Sydney Feldman, Transparent

Sydney Feldman (Carrie Brownstein)

On comedy series Transparent, Sydney is the bisexual best friend of Ali, the youngest of the Pfefferman children whose father coming out as transwoman is the main focus of the series.

Season 1

In season 1, Sydney had sex with Ali’s older brother Josh. Later in class, Sydney told Ali that she has had sex with their Gender Studies professor, Celeste, who was giving the lecture. Celeste was a one episode cameo role for series creator Jill Soloway. By the end of the first season, Sydney confessed to Ali that she had feelings for her, and asked if they were reciprocated.

Season 2

Early in season 2, Ali finally kissed Sydney and they ended up making out. Later, they ended up in bed naked together, implying that they were going to have sex and spent considerable time together in the following episode.

Though they continued their relationship for the next few episodes, Sydney started to feel that Ali wasn’t really into the relationship and she broke up with her by episode 8.

Sydney left the show after the second season and was not seen in Season 3.

Appearances:

• 14 episodes. Guest S1-2

Female love interests:

• Ali Pfefferman (Gaby Hoffmann, main cast 20 episodes)
• Celeste (Jill Soloway, guest 2 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Questionable

Male love interests:

• Josh Pfefferman (Jay Duplass, main cast 20 episodes)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.