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After an intense first episode, the last 5 episodes of 'Last Chance U' lived up to show's name and answered many burning questions.

If you've ever wondered what happens to the college football players who screw up, Last Chance Uanswers that question finally. A small community college in Mississippi, Netflix gives us an inside look at what really happens when a college football player has no options left.

Following an intense premiere episode, Last Chance U did not disappoint with its last five episodes giving an in-depth look at the makings of a team that most would give up on. Rather than giving an individual recap of each episode, join me in examining the biggest takeaway from each Season 1 episode, followed with a final verdict for the entire series!

"The Most Dangerous Game," Episode 2 - All About the Consequences

In the second episode, the big takeaways all revolve around consequences. The biggest one has to be for Ronald Ollie who misses team activities and is punished but doesn't realize how much those absences could truly affect him.

John Franklin III doesn't realize the consequences after he almost gets caught having a girl in his room. With a $300 dollar fine waving above his head, he doesn't think about what might have happened had he gotten caught.

The team suffers their first loss since 2012 and don't know how to deal with the consequences especially since the team all decided to skip class on the Monday after the game, further putting their academic futures in jeopardy.

"Plan B," Episode 3 - No Pain, No Gain

In Episode 3, the big takeaway is that you can't gain anything without giving something else up. Ronald Ollie suffers a concussion and misses practice and games. He decides to go back home where we learn of the passing of his parents and why he acts the way he does. He does come back with a new attitude and a drive to succeed.

The pain of the loss hits the team really hard and they almost start to give up on football and their academics before Coach Stephens is able to rally them together.

The one bright side of all the pain from the loss is that the team is able to bounce back quickly and win their next game by a score of 56-7.

"Homecoming," Episode 4 - Homecoming Means Football

This episode is full of ups and downs especially with the coaching staff and the heat of homecoming bearing down on everyone.

D.J. Law is a huge part of this episode because it begins with him not being able to accept failure in class and deciding to start skipping class and no longer try. As the episode continues, we see D.J. get injured in a game and start to lose some of his confidence in football.

With D.J. injured, Isaiah Wright steps up and shows that D.J has some competition while John basically shoots himself in the foot after failing to make plays as the starting quarterback.

The most intense moment of the episode was when Coach Buddy and a referee fight which results in a 2-game suspension for Buddy and 1-game suspensions for two players who were fighting.

"Blood Makes The Grass Grow," Episode 5 - Kill! Kill! Kill!

A heated rivalry with Mississippi Delta is what fuels Episode 5 but D.J. ends up with a huge storyline starting with his injury which he refuses to deal with and won't put any effort into going to class or trying to better himself.

The team prepares for Championships after winning the MACJC North Division Champions but the celebration is short as game day approaches and they realize they're about to face their toughest opponent yet.

Before the game starts, the team is warned that Mississippi Delta will try to get in their head and it starts early as one of the managers has to receive stitches after the opposing team's player punches him in the eye.

John has an explosive game after Wyatt's injury, racking up six touchdowns but all hell breaks loose after D.J. Law is hit by another player and a brawl ensues. D.J. ends up on the bottom of the pile being stomped and kicked by the other team.

"It Is What It Is," Episode 6 - Takeaways From The Finale

It is what it perfectly sums up this last episode as all of the loose ends are tied up. We see the aftermath of the fight with D.J. where racial tensions seem to boil after Coach Buddy referred to the team as "thugs."

The school appeals the decision of a suspension but it is denied and the team's season ends without a National Championship run. The team does forgive Buddy after he apologizes to them before many graduate.

John gets recruited by Auburn but the most confusing decision comes from Wyatt, who decides to attend Mississippi State without a scholarship. The biggest and most exciting moment comes when we learn that Ronald Ollie was recruited and will be moving on...hopefully to the NFL!

The episode finishes with Coach Buddy recruiting a whole new group of students into the program.

Verdict: Last Chance U is a great show for any sports fan or someone who appreciates a good story. The team is full of fun and unique personalities especially Ronald Ollie who is the highlight of the entire show. It is the perfect mix of sports and the trials of being a student while trying to make to the next level. If you're on Netflix and you need something to watch, I highly recommend turning on Last Chance U.

Grade: A

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Top 5 Takeaways from 'Last Chance U' Season 1

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In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.

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Netflix has an amazing ability to find successful properties and vary them just enough to create their version of a known hit. And I don't mean that derogatorily at all. It's what's put them on the map in that they can take elements of the "HBO drama" and the "SyFy drama" and so on and so on. They can be not just one network, but bits and pieces of all the networks. "Friday Night Lights" may have never aired as a docu-series on a network, but it started life as a non-fiction book (a masterful one by Buzz Bissinger) and was then adapted into a beloved drama on NBC. It's not a stretch to say that Netflix's new docu-series "Last Chance U" is their variation on "FNL" in the way it captures a part of the country in which football isn't just a sport or a hobby or something people watch-it's a religion. It's a way of life. And the Church of the Pigskin captured in Netflix's series is a fascinating one. It's a place in which kids who have burned out at other schools or simply never fit in anywhere else come to figure out what's next for them. Do they still have a future in football? It turns out that many of them do, and those futures come after a lot of winning in a place where nothing is more important than the touchdown.

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Greg Whiteley ("Mitt") adopts a very observational style with "Last Chance U," clearly gravitating to certain arcs/stories that come about organically in the time he spends at East Mississippi Community College. In Scooba, MS (pop. 712), the EMCC Lions are Gods. They have won three of the last four championships at their level, going for a fifth when the show/season begins. In fact, they're coming off a 24-game winning streak, decimating opponents to such a brutal degree that their coach has often been accused of cruelly running up the score. The Rex Ryan-esque Buddy Stephens is not the kind of guy who cares about how the opponent feels when they lose by 85. His only focus is to win, and if you have to crush to win, so be it.

Stephens is a fascinating-enough character, but Whiteley and his team don't just concentrate on the coaching staff, they spend even more time with the student-players, a balance that's more delicate here than at other schools. A lot of the EMCC players were once courted by or even at high-profile schools but couldn't handle the academic or behavioral requirements, and so essentially dropped down to "Last Chance U." So, if they don't get the grades this time, or they get caught violating rules, they're out of chances. We meet a fascinating counselor/mentor who helps guide the students away from their own demons. A single mother, she's the kind of person who talks about how she never envisioned being at this place or this job but that she's always tried to be someone who merely wants to be where they can do the most good. And she's doing that. I'd watch a whole series about her.

But then I'd miss Ronald Ollie, a larger-than-life defensive tackle who clearly has the potential for greatness. That's the dramatic heft of the people we meet in "Last Chance U." Football fans can instantly see the potential in a player like Ollie or RB DJ Law, but will they keep their act together long enough and concentrate hard enough on their sport for that talent to matter? Most people who play football, on any level, don't end up doing it for a living. How do you balance the game that you've played and loved since a child with the obligation to become an adult? That's the question that hums through "Last Chance U," and the show is cleverly structured in the way that it devotes the final act of at least the two episodes I've seen to that week's game.

Having not seen the final four, I feel a bit disadvantaged as to the quality of the series overall, and I'm curious to see how Whiteley and his team continue to develop "story" by focusing on certain arcs. 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.

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I believe this part of the episode should have been left out. Acknowledging the cameras during the show was not a good idea.

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The episode ends with a huge brawl between the two teams.