How to Watch The Cost of Winning on HBO Max

March 10, 2023

After every other team in their local private school league forfeited to them, the St. Frances Academy Panthers football team had a cloud of uncertainty over their heads. The Cost of Winning on HBO Max is a docuseries that follows the team’s 2019 campaign as they train on the streets to prepare for the upcoming national schedule. Featuring players from the poorest neighborhoods of Baltimore, the documentary explores what the sport means to them.

Where to Watch The Cost of Winning

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How Many Episodes Are in The Cost of Winning?

There are four episodes in The Cost of Winning. The runtime of the episodes is 29 minutes. You can check the complete list of The Cost of Winning episodes and their release dates below.

“Episode 1”: November 10, 2020
“Episode 2”: November 17, 2020
“Episode 3”: November 24, 2020
“Episode 4”: December 1, 2020

What Are the Critics Saying About The Cost of Winning?

The Cost of Winning has no official critics rating or an average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The series, however, has a user score of 7.4/10 on IMDB.

Daniel Fienberg from The Hollywood Reporter writes, “You won’t learn much about St. Frances as an actual school from The Cost of Winning, nor about how their specific neighborhood in Baltimore feels about the team, but you’ll probably laugh a little, cheer a lot and maybe get teary at a few points.”

The Spool’s Sean Price says, “I rarely complain that anything is too short, but this doc could and should be longer than four 30-minute episodes. It’s so short that it’s a disservice to the lives of the people involved, and the series doesn’t fully scrutinize the social and racial implications as a result.”

Is The Cost of Winning Suitable for Kids?

The Cost of Winning is rated TV-14, which means some parents may find the content unsuitable for children under 14 years of age.

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