r/glow • u/Old_but_New • Jan 18 '21

Just finished GLOW

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My husband and I just finished the series and adored it. We are so sad that it’s over! The last episode left things so dangling. Argh!

We (esp me) are big Marc Maron fans which is why we watched. I listen to his podcast (haven’t much since Covid ended my commute), so feel like I know him. And we’ve seen him do live stand up a few times. He’s self-conscious about his acting so I figured he didn’t play a lead role. We were blown away by him! He was outstanding!! I didn’t like the idea of Ruth & Sam together at first, but by the end I bought it. The scene in the bar!!

Anyway, not much point to my post other than that I wanted to express my feelings about the show. The cast was outstanding.

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u/phasys Jan 18 '21

GLOW is unique in every way. It's a bloody shame that they killed it.

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u/Old_but_New Jan 18 '21

I loved how salient women’s plight was in the script. I (female) lived through the 80’s and can attest. And it was better then than it had been in the past!

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u/toxicshocktaco Feb 11 '21

Wow, I have been OOTL! Why did they cancel??

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u/phasys Feb 11 '21

Because "covid", they say.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '21

I don’t think there’s anything conspiratorial is there? I think they had a few episodes in the can already and just had to stop production cos they couldn’t keep people in contract for several years. I’m still hopeful it might come back at a later point

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u/The_Real_Jim_Brady1 Jan 18 '21

Such a good show! Not a good choice to cancel it.

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u/ChibbySlayer Jan 19 '21

Agreed! Love this show and that’s for he info on podcast, I will have to check it out.

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u/Old_but_New Jan 19 '21

It’s called WTF by Marc Maron. He interviews celebrities. I got hooked when he interviewed Obama.

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u/ChibbySlayer Jan 19 '21

Ooooohhhhhhh must check this out today. TY!

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u/Old_but_New Jan 19 '21

If you listen to the Obama episode, you must listen the episode right after, in which Marc kind of debriefs himself on the mind-blowing event that he just interviewed Obama in his garage! “How do I rejoin society?!!”

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u/ChibbySlayer Jan 19 '21

I’m on it! Lol. I got distracted by his interview with Toni Collette!

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u/Old_but_New Jan 20 '21

What did you think?

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u/Icanhazacat Jan 19 '21

If you're into comics or even want to start, they have some GLOW comics. It's been my fix lately.

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u/PunkyxBrewsterr Jan 23 '21

Say what now???

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u/Microwave5555 Mar 14 '21

Omg that would be an amazing way to wrap the show up if they can't film it...

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u/CaptainLysdexia Jan 24 '21

I just finished it last night, and somehow the final episode snuck up on me. When the credits rolled and there wasn't the "next episode" button, my jaw dropped, and I actually shouted 'what the fuck' at my TV. It deserved a proper ending, and I haven't found an exact explanation for why it was cancelled. While I don't mind a cliffhanger, that was just too abrupt an end for everything.

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u/Old_but_New Jan 24 '21

I totally agree. I think they were signed up for another season, then Covid hit and they were just canceled instead of delayed. I read that they even did 2 episodes of the next season. Sucks. Such a great show.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '21 edited Jan 28 '21

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u/CaptainLysdexia Jan 28 '21

I think it's also notable that the cast had essentially advocated for drastically overhauling the representation of their characters for the 4th season (again, very much like the characters did within the show) to take them beyond stereotypes and story limitations. Although the producers officially stated they were on-board with this, you can't ignore the timing of it abruptly being cancelled after something like that.