her caregiver as he is Rhonda's husband. She has fun during the “freaky Tuesday” match watching everyone’s character switch. Carmen informs the others she can play Black Magic and as she explains to Melrose she is multiracial (white, Black, and Cherokee). She helps Cherry in doing her mud wrestling gig to help pay off her gambling debt. Carmen also asks Keith to return as her secret Santa gift for Cherry. Carmen engages in some soul searching about what is best for her after Kurt visits and offers her a job in his wrestling league because he is impressed with what she's done. She tells Debbie and Ruth at the airport she will not be returning and will wrestle with her brother, Kurt, in the new year. She does not tell the others that she didn’t want to ruin Christmas. Sam Sylvia Sam Francis Sylvia (Marc Maron) is a Sicilian American exploitation film director hired to direct GLOW. He is loosely based on Matt Cimber, the director of the original GLOW series. Sam had directed eight films in the 1970s and claims that two of them are taught in colleges. In addition, his film Gina the Machina was deemed so controversial that it was banned in 49 states. Sam has a chronic drug and alcohol addiction that has led to one divorce and multiple affairs with other women; his habits continue in GLOW when he has an affair with wrestler Rhonda Richardson. He often has conflicts with GLOW's producer Sebastian "Bash" Howard over the creative direction of the promotion, with Sam going for a dystopian sci-fi theme and Bash incorporating colorful stereotypes. Sam develops a closer relationship with Ruth over the planning process. In Season 2, Sam becomes paranoid over his role as director when he learns that Bash talked K-DTV out of replacing him with another director named Rick Hollander. This is exacerbated when he discovers that Ruth directed the show's main title sequence without his approval. After firing Reggie Walsh for defending Ruth, Sam punishes Ruth by keeping her off the next episode's taping. He subsequently settles his difference with Ruth, admitting to his insecurity. She admits to Sam that the network executive, Tom Grant, tried to sleep with her against consent and she thinks that's the reason behind the show's new 2:00 a.m. time slot. Sam defends Ruth, noting Grant is an "asshole" and later destroys the windshield