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Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 1
La Maison du Bon Rêve
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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.
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Directed by Laure de Clermont-TonnerreWritten by Nick Antosca, Michelle DeanGuest stars Nicholas Cirillo, Roy Williams Jr., Colby Boothman-Shepard, Sawyer Schultz, BettyLynn Allison, William David Billions, Rachel Ticotin, Denitra Isler
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.
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Directed by Laure de Clermont-TonnerreWritten by Dan DietzGuest stars Mary Hollis Inboden, Poorna Jagannathan, Alexandria DeBerry, Sawyer Schultz, Jaidi Ventura, BettyLynn Allison, William David Billions, Jason Alan Smith
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.
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Directed by Adam ArkinWritten by Robin VeithGuest stars Dean Norris, Joe Tippett, Alicia Kelley, Elizabeth Bond, Ashton Leigh, Chelsea Rivera, Stephanie Enderby, Tyler Kay Whitley
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.
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Directed by Christina ChoeWritten by Michelle DeanGuest stars Brooke Smith, Valyn Hall, Melissa Tang, Karson Kern, Thomas Clay Strickland, Shay Mack
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.
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Directed by Steven PietWritten by Nick Antosca, Lisa LongGuest stars Steve Coulter, Joshua Mikel, Dave Hager, Dawson Shea, Tyvonna Jones, Hamilton Sage, Ingrid Alli
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.
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Directed by Laure de Clermont-TonnerreWritten by Marion DayreGuest stars Margo Martindale, Rhea Seehorn, Kimberly Hébert Gregory, Lana Young, Robert C. Treveiler, Elizabeth Becka, Megan Leahy, Jason Loughlin
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.
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Directed by Hannah FidellWritten by Dan Dietz, Robin VeithGuest stars Juliette Lewis, Adam Arkin, Rachel Ticotin, John Ales, Bruno Rose, Gwydion Lashlee-Walton, Aniria Turney, Lee Spencer
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.
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Directed by Steven PietWritten by Nick Antosca, Michelle Dean, Lisa LongGuest stars Molly Ephraim, Cliff Chamberlain, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Joe Knezevich, Denitra Isler, Krisha Fairchild, Ashley Dulaney, Ella Harrison
