We here at With Spandex are nothing if not massive fans of Netflix’s GLOW. We sang its praises to the heavens, but even before it aired, we knew we were going to love it, just based on the creative team and talent involved. And we were right! Now that there will officially be a season two, we’re already daydreaming about the endless possibilities, and about getting to see more of the characters we’re already deeply in love with.
So let’s bring that daydreaming to life (sort of), and treat you all to our extensive wishlist of the things we’d most like to see in GLOW‘s second season.
The Rise Of The GLOW TV Show, Within The GLOW TV Show
Season one of GLOW ended with the characters preparing to watch the series premiere of G.L.O.W.. It was pretty meta, but now that we’ve got a confirmed second season, it’s time to take the girls out of the gym and auditions and position them as sudden pop culture stars. It should be fun to watch them put the shows together, especially the Hee-haw-esque pun segments that came between the matches.
And maybe a move to Las Vegas is coming up soon? Or should we save that for season 3?
Machu Picchu As The Star
As you know if you watched the original G.L.O.W. (or saw the exceptional documentary), “Mt. Fiji” ended up as the Andre the Giant-style star of the show. Netflix GLOW‘s Mt. Fiji analogue is Britney Young’s Carmen, aka Machu Picchu, the Peruvian Fortress. She came into her own in the season one finale, so it’d be great to see her realize her legacy as the next star in a wrestling dynasty. Plus, more Brodus Clay and Carlito!
From our interview with Britney:
What do you want next season?
A Lumberjacksons and Machu Picchu showdown in the backyard. I don’t care how they put it together. I just know, if I want to fly, it’s gonna be with those guys. Let’s be real.
Anything As Good As This
The most shocking moment of season one had to be the girls’ first live show, which pit Cherry Bang and the Welfare Queen against the white supremacist version of the Beatdown Biddies. It shined a spotlight on how ridiculous actual pro wrestling could be, beyond the self-aware stereotypes and funny costumes. It was about how shockingly stupid and also shocking fun pro wrestling can be, and how it can cut through a lot of the bullshit and get to the heart of what matters. Which, as you might’ve picked up on recently, is punching white supremacists in the face.
Speaking of getting punched …
Rich Sommer Getting Punched In His Stupid Face
Television’s most punchable face became even more punchable in season one. “Oh no, I’m married to Betty Gilpin. I’m gonna cheat on her with Alison Brie! I demand to live in my own house! I think wrestling is stupid!” Boyfriend/husband characters are usually the very worst people in a Jenji Kohan production — ‘sup, Jason Biggs — and Rich Sommer’s Mark might be the worst. I hope you don’t get a new girlfriend in season 2 who is beautiful and nice to you but leaves you unfulfilled somehow!
‘Fortune Cookie’ Getting An Angle (Or A Character At All, Honestly)
When you’ve got nearly two dozen characters, some are going to get the short end of the stick. Ellen Wong may have gotten less to do than anyone on the show, including the drug robot and Alex Riley, so season 2 needs to throw ‘Fortune Cookie’ a bone and let her be something other than, “ALSO concerned about stereotype, but then it’s fine.”
In fact, let’s hope season 2 delves even deeper into the problem of stereotypes in pro wrestling, and how to walk the line between satire and exploitation. But for real, you don’t cast Knives Chau in something and not give her something to do. Ellen Wong rules.
Let Scab Wrestle!
Speaking of young stars who rule, Britt Baron got a great storyline and some adorable pizza-centric romance, but didn’t get to wrestle. From our interview:
So where do you think the show’s going to take Justine in season 2 and beyond? Where do you hope?
I hope … first of all, it stunk that I was the only one that didn’t get to wrestle.
I see Scab show up a couple of times, but that’s it.
I know. I know and I trained, and I thought I was pretty good, not to toot my own horn, but I could do a lot of those moves. I hope in season 2, if there is one, I would love to see Justine, maybe that outer protective punk rock shell, I would like to see that shattered a bit more, or maybe we get to see a little bit softer side because she is putting on a front. She’s still just a kid. So I would love to get to see her wrestle.
Get The Band Together
I think we can call agree that there wasn’t enough terrible rapping in season one. The original Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling rapped on the regular, whether they could or not, so season two needs to up its hacky hip-hop game tenfold.
From our interview with Jackie Tohn:
So you were on American Idol, Kate Nash is on the show, you know the original G.L.O.W. and a little bit of the Netflix show has some rapping in it, so do you think it’s going to be good to have that musical background with this show?
Jackie Tohn: Oh, well I hope Melrose plays the keys in season two and just goes in. Singing and playing. Maybe Melrose will turn into … turn from a music video girl into her own personal rock star where she plays electric guitar and just goes in. That would be amazing.
You know I think that is one of the things that is so fun, is all the girls come from all walks of life. And I think a lot of us would love for the show to be … Oh my god, season two musical episode, let’s go!
That would probably be my favorite television episode of anything of all time, if there was a musical episode.
Of any show of all time. That would be the dreamiest dream. I’ll tell them it’s your idea, let’s go.
More Sam Silvia Pictures
We got a look at Sam Sylvia’s filmography via his VHS tape collection — and the ill-fated Blood Disco viewing that ended with Sam’s dating personal and too much information about his “cock” — but it wasn’t enough. I want to see more of his non-Glow projects, especially if he’s still gonna try to make Mothers and Lovers. Maybe set it in the old west? Nobody’s done that yet.
