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The third season of Eastbound & Down follows Kenny Powers as he is back in the states for another shot at major league glory. 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. Playing in Myrtle Beach, Powers deals with the realities of growing older, taking on responsibility and separating his personal life from the game.
9 January 1965, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
10 September 1990, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1 November 1968, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
22 December 1975, Decatur, Georgia, USA
6 May 1954, USA
1 December 1957, Nairobi, Kenya
19 March 1974, Havana, Cuba
29 July 1980, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
February 19, 2012
Eastbound & Down holds together so well that it's worth looking past the ugly for the solid performances and the charcoal-black humor beneath.February 19, 2012
What I'd call extreme comedy, willing to risk alienating a mass audience in favor of a devoted cult.February 19, 2012
Regardless of its shortcomings, Eastbound & Down can't be faulted for following through on its primary vision.February 19, 2012
McBride celebrates the Southern-fried dirtball culture of flyover America like some Red State Diaries; it's a veritable HBO Hee-Haw.