Winning Time Season 2 Episode 5 Breakdown | Recap & Review

[@MovieFiles]

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[@jerryobrien1088]

stephen king just published a new book called "Holly" is about Holly Gibney investigating murders in the midwest

[@stevendaba6121]

My favorite episode so far, Paul gathered himself and went out like a professional. The scene where Pat Riley finds his confidence and gets control of the team! Best of the episode

[@MovieFiles]

Yeah the Pat becoming Pat was 🔥

[@tmac731]

Pat went crazy. I loved it

[@elsuperxolo3494]

that did not happen. this is a drama show

[@chrisball6991]

Nched a blackboard, but it was a different game, different situation

[@antonymartins8310]

The only criticism of this episode was that it was short. Cant wait for the next episode

[@MovieFiles]

Yeah this show is phenomenal

[@tracylee4451]

The MVP goes to Paul Westhead's daughter. She told her dad he was getting fired. No, I didn't feel bad for Paul. I absolutely love this show, and the ending was everything.😂 The entire cast is great ❤

[@MovieFiles]

😂 she kept 💯

[@tracylee4451]

@MovieFiles 🤣 she did lol. "Dad you're getting fired"

[@SurfDUI]

And the Mom took that forkfull of salad, I was dyin😂.

[@tracylee4451]

@@SurfDUI 🤣🤣yep and I was dying too

[@gedbeat15]

I didn't feel ANY sorta way about Westhead getting canned. As much as Paul talked about how arrogant Magic was, he also was arrogant and was slowly becoming an egomaniac

[@MovieFiles]

💯

[@Love.hammer999]

Fr! His reaction when he realized he wasn’t invited to the meeting said it all that being said I love this show ! And I’m a Celtics fan ha!

[@Afineaddition]

Jason Segal was so good this season

[@JakeDelmugnaio]

I got satisfaction seeing Paul at the boot because of how much of a arrogant a## hole he was near the end

[@Jeff_Pryce]

There’s a hundred Paul Westheads in the NBA that you can put on. Players like Magic come along once in a generation. Once Westhead put the organization in a position where they had to pick between a coach and their headliner, it was a no-brainer.

[@Rucker1980]

When the focus of the show switches to Jeannie and the Buss family it's like hitting a speed bump at 80mph

[@MovieFiles]

Yeah I agree. It’s not that the acting is bad but the story is just not as interesting as everything else for me.

[@KiarRushing]

I love their stories especially growing up in the area and actually seeing how executives, gms, the whole staff function behind closed doors. The fact she’s the owner now is dope .

[@Rucker1980]

@@KiarRushing in real life Jeannie is an airhead and just as incompetent as her brother. The show inflated her value something fierce

[@franciscogallardo121]

Bro your 100% correct have started fast forwarding any scene with Jeannie and Buss that don't relate to the basket ball. Magic, Pat all the BB stuff is off the hook, the Buss family stuff should be on the CW!

[@KiarRushing]

@@franciscogallardo121 I think y’all just don’t have comprehension but too each it’s own

[@LilBerny7389]

I really hope more people start watching this show, I’m worried it won’t continue because of the views, the writing, the directing, the cinematography, the editing, the acting for fuck sake is all just S tier, this might be adrien Brody’s best performance which is crazy to say, there isn’t a single bad performance from any actor/actress, they’re all acting their asses off

[@TheeBlackGuy]

sadly hbo cancelled the show.

[@kwentonbaptiste7237]

Magic stood up to jerry 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@MovieFiles]

Such a great episode

[@ryanmilbrod2386]

I lovw how in this show, you know Weshead was going to be fired, and you were still surprised when it happened. Great writing

[@josephzwiek5694]

Love how Pat was given a chance and then he got his stride by establishing dominance

[@judahjones6014]

Quite frankly, this might be the greatest show I've ever seen, and I'm not even a Lakers fan, far from it.

[@dbreiden83080]

Show is so great.. Please make season 3..

[@jaredstonebraker7466]

When Pat went at Kareem it changed the room. Loved how he cut everyone down to size and they all reacted like it was about time.

[@joec79whatever87]

This show is amazing. The cast is fantastic. My favorite scene in this episode was when Kareem told buss that he took advantage of magic giving him that long of a contract.

[@williamkelley1971]

Really loved this episode. It makes me wonder why more movies/shows haven't utilized Grease in their soundtracks before. Fantastic scene. I'm very excited for Coach Riley moving forward (Adrien Brody does a fantastic job playing him).

[@DJJohnnyRhythm]

The use of the song Fankie Valli's - Grease fit perfectly in this episode! Has me pumped for the next episode.

