Gypsy (TV series)

Gypsy is an American psychological thriller drama television series created by Lisa Rubin for Netflix. 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. The first season comprises 10 episodes and was released on June 30, 2017.
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. Moreover, Lisa Rubin serves as executive producer and showrunner.
Stevie Nicks re-recorded an acoustic version of her Fleetwood Mac song "Gypsy" to serve as the show's theme song. On August 11, 2017, the show was cancelled after one season.

Cast and characters

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
Billy Crudup as Michael Holloway, Jean's husband and a partner at Cooper, Woolf & Stein
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 falls in love with Jean
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.
Poorna Jagannathan as Larin Inamdar, a divorced therapist, and Jean's best friend and colleague
Brooke Bloom as Rebecca Rogers, Claire's estranged daughter
Lucy Boynton as Allison Adams, a former college student who is addicted to drugs and is one of Jean's patients
Melanie Liburd as Alexis Wright, Michael's personal assistant, whom Jean distrusts
Brenda Vaccaro as Claire Rogers, Rebecca's neurotic mother who is obsessed about her adult daughter's life choices and is a patient of Jean's

Recurring

Kimberly Quinn as Holly Faitelson
Edward Akrout as Zal
Blythe Danner as Nancy, Jean's mother
Frank Deal as Gary Levine
Shiloh Fernandez as Tom
Evan Hoyt Thompson as Frances
Maren Heary as Dolly Holloway
Vardaan Arora as Raj
Erin Neufer as Emily
Kerry Condon as Melissa Saugraves

Reception

The show received generally negative reviews. 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, "Gypsys ludicrous plot trudges along, dragging a talented cast with it." Metacritic gave the season a rating of 45 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". In a negative review for The New York Times, James Poniewozik found the show dull and boring, writing: "Binge-watching it is like binge-drinking cough syrup". Poniewozik did, however, praise the production value and acting.
The show has been criticized by Roma organizations for its use of the term "gypsy". Many Romani people consider this to be an ethnic slur due to its historical use in antiziganist violence, including laws authorizing the enslavement, branding, deportations, and murder of Romanichal during the Tudor period in England.