The Act: Two Wolverines (2019)
Season 1, Episode 3
10/10
We live in a cruel world
24 March 2022
We see the transformation of Gypsy in "Two Wolverines", who has embraced social media secretly while her mum sleeps at night, and excitedly examines make-up tutorial videos on YouTube. Her curiosity about women, and courting men is at the forefront of her mind, but as we learned in the previous episode, she loves her mother - Dee Dee is her best friend, even if it is an abusive relationship, and up until now, she would rather protect her than live her life. Episode 3 provides the turning point in their artificially happy existence at a comic-con type event. They both attend, but on the way in Dee Dee explains to the event staff that Gypsy is 15. This prompts Gypsy to question her actual age, remembering a time when her mother explained she was born in 1993, not 1995. "Two Wolverines" have both women enticed by men in Wolverine attire, and blossoming romances complicates matters. Gypsy gets acquainted with a man named Scott that takes an interest in her at the event, and Dee Dee becomes shy around another man, played by Dean Norris. As "Two Wolverines" closes out, Dee Dee coldly stares at Gypsy as they park outside their house, and waits for her to get into her wheelchair to use the ramp. What a travesty. Episode 3 ends with an attempted escape from her distorted reality for Gypsy. When she learns Scott is in hospital, she places on her Ariel wig and rushes to see him, declaring that they can be together. At his house, they begin kissing, but her determined mother finds her and pleads for her to come home. You can feel the conflict in Gypsy's mind at the thought of returning to the house, but she finally gives in. Her mother tells Scott that she's 14, but we learn earlier in the episode that she is 19.
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