The Act follows Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother. Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.
Doting mother Dee Dee Blanchard and her sweet daughter Gypsy arrive in a new town, 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’s 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 event, Gypsy has a dental problem that gets the attention of a skeptical doctor who could expose Dee Dee’s lies.
Episode 3
Two Wolverines
Dee Dee makes Gypsy dress up for a costume convention, where they each attract charming men who could dangerously complicate their insular relationship. 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 & Lacey realize that behind closed doors things were not always as they seemed.
Inside the Episode: La Maison Du Bon Reve
Inside the Episode: Teeth
Inside the Episode: Two Wolverines
Inside the Episode: Stay Inside
Inside the Episode: Plan B
Inside the Episode: A Whole New World
Inside the Episode: Free
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Inside the Episode: A Whole New World
Inside the Episode: Bonnie and Clyde
Inside the Episode: Free
Inside the Episode: La Maison Du Bon Reve
Inside the Episode: Plan B
Inside the Episode: Stay Inside
Inside the Episode: Teeth
Inside the Episode: Two Wolverines
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The Act
The Act follows Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother. Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.
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