Gypsy

Without repeating the general setup of the story, the series is centered around Watt's character Jean. To say that she's complicated is a vast understatement. The episodes leave enormous unanswered questions about what is driving her tremendously aberrant behavior. That will either frustrate you terribly, or leave you intrigued as I was. The final episode leaves many loose threads in the plot line so I assume it's a cliffhanger, though one could possibly read the ending as a hanging question grand finale. If you can hang with a sometimes low- energy plot, if you like watching a great actress testing her limits with a totally out-of-the-box character, you may enjoy watching Watts as Jean. She is one twisted sister, that I can promise you.

This show is an alluring, slowly-built seduction that reflects the storyline itself. I would kill for a season 2, but I'm on my third rewatch and this singular season is gold on its own.

I've been a Psychologist for some years now and I can't watch this show unless I pause it frequently. It makes me that mad. The main character breaks every rule of Psychotherapy and plays with her client's lives for her own benefit. This show sure made me curse a lot.

The girl jean falls in love with has clear Borderline Personality Disorder traits. Every Psychotherapist knows how dangerous it would be to get romantically involved with somewone with BPD. A Psychotherapist would KNOW what that person would become and how life with such a person would be. Still, Jean plays with the girl's emotion while the latter is in the Ideation phase of BPD. Which is very, VERY cruel and irresponsible. Involving herself in the client's lives is also a big "No-No" in CBT.

Basiscally everything Jean does as a Therapist is wrong. The show does depict Narcissistic traits and Borderline Personality Disorder accurately. Jean's acting is good. She made me very angry and it's rare that a fictional character is able to do that to me.

I really love this series. I saw a lot of negative reviews and almost didn't watch it. I am not through with the season, so I cannot speak to the ending, or if it is satisfying. However, it is a slow-burn, layered, psychological drama. It reminds me a little of the Hulu original Chance, which also featured a psychologist as the central character. It will not appeal to anyone seeking a fast-paced series, but if you don't need all that and are willing to let a show slowly reveal its plot, give this one a try.

Unlike many of the review writers on IMDb, I have watched the full ten episodes before giving my opinion. It's an original plot with intriguing twists. Jean, the main character, kept surprising me with her own disturbing entanglements. Her being a therapist, and a very good one I may add, always on top of her game is almost admirable. It's more than just ironic the way she manipulates peoples' lives, its making the character really original and interesting. It's quite a refreshing and original show, sometimes I would even call it actual art. It's somehow freakish and crazy, but also quite recognizable. 8 out of 10 for originality and leaving all the unanswered questions.