Season 1: East Mississippi CC - 6 episodes (2016 July 29)
Season 2: East Mississippi CC - 8 episodes (2017 July 21)
Season 3: Independence CC - (2018 July 20)
Season 4: Independence CC - (2019 July 19)
Season 5: Laney College - (2020 July 28)
Season 6: Basketball (2021, projected)
Netflix Documentary Series
Availability: Global
5 seasons, season 6 pending
Plot:
This series follows football players and coaches at successful though unknown East Mississippi Community College.
It was reported on August 1 that season 3 will focus on Independence Community College in Kansas.
Review:
Rating: Watch it / [It depends] / Skip it
- This is a combination of Friday Night Lights (2006-2011) and ESPN's 30 for 30 (2009-), though not as good as either. The first episode has the tightest focus, and while it's only six episodes total the successive episodes are too long. The most interesting thing is the student athletes who know they need to make good grades to attend a Division I school, but don't care. With any setback at all, half the team is ready to quit entirely. That's with an academic advisor who does everything but walk them to class and take notes for them. This should have been half as many episodes, but it's still an interesting look at how athletes are treated. Unfortunately, it's all too easy to blame the players, and that's not right. This documentary doesn't do near enough to explore the root of the problem.
Links:
- Watch the Season 1 trailer
- Watch the Season 2 trailer
- Season 1 recap video
- Watch the Season 3 trailer
- Season 3 - Coach Brown
- Watch the Season 4 trailer
On June 23 the series' Twitter account stated Season 6 will follow a basketball team.
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