Forget protagonists vs. antagonists, and forget heroes vs. villains; in Starz’s critically-acclaimed, breakout sports drama Heels, it’s faces vs. heels. The first season follows two brothers, Jack (Stephen Amell) and Ace (Alexander Ludwig) as they grapple with warring opinions on what to do with their late father’s wrestling organization he left behind, and battle the internal struggle of whether to present as a “face” or a “heel.”
Set in a small town in Georgia, Season 2 returns with the brothers’ struggle over their family-owned Duffy Wrestling League. In a press release, Starz describes Heels as a show that “invokes feelings of nostalgia akin to Friday Night Lights, while covering topics like the effects of trauma on communities, finding personal identity, and women taking the lead in every facet.”