What I’m Watching: Eastbound & Down (Season Premiere)

Eastbound & Down: Season 3, Episode 1 “Chapter 14” (B+)

I’m so thrilled to have this show back. This comedy was entertaining during season dos, but being stuck in Mexico with an all-new cast hindered it a bit. Back in Myrtle Beach, the show is on fire, opening with Kenny strutting down a beach towards the water with a Confederate surfboard, telling an African-American couple that he hopes to have their face tans by the end of the summer. Jason Sudeikis’ buddy is a good addition, and he seems just as depraved as Kenny without the creepy, pathetic factor that Donny had. Seeing him at his one-year-old son Toby’s birthday party was decently depressing, as he proved to be a horrible father by cursing incessantly and then giving Toby a PlayStation, followed by a toast that implied something that he definitely didn’t mean to say. What’s great about this show is that April, annoyed as she might have initially seemed, just can’t resist Kenny, delighted to be whirled away on a wrecking-filled adventure, where even April got the chance to curse at some children. Seeing how they are together explains how, in a perfect world, they’d make a great couple, but alas, things are never that simple for Kenny. His career is back on track, he’s writing a new book, constantly getting with girls and treating them poorly, and now, it appears, he has a baby to take care of too. Unfortunately, this is said to be the final season, so let’s hope that Kenny, April, and everyone else go out with a bang.