Heels Season 2 Unpacks Season 1 Trauma And The Desperate Search For Fame

After Heels Season 1, it wasn't entirely clear how the show would up the ante when it returned. It turns out, though, that the streaming service arms race to acquire new content fits in right at home as a plot point on the Starz series, with Jack Spade (Stephen Amell) and his group of wrestling misfits doing all they can to make it to a national stage on a fictional streaming service. This particular development means some significant growth for at least one character, Ace Spade (Alexander Ludwig).

Speaking to GameSpot in June, before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Ludwig teased, "I think what I love about [Season 2] is it's setting up where I hope this show will go. 'What is this? What are these two people from the middle of nowhere, and this family in the middle of nowhere, what do they become when their promotion is on a national stage and Ace's character is on a national stage? What happens when [Ace] has to deal with that if he can't even deal with himself in a small town?'"

Given where we left Ace in Season 1--still at odds with his big brother Jack, who also books the matches--viewers weren't sure what to expect from the character. Per Ludwig, though, there are some interesting twists and turns ahead for Ace.