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The montage that follows only underlined further how much of the Lakers story still remained untold.
And yet, I am not sure we needed a third season ofWinning Time.
Im all for ambition and weirdness, andWinning Timewas nothing if not those two things.Was it too self-indulgent?
But it felt like nothing else on television, which is perhaps both its greatest strength and weakness.
That said, this second season was a huge mess.
Entering its second run,Winning Timehad to solve two narrative puzzles.
It was also inconsistent from a stylistic standpoint.
And the women in the series were sidelined to a much more extreme degree in the second season.
I would have liked to see more of Gaby Hoffman screaming!
NQ:One hundred percent.
We ambiently know were watching her become someone very important in the organization.
A lot of this trouble with depth is linked to the sheer sprawl of this season.
But the problem also stems from the shows inconsistent relationship with time.
Yet, Ill admit, I remained transfixed all the same.
(Is this Segels career-best performance?)
Oh, and I loved Sean Patrick Smalls Larry Bird.
So weird, so unkempt, so oily.
Did anybody stand out to you in particular?
My feelings about Bird are more mixed, however.
Thats what I was hoping for, in scripted form, fromWinning Time.
The Bad Boy Pistons.
Vlade Divacs disastrous GM-ing of the Sacramento Kings.
Yao Ming versus Shaq?
