GLOW 1.03

The Wrath of Kuntar

Sam writes a script. He loves it but Bash, the guy who is financially backing GLOW, whose idea it was to start GLOW in the first place, disagrees. He thinks Sam's idea is way too complex. He wants Sam to simplify. Bash is right but Sam can't see that. He explodes when Bash tries to start guiding things.

The episode begins at their training facility but after he's seen enough Bash invites everyone back to his place in Malibu for a party. He takes Debbie in his helicopter but the rest have to make it there on their own. Most of them ride with Melanie in her limousine. Sam and Cherry go in his car. Justine gets a ride with them after she gushes about Sam's films. Ruth and Carmen go together in Ruth's car.

Debbie still doesn't want to talk to Ruth. She is still angry about Ruth sleeping with her husband. Ruth continues to want to try and patch things up but is intimidated by her friend. I hope that Ruth eventually snaps and gives Debbie a piece of her mind, in or outside of the ring. What Ruth did is a betrayal but Debbie's solution to the problem seems to be to try and drink the problem away. Eventually something will have to give.

Bash shows the ladies his room of costumes and encourages them to have fun creating personas for themselves. This drives Sam nuts. He already has a plan, a story for the show. He doesn't appreciate what Bash is trying to do. The right answer is probably somewhere in between what the two visions for GLOW.

The ladies don't have the final say in who they will be some of them are pushed into presenting themselves as characters who are racial stereotypes. If anything this helped to highlight how degrading and improper this was even back then. Hopefully most people watching this will see it for what it is and not just laugh it.

All in all I like this episode. The story continues to unfold slowly. I'm still not in love with the show but it is different enough from everything else I am watching and it is good enough that I want to see more. So far Sam and Ruth are the two leads. I get the impression that Debbie is also supposed to be a lead but for the most part her performance seems a little more one note that of Ruth or Sam.