Last Chance U

Name: Last Chance U
Genre: Sports, News/Documentary, Documentary
Released: July 29, 2016
Rating: 79

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Last Chance U: Season 5

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Netflix | Release Date: July 29, 2016

Summary: Greg Whiteley's docuseries focuses on East Mississippi Community College as it begins a new season with a 24-game winning streak.

Genre(s): Sports, News/Documentary, Documentary

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S5:E8. Football might be over for you
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Darren Franich

Jul 26, 2018

Season 3 Review: It’s a rollicking entertainment. There are ticking-clock countdowns to big games, on-the-field implosions, a devotional rap video, a grudge match. Pinkard shines, throughout, a walking exemplar of the possibilities of higher education, talking with raw honesty about her struggles, doing her damnedest to teach her kids about the possibilities of life off the field, opportunities they never learned about. ... It’s stunningly well-made. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Jul 26, 2018

Season 3 Review: What Last Chance U shows time and again is how capturing all of these intertwined fates takes more than just a cursory glance at a clip reel. It’s about showing that no one person is bigger than the team, but that doesn’t mean each of them don’t deserve the chance to tell their story. Read full review

IndieWire Steve Greene

Jul 28, 2020

Season 5 Review: “Last Chance U” finds success in taking its cues from the people in frame. Rather than try to graft on a predetermined narrative, directors Whiteley and Daniel McDonald, along with DP Terry Zumalt, try to take in a season that’s not sensational and that can move at the players’ pace. Read full review

Isaac Feldberg

Jul 28, 2016

Season 1 Review: Director Greg Whiteley emphasizing moments of gridiron glory at the expense of diving deeper into the psychology of the athletes. And though that feels like a missed opportunity, it can’t be said that he doesn’t know his audience. For those with a love of the game, this peek inside a premier small college program is a stimulating, singular all-access pass. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Jul 27, 2020

Season 5 Review: Several episodes become an exploration of gentrification and what happens to an urban space when the people who have lived there for generations can no longer afford to stay. In this respect, it's a more provocative and timely season. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jul 28, 2016

Season 1 Review: It’s a story at once familiar and unique, and most captivating in its portrait of amateur athletic life as a series of constant challenges--in and out of pads--and a gauntlet of ever-present uncertainties. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Jul 29, 2016

Season 1 Review: Whitely succeeds in the basic goal of Last Chance U, which is to make you care about the success or failure of a JUCO football team in Mississippi. ... Maybe the next four episodes will offer more Scooba, more variations on the redemptive "last chance" theme and perhaps an introduction to a jock willing and able to read "The Most Dangerous Game." Read full review

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Fishonmike

Jul 26, 2020

To the kid in INDY Part 2 ep 2, Bobby. You could have made it to the NFL, all you had to do was put in a little work and keep your grades decent, but you thought you were better than everyone else and didn't have to work at all. Well, it turns out that you were not better than everyone else,To the kid in INDY Part 2 ep 2, Bobby. You could have made it to the NFL, all you had to do was put in a little work and keep your grades decent, but you thought you were better than everyone else and didn't have to work at all. Well, it turns out that you were not better than everyone else, and that your cool guy routine and lazy ass is just like everyone else from your neighborhood. If you had just worked hard and gave a little effort, you could have made the NFL and played on Sundays. Now you have 2 career choices, sell crack or clean the bathrooms. You give lazy talented people a bad name. If there are any kids that look up to you I would tell them to do the exact opposite od what you did.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

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  S5:E8. Football might be over for you
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  S5:E8. Football might be over for you
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  S5:E7. New Oakland
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  S5:E6. Ā, upane! ka upane!
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  S5:E6. Ā, upane! ka upane!
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  S5:E5. The City
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  S5:E5. The City
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  S5:E4. Greyhaven
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  S5:E3. Cast-Offs
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  S5:E3. Cast-Offs
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  S5:E2. QB4
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  S5:E1. The Town
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  S5:E1. The Town
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Season 4

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  Air Date: July 19, 2019
Season 3

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  Air Date: July 20, 2018
Season 2

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  Air Date: July 21, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 29, 2016