I wanted to like Gypsy. With Sienna Miller and Billy Crudup, it seemed to be set up for a win. The filmography and design are beautiful, and with Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac featured as the theme song, my initial reaction was that this show would be a huge, ongoing series. Not the case. Unfortunately, it's obvious the writers bit off a little more than they could chew. We've got a discontented Psychotherapist, wife & mom who is using her patients' pathology to dig into their lives off the clock - for the sake of finding herself and satisfying her need for risk & bourbon. What's so bad about that? She is married to a semi-misogynist suit, who is slightly controlling and jointly in denial about their child needing exponentially greater support as a transgender boy. As I watch Gypsy, it becomes apparent this cluster of plot points is impossible for the writers to keep track of in a way that makes the show more successful, which is why it was cancelled.
