Home > Last Chance U > Season 1 « TV Series Page Last Chance U: Season 1 (2016) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 91% Average Rating: 8/10 Season Reviews: 11 Fresh: 10 Rotten: 1 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. 100% Average Rating: 8.0/10 Season Reviews: 5 Fresh: 5 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: No consensus yet. AUDIENCE SCORE 94% liked it Average Rating: 4.5/5 User Ratings: 70 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Last Chance U Air date: Jul 29, 2016 Desperate for an opportunity at a major school, the players at East Mississippi Community College prepare for a season that's crucial to their future. More 2 Most Dangerous Game Air date: Jul 29, 2016 The starting quarterback battle rages on. Brittany worries about the players' academic progress. EMCC's winning streak is threatened by a rival. More 3 Plan B Air date: Jul 29, 2016 The coaches and players deal with unfamiliar adversity. DJ and others struggle with school. Ollie faces tough times and seeks comfort back home. More 4 Homecoming Air date: Jul 29, 2016 Players, other students and the community prepare for homecoming weekend. Tensions rise at the homecoming game, prompting Buddy to lose his cool. More 5 Blood Makes the Grass Grow Air date: Jul 29, 2016 DJ faces choices that will make or break his future. John hopes for a chance to impress Auburn coaches. Bad blood builds in the regular-season finale. More 6 It Is What It Is Air date: Jul 29, 2016 The regular season comes to an explosive end, and the team must deal with the fallout from their actions. The players prepare for life after EMCC. More Last Chance U: Season 1 Videos 2:03 Last Chance U: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (1) Tv Season Info The six-part series follows a group of young men training to become the future stars of the NFL. The football players are the latest recruits to East Mississippi Community College (EMCC), an undefeated team with 3 consecutive National Championships under their belt. The EMCC Lions have become a phenomenon in junior college sports, attracting elite athletes, some of whom have been held back by poor academic performance or behavioral issues. Under Coach Buddy Stephens, EMCC has become one of the most successful but least known athletic programs, graduating more than 20 players per year into football scholarships at four year universities, with nine of his former players currently playing in the NFL. Genre: Documentary Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Jul 29, 2016 Cast Buddy Stephens John Franklin III News & Interviews for Last Chance U: Season 1 Critics’ Choice Documentary Winners: O.J.: Made In America and 13th Win Top Awards Inaugural Critics’ Choice Documentary Award Nominations Revealed View All Last Chance U: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Last Chance U Air date: Jul 29, 2016 Desperate for an opportunity at a major school, the players at East Mississippi Community College prepare for a season that's crucial to their future. More 2 Most Dangerous Game Air date: Jul 29, 2016 The starting quarterback battle rages on. Brittany worries about the players' academic progress. EMCC's winning streak is threatened by a rival. More 3 Plan B Air date: Jul 29, 2016 The coaches and players deal with unfamiliar adversity. DJ and others struggle with school. Ollie faces tough times and seeks comfort back home. More 4 Homecoming Air date: Jul 29, 2016 Players, other students and the community prepare for homecoming weekend. Tensions rise at the homecoming game, prompting Buddy to lose his cool. More 5 Blood Makes the Grass Grow Air date: Jul 29, 2016 DJ faces choices that will make or break his future. John hopes for a chance to impress Auburn coaches. Bad blood builds in the regular-season finale. More 6 It Is What It Is Air date: Jul 29, 2016 The regular season comes to an explosive end, and the team must deal with the fallout from their actions. The players prepare for life after EMCC. More Critic Reviews for Last Chance U Season 1 All Critics (11) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (1) The fact is this football fan was engaged by the two I've seen, and I'm ready to take the trip down to Scooba, MS again this Friday. Aug 16, 2016 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic Last Chance U takes a structure as compelling as it is simple. Aug 28, 2017 | Full Review… Sarah Marshall The Week Inspirational,motivational, and frequently infuriating, Last Chance U is a fascinating trip beyond the field and the locker room that dives into the gritty fabric of one of the country's most unpredictably successful sports programs. Aug 16, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Nick Venable CinemaBlend Whiteley frames their struggles largely in one-size-fits-all narratives of work ethic and what educational reformers have until recently called "resilience." Aug 16, 2016 | Full Review… Inkoo Kang MTV Last Chance U proves a gripping snapshot of individuals on the brink of both triumph and failure, and the many forces (emotional, psychological, familial) conspiring to push them in one direction or the other. Aug 9, 2016 | Full Review… Nick Schager The Daily Beast I do not like American football. I do not understand American football. The college football system is the most bafflingly arcane thing of all time. And yet Last Chance U might be the best sports documentary series I have ever seen. Sep 3, 2016 | Full Review… Stuart Heritage Guardian Top Critic Their pasts and their possible futures balanced so precariously as to make their daily struggles more than usually fraught and compelling. Aug 16, 2016 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Dennis Perkins AV Club Top Critic 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 that you may not have been aware of. Aug 9, 2016 | Full Review… Dan Fienberg Hollywood Reporter Top Critic Gritty, honest football docu has cursing, mature themes. Aug 9, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Melissa Camacho Common Sense Media An empathetic and utterly captivating snapshot of these players' attempts to find the seam and break from the pack. Aug 5, 2016 | Full Review… Lara Zarum Flavorwire View All Critic Reviews (11) Audience Reviews for Last Chance U: Season 1 There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about Last Chance U: Season 1! View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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