Live Studio Audience 

GLOW hosts its first live show at the gym, but things go out of hand when Carmen suffers from stage fright and the booked tag team match between Cherry and Tammé and Dawn and Stacy is given an unexpected twist.

Director:

Jesse Peretz

Writers:

Rachel Shukert, Liz Flahive (created by)

Stars:

Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Sydelle Noel

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Alison Brie	...	Ruth Wilder
Betty Gilpin	...	Debbie Eagan
Sydelle Noel	...	Cherry Bang
Britney Young	...	Carmen Wade
Marc Maron	...	Sam Sylvia
Britt Baron	...	Justine Biagi
Kimmy Gatewood	...	Stacey Beswick
Rebekka Johnson	...	Dawn Rivecca
Sunita Mani	...	Arthie Premkumar
Kate Nash	...	Rhonda Richardson
Marianna Palka	...	Reggie Walsh
Gayle Rankin	...	Sheila the She-Wolf
Kia Stevens	...	Tammé Dawson
Jackie Tohn	...	Melanie Rosen
Ellen Wong	...	Jenny Chey

Storyline

GLOW hosts its first live show at the gym, but things go out of hand when Carmen suffers from stage fright and the booked tag team match between Cherry and Tammé and Dawn and Stacy is given an unexpected twist.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Release Date:

23 June 2017 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Netflix

Technical Specs

Runtime:

36 min

Did You Know?

Trivia

The tag team match between Cherry and Tammé and Dawn and Stacey is loosely based on the original GLOW match between The Soul Patrol (Envy and Adore) and The Hicks (Sara and Mabel).

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Quotes

Ruth Wilder: So, do I grab onto a specific body part?
Big Kurt Jackson: You sort of grab everything and fall backwards.
Debbie Eagan: Okay. You're not gonna drop me, right?
Ruth Wilder: No, I swear. I got you.
Debbie Eagan: It's like a fucking trust fall, only I stare at your face and remember all the reasons I don't trust you.
Ruth Wilder: Look, if you miss, my body will break the fall. I take the hit.
Debbie Eagan: Okay.
[Debbie barely jumps and falls on Ruth]
Debbie Eagan: How'd that look?
Carmen Wade: So great.
[...]

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Connections

References My Fair Lady (1964)

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Soundtracks

Theme of Exodus
Written by Ernest Gold

User Reviews

Everything's in sync

Nothing livens things up like a montage. In this case, it's the backyard practice session between Debbie and Ruth (set to Dare, no less; seriously, a Transformers song!). It's exciting because they're gelling, that the firewall might not be so permanent.

But once fight night actually hits, it's a riot. The impromptu Klan tag team, the woeful money management of GLOW, and unification around a terrible rap. It's solid, alright.

7/10