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I decided to give this show another chance as I mentioned in my previous comment. I watched the first two episodes using the links above. I figured this would give me incentive to tune in to the third episode - which I did. The show is pretty good at showing how different people deal with a transgender person. Of course in this show, the main character's biological father is a trans woman, and ironically, so is the biological father of his girlfriend. Though the girlfriend's parent is not quite full-time, both the daughter and the wife (they are still married and still together) are very supportive of her. On the other hand, while the main character, Ben, refers to his parent with female pronouns and calls her by her female name, he is upset that he is losing his "father," and has so far refused to call Carly, "mom." Ben's friends all think that Carly is cool - they like her, and they have even gone to bowl with her and Ben and out to eat. Ben's mother and Carly are divorced. Though the mother keeps up a relationship with Carly because of their children - especially Ben since he is still a minor - the mother seems to be very bitter about the whole thing. I've seen enough of the show now that there are some things I would like to see through: Carly wants gender confirming surgery. Ben and Carly discussed why Carly does not want to be called "Dad." Ben's sister is about to get married - will Carly be at the wedding? I have this feeling that if it were left up to Ben's mother, she would not. And, Ben's best friend's girlfriend's brother reminds Carly of Charlie before Charlie was Carly... ( Did ya get all that?) Might Lathan be trans in some form? NOTE: Becoming Us is to be run on ABCFamilies' sister cable networks - check the thread "Becoming Us" as soon as possible for details. NOTE: It now appears that there are full episodes on YouTube.