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Topics: Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, Streaming, Film and TV
Ellie Kemp
Topics: Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, Streaming, Film and TV
Netflix fans are binge-watching an Alison Brie-led TV series with a near-perfect Rottens Tomatoes score.
Although they're still angry over the show's cancelation some six years later, fans claim it's still a 'gem' of a show.
It comes as Brie stars alongside real-life husband Dave Franco in newly-released body horror Together - which has earned itself an impressive 90 percent critics rating. It follows a long-term couple as they move to the countryside, only for unknown forces to wreak havoc on their lives.
Rotten Tomatoes critics say it's 'as as emotionally sticky as it is memorably gnarly'.
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But Brie previously featured in a popular Netflix series fans are still only just discovering today.
Set in Los Angeles in 1985, the show follows Ruth Wilder (Brie), a struggling actress who manages to land a role in an all-female wrestling troupe.
She's assigned the heel persona Zoya the Destroya - but her presence is a source of tension as she reunites with her ex-best friend, Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin), a former soap‑opera star - and ex-wife of Ruth’s former lover.
Their unresolved drama plays into the dynamics of the rest of the group, impacting them both personally and creatively - in sometimes quite hilarious fashion.
The show we're talking about, of course, is GLOW - which stands for 'Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.'
Critics rated it a stunning 93 percent across all three of its seasons, giving their verdict on RT: "With spot-on 1980s period detail, knockout writing, and a killer cast, GLOW shines brightly."
Fans were in agreement, as one said: "The cast from top to bottom is top-notch, and the writing is first-rate. Betty Gilpin and Alison Brie do a wonderful job of giving so much depth of character to lead characters Ruth Wilder and Debbie Eagan."
A second said the show will 'gut punch you with laughter, and body slam you with empathy,' warning you may 'find yourself pinned to the television episode after episode.'
Fans still aren't over the show's premature cancelation, however.
Although a fourth and final season was greenlit in September 2019, but cancelled by October 2020 due to the COVID‑19 pandemic. The show's cast and creators expressed disappointment, and the cancelation left the show with three seasons and 30 episodes total.
Taking to Reddit a few months back, one social media user sought clarification: "So is there or isnt there a season 4 coming? I know they stopped cause of covid, but is it officially cancelled?" They added in the comments they'd only recently binged the show.
"No, It's dead-dead. And I curse Netflix almost daily for cancelling it," one person responded. "I wish another studio would pick it up," a second said.
Despite the show likely never being revived, people are still raving about the show, as one called it a 'real gem' and someone else affirmed: "It's still one of my favorite TV shows."
All three seasons of GLOW are streaming now on Netflix.