GLOW
The Dusty Spur
TV Flash files “The Dusty Spur” as hour 4 of 30 in the TV Flash guide — GLOW (2017–2019) on Netflix, season 1, episode 4, aired 2017-06-23, 32 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 30 in the GLOW guide, hour 4 of 10 in season 1. It aired 2017-06-23 (32 min). The listed hour before it is “The Wrath of Kuntar” (S01E03). Next is “Debbie Does Something” (S01E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
With just five weeks left to crank out a show, Sam and Bash move all the ladies into a motel. Ruth struggles to nail down a memorable character.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Dusty Spur sit in the GLOW guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 30 — hour 4 of 10 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did GLOW S01E04 air?
The Dusty Spur aired 2017-06-23 and is listed at 32 minutes.
Did it get a finale?
No. Canceled before a planned final season — a streaming sore spot. Three seasons of neon, then the pin that never came.
In the series
Why this series still plays
1980s women's wrestling neon: Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin turning friendship, betrayal, and spandex into industry satire. Marc Maron's broken director, ring psychology, sequins, sweat. Netflix ensemble joy — then the cancellation that still stings because the planned finale never got to pin the decade.
So about the cancellation that still lives in the group chat: we were mid-neon, mid-spandex, mid-friendship-betrayal, and Netflix pulled the pin. (I said spoiler-free. The missing finale is the spoiler.) Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch's comedy-drama (2017–2019), based on the real GLOW league: Alison Brie's Ruth, Betty Gilpin's Debbie as an awards-circuit force, Marc Maron's broken director Sam Sylvia, Britney Young, Sunita Mani, Kia Stevens. Ring psychology meets showbiz exploitation. Sweat, sequins, solidarity.…
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