At the end of Season Two, Kenny Powers (Danny R. McBride), the seemingly washed up baseball player, had returned from his self-exile in Mexico to his hometown of Shelby to be reunited (again) with his long-time love April (Katy Mixon). However, when Kenny received an invitation to play with the minor league team in Myrtle Beach, who took off, leaving April behind.

As Season Three opens, Kenny is living it up in Myrtle Beach and is actually doing well playing for the Myrtle Beach Mermen. Of course, being the egomaniac which Kenny is, he sees himself as the "team leader" and lords over the other players. He spends his free time riding the waves on his boogie board or hanging out with his catcher, Shane (Jason Sudekis). He also has a college-age girlfriend, Andrea (Alex ter Avest). Kenny goes back to Shelby for the party to celebrate the first birthday of Toby, the baby he fathered with April. Of course, he acts out at the party, so he's surprised when April arrives on his doorstep some time later. They spend a wild night together, but the next morning, she's gone, having left Toby behind. Unwilling to care for the child, Kenny convinces his sycophant “friend” Stevie (Steve Little) and Stevie’s wife, Maria (Elizabeth De Razzo) to move to Myrtle Beach to help with Toby. As if this new stress weren’t bad enough, a new pitcher, Ivan Dochenko (Ike Barinholtz), joins the Mermen and threatens Kenny’s position on the team. How can someone who sees themselves as perfect deal with all of these challenges?

Which is why saddling him with a baby was a stroke of genius for Season Three. Kenny’s life is all about himself. After that, it’s all about sex and drugs. Then, after that, it’s a little about baseball. So, he really doesn’t have room for a baby. Watching him attempt to take care of Toby is funny and the way in which he grows to love the child -- in his own way -- offers a nice emotional center for the show. Of course, Kenny is still Kenny, so we get to see him abuse Stevie and generally use anyone who comes into his life.

As with the first two seasons of the show, the third season of Eastbound & Down has its ups and downs. Despite the fact that Kenny is the star of the show, it’s honestly hard to watch him at times, with the July 4th episode being a great example. When he gets too obnoxious, the show can be hard to stomach. Still, it’s also very funny at times and Kenny is one of the more quotable characters on TV. And given that Eastbound & Down airs on HBO, most of the things he says can’t be quoted in certain settings. Season Three offers some nice cameos by familiar faces and I had no idea that Sudekis was on the show, much less for several episodes. On a personal note, as someone who is quite familiar with the Myrtle Beach area, seeing the recognizable locations was very cool. Kenny’s life is like a train wreck and it’s very hard to look away from it. This is the power of Eastbound & Down. The show certainly isn’t for everyone, but if you like your humor a little weird and very raunchy, then the Grand Strand may be the destination for you.

Eastbound & Down: The Complete Third Season rides a three-wheeled motorcycle onto DVD courtesy of HBO Home Video. The two disc set contains all eight episodes of the show’s second season. The show has been letterboxed at 1.78:1 and the transfer is enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs. The image is sharp and clear, showing no overt grain and no defects from the source material. The sunny, daytime scenes look great. The colors are good and the image is never overly dark or bright. For a DVD, the level of detail is good, as we can see the lines on the actor’s faces. The depth of the image is good as well. The DVD carries a Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track which provides clear dialogue and sound effects. The track provides some nice stereo effects which show good separation. The baseball game sequences deliver impressive surround sound, as the roar of the crowd fills the rear speakers. The dance party scene brings in nice subwoofer effects.

The Eastbound & Down: The Complete Third Season DVD set contains several extras. Disc 1 kicks off with recaps of Seasons 1 and 2. The Disc also includes AUDIO COMMENTARIES on all five episodes, all of which feature star Danny R. McBride and series co-creator Jody Hill, along with a series of guests, including several actors from the show. The COMMENTARIES with this rotation continue on Disc 2. The second DVD also contains "Dinner with the Schaeffers" (6 minutes) is a very extended version of a scene from Episode 15 which more Will Ferrell weirdness. The DVD contains 25 DELETED SCENES which run about 48 minutes. If nothing else, this is worth seeing because there's a scene which takes place at Roses. I never in my wildest dreams thought that I would ever see any show or movie even mention Roses. And in a scene which we didn't need to see, they actually shot Stevie's transformation. There are a lot of scenes to wade through, but it's worth going through them to see who has a cameo in the last one. We then get a 9-minute reel of OUTTAKES.