Scott, the character introduced in “Two Wolverines,” seems to be loosely based on a real-life 35-year-old that Gypsy encountered in 2011 at a sci-fi convention.
The effect-for a teenager made to believe she suffers myriad health problems is younger than she is and is medically dependent on her mother-is intoxicating, and a catalyst for Gypsy going to extreme lengths to assert her independence.īut just how closely do these love interests mirror Gypsy and Dee Dee’s real-life romantic partners? The other is Scott ( Joe Tippett), a kind young man who looks at Gypsy with something other than sympathy. The first is a middle-aged man ( Dean Norris) who forges a relationship with Dee Dee by phone-gently questioning whether Dee Dee is overly committed to her caregiver role. On the third episode of The Act, “Two Wolverines,” Gypsy ( Joey King) and Dee Dee ( Patricia Arquette) meet two men who seem as though they could potentially defuse mother and daughter’s abusive, isolating home dynamic.
