The Act
TV Show • 2019 • Crime
ReportA 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.
This tv show contains 65 potentially triggering events.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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LiamMahan
S1
E8
Gypsy Rose "frees" her guinea pigs after leaving the Blanchard home for good
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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WeGotAllTheWays
I have not watched this but I know what happened so…yeah. Dee-Dee abused Gypsy Rose by making her act sick, forcing her to take medication she didn’t need, forcing her to use equipment she didn’t need, etc.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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DanielTheBetaFish
There is reference to the social media posts made after the murder of Gypsy Rose’s mother, Dee Dee, where the posts were made to be public and cause shock and included additional references to sexually assaulting Gypsy Rose.
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silencesilence
Gypsy kills her mother after years of abuse.
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amelie
Yes... the entire show is based around Gypsy's life where she was abused by her mother
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Addiction
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Amnyc
The girl is given medication and the mom takes pills, and the friends smoke weed.
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Is there addiction?
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the mother abuses prescription drugs throughout the film
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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the wolverine cosplayer mentions to gypsy that he is in the hospital due to an alcohol related incident
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JasonJ623
Episode 8, she takes her guinea pigs outside and leaves them before leaving town with Nick. It’s assumed that they’re left for dead.
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Are animals abused?
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ThelmaTodd
At one point a guinea pig has a bleeding paw from an accidental splinter.
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone drugged?
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viviandgnr
in episode 2, dee dee gives gypsy sleeping pills to sedate her during a social worker's visit to the house
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Is there pedophilia?
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Edenkeepsusafe
Well, I'm not sure if it's pedophilia but there's a huge age gap but the younger one is already 19 so it's not really pedophilia
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Is rape mentioned?
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JazzyMaddy
S1
E1
mentioned right at the start of episode 1 and is visited occasionally throughout the show
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Is someone restrained?
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viviandgnr
gypsy is forced to use a wheelchair throughout the series, even though she can walk, and dee dee attempts to restrain her by tying her wrists together with ribbon in episode 4 beginning at 43:45 (right after smashing gypsy's laptop).
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DorianHayes
on the ominous facebook post, it says that gypsy was raped, but this isn’t shown
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Elh_smith
The young girls head is shaved with a very clear sound of the hair being cut witch is a bit unsettling
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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ThelmaTodd
No but the symptoms of anaphylaxis are discussed in detail a few times including throat swelling and being unable to breathe. These things are not shown happening.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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skos97
There is mention of epilepsy as one of the main character's conditions.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Lkj55928
A tooth falls out with blood while brushing teeth. Extensive non consensual dental work is done, leaving her without most of her teeth. Very emotional scene about tooth loss
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Guinea pig
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Is someone tortured?
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Katrinae
Technically not torture, but the scene at the dentist is very disturbing.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Raymesserli
eye surgery is mentioned but it's not relevant to the plot nor is anything other than fundraising for it shown
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Is someone stabbed?
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Anonymous
Gypsy talks her online boyfriend to stab her Mother to death.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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The mother dies from murder
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Disability
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
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Gypsy is played by a non disabled actor but Gypsy isn’t actually disabled
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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Amnyc
Yes (no spoilers here, the show is based on this fact.) So far, in the first two episodes, you do see glimpses of her dead body.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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ThelmaTodd
A stuffed animal is ripped and a button eye pulled off as one of the characters fidgets anxiously with it.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Raymesserli
in a regularly mentioned and once shown scene a very young gypsy mistakes Spanish moss for ghosts but no real ghosts
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Is there a shower scene?
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PoppyLydamore
Gypsy is often shown in the bathtub
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Are there clowns?
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In the background at the convention you'll only see it if you really pay attention
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viviandgnr
not razors used for self harming, but gypsy's head gets shaved on a couple occasions
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Beef
There's brief gagging and coughing in episode 2, but no vomit.
There is none in any episodes so far (1-7)
There is none in any episodes so far (1-7)
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Does someone spit?
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Beef
Gypsy spits at her mom in episode 4 @44:00
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Loss
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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ChristineJohnson
Episode 4 it shows her mother getting injected with insulin
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Is there a hospital scene?
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skos97
Quite a few, but not typically shown as a trauma inducing location.
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Is there menstruation?
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There’s a scene where Gypsy stands up out of the bathtub and blood can be seen on her legs, her mother makes a comment about Gypsy not telling her about her period starting that month.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Amnyc
Gypsy allegedly has cancer.
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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S1
The mum has Munchhausen, by proxy and acts on it
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Is autism misrepresented?
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ElizabethW
I don't know if it counts as misrepresentation. They never say Nick has autism in the show, but supposedly the real Nick has autism. They definitely try to give the character tics and behaviors that could mirror someone with autism, but it is unknown if these represent the real Nick.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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ElizabethW
The main character's boyfriend, Nick, specifically says he has multiple personalities, and that one of them is a vampire and a killer. He is violent in the show.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
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arsenicarisen
Second to last episode near the very end has Gypsy clip DeeDee’s toenails. Very irritating as she struggles
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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catmeres
there is a scene where two people were hiding in a small closet hiding from police
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Happypants
The girl is “sick” and cant eat - and is fed through a tube in her stomach.
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Raymesserli
spoilers ish
in episode 5 gypsy's boyfriend nick kills dee dee and gypsy hears it happen, she is shown having flashbacks throughout the rest of the show.
in episode 5 gypsy's boyfriend nick kills dee dee and gypsy hears it happen, she is shown having flashbacks throughout the rest of the show.
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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ThelmaTodd
Episode 6 in particular has a lot of baby crying sounds.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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bananawagon
The cop scene with flashlights
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Raymesserli
there is a scene of someone giving birth and gypsy is shown as a baby and as a very young toddler multiple times
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Is there childbirth?
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Beef
In the beginning of episode 6 there is an entire scene of DeeDee giving birth to Gypsy
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Prejudice
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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cha0ticneutralsystem
The main person this follows’ name is a slur against Romani people. People have also used this horrific case of abuse to defend fakclaiming disabled people irl and sometimes are even misdiagnosed as “facticious disorder” or “munchausens”
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Neffi
There are mentions of religion in the form of a Christian dating site and implications of people being religious throughout the show.
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Ocelot8910
There is a picture of male genitals shown, Gypsy is shown nude from behind, and Nick's butt is visible during every sex scene.
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adonis0523
Covert Incest. Covert incest, also known as emotional incest, is a type of abuse in which a parent looks to their child for the emotional support that would be normally provided by another adult. It's a non-sexual form of emotional-incest.
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Is there sexual content?
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Chuurroo
Quite a few in my opinion. an explicit photo is also used when gypsy joins the dating site
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Is there BDSM?
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E4
Gypsy Is on a call with someone and that someone shows her a image on bdsm.
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Sexism
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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They imply Gypsy is terminally ill even tho she isn’t
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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Raymesserli
its mentioned multiple times that dee dee and gypsy were homeless after their home was destroyed in hurricane Katrina but this is never shown
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Nunya33
Gypsy misses her mother and imagines her there with her in her cell.
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Vehicular
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Beef
EPISODE 4: (3 minutes in), Gypsy's mother is at the doctors and get her finger pricked, which draws blood. Additionally, there is period blood shown in the beginning of this episode as well after Gypsy is in the bath (at 2:35 minutes in) .
EPISODE 6: During a scene where DeeDee is giving birth, there is a pool of blood shown briefly (@2:05)
EPISODE 6: During a scene where DeeDee is giving birth, there is a pool of blood shown briefly (@2:05)
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