Every kid has a baseball player to look up to. Kenny Powers is not that guy.
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
Eastbound & Down (Season 2)
Chapter 7 7.8
Air date: 2010-09-26
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: 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.
Chapter 8 8.0
Air date: 2010-10-03
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: 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.
Chapter 9 8.0
Air date: 2010-10-10
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: 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.
Chapter 10 8.0
Air date: 2010-10-17
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: Though Charros fans respond to Kenny, he is warned by Roger about the perils of showboating. Kenny finds he has serious competition in his courtship of Vida. Stevie finds short-lived romance.
Chapter 11 8.0
Air date: 2010-10-24
Runtime: 28 min
Overview: Kenny considers a new full-time life working in Mexico.
Chapter 12 6.5
Air date: 2010-10-31
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: 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.
Chapter 13 8.3
Air date: 2010-11-07
Runtime: 31 min
Overview: Kenny confronts his future.
Seasons
Episodes 6
Episodes 7
Episodes 8
Episodes 8
Episodes 16