The WORST episodes of Eastbound & Down
Every episode of Eastbound & Down ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Eastbound & Down!
Relief Pitcher Kenny Powers was poised to rule the Big Leagues, but two things got in his way: his fading fastball and his insufferable personality. After a spectacular career flame-out, Kenny came home to Shelby, NC and picked up a job as a substitute gym teacher (mostly so his brother Dustin would stop threatening to kick him out). He's spent every moment since then cashing in the last of his dying fame while plotting his inevitable comeback...one beer at a time.
#1 - Chapter 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/1/2009
Stevie gets a scoop on Kenny's possible competition when he hears of a promising young high school pitcher. Cassie wants to sell off all of Kenny's baseball memorabilia on the computer. Meanwhile, Kenny makes a commitment to a new exercise regimen.
#2 - Chapter 19
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/25/2012
Kenny tries a new pitch while attempting to be a better man and more responsible father; Stevie can't shake his feelings of remorse.
#4 - Chapter 7
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2010
Kenny Powers heads to Mexico to lick his wounds and start a new, more anonymous life. Befriended by a neighboring Mexican family and a sultry bar singer named Vida, Kenny emerges from "the darkest hole I've ever been in" by planning a comeback.
#5 - Chapter 1
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/15/2009
Burned out and broke, former big-league pitcher Kenny Powers returns home to North Carolina to teach PE at the local middle school he once attended. Wreaking havoc at school, around town and at the home of his brother Dustin, Kenny settles into his role as the town's loose-cannon agitator, setting his sights on winning back his high-school flame April, now a teacher engaged to the school principal, Terrence Cutler.
#7 - Chapter 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/22/2009
Kenny tries to make extra money by pitching himself as spokesman for a luxury car dealership; Kenny and his driver make an appearance at the middle school dance.
#8 - Chapter 15
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/26/2012
Kenny tracks down Stevie, who's working at Ashley Schaeffer's car dealership, when he heads north with the baby to find April.
#10 - Chapter 20
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2012
Kenny hopes to get back on his coach's good side and return to his spot on the pitching staff, but his bumpy ride on the road to redemption continues. Meanwhile, Stevie tries to make things right with Maria.
#11 - Chapter 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/8/2009
Kenny attends a BBQ at April and Terrence's house where his romantic feelings for April intensify. Later, Stevie puts together a DVD of Kenny's greatest moments in the hopes that the major leagues will notice.
#12 - Chapter 17
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2012
Kenny thinks his son, Toby, is cursed, and might be to blame for a recent run of bad luck; and later tries to bond with Shane's puritanical family. Meanwhile, Stevie is racked with guilt.
#15 - Chapter 9
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2010
Puzzled by the Mexican fans’ lukewarm reception, Kenny starts a grassroots PR campaign to burnish his image. But it takes a vintage Powers flare-up to bring the fans to their feet. Kenny makes inroads with Vida by inviting her to Sebastian’s yacht party.
#16 - Chapter 14
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2012
In the third-season premiere, Kenny finds himself in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as the closer for a minor-league baseball team, but he also has a reunion with April for his son's first birthday in his North Carolina hometown.
#17 - Chapter 24
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2013
Kenny takes his family and friends on a trip to the local water park.
#18 - Chapter 12
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2010
Kenny settles his debt with Sebastian; later, he settles a score with Aaron and Hector, and bids adios to Vida. Kenny passes a final test with the Charros team.
#19 - Chapter 8
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2010
Charros owner Sebastian Cisneros agrees to pull out all the stops in promoting Kenny Powers’ return to organized baseball, but Kenny loses motivation after learning a secret about April from an old friend.
#20 - Chapter 11
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2010
Kenny considers a new full-time life working in Mexico.
#22 - Chapter 22
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013
In the Season 4 premiere, Kenny Powers is now a family man—with his wife, April, two little kids and a home in the suburbs—but a night out with a former teammate and current TV star has him yearning to get back in the limelight.
#23 - Chapter 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/15/2009
Kenny decides to give up on his dream of returning to professional baseball. Meanwhile, arrogant car dealer Ashley comes back into the picture.
#25 - Chapter 25
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2013
Kenny follows through on a threat; Stevie finds Kenny a charity to promote during Guy's goodwill dragon boat race; Toby tries to find the courage to feed his new pet.