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 31 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Abuse
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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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?
3 supporters
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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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Animal
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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?
60 supporters
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ThelmaTodd
At one point a guinea pig has a bleeding paw from an accidental splinter.
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Assault
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?
7 supporters
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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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Are any teeth damaged?
12 supporters
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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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Does someone have a seizure?
3 supporters
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skos97
There is mention of epilepsy as one of the main character's conditions.
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Is someone tortured?
30 supporters
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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?
27 supporters
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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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Children
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Disability
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
7 supporters
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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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Does a parent die?
3 supporters
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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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Fear
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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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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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Is there a shower scene?
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PoppyLydamore
Gypsy is often shown in the bathtub
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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JasonJ623
Episodes 1-8 thus far there is no vomiting.
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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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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Does someone have cancer?
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Amnyc
Gypsy allegedly has cancer.
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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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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
12 supporters
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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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Does someone have an eating disorder?
11 supporters
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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 say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there misophonia?
14 supporters
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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 die by suicide?
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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Noxious
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?
11 supporters
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bananawagon
The cop scene with flashlights
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
Are there babies or unborn children?
1 supporters
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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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Sex
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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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Are there nude scenes?
5 supporters
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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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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
Is someone homeless?
2 supporters
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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
Does it have a sad ending?
10 supporters
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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?
15 supporters
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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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