[@Skeematic3]

The Magic and Jerry scene was 🔥

[@MovieFiles]

💯

[@lrod2004]

This was maybe my favorite episode of this season. Love the chaos and the humanity in the scenes. Great acting by Brody, Isaiah and Segel. That press conference scene reminded me of the chaos when Magic left the Lakers when he was recently the GM. Lakers and the Buss family meaning so much to him, but realizing he was not enjoying the GM job (also that he was a bad GM, though he never really admitted it). Just saw the Rock the Bells show at the Kia Forum on Sunday and was envisioning the Lakers playing there and what Showtime was like. Thanks for the great analysis and look forward to more of this show and your breakdowns!

[@tmac731]

9:30 50% players 25% coaching 25% front office The Last Dance was the perfect example of this. As a Bulls fan Kruse wanted too much credit, Jerry Krause put together a championship team in 1989 but didn’t have the right coach so he got Phil Jackson and the Bulls almost made it to the finals in 1990 but Pippen didn’t play in game 7. It wasn’t until 1991 when the players finally matured and won a ring

[@i.n.o6425]

Pat becoming Pat was fucking great Adrian Brody killed it, seeing Paul daughter know he was gonna get fired.

[@dcwSentinal]

I do think Paul tried to uplift himself than the team. And tried to isolate Magic. I like the guy that plays Magic.

[@lakebay972]

like I've said in other posts, Paul Westhead was better suited for college than the NBA. Even though Magic is college-age, you can't treat him as such. And for the talent on the team, it's not a one-size-fits-all.

[@smcampanella04]

My favorite scene was when Pat Riley took over the team and basically called out everyone in the locker room including Magic, Kareem, and Jerry West it was awesome

[@ressestevenson7309]

Im really enjoying your channel

[@chriscabcabin557]

Loved the ending!!!! Show is so good!

[@phillipstankey8881]

In Detroit...we had Zeke...the they brought in Chuck Daly to coach. Then they added Dumars, Rodman and Salley over two drafts and became champiuonships. The Bad Boys were a partnership lead by Thomas, Laimbeer and Daly

[@franciscogallardo121]

Segal knock this role out of the park he play's Westhead way over the top by the time hes fired I hate him that's pretty good acting. I was stocked when Magic was chosen over Westhead in real life but this dramatization is even better the idea that Magic just humbled Buss like that makes me happy. Magic the man show time Lakers baby!

[@christopherc8458]

I agree with you about championship teams needing great players and a great coach. I liked your examples with Phil Jackson and Steve Kerr. Also, in addition to winning titles with LA and Miami, Pat Riley took a less talented Knicks team to game 7 of the finals with only one major star in Patrick Ewing. Being a Knicks fan, I think many other coaches would have just barely made the playoffs with that team.

[@MovieFiles]

100% agree with what Pat was able to do vs other coaches with that Knicks team. Ps I’m sorry to hear you’re a knicks fans lol I think that have a solid core their building.

[@randyconstance]

players more important than coaches.

[@tmac731]

50% players 25% front office 25% coaching

[@RockyMtnRazorback]

This was probably my favorite episode so far

[@MalikBaker]

This was definitely one of my favorite episodes this season. They’re both we’re in the wrong however I’m glad they got rid of westhead because he was taking too much credit for the 1980 Season

[@treystyles3760]

Mark Jackson not coaching the warriors dynasty had nothing to with his ability to tap into the team

[@MovieFiles]

I’m sure their are a lot of reasons but anybody that watched that team would tell you that one of the reasons why the coaching changes Kerr made. For example staring Dre and having Andre lead the 2nd unit and having him close with the starters.

[@MahkyVmedia1]

No ad for next week

[@Kemoclout]

hope they can renew it for s3

[@Tb0n33999]

A coach needs to be able to wrangle the giant egos of great players, and feed into what makes their play great. They can have a perfect playbook, but you need a few great players to make it work.

[@timitbiscuit3620]

Didn't feel bad about it. I thought when it happened was right call. And as the future shows which is now history. The dynasty begins. Oh yeah i needed to edit "Fuck Boston!!!!!"

[@tomislavcehajic9642]

Best episode so far from all 15 episodes ,i was always waiting for this episode when Pate is King

[@andrewyb830]

really great episode 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 performance wise EVERYONE killed it

[@foxmccloud7055]

21:20 Pat Riley punching the chalkboard actually happened after the "Memorial Day Massacre" where the Boston Celtics destroyed the Los Angeles Lakers 148-114.

[@dennisstrand5566]

Love the series

[@John_Locke_108]

Sadly, this episode was spoiled for me 40 years ago.

[@meatballsportstalk6297]

I rewatched Adrien Brody’s pay Riley lighting a fire up the players Ass scene a few times just because it was awesome

[@sidneysalcido9314]

It's after the press conference where the show plays very loose with the facts again as they did last season for dramatic effect. They make it look like the Lakers went on some losing streak after Riley took over. But this is not the case. After the 7-4 start to the season, and the Lakers winning 5 straight with Westhead's last games, the Lakers CONTINUED winning under Riley. They went 17-3 after Riley took over in their next 20 games! For some reason the HBO writers have to rewrite history with the actual games that took place to try and work up some false drama. They did it when going over the 1979-1980 season and the first match up with Boston, which the show makes L.A. lose, but they actually WON. I say, don't mess with the realities of the schedules, right?

