Transparent, on Amazon Streaming

I just watched this series and considered mentioning it in the Caitlyn Jenner thread, but figured it would be off-topic there. I wonder if anyone else here watched it and cares to discuss. I liked it a lot and I think it gave me insight into the phenomenon much better than seeing Bruce Jenner → Caitlyn Jenner interviewed on TV and in her new photoshoot. On the other hand, of course it’s fiction and Jeffrey Tambor, who plays the transitioning 70-year-old, is not transgender himself. Jill Soloway, who created the series, has a father who is transitioning and I read that there were many transgender people in the cast and behind the scenes to keep it real (or as real as possible considering that it’s not). Aside from the central issue of the transitioning Mort → Maura, it’s the story of his/her family (three grown children and ex-wife), which is an interesting family indeed.

The series is available for streaming on Amazon, free to Amazon Prime subscribers. It was released in September and October and has ten 30-minute episodes.

http://www.amazon.com/Pilot-HD/dp/B00I3MNF6S

I have watched a few episodes, but I only watch a few shows at a time.

An " interesting " family is one way to put it.

I’ve also been watching Orange is the New Black, which has one of the biggest breakout stars I’ve seen in Laverne Cox, who plays inmate Sophia Burset.
Star, is the wrong word. She is a * force*!

I really, really wanted to like Transparent but for the life of me just could not get into it. Dramedies and sitcoms never were quite my thing.

Also couldn’t get into OITNB.

I watch so little TV that when I do, I want it to be as far away from real life as possible. Which makes it hard for me to get into these shows :confused:

I liked it a lot. Cast is brilliant. It had to look it up before I figured out where I had seen the Tammy actress - Jan from The Office! Unbelievable. Gaby Hoffman is so good. Jeffrey Tambor is great of course but actually more interesting to me than his tranformation is the family dynamic.