GLOW Season 2 Review: 7 Ups And 1 Down

5. Tonal Balance

GLOW Ruth Alison Brie
Netflix

Like Orange is the New Black before it, GLOW refuses to fit neatly into one box. Every episode runs at around 30-35 minutes (apart from the finale, which clocks in at 46), but despite that it never feels like a typical comedy, instead blending drama and humour together tightly in each instalment.

The series can flip seamlessly between a massive emotional moment and a hilarious one, but also judges it so that the serious stuff packs a wallop without feeling like it's being skirted over too quickly.

This year also introduces some more social commentary around race, gender, and sexual harassment, with one case that addresses the #MeToo movement in a considered manner without feeling out of place in a show set during the 80s, and it's a testament to the writing that it can deftly handle storylines like that as easily as it can the GLOW stars trying to get laid or the wrestling itself.

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