Clean Slate’s Laverne Cox Surprises Small Town America in Trailer for Late Norman Lear’s Prime Video Comedy — Watch

Claire Franken

16 January 2025 at 9:52 am·2-min read

Laverne Cox is starting over with a Clean Slate.

Prime Video released a trailer for the upcoming comedy Thursday; all eight episodes debut Thursday, Feb. 6. In the preview, Desiree (played by Orange is the New Black‘s Cox) returns home to reconnect with her father Harry (Batman Forever’s George Wallace).

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Executive produced by the late TV legend Norman Lear, the comedy follows “Harry, an old-school car wash owner in Alabama who has a lot of soul searching to do when the child he once called ‘son’ returns after 17 years as a proud trans woman,” according to the official synopsis. “Her homecoming brings together a hilarious cast of friends, coworkers and love interests as Desiree and Harry try to get it right the second time around.”

In addition to Cox and Wallace, the series’ cast includes Jay Wilkison (Younger) as Mack, Harry’s employee and right-hand man at the car wash — who also takes a liking to Desiree; D.K. Uzoukwu (Commune) as Louis, the local choir director and Desiree’s closeted best friend; Telma Hopkins (Family Matters) as Louis’ mother and Harry’s love interest; Philip Garcia (Sprung) as Miguel, Harry’s arch nemesis; and Norah Murphy (A Friend of the Family) as Opal, Mack’s daughter who dreams of leaving Alabama.

Lear — who died in December 2023 — served as a non-writing executive producer on Clean Slate via his production company Act III Productions. Cox and Wallace conceived the story with Dan Ewen (Playing With Fire), who also penned the pilot and serves as the comedy’s showrunner.

Hit PLAY on the trailer above, then hit the comments with your first impressions of Clean Slate!

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