TV series
The Act
Overview
Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.
Details
- First air date
- 2019-03-20
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 8 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Network
- Hulu
- Production
- UCP, Eat the Cat, Writ Large
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard
- Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard
- AnnaSophia Robb as Lacey
- Chloë Sevigny as Mel
- Calum Worthy as Nick Godejohn
- Denitra Isler as Shelly
- Rachel Ticotin as Gina
- Steve Coulter as Evan Harley
- Justin Miles as Matt Sutherland
- Sawyer Schultz as Darren
- BettyLynn Allison as Neighbor
- William David Billions as Trey
Creators and crew
- Nick Antosca - Creator
- Michelle Dean - Creator
- Britton Rizzio - Executive Producer
- Michelle Dean - Executive Producer
- Nick Antosca - Executive Producer
- Gregory Shephard - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: La Maison du Bon Rêve
Doting mother Dee Dee Blanchard and her sweet daughter Gypsy arrive in a new neighborhood, where Gypsy feels lonely due to a barrage of medical issues and eager to make friends. But their new neighbors can be nosy, and Dee Dee and Gypsy have secrets to hide.
Episode 2: Teeth
Dee Dee is on a high since Gypsy will be given the “Child of the Year Award,” which makes Dee Dee feel like Mother of the Year. But before the big event, Gypsy has a dental emergency that gets the attention of a skeptical doctor who could expose Dee Dee’s secrets.
Episode 3: Two Wolverines
Dee Dee makes Gypsy play dress up for a costume convention, where they each attract charming men who could dangerously complicate their insular relationship. And Gypsy is starting to question the lies her mother tells her — especially about how old she really is.
Episode 4: Stay Inside
Gypsy’s getting older and Dee Dee is forced to new legal maneuvers to keep control of her “little girl.” But Dee Dee’s limited by her own health problems, and Gypsy goes to greater lengths than ever to connect with men and experience a sexual awakening.
Episode 5: Plan B
Gypsy and Nick scheme to meet in person and hope to win Dee Dee's approval, but when their plan goes disastrously wrong they'll be pushed to make an extreme choice in order to be together.
Episode 6: A Whole New World
While Gypsy and Nick are on the run, flashbacks to a much younger Dee Dee reveal how trauma with her own mother set her up for conflict with Gypsy.
Episode 7: Bonnie & Clyde
Gypsy is excited to start over with Nick in Wisconsin, but their new life doesn't match the happily-ever-after she imagined, and her anxiety worsens as past transgressions begin to catch up with them.
Episode 8: Free
Gypsy fights for her life by defending her actions, while Mel and Lacey realize that behind closed doors things were not always as they seemed.
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