Is the sex-change recipient really attractive?
She is. Though no one in the pilot acknowleges this, Max Bickford’s friend is the recipient of the most successful sex change operation ever attempted. This particular conceit, which borders the realm of science fiction, is one of the show’s many failings. There’s not a chance anyone is going to believe Helen Shaver’s character was once a man. Forget about the actress’ decidedly double-y-chromosome physical components; what male-to-female transexual ever had a voice pitched so high?
