EPISODETIThis Is What They Want2009
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This Is What They Want
From 30 for 30
A 60-minute documentary episode from 30 for 30, Season 2, Episode 13.
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Series Progress: Episode 34 of 9436% Completed
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The sports documentary This Is What They Want focuses on the 1991 U.S. Open, where the nearly 40-year-old Jimmy Connors went on an odds-defying run all the way to the semi-finals of the major. The filmmakers use this historic tournament to explain how Connors and his contemporaries made tennis extremely popular in the United States during the beginning of the sport's Open era.
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FAQ
How long is This Is What They Want?
This Is What They Want runs for 1h for this episode.
What language is it available in?
The primary language listed for this title is English.
What kind of episode is this?
It is tagged under documentary, sports stuff, retrospective, tennis.
How big is the series commitment?
This series currently shows 94 episodes across 4 seasons.
Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 124 hours 10 minutes (94 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Epic Binge A massive saga. Set aside dedicated weekends for this run.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 94 days
3 episodes/day: 32 days
5 episodes/day: 19 days
Episodes (94)
- - White, Blue and White
- - Hillsborough
- E26 - 30 for 30 Shorts: The Great Trade Robbery
- S01E01 - Kings Ransom
- S01E10 - No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
- S01E11 - Silly Little Game
- S01E12 - Run Ricky Run
- S01E13 - The 16th Man
- S01E15 - June 17th, 1994
- S01E16 - The Two Escobars
- S01E17 - The Birth of Big Air
- S01E18 - Jordan Rides the Bus
- S01E19 - Little Big Men
- S01E02 - The Band That Wouldn't Die
- S01E21 - Unmatched
- S01E22 - The House of Steinbrenner
- S01E23 - Into the Wind
- S01E24 - Four Days In October
- S01E25 - Once Brothers
- S01E26 - Tim Richmond: To the Limit
- S01E27 - Fernando Nation
- S01E28 - Marion Jones: Press Pause
- S01E29 - The Best That Never Was
- S01E03 - Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
- S01E04 - Muhammad and Larry
- S01E05 - Without Bias
- S01E07 - The U
- S01E08 - Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks
- S01E09 - The Guru of Go
- S02E01 - Broke
- S02E10 - Free Spirits
- S02E11 - No Mas
- S02E12 - Big Shot
- S02E13 - This Is What They Want Viewing
- S02E14 - Bernie and Ernie
- S02E15 - Youngstown Boys
- S02E16 - The Price of Gold
- S02E17 - Requiem for the Big East
- S02E18 - Bad Boys
- S02E19 - Slaying The Badger
- S02E19 - Episódio 19
- S02E02 - 9.79*
- S02E20 - Playing For The Mob
- S02E21 - The Day The Series Stopped
- S02E22 - When The Garden Was Eden
- S02E23 - Brian and The Boz
- S02E24 - Brothers In Exile
- S02E25 - Rand University
- S02E27 - Of Miracles and Men
- S02E28 - I Hate Christian Laettner
- S02E29 - Sole Man
- S02E03 - There's No Place Like Home
- S02E30 - Angry Sky: The Legend of Nick Piantanida
- S02E04 - Benji
- S02E05 - Ghosts of Ole Miss
- S02E06 - You Don't Know Bo
- S02E07 - Survive and Advance
- S02E08 - Elway to Marino
- S02E09 - Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
- S03E01 - Trojan War
- S03E10 - Doc & Darryl
- S03E11 - Phi Slama Jama
- S03E12 - Hit It Hard
- S03E13 - Catholics vs. Convicts
- S03E14 - This Was the XFL
- S03E15 - One and Not Done
- S03E16 - Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies (Part 1)
- S03E17 - Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies (Part 2)
- S03E19 - Mike and the Mad Dog
- S03E02 - The Prince of Pennsylvania
- S03E20 - George Best: All By Himself
- S03E21 - What Carter Lost
- S03E22 - Year of the Scab
- S03E23 - Tommy
- S03E25 - The Two Bills
- S03E26 - The Last Days of Knight
- S03E27 - Seau
- S03E28 - 42 to 1
- S03E29 - Deion's Double Play
- S03E03 - The Gospel According to Mac
- S03E30 - Dominican Dream
- S03E31 - Qualified
- S03E32 - The Good, The Bad, The Hungry
- S03E05 - Four Falls of Buffalo
- S03E06 - The '85 Bears
- S03E07 - Fantastic Lies
- S03E08 - This Magic Moment
- S03E09 - Believeland
- S04E01 - Rodman: For Better or Worse
- S04E02 - Chuck & Tito
- S04E05 - LANCE (Part 1)
- S04E06 - LANCE (Part 2)
- S04E07 - Be Water
- S04E08 - Long Gone Summer
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