Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers

Name: Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers
Genre: Sports, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary
Released: August 15, 2022
Rating: 63

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Legacy: The True Story Of The LA Lakers: Season 1

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Series Details & Credits

HULU | Release Date: August 15, 2022

Summary: The 10-part documentary series about the 40-year history of the NBA basketball franchise from Antoine Fuqua features interviews from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, as well as members of Jerry Buss' family.

Genre(s): Sports, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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S1:E10. Episode 10
Air Date: October 10, 2022
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S1:E9. Episode 9
Air Date: October 3, 2022
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S1:E8. Episode 8
Air Date: September 26, 2022

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Lily Moayeri

Aug 11, 2022

Season 1 Review: Legacy starts strong and only gets stronger. It’s a multi-generational family dynasty real-life drama far more riveting than any dramatized version. Read full review

Daniel Fienberg

Aug 12, 2022

Season 1 Review: Legacy is pretty decent when it’s the story of a tension-plagued family passive-aggressively, and eventually active-aggressively, competing for the family business — like Succession if Kendall Roy were an executive producer, with a fun, star-studded basketball story in the background. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Aug 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: The result is a series peppered with highlights but that plays like too much of a licensed product, weighted down with Buss family reminiscing. Read full review

Daniel D'Addario

Aug 12, 2022

Season 1 Review: Director Antoine Fuqua, gifted though he is, simply cannot get around the fact that elements of this story are ones we have by now seen before, either in a more tightly focused way, as in the Johnson documentary, or with (for better or worse) more verve, as on “Winning Time.” ... And this documentary series exhaustively hits every narrative beat to have happened to the Buss family without pushing for the deeper insight. Read full review

Scott Hines

Aug 15, 2022

Season 1 Review: There’s some behind-the-scenes stories that will be entertaining to hardcore fans. Largely, though, there’s a stiffness to the proceedings, a conscious attempt either not to be Winning Time or to directly rebut it. ... Legacy seems so determined to avoid controversial subjects that it comes off dry as a result; even the show’s willingness to discuss the Buss family’s internal struggles over control of the team feels somewhat contrived. Read full review

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OlivierPiel

Oct 20, 2022

The HBO show Succession have inspired Jeanie Buss to air her dirty laundry in public, LA/Kardashian style, make a few bucks selling the story to Hulu and attempt a lame yet insidious attempt at a cult-of-the-personality Kim Jung Un would have approved. "L.A. c'est moi!"
People are stupid,The HBO show Succession have inspired Jeanie Buss to air her dirty laundry in public, LA/Kardashian style, make a few bucks selling the story to Hulu and attempt a lame yet insidious attempt at a cult-of-the-personality Kim Jung Un would have approved. "L.A. c'est moi!"
People are stupid, especially in America. But not that stupid.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 15, 2022
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  S1:E10. Episode 10
  Air Date: October 10, 2022
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  S1:E9. Episode 9
  Air Date: October 3, 2022
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  S1:E8. Episode 8
  Air Date: September 26, 2022
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  S1:E7. Episode 7
  Air Date: September 19, 2022
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  S1:E6. Episode 6
  Air Date: September 12, 2022
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  S1:E5. Episode #1.5
  Air Date: September 5, 2022
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  S1:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: August 29, 2022
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  S1:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: August 22, 2022
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  S1:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: August 15, 2022
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  S1:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: August 15, 2022