The first two episodes of the new Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance premiered on ESPN in the US on Sunday, with Netflix following suit on Monday for other countries around the world.
The series, directed by Jason Hehir, explores the Chicago Bulls’ fractious 1997-98 season, in which tensions mounted between star player Jordan and the franchise’s front office.
The Guardian praised The Last Dance for accurately capturing the competitive essence of Jordan, declaring that to watch the documentary is “to understand who Michael Jordan really was: as pure a competitive animal as professional sport has ever seen”.
Ahead of its release, the documentary received unanimously positive feedback from critics, while audiences have echoed that reaction since the series dropped.