Eastbound & Down Forum

SPOILERS, SON.

And series finale, I guess. Maybe. We'll see. Jody and Danny don't know, so we don't know.

So. That... well... that fucked me in the heart. And I literally loved every second of it.

I feel bad that I could literally give less than two shits about Girls (which so far seems like Greta Gerwig the show, not a bad thing) right now, because Eastbound still has me smiling. I can see how people will hate the ending, maybe even see it as a cop out to some degree, but I think it is 100% appropriate, and is actually a good one. It’s… it’s goddamned beautiful. I think Danny McBride did a fantastic job keeping his character true while still toning him down for the sake of real confrontation. Him and the show runners got a great handle of the character, finally, and made this season the best. It's perfect in pretty much all aspects. Absolutely hilarious, and 100% necessary in its character and dramatic moments.

The Rough House gang, especially Jody Hill, wrapped this adventure up neatly, and right by the tale. I'm very proud of that man, as this is probably his most serious work he's handled so far, and it's absolutely beautiful as such. I could only wish for more to see some more of the other characters. But the ending is in its own way perfect, and didn’t need to change a thing. The character was still there and all (dumb), but the change was there. Just... just beautiful- I'll say it over and over again, man.

Also this marks the first time that Seth Rogen has been killed on screen. Kind of a nice Observe and Report reunion, but honestly, the most fucked up, hilarious opening the show has had yet. Why not close out on a high note, right? A high note coated in blood. I cried at that. Then I continued to cry because of the rest of the episode being fucking amazing.

Folks, who followed the series to the end, or just watched it because, what did you think? Especially of the ending ending?

Hated the actual ending. When he went off the cliff and they went into the narration, I laughed my ass off and thought him dying like that was an absolutely perfect end to Kenny's fucked up tale, but the faking his death thing was a complete cop out that I suspected they would do the whole time I was watching the reactions of his friends.

@AlKusanagi: Haha yeah I expected a lot of reactions like this. I think it would have been almost TOO tragic if Kenny just fucking died when he finally came to some maturization. Of course, maybe it was a long time coming, but I don't know, I don't think he deserved that. I think the persona that is Kenny Powers deserved to die. In the end, April asks if he could have just let them come with him to the majors. Him being dumb tries to think of an excuse for him not thinking of that, but really, if he did do that, that Kenny Powers attitude would arise once again. That boastful persona had to die. What remains is Kenneth Powers, a man who is willing to grow up, and with a retarded, but more humble hairdo. He got rid of the mullet. Change- he needed change, and that came with the death of "Kenny Fuckin Powers." That's at least what I took away from it. I'm not trying to make excuses for the writers- I actually think they did a good job in handling the ending, especially with letting him live, because with faking his death, his ulterior motives seem genuine- he wants to be there for is fuckin' family. It's the perfect ending to this character arc, in my opinion.

  As much as I wish Eastbound and Down could go on (which it might), I thought the ending was perfect and there is really no where to go with the story of Kenny "Fuckin" Powers.   Another season would be just like Weeds after Agrestic burned down and they stopped using "Little Houses" as the theme. 
  I still think Season 2 is my favorite, but the Ashley Shaeffer and the funeral episodes from this season were two of the best.