GLOW (TV Series)

Live Studio Audience (2017)

Alison Brie: Ruth Wilder

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Quotes 

• Tammé Dawson : Hot damn, I made the list!

  Melanie Rosen : Everyone made the list, Tammé. It's a lineup.

  Tammé Dawson : [noticing she's teaming up with Cherry against Dawn and Stacey]  Our names are together, fighting the Beatdown Biddies. I guess that means we're a team now.

  Cherry Bang : I wonder why.

  Rhonda Richardson : Oh, mine has got a star next to it. 'Cause I'm bright, like a star.

  Carmen Wade : I think that means you're supposed to win the match.

  Rhonda Richardson : Oh, so, um, I'm a star and a winner.

  Melanie Rosen : Oh, yep.

  [the ladies leave while Ruth and Debbie look at the lineup] 

  Ruth Wilder : Well, guess it's official.

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah. They spelled your name wrong.

• Ruth Wilder : Maybe I could find an ushanka? You know, one of those big fur hats?

  Sheila the She-Wolf : If you need fur, I know a guy. We could also hunt it. There's a feral cat colony in that empty lot down the street.

• [Debbie enters Ruth and Sheila's room, while Sheila is watching Jeopardy!] 

  Debbie Eagan : Hey.

  Ruth Wilder : Hey.

  Debbie Eagan : I was gonna wear red.

  Ruth Wilder : I can wear something else.

  Sheila the She-Wolf : What is The King and I?

  Debbie Eagan : [turns around]  Could you, um, give us one minute?

  Sheila the She-Wolf : No.

  Debbie Eagan : Okay.

  [Debbie turns back and approaches Ruth] 

  Debbie Eagan : So, I don't wanna look like an asshole on Friday.

  Ruth Wilder : Oh, don't be so hard on yourself. Your wrestling has really improved.

  Debbie Eagan : Oh, no, we're both gonna look like assholes. I mean, Cherry's moves are amateur hour. You know, there's no impact, and it's not exciting. At the men's match, Steel Horse rode in on a motorcycle and did, like, I don't... backflips and shit.

  Ruth Wilder : You went to a wrestling match?

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah, you're not the only one who does research.

  Ruth Wilder : Well... I'll put in extra time, happily. Whatever you want. We can work around your schedule. Randy, whatever else you have going on with... life.

  Debbie Eagan : [turns around and walks near the TV, noticing the next Jeopardy! answer]  I'm not interested in getting coffee with you, or talking to you about my life, but, uh... we need to step it up, and Shaft's mom isn't gonna get us there.

  Debbie Eagan , Sheila the She-Wolf : What is a brioche?

• [Ruth, Debbie, and Carmen arrive at Goliath's house] 

  Debbie Eagan : So, this is it, huh? House at the top of the beanstalk.

  Ruth Wilder : It's gonna be great.

  [Mighty Tom laughs while eating a can of Pringles] 

  Mighty Tom Jackson : Look who came crawling back.

  Carmen Wade : Hey, Tommy.

  Mighty Tom Jackson : You're lucky Dad's on the road.

  Carmen Wade : I'm not here to apologize to him.

  Big Kurt Jackson : What's going on?

  Ruth Wilder : We need your help. We came to train with you, the Lumberjacksons.

  [pause] 

  Mighty Tom Jackson : We're busy.

  Carmen Wade : You're sitting on the porch eating Pringles.

  [Mighty Tom wipes a potato chip from his shirt] 

  Carmen Wade : They'll do it.

• Ruth Wilder : Well, um, we're playing the U.S. versus Russia as a sort of Cold War ballet.

  Debbie Eagan : You guys, I wanna fly. I wanna literally leave the ground and do some serious badass aerial shit. The audience is like, 'Aah!' Like slack-jawed. Maybe they shit their pants.

  [pause] 

  Ruth Wilder : I want the whole room to boo me. Like, that's how much they hate me. But still, make it about her, but she's gotta win the match.

  [Mighty Tom grabs Big Kurt and attempts to clothesline him, but he misses. Big Kurt runs to the ropes, but Mighty Tom shoulder tackles him] 

  Mighty Tom Jackson : How about a shoulder tackle? That's strong.

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah.

  Ruth Wilder : Yeah, well...

  Big Kurt Jackson : How about a drop kick, huh? Like this.

  [Big Kurt drop kicks Mighty Tom. Mighty Tom headbutts Big Kurt in the stomach] 

  Mighty Tom Jackson : Ha! How about a headbutt? No? Need more? Okay. Turnbuckle.

  [Mighty Tom grabs Big Kurt and slams his head on the turnbuckle] 

  Debbie Eagan : That's kind of exciting.

  Ruth Wilder : It's kind of cool. Maybe, but...

  Big Kurt Jackson : How about something with a jump, like this?

  [Big Kurt jumps to the second turnbuckle and does a flying cross body on Mighty Tom] 

  Big Kurt Jackson : Something like that, maybe?

  Debbie Eagan : Yes, that. I wanna... I wanna do that.

