Wow, fascinating question and answers/discussion. I don't think I ever saw that episode, but I really appreciate hearing your (and everyone's) thoughts on it—particularly about the focus of the story, which made me think of "Death in a Different Place," one of my all-time favorite Starsky & Hutch episodes (that I haven't re-watched in probably 15 years).

It is amazing how, even having had out trans friends for 20+ years, living with a trans partner has opened my eyes to the pervasive presence of transphobia in...well, basically everything. And yet, they were trying.