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Gypsy
GenrePsychological thriller
Created byLisa Rubin
Starring
Opening theme"Gypsy" by Stevie Nicks
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producers
Production locationNew York City, New York, USA[1]
Running time46–58 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)

Gypsy is an American psychological thriller streaming television series created by Lisa Rubin for Netflix.[2] Naomi Watts stars as Jean Holloway, a psychologist who secretly infiltrates the private lives of her patients. Billy Crudup co-stars as her husband Michael.[3][4] The first season comprises 10 episodes and was released on June 30, 2017.[5][6][7]

In February 2016, Sam Taylor-Johnson was announced as the director for the first two episodes of the series, in addition to an executive producer.[8] Moreover, Lisa Rubin serves as executive producer and showrunner.[9]

Stevie Nicks re-recorded an acoustic version of her Fleetwood Mac song "Gypsy" to serve as the show's theme song.[10] On August 11, 2017, the show was cancelled after one season.[11]

Cast

Main

  • Naomi Watts as Jean Holloway, PhD, a clinical psychologist based in New York City, who oversteps personal and professional boundaries as she begins to develop relationships with people close to her patients, under the alias Diane Hart.[3]
  • Billy Crudup as Michael Holloway, Jean's husband and a partner at Cooper, Woolf & Stein.[4]
  • Sophie Cookson as Sidney Pierce, a manipulative, attractive woman who is a member of a band, The Vagabond Hotel; she also works as a barista, is Sam's ex-girlfriend, and lusts for Jean.[12]
  • Karl Glusman as Sam Duffy, a young man failing to move on from a break-up with his ex-girlfriend, Sidney. He is one of Jean's patients.[7]
  • Poorna Jagannathan as Larin Inamdar, a divorced therapist, and Jean's best friend and colleague.[13]
  • Brooke Bloom as Rebecca Rogers, Claire's estranged daughter.[14]
  • Lucy Boynton as Allison Adams, a former college student who is addicted to drugs and is one of Jean's patients.[15]
  • Melanie Liburd as Alexis Wright, Michael's personal assistant (PA), whom Jean distrusts.[16]
  • Brenda Vaccaro as Claire Rogers, a neurotic older woman (and mother of Rebecca) who is obsessed about her adult daughter's life choices and is a patient of Jean's.[13]

