Kenny’s Dream Realized in Season Finale?

Not even the craftiest television watcher could have seen the climax of “Eastbound and Down” happening.

Sure, it was funny and maintained many of the tones the show is known for, but to be as heartfelt as it ended up being, was a work genius.

After five and half episodes of dealing with Kenny Powers’ nonsense, it appears he has a heart- a quite big one at that.

Working so hard to get a major league team interested in him, Powers now has a choice to make his dreams come true again. But now, he may even be willing to trade in all the star power for what he said he always wanted all along.

The writers have a year to figure it all out and even with all the wacky scenes and plot development, it’s all worked out marvelously. If the development in this character this season is any indication, the third season of this show will be much different. At the same time, while Powers will be swimming once again in uncharted waters (well, for him anyway) we should expect some instances of old Kenny rearing his fantastically ugly, mullet-shaped head.

Insert laughter here- and a handful of montages too.

All jokes aside, to see Powers handle the last scene with April the way he did proves that he’s human after all. After all the sex, drugs, debauchery and nonsense, Powers can feel just as much as any of us. Maybe, he feels a little bit more.

As a result of this, the character has never been more relatable and magnetic, putting a stamp of approval on the second season and setting up a third that looks full of promise.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14229 Articles
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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