13 Most WTF TV Moments Of 2018 (So Far)

5. Florian's Death - GLOW (Rosalie)

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In the ninth episode of GLOW's superb second season, Debbie (Betty Gilpin) and Bash (Chris Lowell) attend a cable TV convention in the hope of selling the show.

Though they succeed, the episode ends with Bash receiving a phone call that his butler/pal Florian (Alex Rich) has died unexpectedly from "technically pneumonia". This vague cause of death, combined with the doctor telling him he might struggle to find a funeral home willing to accept the body, is not-so-subtle code that Florian has died from AIDS.

Even though Florian was an incredibly minor character, his death was nevertheless a shocking moment which seemed to reveal plenty about Bash himself. For starters, he has his house professionally cleaned afterwards, presumably as part of the "gay panic" that characterised the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, to irrationally ensure he couldn't contract the condition himself.

Bash's devastated response and kneejerk reaction to marry Rhonda (Kate Nash) also seems to suggest that Bash himself might be gay and was perhaps even Florian's lover, though it remains to be seen whether or not this will actually be confirmed next season.

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