Desperate to jump-start her career, struggling actress Ruth Wilder heads to a casting call at an LA gym -- and quickly realizes it's not a typical audition.
The ladies move into a hotel as part of their training, and Ruth and Sheila are assigned as roommates. Carmen is confronted by her father and brothers, who urge her not to follow in their footsteps as a wrestler.
Sam and Bash strike a deal with a local TV station and a sponsor. Meanwhile, as Debbie struggles to understand wrestling, Carmen brings her and Melrose to a local wrestling show, where Debbie discovers its similarities to soap operas.
GLOW hosts its first live show at the gym, but things go out of hand when Carmen suffers from stage fright and the booked tag team match between Cherry and Tammé and Dawn and Stacy is given an unexpected twist.
The ladies celebrate Sheila's birthday by treating her to a party at a roller disco. Meanwhile, Ruth finds out she is pregnant and secretly undergoes an abortion.