GLOW: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: June 23, 2017

Summary: Set in 1985 Los Angeles, struggling actress Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) ends up on a women wrestling TV show in this comedy created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch that was inspired by the 1980s professional wrestling league.

Creator: Jenji Kohan and Carly Mensch and Liz Flahive

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Terry Terrones

Jun 21, 2017

Unique, humorous and with touches of warmth, this series might just be the sitcom of the summer. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Jun 23, 2017

To call it a feel-good hit would be a bit reductive and presumptive, but GLOW deserves all the love and respect thrust upon it. Sit back, turn it up, and enjoy. Read full review

James Poniewozik

Jun 22, 2017

GLOW is blessedly its own thing. It’s nostalgic, but it’s more than the sum of its soundtrack and hair spray. Its ratty mid-80s Los Angeles of motels and skate punks feels specific and lived in. Like last summer’s Netflix breakout, “Stranger Things,” GLOW is a hulking creature sewn together from pop-cultural scraps, but when it steps into the ring, it reveals itself as a true original. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Jun 21, 2017

Some characters get more screen time than others, but none are shallow; all get to tell you at least a little bit about who they are, without making too obvious a point of it (The exposition creeps in on little cat feet.) Read full review

Aisha Harris

Jun 22, 2017

GLOW is packed with an excellent ensemble cast that includes Alison Brie and Marc Maron, sharp commentary on gender and racial stereotypes, and an awesomely ’80s soundtrack. It’s also just plain fun, aware of (and sometimes shamelessly indulgent in) the inherent silliness of wrestling, while never looking down on it. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

Jun 21, 2017

Their characters--Welfare Queen, Fortune Cookie and the Old Biddies, to name a few--are wildly over the top, borderline offensive and true to the era. The crowd has no choice and falls in love. It’s no tilt-a-whirl crossbody, but GLOW gets close. Read full review

Collider Allison Keene

Jun 20, 2017

GLOW works (or doesn’t work) in a 1:1 ratio with how things are working out in its story. When the characters are disorganized and the cable show is a mess, so is GLOW. Once the characters find their personas as wrestlers, they start to have them for viewers. And once the performances begin, GLOW starts to get very good. Read full review

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Reed618

Jun 24, 2017

This show really lived up to expectations. The characters are well written and interesting. It's difficult to balance a large cast like this but each person stood out while highlighting a number of larger issues which were prevalent at the time and which are still a big issue today, namelyThis show really lived up to expectations. The characters are well written and interesting. It's difficult to balance a large cast like this but each person stood out while highlighting a number of larger issues which were prevalent at the time and which are still a big issue today, namely race relations and women in the workplace.
At the end of the day though it's just a really fun show with a great sense of humor. The episodes are quite short (around 30 minutes) so don't be surprised if you binge your way through it. Definitely give it a chance, I loved it :D.… Expand

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Voodoo123

Jul 7, 2018

Fantsatic dramedy that makes an effort to truly show respect for the wrestling material from which it is referencing. AAA stellar cast elevate an already engaging screenplay. Glow immerses you in its 1980's setting with its pumping and energetic soundtrack, authentic hairstyles costumes andFantsatic dramedy that makes an effort to truly show respect for the wrestling material from which it is referencing. AAA stellar cast elevate an already engaging screenplay. Glow immerses you in its 1980's setting with its pumping and energetic soundtrack, authentic hairstyles costumes and vehicles... The story is excellent and each drama plays out well with very three dimensional characters that exhibit a natural charisma only possible with an above average show run by a cast and crew that are happy and motivated. Blown away!… Expand

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Psychopompadour

Jun 26, 2017

Exactly as advertised. I love these girls. And guys. Just a great group of people and so funny. If you aren't laughing, you just don't get it. Anyone who says the "story doesn't go anywhere" its the first season of a show about making a tv show and they make the tv show...what more do you want?

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hornysoul

Sep 21, 2018

Adorei esta série. Uma boa mistura de humor e drama, ainda por cima com wrestling feminino (um assunto único na TV). Vi a série num dia.

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Bey0ndBelief

Jun 26, 2017

Marc Maron fanatic here. OITNB devotee, too. I see the potential and expect future seasons to be great. Allison Brie is a quirky, pitch perfect character. Betty Gilpin knows where her story arc is going, too. Maron fits the role perfectly, but to be honest it doesn't stretch him much.

IMarc Maron fanatic here. OITNB devotee, too. I see the potential and expect future seasons to be great. Allison Brie is a quirky, pitch perfect character. Betty Gilpin knows where her story arc is going, too. Maron fits the role perfectly, but to be honest it doesn't stretch him much.

I get the feeling that after eight years of Weeds and the five years of OITNB, Jenji Kohan is comfortable ising Season one as setup to milk this show for a very long run. The first half of the season is slow,. By the end you will be itching for season two to start tomorrow. I hope that she is not becoming too formulaic, relying on single character backstory to undergird the main wrestling plot in every episode, the way she does with Orange. Clever once. Cliche twice.… Expand

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All_ButTrU4

Jan 1, 2022

However rough around the edges this show understands how to reach a point. It doesn't meander as most first seasons do but comes in mindful of what it has to say and staying it well enough you come back for more. Adapted from an unbelievably true story it's a stomachache of laughs and anHowever rough around the edges this show understands how to reach a point. It doesn't meander as most first seasons do but comes in mindful of what it has to say and staying it well enough you come back for more. Adapted from an unbelievably true story it's a stomachache of laughs and an onion for the eyes.… Expand

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InformedReviews

Jun 28, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pink Neon is the New Black. Show is unbearable. Saw the great reviews and suggested SO and I watch it. SO enjoys it, I find it utterly disappointing. Looking over the reviews, I see a theme of yay! girlpower!. SO is not exactly pro feminism, so I imagine he is just enjoying it for the bewbs. Usually I like Alison Brie, she was great in community, but here she looks like an aging poorly frump with sad mosquito bite breasts. So I am not even sure what SO is excited about ... Perhaps Betty Gilpin and what she describes as her "baby manatee sized pups". Her boobs. Anyway, this show is dull and seems forced. Plus racist and full of absurd situations. No, no soap actress would ever stoop to the level of faux wrestling. Just gag me with a spoon before I have to watch more of this tripe.… Expand

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