The much-anticipated return of Netflix’s Last Chance U is finally here, and the third season of the Emmy-nominated documentary series on junior college football takes a different turn, leaving behind the proven powerhouse of East Mississippi Community College, its loyal hometown of Scooba, Miss., and its cantankerous head coach, Buddy Stephens. Now, the cameras are trained on Independence Community College, a program looking to revive its luck after 20 straight losing seasons in southeastern Kansas.
Season 3 promises all of the same themes that kept viewers hooked through the first two seasons—a compelling head coach (Jason Brown), troubled and temperamental young athletes and even a professor, LaTonya Pinkard, who looks poised to fill EMCC guidance counselor’s Brittany Wagner’s beloved role as the heart of the program.