atlantic Top Critic Tambor and Hoffmann are still standouts, but their show is moving in a bleaker direction this season. Dec 11, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic While much of the credit goes to Soloway and her team of extraordinary writers... and guest director Marielle Heller ("The Diary of a Teenage Girl"), the actors each deserve the bevy of attention already heaped upon them. Dec 11, 2015 | Rating: A | Full Review… Ben Travers indieWire Top Critic Transparent is the rare show solely focused on telling the stories of very specific, layered individuals, while never losing the universality of its message. Mar 10, 2020 | Full Review… Randy Dankievitch TV Over Mind The only thing I didn't like about this episode was that I couldn't immediately watch the next five back-to-back. Jun 26, 2018 | Full Review… Heather Hogan Autostraddle Now more than ever, Transparent is a full-blown ensemble piece that examines the complicated, painful, confusing and messy elements of a family in search of itself. Jun 18, 2018 | Full Review… Oliver Whitney ScreenCrush The second season is even better: more expansive, textured, and daring; more emotional and political. Apr 16, 2018 | Full Review… Alisa Solomon The Nation The show is at its best when satirizing the new dogmas and pseudo-philosophies that are presented as alternatives to the traditions of family and religion. Apr 15, 2018 | Full Review… Emily Witt Harper's Magazine Transparent dares to have a deep, raw and blunt conversation about the freedom to be who you really are, and succeeds beautifully. May 25, 2017 | Full Review… Ankita Chawla Scroll.in View All Critic Reviews (42) Audience Reviews for Transparent: Season 2 Nov 30, 2018 Not enough words or thoughts that I can conceive of to describe the pure genius and sheer power of this season of television. Unprecedented. Stunning. Beautiful. Chelsea W Dec 29, 2017 Puntaje Original: 7.0 Un notorio trabajo de personajes y giros en la historia que convierten a Transparent en una serie entrañable. Ayrton C Aug 19, 2017 now on season two, what an incredible show, right when you think where it's going , surprise. Julie C Sep 14, 2016 Transparent è passato dall'essere una frizzante serie pedagogica, che ben si prestava all'educazione al sentimento, ad una sottospecie di soap opera, sicuramente ben confezionata, sì, ma anche con tutti i limiti del caso: protagonisti nemmeno troppo profondi, caratterizzati da un'apparente imprevidibilità che in realtà dà poi vita a dei sub plot sempre molto simili. dopo 20 episodi penso di averne le palle piene. Pedro S Sep 06, 2016 Successfully builds upon last season's tone with more drama and more details to our amazing characters. Great acting, great cinematography, amazing characters, and a beautifully flowing plot. I also love the connections with the past and it's critique on modern feminsim. Aaron M Feb 06, 2016 In this second season Transparent manages to keep its sensitivity, honesty and poignant humor while adding new touching and heartbreaking plots that dive even deeper into the characters lives resulting in a must-see dramedy. Felipe F Feb 04, 2016 A simply perfect season of television. Beautifully woven with flashbacks of ancestral ties in the family, and a little redemption thrown in. Couldn't have loved season 2 more. Mike S Jan 27, 2016 I just wish the sexuality wasn't so fluid. Seems kind of funny coming from a gay guy, but does every female character have to experiment with other females. Glad to see by the last episode that the characters were coming back to a more normalized version of themselves... Randy H Jan 24, 2016 Just as sublime as season 1. Transparent's second season is perhaps even better than the last. The characters are as flawed as ever, but never less than fascinating. The performances are spotless all around, and the humor, poignancy, and uncompromising bleakness; as well as the tender and sensitive handling of its subject matter, makes it one of the best shows you could ever have the pleasure of viewing. Jake Z Jan 11, 2016 No just no! Being trendy is just so untrendy! 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