SERIES FINALE: Because of off-screen issues related to this show’s star, Jeffrey Tambor, this final chapter of the
Transparent story arrives with both something missing and something new. What’s missing is Tambor himself, who was the center of the series as Maura Pfefferman, a trans woman who came out after reaching retirement age. Tambor was being investigated after accusations of having sexually harassed members of the cast and crew, and quit the series. So this final episode of
Transparent tries to solve this problem by writing about Maura’s death – but also addresses it, for some reason, by making this last
Transparent entry a musical. Judith Light plays Shelly, the family’s original matriarch, and decides to deal with her grief by staging a musical based on her, and her family’s, life. Cue the orchestra – then exit, stage right.
For a little background info on the episode, see Mike Hughes' Open Mike.