The Act
The Act
2019
1 Season
7.6
DramaCrime

A seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories with the first season following Gypsy Blanchard, a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother.

Episodes

La Maison du Bon Rêve
E1Mar 20, 201950m

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.

Teeth
E2Mar 20, 201952m

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.

Two Wolverines
E3Mar 27, 201950m

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.

Stay Inside
E4Apr 3, 201947m

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.

Plan B
E5Apr 10, 201955m

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.

A Whole New World
E6Apr 17, 201945m

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.

Bonnie & Clyde
E7Apr 24, 201945m

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.

Free
E8May 1, 201956m

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.

Top Cast

Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette

Dee Dee Blanchard

Joey King

Joey King

Gypsy Rose Blanchard

AnnaSophia Robb

AnnaSophia Robb

Lacey

Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

Mel

Calum Worthy

Calum Worthy

Nick Godejohn