Eastbound & Down: Season 1 (2009-2009)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 6
Eastbound & Down might be too profane and obnoxious for some, but its broad humor and irreverent vibe make for some great comic moments.
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5
Eastbound & Down might be too profane and obnoxious for some, but its broad humor and irreverent vibe make for some great comic moments.
Season Info
Washed-up major-league pitcher Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) returns to his North Carolina hometown after his career fizzles out in the first season of "Eastbound and Down." Refusing to admit his time as a pro baseball player has come and gone, Powers teaches phys ed at his former high school, while living with brother Dustin ( John Hawkes) and his wife Cassie ( Jennifer Irwin ). Powers, who clearly still lives in the past, proudly rocks his mullet and chases after high-school girlfriend April (
Network: HBO
Cast
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Danny McBride
Kenny Powers -
John Hawkes
Dustin Powers -
Katy Mixon
April Buchanon -
Andrew Daly
Terrence Cutler -
Jennifer Irwin
Cassie Powers -
Steve Little
Stevie Janowski -
Sylvia Jefferies
Tracy -
Will Ferrell
Ashley Schaeffer -
Bo Mitchell
Wayne Powers -
Ethan Alexander McGe...
Dustin Powers Jr. -
Ben Best
Clegg -
Craig Robinson
Reg Mackworthy -
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Episodes
Chapter 1
The premiere of this comedy series about a foul-mouthed, washed-up major-league pitcher finds Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) returning in disgrace to his North Carolina hometown, where he moves in with his straitlaced older brother and his family. With few prospects, he starts teaching phys ed at his former middle school and tries to hook up with an old flame, who happens to be engaged to the principal.
Chapter 2
Dismayed by the idea of selling his Jet Ski for extra money, Kenny seeks an endorsement deal from a car dealership, but the owner (Will Ferrell) makes some potentially dangerous demands. Later, Kenny and Clegg crash a middle-school dance.
Chapter 3
Stevie gets the scoop on a promising high-school pitcher who could be Kenny's competition; Cassie proposes to sell Kenny's baseball mementos on the Internet; Kenny commits to a new exercise regimen.
Chapter 4
April and Terrence host a barbecue, where Kenny develops a hunger for romance; Stevie compiles Kenny's greatest moments on DVD to help him get another shot at the major leagues.
Chapter 5
A frustrated Kenny is ready to throw in the towel on his comeback dreams, but his major-league fire is reignited after a run-in with an old adversary (Craig Robinson) who's shilling for Ashley Schaeffer (Will Ferrell).
Chapter 6
The first season ends with Kenny bidding his hometown another farewell after fielding an offer for a big-league job in Florida.
Critic Reviews for Eastbound & Down: Season 1
Eastbound & Down finds true triumph in utter failure.
Eastbound & Down is a winner about a real loser
The obnoxiousness is just a shortcut to a headache.
Out-of-control, disgusting, irreverent, moronically and maniacally funny new show that couldn't be more timely.
It seems like a middling Fox series with a monotonous glut of obscenities and some nudity tossed in to make it pay-cable worthy.
I don't know bout y'all but I'm hooked.
I am not ready to write it off: I will give it the benefit of its arc.
The comedy - and, oh, there is much of it - comes less from sight gags or clever one-liners as it does from the sheer absurdity of what transpires and the ever-increasing ability for Powers to sink lower and fail more grandly from episode to episode.
it's a tired premise - a more profane version of the kind of low-swinging sitcom that could easily have wound up on TBS.
The comedy is broad but not freewheeling.
I can't escape the feeling that it might have worked best as the first third of a comedic washed-up-athlete film.
A far cry from the cerebral comedy currently en vogue on shows like The Office and 30 Rock, but that doesn't mean Eastbound can't do sly humor that falls left of center.
The repertoire on display in Eastbound & Down feels too limited for a long stint on HBO's mound.
Eastbound & Down is a funny show if you don't expect too much.
Eastbound & Down feels like a margarine, not butter, version of Talladega Nights.
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