• Ruth Wilder : So, do I grab onto a specific body part?

  Big Kurt Jackson : You sort of grab everything and fall backwards.

  Debbie Eagan : Okay. You're not gonna drop me, right?

  Ruth Wilder : No, I swear. I got you.

  Debbie Eagan : It's like a fucking trust fall, only I stare at your face and remember all the reasons I don't trust you.

  Ruth Wilder : Look, if you miss, my body will break the fall. I take the hit.

  Debbie Eagan : Okay.

  [Debbie barely jumps and falls on Ruth] 

  Debbie Eagan : How'd that look?

  Carmen Wade : So great.

  [Debbie gets up] 

  Debbie Eagan : Let's do it again.

• Ruth Wilder : Maybe we should have a safe word. Something we say if it's, like, mission abort?

  Debbie Eagan : Well, who is that real estate guy whose name was on a bench outside your old apartment?

  Ruth Wilder : Human Mabubuifarti?

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah. God, I love that name.

  Sam Sylvia : Um, does anybody know how to play piano or keyboards?

  Sheila the She-Wolf : I do.

  [Sheila exits the toilet stall] 

  Sam Sylvia : Good. I have a job for you. Uh, also, I guess I should try to bolster you all. I wish I could tell you there's a full house out there, but there is not. It's respectable. About 20 to 30 people, freaks, some children, a homeless guy. Um... Anyway... Break a leg.

  Ruth Wilder : Is that 'places'?

  Sam Sylvia : Sure, Ruth. Places.

  Ruth Wilder , Debbie Eagan : Thank you, places.

• Sam Sylvia : And now the moment you've been waiting for. The final match of the night.

  Ruth Wilder : You're gonna be great.

  Sam Sylvia : Introducing... Liberty Belle!

  [Sheila plays 'Theme of Exodus' on the keyboard, but Sam makes her stop] 

  Sam Sylvia : Stop it.

  [Debbie approaches the ring to USA chants by the crowd] 

  Debbie Eagan : [Southern accent]  I'd like to call on the power of my three favorite Americans: Ronald Reagan, Larry Bird, and Jesus Christ himself!

  Sam Sylvia : And straight from Moscow. The commisasariat for the proletariat. Here to destroy our American way of life. The Cold War never looked hotter... Zoya the Destroyer!

  [Ruth turns on her boombox to play Soviet music before entering the ring] 

  Debbie Eagan : [Southern accent]  You've lost, Zoya. Americans will never give up their freedom!

  [crowd cheers for Debbie] 

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  Capitalist pig! I will neuter all your pet dogs and fill your swimming pools with borscht!

  Debbie Eagan : [Southern accent]  One last time: Defect or die.

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  Nyet! Prepare yourself for mutually-assured destruction!

• Sam Sylvia : Oh! A dirty move by a dirty Russian. Zoya is a dirty, dirty girl.

  [Ruth clotheslines Debbie then stomps on her] 

  Ruth Wilder : Stalin!

  [crowd boos Ruth] 

  Ruth Wilder : You boo?

  [Ruth continues to beat up Debbie] 

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  So sad. So sad, Miss America! Get up! Come with me.

  [Ruth slams Debbie's head on the turnbuckle before spearing her] 

  Sam Sylvia : Is it over for the American dream? Is this bye-bye Miss American Pie?

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  No one can defeat Soviet Union!

  Keith : Hey! You guys are doing great! Do you know what happens next? 'Cause I don't!

  Ruth Wilder : Da.

  Keith : Okay, go ahead. All right.

  Debbie Eagan : [Southern accent]  Please. Don't... I surrender. Let's talk this out like adults.

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  What's that, princess?

  Debbie Eagan : Come here.

  [Debbie grabs Ruth and slams her to the turnbuckle, punching and kicking her] 

  Debbie Eagan : [Southern accent]  One quick question: How do you spell freedom? U-S-A!

  [Debbie runs to the ropes and clotheslines Ruth. She throws Ruth toward the turnbuckle and charges toward her, but Ruth lifts herself out of the way] 

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  USA dies! Woo!

  [Ruth charges toward Debbie, but Debbie hits her in the face with her elbow before climbing the second rope. She is about to jump when she suddenly sees Mark in the crowd] 

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  Stupid American Barbie! You think elbow to face will stop me?

  [a distraught Debbie walks out of the ring to follow Mark toward the locker room] 

  Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  Classic American! You run away! Bye-bye!

• Ruth Wilder : [Russian accent]  In... In... In Soviet Union, we don't celebrate your all nice American Thanksgiving. We celebrate the feast of Lenin, where we just be... thanking the rats for not eating us.

  [Rhonda grabs the microphone] 

  Rhonda Richardson : [rapping]  GLOW, GLOW, that's the name. Women's wrestling is our game. If we play rough, please don't blame us. Our style is wild, and you know you can't tame us. GLOW, GLOW, that's the name. Women's wrestling is our game. If we play rough, please don't blame us. Our style is wild, and you know you can't tame us.

  [Rhonda and Ruth get the other ladies to rap and dance with them in the ring]