Amazon's Transparent Returns

Tonight you can begin streaming the second season of Amazon's hit series Transparent (I think it may have been unofficially available even earlier).  In the trailer for this season, one of the character states "It's a mess...everything is blowing up."  That appears to be the theme of this season, and we know they will all do it so well.  

For those not familiar with Transparent, the series follows the family drama surrounding a father's transformation to a woman.  It was one of those break-out hits no one expected and yet one that now seems so natural in a fast-changing society.  Very often the father, played by Jeffrey Tambor, can be the most normal one of the bunch. He projects a certain calmness that is pretty amazing while everything else is falling apart. The children are a mess, while the suffering Jewish mom has her moments yet can also be a sane presence at times. 

Here is Willa Paskin's take on the family in Slate magazine:

Chatty charismatics, as bright and blunt as they are self-obsessed, the Pfeffermans are like amnesiac spiders—drawing interesting and substantial people into their web and then leaving them stuck in Pfefferman gossamer, abandoned for shinier prey. It is spellbinding to watch them in action, and it makes you feel lucky to be doing so through the safety glass of a TV screen.

I plan to be watching them through the safety glass this weekend.  I expect many more will be joining me. 

Update: In case you are wondering, Transparent has already been renewed for a third season. 

Second Update: If you are not an Amazon Prime member you will need to wait until December 11th to view the second season.