GLOW
Candy of the Year
TV Flash files “Candy of the Year” as hour 12 of 30 in the TV Flash guide — GLOW (2017–2019) on Netflix, season 2, episode 2, aired 2018-06-29, 32 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E02: listed hour 12 of 30 in the GLOW guide, hour 2 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2018-06-29 (32 min). The listed hour before it is “Viking Funeral” (S02E01). Next is “Concerned Women of America” (S02E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The ladies get creative when Sam forces them to compete for airtime. Debbie discovers the producer life isn't quite what she'd hoped.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Candy of the Year sit in the GLOW guide?
S02E02 is listed hour 12 of 30 — hour 2 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 2.
When did GLOW S02E02 air?
Candy of the Year aired 2018-06-29 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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