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| HBO | Season Premiere Date: August 6, 2023 |
Summary:
The second season of the Adam McKay drama series picks up after the 1980 Finals and covers the years up to the 1984 championship season.
Genre(s):
Comedy, Drama, Sports, Documentary
Season 2 Episodes
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S2:E7. What Is and What Should Never Be
Air Date: September 17, 2023
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S2:E6. Beat LA
Air Date: September 10, 2023
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S2:E5. The Hamburger Hamlet
Air Date: September 5, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
Aug 3, 2023
Overall, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty returns with a solid and, in some ways, even more captivating follow-up that comprehensively sums up a large chunk of basketball history. And in a TV landscape where the amount of sports dramas and documentaries is ever-growing, that’s an impressive accomplishment.
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Jul 31, 2023
The Playlist
Jul 31, 2023
Aug 4, 2023
Mostly, “Winning Time” reminds us that big stars often possess even bigger egos and fragile, easily wounded feelings. Yet the many good things about the series – from the performances to the basketball sequences, which feel as if they too have upped their game – would be so much better if the producers just dialed down the snark and salaciousness a few notches.
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Aug 7, 2023
Season Two as a whole struggles in many of the same ways that the Showtime-era Lakers did during the years being chronicled, only without any creative highs equivalent to that second title run in 1982. Pat Riley eventually learns to slick back his hair, but the show spotlighting him is even messier than before.
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 2
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Season 2 Overview
Air Date: August 6, 2023
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S2:E7. What Is and What Should Never Be
Air Date: September 17, 2023
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S2:E6. Beat LA
Air Date: September 10, 2023
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S2:E5. The Hamburger Hamlet
Air Date: September 5, 2023
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S2:E4. The New World
Air Date: August 27, 2023
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S2:E3. The Second Coming
Air Date: August 20, 2023
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S2:E2. The Magic is Back
Air Date: August 13, 2023
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S2:E1. One Ring Don't Make a Dynasty
Air Date: August 6, 2023
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Season 2 Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: March 6, 2022
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Season 1 Overview