having re-watched the show, there's a couple details in this first episode that stood out to me more as a couple of my favorites.

Oh lordie, putting the Soviet and Chinese characters in a communist team was such a natural pairing I can't believe I hadn't considered the possibility until they did it. But I love how they embraced the mixing and matching of different characters into feuds, which goes back to the idea of reducing the characters to…

I was comparing them recently as well, but more structurally. I came to the conclusion that GLOW could represent how OITNB could flow without the flashbacks, ie shorter episodes and better pacing. With a flashback structure, I'm sure GLOW would have focused on a different wrestler and her backstory each episode, quite…

What if there's an episode of Stranger Things in which they're watching GLOW, but it's the GLOW show of this GLOW?

"things like the G.L.O.W. finish and Bash … running with the VHS just felt so of the time"

The review seems to take issue with the Brooke Hogan cameo as if it's blatantly obvious it's Hulk Hogan's daughter and that creates a distraction.

A couple of great details involving Ruth's pregnancy test:

Yeah, Sheila knows one song, and it's the theme to 'Exodus.'

That "thanks places" line says more about their characters than any "Orange Is the New Black"-style exposition flashback could. And it's the kind of detail that makes this show so great

That song brought on a fist pump from me

Well, that distinction is certainly on display when Goliath shows up and the first thing he asks is "who's the promoter?" And then Bash points to Sam and Sam just says, "I'm the director." He's very much just treating this as any other scripted show, where the characters and storylines are most important. Hence his…

Well, she and the show deserve the recognition, but here's the wrinkle to that and it involves Netflix's release pattern. Shows for the awards presented in September 2017 have to have aired by May 31, and GLOW didn't hit until June 23. I suppose Netflix could have done screenings to meet the requirement, but they held…

While I appreciate how using Debbie and Ruth's real-life heat to drive an in-ring feud makes for a good story arc for the season, I kept thinking that they seemed to be pigeonholing themselves with this idea of pairing off everyone with their perfect foil. In real pro-wrestling, the storylines only work over time by…

Your post kind of proves my point. In an era of hyper-partisan politics, the idea that someone would just accept being screwed over by the opposite party and going away is almost absurd. Not to mention how their supporters would be up arms claiming conspiracies or whatever, not to mention how the press would be all…

Montez was only elected VP and sworn in as "acting" president. That Roll Call piece was right about the procedure but wrong about how it applied to Veep.

Well, instead of addressing the structural flaws in season six stemming from the plot twists that denied Selina the presidency, the writers instead chose to double down on them.

"This episode reveals that Reggie (the athlete) is an Olympic medalist.
While the episode nails the G.L.O.W. and ‘80s of it all by giving her
character to Debbie, it’s kind of a fumble that she’s such an unknown
quantity"

What would be classic is a mid-season regeneration that just happens. No build-up. No fancy special episode. Just boom, new doctor, deal with it.

I loved how the show developed the characters in a way to make us guess who their analogs were in the real GLOW. Ruth at one point is described in such a way you might think she coukd become the farmer's daughter, but then she turns out to be the evil Russian. The battles between Americana and Ninotchka are a vivid…

GLOW was more like a TV show in how it was presented with episodes and seasons. WWE-style proo wrestling is presented more like an ongoing sports league.