Netflix’s sports documentary series finds hoop dreams in East Los Angeles.
When anyone asks me what show they should be watching, I always sayLast Chance U.
Last Chance U: Basketballswaps sports but maintains the mix of social investigation and high-stakes emotion.
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“I for sure got a lack of peace,” he admits.
Yet as the team captain, he’s the peacemaker, smoothing tensions with a playful we-can-do-this attitude.
Injury-haunted forward Joe Hampton fell from Penn State into lost years off the court.
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OnLast Chance U, all the young men have old souls.
They’re just two of ELAC’s big personalities.
And Coach John Mosley has enough personality for 3030 for 30s.
he’s almost won State multiple times.
His coaching style bends Shakespearean, full of heaven-pointed speeches and punitive eight-minute silences.
Endless practices include mandatory post-victory weight lifting.
He scrubs the home court himself.
You cannot believe how much energy Coach Mosley has.
The man also teaches physical education; we see him lead a spin class!
Basketballtracks the 2019-2020 season.
So everyone in 2021 hears the suspenseful clock ticking toward, well,something.
This eight-part season gets closer than ever to its players.
Prepare yourself for the absurdly wonderful fifth episode, which follows them to a mountain retreat.
(It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a team-building exercise actually build a team.)
Meanwhile, the heavily Latino community around the college never comes into focus.
Maybe that’s inevitable with a school full of commuters.
It’s still a bummer after the finalLast Chance Ufootball year turned into a passionate Oakland love song.
This franchise remains invigorating, though, matching no-look-pass thrills with telling little moments.
The players are on necessarily selfish solo missions.
They want to climb higher: to a four-year school, to the NBA.
This season vividly miraculously dramatizes how these individuals get stronger together.
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