Back to Normal?

For lack of a better term, this week’s episode of “Eastbound and Down” came out of left field.

After weeks of ignoring reality, Kenny Powers has gotten a hold of himself and is ready to head back home. After the former Tampa Bay Rays executive that screwed him makes amends and gets him a shot with the Texas Rangers next season, Kenny, with the newly married Stevie, have left Mexico much different men.

Even though the few scenes where Kenny is taking everything in [one has some Bob Seger playing in the background, a nice touch] do an excellent job of showing us how much things have changed, his actions do more talking than anything else.

To see Powers end his Mexican baseball days the way he did, with such civility, was shocking. However, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t entertaining. For once, he showed some kind of restraint and as a result, has something to show for it. Things could have ended much different after the incident he had with his father and his wife. But focused on getting April back after Stevie told him she and Cutler didn’t get married, Kenny sees an opportunity to reclaim his love and possibly his life.

Where this journey takes this character is anyone’s guess, but it will be fun to watch.

Speaking of fun to watch, seeing Matthew McConaughey as the gay scout was absolutely hilarious. Feeling a bit like Will Farrell’s nutty appearance on the show last season, getting McConaughey to say the things that he did was the icing on the cake of what had to be the most-well-rounded episode of the show this season.

With all of the screw-ups, successes, cock-fighting, car thefts, fastballs and sex this season, Kenny may have finally learned his lesson, which should put the show on a different, yet still hilarious track. However, there’s no way the people he has screwed over from last season will be nearly as happy to see him, making the season-finale one that will be worth watching.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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