Amazon Says ‘Transparent’ Season 5 Could Be A Movie Or A Short Series Of Episodes

The swift justice of the #MeToo movement left a gaping hole in television and we’re going to be feeling the results of that purge this year. Later this year, Netflix‘s “House Of Cards” returns and it’ll be without its lead star Kevin Spacey. Following his sexual assault scandal, Netflix decided to quickly wrap up the series and put Robin Wright in the lead role (how they’ll do that we’ll find out soon).

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But what about “Transparent,” the series that put Amazon TV on the map? The Emmy-winning series has been the source of controversy in recent months, as allegations of inappropriate conduct were thrown at star Jeffrey Tambor. Like “House Of Cards,” following Tambor’s public press scandal, the show’s creator Jill Soloway decided to fire the actor and move on without him.

But “Transparent,” while about a family and more than just one character, is built around the idea of its former patriarch transitioning to a woman and the emotional aftermath that affects the entire kin. How does a show like this move on and in what form?

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According to new Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke in an interview with Deadline, that’s still up in the air.

“Right now we’re in a place where [Soloway’s] taking a little bit of time, figuring out what she thinks that final season will be, and then we’re going to talk in September about what the plan will be,” she explained.

“I do think there’ll be some version of a season five, but that’s not decided, and what form it takes is also undecided. Is it a full series? Is it four episodes? Is it a movie? Those conversations are literally all going on and have been set aside for a month, because she and I decided that. She’s got a full slate of other things she’s focused on.”

As we’ve already reported, the new “Transparent” season won’t come out until 2019, but to be honest, it doesn’t bode entirely well that Soloway, whose baby “Transparent” is, is focusing her energies elsewhere. Then again, with a show that seems a little cooked thanks to its controversy and its lead kicked to the curb, you too might want to, clean the wound, clean the slate and move on.

Judging by the comments, it doesn’t sound like anyone will know the future of “Transparent” until September at the earliest.