The Best Social Media Reactions to 'The Last Dance' Episodes Five and Six

Brady Langmann
·6 min read
Photo credit: ESPN
Photo credit: ESPN

From Esquire

The first four episodes of The Last Dance—ESPN’s 10-part documentary series on the Michael Jordan-era Chicago Bulls—had to do a lot of legwork. Michael, Scottie, Dennis—the basics for any LeBron-era fans who needed catching up on who’s who. (I’m not complaining—will take anything I can get at this point.)

Now, with all the intros out of the way, we’re getting to the good stuff in Episodes Five and Six, which debuted Sunday night. Episode Five opened with a moving tribute to Kobe Bryant, who died alongside his daughter, Gianna, in a helicopter crash earlier this year. This episode provides some absolute gems, like footage of Michael Jordan (who had a brother-like relationship with Bryant) talking about the “little Laker boy” at the 1998 All-Star Game, quipping in the locker room, “If I was his teammate, I wouldn’t pass him the fuckin’ ball! You want this ball again, brother, you better rebound.”

Episode Five was not all Kobe, though. The episode also dives into how Michael Jordan and Nike began their relationship, planting the seed for all that is modern sneaker culture. Funny enough, Jordan admits at the time he was more a fan of Adidas. A tough clip for anyone at Adidas or Converse (the dominant basketball shoe brand at the time) to have to watch.

Episode Six begins to delve into one of the biggest controversies of Jordan’s career—when the sports media world hounded him for going on a gambling trip to Atlantic City after Game 2 of the 1993 NBA Finals. Director Jason Hehir doesn’t hold anything back, either—interviewing Jordan, in the present day, about that night, as well as whether or not his love of a friendly wager ever became a problem.

That’s all to say: There’s a lot to talk about in these two episodes. Since watching and reacting to The Last Dance on social media has become somewhat of a national quarantine pastime, let’s look at the best of what the Internet had to say about Episodes Five and Six.

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