[@davidnottle47]

Best episode so far genuinely. Im excited to see the lakers go over the hump and turn into a successful franchise. I'm eagerly waiting on some more Larry as well, but fuck boston.

[@Jeff_Pryce]

No, I don’t feel bad for Paul. His way wasn’t working, Magic and others tried to tell him, but he refused to listen. And once he put the organization in a position where it was either him or their generational superstar, it was curtains for Paul. Something a little like this happened to Doug Collins, the coach of the Bulls in the 80s. Doug made them winners, but he was advised to start a triangle offense to get other players involved on offense instead of just Michael Jordan. But Doug would not hear it and dug his heels in; ultimately, the team decided to fire him and put on Phil Jackson, and the rest was history.

[@ejkboxing]

Systems don't matter if that system doesn't take full advantage of your best players' skillsets.

[@jdm2339]

entirely agree all your takes. The Honey plot line is getting far too much air time. I get it - they are setting. up for the births of Joey and Jesee but honestly they are all irrelevant to the showtime era and thus I think the screentime is highly unnecessary. I'm with you 1000000% - we need more little moments to really hone in on the actions & emotions of the central figures as they see all this madness unfold. Absolutely no time was spent highlighting how magic felt thru all this; just that little smirk on his face when Riley said we're going to play free. A miss IMO - that being said, still a great great episode and season 2 is absolutely killing it. Great review man can't wait to see more!

[@fulleffect1525]

Luv this show

[@drizzle452]

I didn’t feel bad for Westhead. I kept thinking if the show really portrayed him true to life-could he really be that unlikeable?

[@deogiriyadav8399]

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[@elsuperxolo3494]

Who is not familiar with the situation? Westhead was there less than a year. Magic is an ALL WORLD

[@hartzaire]

I didn’t feel bad for him and I don’t blame Magic the coach was playing with everybody’s money 💰 also a lot of the players have babies or their girlfriends and wives were pregnant so they had every right to be upset you don’t play with people’s money period but especially when they have kids.

[@cooper4936]

My favorite scene magic talks to Dr buss and told him straight up I'm your silent partner and you're not seeing it we should be playing these guys and blowing them out look like West head is like an elementary teacher my decision is it me old west head

[@hugrad95]

Paul fucked up and found out. He should have listened to Pat..He's been ignoring Pat all along.

[@readbooks9985]

I hate the Honey plot!!! I dislike how Honey is portrayed. I wonder if she'll sue Buss. In real life he was hit with a palimony suit.

[@lakebay972]

Honey Kaplan is a fictional character loosely based on all the women with whom the real Buss fooled around. Yes, Buss was hit with a palimony suit; but that was in the early '90s with someone else.

[@readbooks9985]

@@lakebay972 I saw in one clip Buss is seeved with a lawsuut for 100 million and thought maybe it's connected to Honey somehow ( even if he narried her and so is not a palimony suit). I know Honey is based on a mix of different women Buss was involved with. I just don't understand her at all

[@danlove12k]

Why are they cancelling the show

[@newmind6912]

As much as I felt like Westhead should have been fired I did kinda feel for him.

[@MovieFiles]

I think it’s because of how Jason plays the character.

[@warneverchanges]

Wow, basketball history would have been very different if they actually went with Dick Vitale.

[@adamsandle7265]

Westhead was my favourite character and I’m sad from a storytelling perspective that he is off the show

[@davidaustad4821]

i love this show and the accuracy is meaningless to me

[@Dj-fp6kp]

Mvp coach pat

[@Dj-fp6kp]

U did not feel bad for Paul

[@michaellanderos859]

Miami Heat with Lebron was a dynasty? In my opinion, I don't think so, but I could be wrong.

[@MovieFiles]

I personally don’t consider them one but I can understand how some may.

[@willythekid7123]

@@MovieFiles yea they werent a dynasty, u need more then 2 for that, but them going to 4 straight finals made it feel dynasty like, they pretty much were as close as u can get to being a dynasty without being one, similar to the detroit pistons in the in the late 80s early 90s

[@ChannelRandy]

I find it hard to take anyone seriously who thinks Kobe Bryant is better than Michael Jordan.

[@MovieFiles]

I grew up watching Kobe and he’s my personal favorite player, what’s so hard to understand?

[@ChannelRandy]

@@MovieFiles I can understand him being your favorite player but that doesnt make him better than Jordan. Its not an insult to not be as good as Jordan.

[@deep1689]

@@MovieFileslot of hate watching going on, huh?😂

[@tomislavcehajic9642]

I was for Paul because i am white guy and i know why you for Earwin or Magic this is the true