The Act

Overview

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

S01E01 La Maison du Bon Rêve

March 20, 2019 8.2 50 min
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...
Teeth

S01E02 Teeth

March 20, 2019 8.4 52 min
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...
Two Wolverines

S01E03 Two Wolverines

March 27, 2019 8.4 50 min
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...
Stay Inside

S01E04 Stay Inside

April 3, 2019 8.4 47 min
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...
Plan B

S01E05 Plan B

April 10, 2019 8.4 55 min
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

S01E06 A Whole New World

April 17, 2019 8.3 45 min
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

S01E07 Bonnie & Clyde

April 24, 2019 8.7 45 min
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

S01E08 Free

May 1, 2019 9.0 56 min
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.

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

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