After watching the first two episodes, we all wanted to see Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and Robert Kraft hold up that first Super Bowl trophy. 

And they made you wait for it. 

But in the end, it was completely worth it. Not only do they show that win, but also all the hardships they faced to get there. In the end, 2002 was only the start and the next few seasons would be remembered forever. 

Here are the meaningful moments from "The Dynasty: New England Patriots" Episode 3: Borrowed Time

Patriots vs. Steelers in AFC Championship 

On Jan. 27, 2007, the Patriots took the field prepared to face off against a physical Steelers squad. And with Brady getting injured, the team looked back to Drew Bledsoe. 

He refused to let this opportunity go after being benched. 

“When I took the field, all of the sudden things got really quiet. Obviously the entire world was thinking, ‘okay, this guy hasn’t played for a long, long time. That’s it. Games over,'" Bledsoe remembered. "But I was going to compete my a** off in every way that I possibly could because the Super Bowl was so close… To get that close and then not get to go, I was never going to let that happen.”

Bledsoe did just that, leading the Patriots to victory. So when Kraft held that AFC Championship trophy in his hand, the Patriots owner only had one thought; "Holy mackerel, I’m going to be going to the Super Bowl.”

Creative Kraft 

Kraft was always passionate about football, and he made sure to get his sons involved in the sport he loves. So he got season tickets to watch the Patriots, but seeing the team struggle so much was hard for him to continuously see. 

And eventually, he couldn't bear it anymore. 

“Seeing the dumb things being done, I said, ‘Jeez, if I could own this team, what I would do.’ And was that a pipe dream," Kraft said. "A lot of people probably thought it was. I mean, I was a self made businessman who ran a paper company. I didn’t have wads of cash sitting in a bank account. I knew I’d have to find a way to get financial power and I realized the key was the old Foxborough Stadium.”

It was that line of thinking that led to him eventually buying the team. 

"A lot of people thought it was worthless. But I figured out the main source of revenue during the game came from the parking lot and the stadium," he explained. "Over the next decade, I made moves to buy the stadium and the land the stadium sat on at really a low cost. No one realized how important that was. There must have been 20 buyers who came in and tried to buy the team, but once they figured out that I had control of the revenue, they walked away.”

So when he was introduced in January 1994 as the new Patriots owner, it felt like a long time coming. 

The Bill Parcells Era

Along with inheriting the issues with the Patriots, Kraft also got a head coach. And that was Bill Parcells. 

Parcells was excited about Kraft coming in, hoping that this meant things would start changing in New England. 

“I was rooting for Kraft because the way it was, it was a little bit in disarray. Prior owners, they weren’t willing to ante up for the good players," Parcells said. "So when Kraft came in, I was hopeful that he would be more supportive.”

With Parcells at the helm, the Patriots did make it to Super Bowl XXXI in 1997. However, things were already tense between the head coach and Kraft. 

“We finally got some success, but I felt like Kraft wasn’t always in line with the things I knew to be in the best interest of building the team," Parcells remembered. "Kraft had no real background in football and in his experience, took the draft away from me and gave it to someone else. I felt like some people that were incompetent were making decisions for the organization personnel wise, and I didn’t like it.” 

During the week leading up to the big game, the team grew frustrated as the focus wasn't on them. Instead it was on Parcells and his future because as he said, "I knew I wasn’t going back to the Patriots.”

Super Bowl XXXVI

Jump back to 2002, with 1:30 remaining on the clock, the score was tied up but the Patriots had the ball. Belichick could have made the decision to have Brady simply take a knee and force sudden death overtime against the Saint Louis Rams. 

However, Belichick turned to Ernie Adams in that moment and asked him what to do next. 

"I said, 'Bill, we’re a little bit out of gas. If they get the ball again, I’m not real sure we can stop them. I mean this drive is do or die. We need to try and give Adam Vinatieri a shot to win it for us in regulation,'” Adams remembered. 

So that's exactly what they did. And a lot of the pressure fell on Brady's shoulders in that moment. However, it was Bledsoe that helped the young quarterback through that moment. 

“I remember someone saying to Tom, ‘Hey, just be careful.” I was like no," Bledsoe said. "'We’re big underdogs in this game and nobody expected you to be here, nobody expected us to be here. F*** it man. Go!'” 

Brady was able to lead the team down the field and Vinatieri nailed the 48 yard field goal to award the Patriots a Super Bowl victory. 

From there, the Patriots Dynasty began. 

Super Bowl XXXVIII

Just two years later, the Patriots found themselves in a similar position. And this time it was the Carolina Panthers that stood in their way. 

But that didn't stop them. 

“We won two Super Bowls in three years," Tedy Bruschi said. "And I remember one of my teammates saying, ‘Bru come here man. Look, we’ve won two out of three. We win three out of four, it’s a dynasty.’ And that’s the first time I heard it spoke. And it made me aware of what it would mean. And that’s where the addiction kicks in. That’s when you realize, this can’t stop now."

Super Bowl XXXIX

Each win only made the Patriots want the next one even more. And when New England beat the Eagles in 2005 to claim back-to-back titles, the team was at the top. 

But that wasn't enough. 

"As time goes by, your relationship with the drug, it changes," Scott Pioli said. "After winning, instead of euphoria, it's just a relief. And when you lost, it was dark.”