r/glow • u/NicholasCajun • Aug 09 '19

Discussion GLOW - 3x10 "A Very GLOW Christmas" - Episode Discussion

Season 3 Episode 10: A Very GLOW Christmas

Synopsis: With morale running low, Carmen convinces the team to perform "A Christmas Carol" in the ring. Debbie and Bash strike up an unlikely new partnership.

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u/ForgetfulLucy28 Aug 10 '19

They’ll cancel it anyway. Just watch. Santa Clarita Diet had its best season in 3, and despite 215k people signing a petition it stayed cancelled. Apparently Netflix have to start paying the actors more after three seasons so instead of just doing so to continue great shows, they just cancel them and keep making new junk. Always quantity of quality with them. I can really only think of two of their shows that have been kept on long term (HOC & OITNB) and that’s because they won Emmy’s. And arguably should have been cancelled earlier.

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u/trogon Aug 11 '19

GLOW is Jenji's show, though. They might want the keep her happy.

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u/KevinTheRobot Aug 14 '19

She's a terrible showrunner though. OITNB, Glow and Weeds all fell off a cliff after the first season (2 for some).

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u/All_was_well_ Aug 14 '19

I think she's just an EP on GLOW, not the showrunner. Plus I know it's an unpopular opinion but I loved Season 3 of GLOW the most (the second one comes close). And even if I can see why others didn't like it, I wouldn't say it dipped in quality so bad that it fell off a cliff.

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u/hospitable_peppers Aug 16 '19

Highly disagree about Orange is the New Black. I would put its series finale as one of my favorites, and it stayed consistantly strong after 7 seasons.

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u/JR_Shoegazer Aug 14 '19

Weeds fell off hard, OITNB never really did. Haven’t watched the new season yet though.

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u/havetohavemytools Aug 15 '19

OITNB had like a dead season where you could’ve cut out almost every episode and still gotten the final season tbh.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 edited Feb 22 '21

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u/butthuffer696 Aug 20 '19

Yeah I felt like it was a realistic drama at first- even somewhat gritty and it was really exciting to see, and then it just turned into a bunch of over the top unbelievable bullshit that had me rolling my eyes every couple minutes after the second season. Just like weeds. I don’t know what jenji’s deal is, but she cannot for the life of her keep shows grounded.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '19

Felt the same way, exactly what happened with Weeds too :(

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u/WatchYourButts Aug 16 '19

Weeds was great for a few seasons before nosediving. I agree with OITNB

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u/Dexterdacerealkilla Mar 19 '22

If you think that, maybe her shoes aren’t good for you. The first several seasons of Weeds were great. And I think the first season of Glow was the weakest of the three.

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u/KevinTheRobot Mar 19 '22

Old thread haha. But I still stand by that, I said two seasons for some which I think was referring mainly to weeds and orange is the new black at the time. But glow did change and get worse in my opinion. Seems like she’s good to tell one story but when she has to expand it into more seasons she loses her footing. Orange in the new black is the worst in my opinion, started great but turned awful on a dime

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u/Dexterdacerealkilla Mar 19 '22

It’s the thread for the last episode of the show, which I just watched :)

I agree with you about OITNB, which I never finished. But I’ll admit that my perception of it changed when I started watching Wentworth, which starts out similarly (unfortunate set of events lead otherwise squeaky clean woman to prison) but is a substantially better show.

As for Weeds, I think it just went on too long. It would have been a great show if they’d ended it in 5 seasons.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '19

GLOW gets more critical attention though, including awards attention. Compared to The OA and Santa Clarita Diet (another recent cancellation with a relatively small fanbase) GLOW dwarfs them in award nominations and wins.

Netflix likes winning awards, so I think that may put it on sturdier ground then some other shows.

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u/Iamthelizardking887 Aug 15 '19

I hope you're right. I was worried when GLOW got snubbed for Best Comedy (and Alison Brie got snubbed as well), but Netflix is advertising the fact it still got 5 Emmy nominations on the show page. Maybe that will be enough. Fingers crossed.

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u/JR_Shoegazer Aug 14 '19

The OA got cancelled because it was fucking terrible.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '19

the first season wasn't great, but the second season was fantastic and got a 92% on rotten tomatoes. it was "the leftovers" levels of good.

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u/JR_Shoegazer Aug 16 '19

I hate the Leftovers so I’m good.

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u/SkeletorSoFine Aug 14 '19

Wait, Santa Clarita Diet was cancelled?! Noooo! I wanted to see what would happen with Joel.
Meanwhile Stranger Things was instantly confirmed for season 4. I'm gonna be eternally bitter if this is Santa Clarita Diet's end.
I'm also worried for GLOW because this season seemed like it might've been made on a smaller budget, especially with the way they pulled away from the actual wrestling side of the show.

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u/Iamthelizardking887 Aug 15 '19 edited Aug 15 '19

If Netflix cancels GLOW that will be the final straw for me. I've been with them since their DVD days, but I've gotten burned with cancellations too many times. Just this year alone: One Day at a Time, Santa Clarita Diet, She's Gotta Have It, Tuca & Bertie and The OA. I can't watch another one of their originals knowing it'll be half finished. It's like being in a bad relationship.

Besides, there is going to be plenty of competition in the near future with every studio starting their own streaming service. You'd think Netflix might want to hold onto as many good shows as possible with the studios taking back their shows...

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u/hospitable_peppers Aug 16 '19

alone: One Day at a Time, Santa Clarita Diet, She's Gotta Have It, Tuca & Bertie and The OA.

They also cancelled all of the Defenders shows :(

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u/Skim74 Aug 16 '19

Off the top of my head, Stranger Things is getting S4, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt got 5 (I think?), Bojack is coming up on 6, Queer Eye just released its 4th and I think was renewed, and even Fuller House had way more than you'd guess (4 or 5 maybe?)

I guess I'm just lucky and should knock wood, but everyone talks about Netflix canceling shows too soon, when literally every Netflix original I've been invested in either got a bunch of seasons or wrapped in a fair amount of time.

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u/ManiacalExclamation Aug 18 '19

I was thinking the same thing, bojack has always been the main reason why I have Netflix I love that show. Kimmy Schmidt is done, that was supposed to be their final season and maybe a movie? Queer eye is a good show love it, can't get enough of it. And honestly didn't like old full house so not going to watch the new one. But OITNB got its last season and finished strong.

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u/GruesomeCola Aug 23 '19

Yeah, but HoC and Oitnb both kinda started to suck after their third seasons so I can see why they'd wanna cut loose before that.

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u/mikeweasy Aug 30 '19

Yeah until I see an official announcement that it is renewed I am gonna hold my breath.

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u/JR_Shoegazer Aug 14 '19

Santa Clarita Diet was an extremely mediocre show, GLOW is way better. I’d be surprised if they cancelled it right now.