‘Transparent’ Is Coming To An End With Season 5
By Chris Evangelista/May 7, 2018 5:00 pm EST
In November 2017, Tambor announced his departure from the show following accusations of sexual misconduct from the actor’s former assistant, actress Van Barnes and Transparent semi-regular Trace Lysette:
“Playing Maura Pfefferman on Transparent has been one of the greatest privileges and creative experiences of my life. What has become clear over the past weeks, however, is that this is no longer the job I signed up for four years ago…I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue. Given the politicized atmosphere that seems to have afflicted our set, I don’t see how I can return to Transparent.”
After Tambor’s departure, many wondered how the show would continue, since so much of Transparent centered around his character. Now, it’s clear Soloway and company will wrap the series up with one final season.
“I was hoping, in those early days, before Trace’s initial statement came out, that it all could have been a big misinterpretation — that one person’s harassment is another person’s dirty joke,” Soloway says in the THR piece, adding: “It’s not a simple case of did he do it or didn’t he do it. Nobody said he was a predator — they said he sexually harassed people. He made enemies, and I don’t think he realized he was making enemies. You have to be very, very careful if you’re a person in power and treat people very appropriately.”
As for Tambor, while his time on Transparent has ended, the actor will still appear in the upcoming fifth season of Arrested Development.