Recurring

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"The Rabbit Hole"Sam Taylor-JohnsonLisa RubinJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Jean is a therapist, who, on the surface of it, seems to have it all: a handsome loving husband, an adorable daughter and a lovely suburban home. One of Jean's patients is Sam, who has been struggling to get over his ex, Sidney. Crossing her professional boundary, Jean seeks out Sydney in a basement coffee shop where she works called The Rabbit Hole. Introducing herself as Diane and lying about her occupation, she begins to build a relationship with her client's ex. Jean's other other patients include Claire, an overbearing mother, who desperately wants to reunite with her estranged daughter, Rebecca, and a dysfunctional young girl called Allison.
2"Morgan Stop"Sam Taylor-JohnsonLisa RubinJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Jean is trying to juggle her new and risky relationship with Sidney with her parental duties. Meanwhile, a previous patient of Jean's, Melissa, is in the hospital making dangerous accusations about Jean and what she did to her life. Michael and his receptionist Alexis develop a strange relationship. Claire has been bothering Jean as she grows more and more needy and desperate to maintain contact or make progress with Rebecca. Jean/Diane later meets up with Sidney in a club, but their night out is interrupted by Dolly's call, which almost exposes Jean/Diane's true identity. Jean rushes home where she and Michael connect, him unaware of her night's activities.
3"Driftwood Lane"Scott WinantStory by : Jessica Mecklenburg
Teleplay by : Jessica Mecklenburg & Lisa Rubin		June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Jean takes Michael on a surprise date in the city, during which she asks him whether he would ever have an affair. Their 'adventurous' night out finishes in the bedroom. In a flashback, Jean sees her mother with a new engagement ring, and in another flashback/dream mix, Sidney and her mother warn Jean that everyone is scared to be alone. This inspires Jean to check on Allison. Jean goes to great lengths to throw a lavish birthday party for Dolly all the while trying to impress her fellow moms, who she does not like. At the party Jean seems to be constantly on edge. Is it because Dolly cut her hair to look more like 'herself' just before the event or a surprise appearance of Alexis, Michael's secretary, or her own mother, who wasn't invited? The tension culminates when she snaps at one of the power moms, which later leads to an argument with Michael. He thinks she made the party about herself and not about Dolly; Jean feels she is treated like she's invisible in her home. After the argument, she leaves a note saying 'work emergency' on the kitchen table and takes off in the middle of the night.
4"309"Scott WinantStory by : Jonathan Caren
Teleplay by : Jonathan Caren & Lisa Rubin		June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Michael grows suspicious about where Jean continues to run off to, while his own professional relationship with Alexis crosses over into something more personal. Jean/Diane reconnects with Sidney, who asks her about her age and proceeds to tell her that she's always had a thing for older women. To help move things along with Claire, Jean tracks down Rebecca and tries to encourage her to talk to her mother. In the meantime, Sam shares with Jean that he has arranged to meet with Sidney. Jean tries to manipulate him into canceling the date. Later, she has her own lunch date with Sidney, who, unbeknownst to Jean/Diane, has also invited Sam to join. Jean/Diane realizes this and walks out in a huff just before Sam shows up. The episode ends with another work emergency, this time genuine, with Jean visiting Allison and trying to rescue her from an abusive relationship.
5"The Commune"Alik SakharovSean JablonskiJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Jean gets more into her patients lives, by acting as Sidney during meetings with Sam and taking Allison to an AA meeting; something she is uneasy about. Sam meets an ex of his, Emily, while out with friends one night, prompting him to move on from Sidney. Michael begins to grow suspicious of Jean after she refuses to let him see her phone and Sidney and Jean face off with Sidney telling "Diane" she is scared and "Diane" telling Sidney that she manipulates people. Jean later attends Rebecca's community meeting where she bonds and opens herself up by taking a new outlook on life. Michael spends the night with some friends, which makes him realize he does not want to get a divorce. Jean's new outlook on life prompts her to find Sidney and passionately kiss her, however, Larin spots her as she desperately tries to run away. Michael tells Jean he wants to work on their marriage and that he wants to go on a vacation.
6"Vagabond Hotel"Alik SakharovStory by : Sneha Koorse
Teleplay by : Sneha Koorse & Lisa Rubin		June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Jean and Michael spend a night together at a hotel, which goes well. Michael heads back to work but Jean invites Sidney. Michael tells Alexis that they have to go on a trip to Texas for work, she is happy about doing so. Sidney takes Jean to break into Sam's house where they steal Sam's dog and Jean is horrified to find a gun. Jean is spotted by a neighbor on their way out. Sam later tells Jean this and that he is going to start dating Emily. Allison visits Jean with her abusive boyfriend, Tom, where Jean only makes their relationship worse. Jean and Sidney are later out when Jean collapses and passes out, having been drugged by Tom.
