The BEST episodes of 30 for 30 season 4
Every episode of 30 for 30 season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 30 for 30 season 4!
Inspired by ESPN's anniversary, ESPN Films is launching 30 FOR 30, an unprecedented documentary series featuring 30 of today's finest storytellers telling thirty remarkable stories from the ESPN era. On their own, each of the films will be an intimate look at a specific story, relevant to larger themes from the modern era. Collectively, these films will be a diverse mosaic of what sports has meant to American and World culture in the last thirty years. Each storyteller will bring their passion and personal point of view to their film detailing the issues, trends, athletes, teams, rivalries, games and events that transformed the sports landscape from 1979 to 2009.
#1 - Vick (2)
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/6/2020
A comprehensive look back at each chapter of Michael Vick's saga: the incredible rise, shocking fall, and polarizing return.
#2 - Be Water
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/7/2020
In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland, Hong Kong. Over the next two years, he’d complete four iconic films that would define his legacy, a legacy cut short when he died, stunningly, in the summer of 1973. He was 32 years old. “Be Water” is a gripping, fascinating, intimate look at not just those final, defining years of Lee’s life, but the complex, often difficult, and seismic journey that led to Lee’s ultimate emergence as a singular icon in the histories of film, martial arts, and even the connection between the eastern and western worlds.
#3 - Lance (Part 2)
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/31/2020
From acclaimed director Marina Zenovich, LANCE is a fascinating, revealing, comprehensive, chronicle of one of the most inspirational – and then infamous – athletes of all time. Based around extensive interviews and conversations with Lance Armstrong, the two-part, four-hour film tells the story of the cyclist’s rise out of Texas as a young superstar cyclist; his harrowing battle with testicular cancer; his recovery and emergence as a global icon with his seven consecutive Tour de France titles; and then his massive fall after he was exposed in one of the largest doping scandals in history. Armstrong, along with a collection of family, teammates, friends, rivals, and journalists, all reflect on his story, creating a fascinating character study, capturing a unique chapter of sports history, and insisting the audience make its own interpretations about the many different sides of a complex saga.
#4 - Vick (1)
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/30/2020
A comprehensive look back at each chapter of Michael Vick's saga: the incredible rise, shocking fall, and polarizing return.
#5 - Shark
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/19/2022
This documentary examines the legendary career of professional golfer Greg Norman, and how it was shaped by one stunning day at the Masters Tournament in 1996.
#6 - Once Upon a Time in Queens (Part 4)
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/15/2021
The grime and hopelessness that defined New York gives way to the high-flying, "greed is good" rise in the 1980s - when this Mets side emerged.
#7 - Lance (Part 1)
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/24/2020
From acclaimed director Marina Zenovich, LANCE is a fascinating, revealing, comprehensive, chronicle of one of the most inspirational – and then infamous – athletes of all time. Based around extensive interviews and conversations with Lance Armstrong, the two-part, four-hour film tells the story of the cyclist’s rise out of Texas as a young superstar cyclist; his harrowing battle with testicular cancer; his recovery and emergence as a global icon with his seven consecutive Tour de France titles; and then his massive fall after he was exposed in one of the largest doping scandals in history. Armstrong, along with a collection of family, teammates, friends, rivals, and journalists, all reflect on his story, creating a fascinating character study, capturing a unique chapter of sports history, and insisting the audience make its own interpretations about the many different sides of a complex saga.
#8 - Once Upon a Time in Queens (Part 3)
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/15/2021
Chronicling the 1986 World Series champion New York Mets, a colorful team marked by dominance and demons.
#9 - Rodman: For Better or Worse
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2019
The unfettered and definitive look at the life and career of Dennis Rodman.
#10 - Al Davis vs. The NFL
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2021
Al Davis vs the NFL presents an intimate look inside one of the great rivalries in the history of the National Football League - Raiders legend Al Davis and former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle. Their battle grew so intense that players, owners, franchises - even the League itself - became characters in a three-decade long Shakespearean feud that changed football forever. As the Raiders play their inaugural season in Las Vegas with a brand-new stadium, something Al Davis often dreamed of building himself, it's time to examine the adversarial relationship between the two visionaries most responsible for building the league to its current greatness and who, in the course of trying to destroy each other, created the NFL landscape that thrives today.
#12 - Long Gone Summer
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/14/2020
It was one of the most memorable and significant seasons in the history of baseball. In the summer of 1998, the St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark McGwire and the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa embarked on a chase of one of the game’s most hallowed records, igniting the passion and imagination of fans and non-fans everywhere. The drama, excitement, and results would be remembered for generations. If we only knew then just how complex our feelings about it all would eventually become.
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#14 - Dream On (Part 3)
Season 4 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/15/2022
After the U.S. women's basketball team disappoints with a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics, USA Basketball puts together a new team of veterans, young stars, and an unforgiving coach, giving them more than a year to prepare to chase gold in '96.
#15 - Once Upon a Time in Queens (Part 2)
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/14/2021
The 1986 Mets were an amazing team and, whether they were villains or heroes, you couldn't miss them as they dominated the season.
#16 - Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius (Part 3)
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/27/2020
Australian paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner, is a sports star and a role model for millions, until he shoots his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
#17 - Once Upon a Time in Queens (Part 1)
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/14/2021
The story of the 1986 Mets and a remarkable season, in a tale full of infamy and domination from a team that nearly went bankrupt just a decade earlier.
#18 - Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius (Part 1)
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/27/2020
Australian paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner, is a sports star and a role model for millions, until he shoots his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
#19 - Bullies of Baltimore
Season 4 - Episode 27 - Aired 2/5/2023
A look back on one of the most dominating defensive teams in NFL history.
#20 - Life and Trials of Oscar Pistorius (Part 4)
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/27/2020
Australian paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner, is a sports star and a role model for millions, until he shoots his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
#21 - Dream On (Part 1)
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/15/2022
After the U.S. women's basketball team disappoints with a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics, USA Basketball puts together a new team of veterans, young stars, and an unforgiving coach, giving them more than a year to prepare to chase gold in '96.
#22 - Jeanette Lee Vs.
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/13/2022
Jeanette Lee is an Asian-American billiards player who brought strength, sex appeal and skill to pool halls around the world; after her recent cancer diagnosis, Lee looks back on her storied career and opens up about her life.
#23 - Dream On (Part 2)
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/15/2022
After the U.S. women's basketball team disappoints with a bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics, USA Basketball puts together a new team of veterans, young stars, and an unforgiving coach, giving them more than a year to prepare to chase gold in '96.
#24 - The Luckiest Guy in the World (Part 4)
Season 4 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/13/2023
The decision to leave the Trail Blazers was tough for Bill and a failed stint at the Clippers would lead him to team up with the legendary Larry Bird.
#25 - Dude Perfect: A Very Long Shot
Season 4 - Episode 40 - Aired 8/3/2024
Dude Perfect: A Very Long Shot traces the meteoric rise of a group of friends from College Station, Texas, whose backyard antics evolved into a global sports-comedy phenomenon. Beginning with their humble origins filming trick shots for YouTube, the documentary delves into the journeys of Tyler Toney, Coby Cotton, Cory Cotton, Garrett Hilbert, and Cody Jones as their group, Dude Perfect, became a cultural phenomenon with a massive media following, a live tour, and ambitious dreams of an amusement park.