Eastbound & Down
Antihero leadA protagonist doing bad things you can't stop watching.This show: 10/10RaunchyExplicit, adult, boundary-pushing humor.This show: 9/10Cringe comedyLaughs mined from social discomfort and embarrassment.This show: 8/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10SportsAthletic competition and the world around it.This show: 7/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Danny McBrideSteve LittleKaty Mixon GreerElizabeth De RazzoJohn HawkesJennifer Irwin
Written by
Danny McBrideBen BestJody Hill
Starring
Danny McBrideSteve LittleKaty Mixon GreerElizabeth De RazzoJohn HawkesJennifer Irwin
Written by
Danny McBrideBen BestJody Hill
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Eastbound & Down Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.2 | |||
| S2 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.1 | ||
| S3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.4 | |
| S4 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
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About
"A monster of ego you can't stop watching"
Kenny Powers was a hard-throwing MLB star. Now he's washed up, broke, and reduced to teaching gym class in his North Carolina hometown, but his ego hasn't gotten the memo. The show follows his delusional, profane quest to reclaim glory and fame he never really deserved. It's loud, crude, and unapologetically mean-spirited, but Danny McBride's commitment to the character's swagger and self-pity makes the trainwreck compelling. Pace is brisk, episodes short, humor pitch-black. It's less a redemption story than a slow-motion study of arrested-development narcissism played for maximum discomfort and laughs.
Watch it for
Danny McBride's fearless, gloriously repulsive performance as a man who refuses to grow up.
Maybe skip if
you dislike abrasive, foul-mouthed protagonists with almost no redeeming qualities.
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Season 12009
7.96K62h 44m
Former pitcher Kenny Powers finds himself out of baseball and reduced to teaching Phys Ed at the North Carolina school he once attended. Wreaking havoc both at school and at the home of his brother Dustin where he crashes, the loutish, foul-mouthed Kenny plots his return to the majors . . . while trying to win back his former high-school squeeze April, now a teacher engaged to principal Terrence Cutler.
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Season 22010
7.95K73h 20m
Spurned by the big leagues and humiliated in his own hometown, Kenny Powers is heading south of the border to lick his wounds--and plot a comeback that might just land him back in the spotlight. In the wake of a bogus pitching offer, Kenny takes up residence in a small Mexican town and prepares to fashion a comeback scenario that involves a local baseball team and its filthy-rich owner.
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Season 32012
7.95K83h 50m
Picking up one year after Season Two, Kenny brings his boorish behavior to Myrtle Beach, SC and somehow resurrects his baseball career as the closer for the minor-league Myrtle Beach Mermen. Even as he postures himself as the new King of Myrtle Beach, Kenny struggles to come to terms with growing older, both in his personal life, and professionally with the arrival of some talented up-and-comers on the team.
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Season 42013
8.35K83h 52m
Taking place several years after he made it back to the majors only to fake his death and head home, Season 4 finds Kenny a new man: working at a car-rental outlet, dabbling in screenwriting, attempting to enjoy couples nights. The vices of his playing days are a thing of the past...until Kenny runs into former teammates and current talk-show host Guy Young who convinces Kenny to get back in the game as a celebrity "titan" who deserves greatness and the lifestyle of the rich, famous and arrogant.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Danny McBride Kenny Powers
Steve Little Stevie Janowski
Katy Mixon Greer April Buchanon
Elizabeth De Razzo Maria
John Hawkes Dustin Powers
Jennifer Irwin Cassie Powers
Ethan Alexander McGee Dustin Jr.
Bo Mitchell Wayne
Andy Daly Terrence Cutler
Claire Mangrum Rose Powers
Crew
Ben Best
Jody Hill
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