7"Euphoria"Victoria MahoneyLisa RubinJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Jean and Sidney spend a weekend at a hotel together where Jean wants to learn more about Sidney, while Sidney only wants sex. Michael spends the weekend at a work conference with Alexis, where they discuss Michael's struggling marriage and he mentions he wishes it was better than it was and complains to Alexis about Jean. Jean and Sidney later get high, where Jean has a troubling experience and starts to question what Sidney wants from her and if she still is in love with Sam. She later deletes Sam's number and messages from Sidney's phone. Alexis pressures Michael to give in to their desire and have sex, but he cannot; while Jean and Sidney finally have sex, leaving Jean feeling like she is a new person.
8"Marfa"Victoria MahoneyJonathan Caren & Lisa RubinJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Sidney has been growing suspicious of Jean, wanting to know more about who she is and herself. Jean is later horrified to learn from Claire that Rebecca wants to have a session with her, so she sets out to stop it. Michael and Alexis face trouble after he is questioned by his boss if he and Alexis had sex the previous weekend. Larin questions Jean's increasingly distant behavior and berates the person she has become. Sam tells Jean about his relationship with Emily and their sex life, when Jean begins asking more and more deep and violating questions about his sex with Sidney. "Diane" visits Rebecca and convinces her not to meet with her mother and to cut Claire off. Scott tells Michael that Alexis wants the office to know she loves him. Jean puts Allison in "Diane"'s apartment and she finds and begins to listen to tapes Jean has. Michael and Sidney meet when he goes to the coffee shop to buy Jean coffee, alarming Jean. Sidney uploads a photo of herself and Jean to social media, after promising not to. Jean reignites her sex life with Michael by using techniques Sam used on Sidney and tells him to never go to her coffee shop again.
9"Neverland"Coky GiedroycSean Jablonksi & Jessica MecklenburgJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Allison's mom shows up at Jean's office, saying she has not seen or heard from Allison in days. She also reveals that Allison lives with her, she is in perfect health, that Allison is supposed to be there four times a week, and she doesn't know who Allison's boyfriend is. Jean is shocked and refuses to offer any details to her mother; Jean later lies to her colleagues about what Allison's mother was doing there, but they really do not buy it. Jean meets with a doctor about Dolly's ADHD who prescribes Dolly medicine that Jean wants just to straighten out Dolly's gender issues. Sam tells Jean he thinks she keeps pushing Sidney on him so she can continue to control him, so he tells her their sessions are over. Michael confronts Alexis about starting the rumor about them in Texas and tells her he does have feelings for her, but he is still mad at her. Nancy comes to visit and bothers Jean which causes her to cut Dolly's hair to bother Nancy. Sidney nervously tells Jean that Sam is engaged to Emily and that she is afraid everyone in her life is leaving her, including Jean who won't tell her about her life. Jean calls Sam and asks to meet. Before Dolly's play, Jean gets a call from an unknown number but does not answer it. At the end of the play, Jean hears a voicemail from a frantic Allison begging her to quickly call her back before she gets a call from Gary who tells her that Allison is missing.
10"Black Barn"Coky GiedroycLisa RubinJune 30, 2017 (2017-06-30)
Jean is questioned by Detective Kelly on what happened to Allison. She tries to lie and not give him her patient notes, but can't, so she does and directs him to Tom as the suspect. Sidney is at Jean's apartment with her where she finds some drugs, belonging to Allison. Jean intends to give an anti-bullying speech at Dolly's school. Jean convinces Sidney to go to Sam's engagement party and later sends her some of Alexis' work, pretending it is "Diane"'s. Sidney finds that it is really Alexis' work and goes to confront Alexis about it, where she finds a picture of Jean on Michael's desk. Michael does not like this and is mad about Jean's lying, which leads him to try to have an affair with Alexis, who tells him she is seeing someone already. He confronts Jean about her lying, and she in return reveals she kept 309. This sets him off and he questions if Jean is really crazy and that if she manipulated Melissa into burning down her house. Back in 309, Jean pulls out newspapers of Melissa being arrested and proceeds to put on an old bracelet. The next day she visits Melissa and reveals she never took the bracelet off and an initially mad Melissa embraces her. Jean makes Sam come back in for another appointment where she manipulates him into thinking that he really only wants Sidney, something she helped to do by going to his engagement party. Michael visits 309 and deduces there were two people there. Kelly moves on from Tom as a suspect and tells Jean he'll be checking out 309. Jean cleans all the evidence of her being there, but leaves a picture of her mother that Kelly finds. Before Jean's speech, she tells Michael she wants to commit to him fully. She begins her speech as we see Sam having second thoughts about marrying Emily, Tom drives away with Allison in the back of his car, unclear if she is dead or alive, as Jean finishes her speech saying that bullies really just want to control themselves, as Sidney walks in and makes eye contact with Jean. The two share an evil smile.

Reception

Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season a 40% rating based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 5.15/10. The critics consensus states, "Gypsy's ludicrous plot trudges along, dragging a talented cast with it."[18] Metacritic gave the season a rating of 45 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[19]

The show has been criticized by Roma organizations for its use of the term "gypsy".[20][better source needed] Many Romani people consider this to be an ethnic slur due to its historical use in antiziganist violence,[citation needed] including laws authorizing the enslavement, branding, deportations, and murder of Romanichal (British Roma) during the Tudor period in England.[21]

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