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Eastbound & Down Episode Guide

The Making of Eastbound and Down

First aired: Jan/30/2009



1 :01x01 - Chapter 1: Career Errors

First aired: Feb/15/2009
Writer: Jody Hill, Ben Best, Danny McBride
Director: Jody Hill
Guest star: Ethan Alexander McGee (Dustin Powers, Jr.), Bo Mitchell (Wayne Powers), Craig Robinson (Reg Mackworthy), Sylvia Jeffieres (Tracy)

Burned out and broke, former Major League pitcher Kenny Powers returns to his North Carolina hometown. After moving into his brother's house, he takes up a job as a middle school gym teacher, the same school he once attended. Brimming with undeserved confidence, Kenny sets his sites on winning back his old high school girlfriend April, who is engaged to the school principal.



2 :01x02 - Chapter 2: Training Day

First aired: Feb/22/2009
Writer: Danny McBride, Ben Best, Jody Hill
Director: David Gordon Green
Guest star: Randy Gambill (Chaperone), Scott Clackum (Scott), Luke Bigham (Weight Kid #1), Rhoda Griffis (The Teacher), Jacob Dietrich (Weight Kid #2), Quentin Kerr (Kevin Hickman), Bo Mitchell (Wayne Powers), Ethan Alexander McGee (Dustin Powers, Jr.), Sylvia Jeffieres (Tracy), Will Ferrell (Ashley Schaeffer)

Unsure about selling his Jet Ski for extra money, Kenny hopes to work out a car endorsement deal with a car dealership, but the dealer wants to make some demands which may possibly be dangerous. Later, Kenny and Clegg crash a dance for a middle school.



3 :01x03 - Chapter 3: Out of the Box

First aired: Mar/01/2009
Writer: Jody Hill, Ben Best, Danny McBride
Director: David Gordon Green

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.



4 :01x04 - Chapter 4: Kenny's Pitching Clinic

First aired: Mar/08/2009
Writer: Danny McBride, Ben Best, Jody Hill
Director: David Gordon Green

Kenny develops a hunger for romance while at a barbecue hosted by April and Terrence. Stevie creates a DVD of Kenny's greatest moments in an effort to get another shot at the major leagues.



5 :01x05 - Chapter 5: Beginning A New Audio Book

First aired: Mar/15/2009
Writer: Jody Hill, Ben Best, Danny McBride
Director: Adam McKay
Guest star: Craig Robinson (Reg Mackworthy)

Kenny feels like giving up on his plans for a comeback, until he meets up with an old adversary who's shilling for Ashley Schaeffer.



6 :01x06 - Chapter 6: Getting It On With April

First aired: Mar/22/2009
Writer: Danny McBride, Ben Best, Jody Hill
Director: Jody Hill

Kenny says goodbye to his hometown once again after accepting an offer to try out for a big-league job in Florida.



7 :02x01 - Chapter 7

First aired: Sep/26/2010
Writer: Jody Hill, Danny McBride
Director: Jody Hill

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.



8 :02x02 - Chapter 8

First aired: Oct/03/2010



9 :02x03 - Chapter 9

First aired: Oct/10/2010



10 :02x04 - Chapter 10

First aired: Oct/17/2010

Roger warns Kenny about the perils of showboating; Kenny has competition in his courtship of Vida.



11 :02x05 - Chapter 11

First aired: Oct/24/2010

Kenny considers a new full-time life working in Mexico.



12 :02x06 - Chapter 12

First aired: Oct/31/2010



13 :02x07 - Chapter 13

First aired: Nov/07/2010



14 :03x01 - Chapter 14

First aired: Feb/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.



15 :03x02 - Chapter 15

First aired: Feb/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.



16 :03x03 - Chapter 16

First aired: Mar/04/2012

Pro scout Roy McDaniel (Matthew McConaughey) asks Kenny to take a promising Russian pitching prospect under his wing; Stevie takes stock of Shane's status while negotiating his return to Kenny's entourage.



17 :03x04 - Chapter 17

First aired: Mar/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.



18 :03x05 - Chapter 18

First aired: Mar/18/2012

Kenny gets surprise visitors, and tries to regain control of the team by throwing the mother of all Fourth of July parties. Meanwhile, Stevie frets over delivering bad news to Maria.



19 :03x06 - Chapter 19

First aired: Mar/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.



20 :03x07 - Chapter 20

First aired: Apr/08/2012

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.



21 :03x08 - Chapter 21

First aired: Apr/15/2012

In the series finale, Kenny's future with the Mermen is altered by a twist of fate just as he's coming to terms with his new life.