TV series
The Last Dance
Overview
A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.
Details
- First air date
- 2020-04-19
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 10 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- ESPN
- Production
- ESPN Films, Mandalay Sports Media, NBA Entertainment
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Jordan as Self - Bulls Guard 1984-98
- Scottie Pippen as Self - Bulls Forward 1987-98
- Dennis Rodman as Self - Bulls Forward 1995-98
- Phil Jackson as Self - Bulls Head Coach 1989-98
- Steve Kerr as Self - Bulls Guard 1992-98
- Deloris Jordan as Self
- John Paxson as Self
- David Stern as Self
- Sam Smith as Self - Chicago Tribune 1979-2008
- Isiah Thomas as Self
- Horace Grant as Self
- Jerry Reinsdorf as Self
Creators and crew
- Michael Tollin - Creator
- John Dahl - Executive Producer
- Connor Schell - Executive Producer
- Andrew Thompson - Executive Producer
- Peter Guber - Executive Producer
- Curtis Polk - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode I
In the fall of 1997, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls begin their quest to win a sixth NBA title in eight years. But "The Last Dance," as coach Phil Jackson called it, will be shadowed by tension with the club's front office.
Episode 2: Episode II
Michael Jordan is left to begin the 1997-98 season without his injured sidekick Scottie Pippen, whose contract dispute with the Bulls' front office reaches a fever pitch as the team gets off to one of the worst starts of its championship runs.
Episode 3: Episode III
Once a key member of the hated Detroit Pistons "Bad Boys" championship teams that brutalized Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman is virtually all Jordan can count on in the early months of the 1997-98 season.
Episode 4: Episode IV
In what management insists is Phil Jackson's final season in Chicago as head coach of the Bulls, he continues to seem like the only one who can steer this unique, singular collection of talent to another title.
Episode 5: Episode V
As Michael Jordan's fame peaked to unparalleled levels in the early 1990s in the wake of consecutive NBA titles and a starring role on the Olympic Dream Team, his image as "Air Jordan" made him a profoundly significant cultural figure.
Episode 6: Episode VI
With Michael Jordan's extraordinary fame came extraordinary scrutiny, and in 1993, it all felt like it came to a head with the Chicago Bulls' pursuit of a third straight title shadowed by question marks about Jordan's gambling.
Episode 7: Episode VII
As Michael Jordan pushes his teammates hard for a sixth NBA title, his intensity and hunger for basketball dominance is in stark contrast to his mindset in October 1993, when he stunned the world by walking away from the game.
Episode 8: Episode VIII
Michael Jordan would famously use even the smallest slight imaginable to motivate himself against an opponent. And when his NBA comeback in 1995 fell short in the playoffs, he worked harder than ever to return to form.
Episode 9: Episode IX
In May of 1998, nearly a year after Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls fought past Utah in the NBA Finals, their path to a sixth title only gets more challenging, as a brutal seven-game series against the Indiana Pacers decides the Eastern Conference.
Episode 10: Episode X
In June of 1998, Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls face the Utah Jazz in an NBA Finals rematch, looking for a sixth championship and a perfect ending for "The Last Dance."
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