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Watch the ‘Last Chance U’ Season 2 trailer, and here’s its best part
You’re gonna watch this show.
Thank you.
This is from the trailer for Season 2 (July 21) of Netflix documentary series Last Chance U, which debuted in 2016 to widespread delight.
The series focuses on East Mississippi Community College, a JUCO powerhouse that annually takes in former star recruits who’ve fallen out at bigger schools for one reason or another. EMCC then contends for JUCO titles and sends those star players back to bigger colleges. Chad “Mr. Irrelevant” Kelly, fellow former Ole Miss QB Bo Wallace, and Auburn QB-turned-WR John Franklin III are three of the biggest recent alumni.
That man heaving the whiteboard is tempestuous head coach Buddy Stephens. Also seen is academic counselor Brittany Wagner, who emerged as one of the first season’s most beloved personalities (along with bubbly lineman Ronald Ollie, who scored a touchdown for Nicholls last year). This season’s biggest new name will be De’Andre Johnson, the Florida Atlantic QB who was booted by Florida State.
The best part about the series is the incredible level of access. Season 1 saw the insides of dorm rooms, academic meetings, backroom coach disputes, and a massive brawl that wrecked EMCC’s season. The end of this trailer shows Stephens shoving aside a camera on the sideline, promising more of the same.
“We make that a prerequisite, that we get that kind of access,” Greg Whiteley, the Emmy-nominated director and executive producer whose previous docs include Mitt and Resolved, told SB Nation last year. “There are a lot of shows that promise behind-the-scenes access, but not in the way that we’re used to delivering. One of the reasons that we chose EMCC was they said, “Yeah, we can’t think of anything where we’re not gonna allow you to be.’
“You feel like you’re a scrub on the sidelines” while watching the doc, he says.
“We filmed some very sensitive moments that were presented in authentic ways,” Whiteley said last year on the subject of players like Johnson, who was filmed punching a woman at FSU. “Whether you’re a presidential candidate or a convicted felon, we treat all subjects the same. By virtue of the trust that they give us, we feel a heavy burden to tell their story fairly and give them every opportunity to have their voice heard.
“As filmmakers, we take a very agnostic view of their virtues and vices and let audiences make their own conclusions.”
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