Am I the only one disappointed with the finale?

You're not alone. Obviously the first 3 seasons were all connected and the season 3 finale wrapped up that chapter of Kenny Powers. Season 4 ventured into a new story but they tried to tell it in 8 30 minute episodes. Definitely felt rushed. They should have done 2 or 3 seasons to expand it. I don't know if I'm the only one, but I felt the first 3 seasons had way more classic moments that didn't require ridiculously over the top antics.

It was funny, but it was the finale. It didn't need to be that funny. Just needed to tie things up beautifully. I for one thought it was hilarious and touching. I would have liked to see Kenny have an emotional scene with Stevie telling him how much he appreciates him, but that never happened.

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It was funny, but it was the finale. It didn't need to be that funny. Just needed to tie things up beautifully. I for one thought it was hilarious and touching. I would have liked to see Kenny have an emotional scene with Stevie telling him how much he appreciates him, but that never happened.

Formerly known as imadork & boardwalkoverbreakingbad

Personally, I liked it.

The "rush" of the episode seemed to be by intent.

Can you think of another TV show in history that was this obnoxiously silly and still able to be mature and sincere at other moments?

Eastbound and down is unique in its ability to stir such a wide panoply of human emotions. I have not seen another TV show that goes to these extremes so effectively. The silliness and unregulated quality of Kenny Power's behavior meets moments of profound clarity. I just like how it feels.

In this last episode, the writers had us going up and down on a roller coaster ride of emotionality. Kenny's acting like a narcissistic idiot in the beginning of the episode, but when he opens up and sees what his wife got him, being so low, "down" and out, he accedes to the present and accepts the emotions hes experiencing. Next scene, he's confronted with the horribly traumatic experience of facing the possibility of Stevie killing himself. Usually, Kenny's a joker, isn't drawn enough "into" reality to really pay attention to whats happening around him. Most of the time, he's narcissistically focused. But seeing this very real sight and sound of Stevie attempting suicide, he feels "awakened". You feel genuine relief and an unfurling of emotion when Kenny supports Stevies statement that he didn't know what he was thinking. Additionally (I don't know if this was intended) but everything Stevie talked about was applicable to Kenny. It's as if Kenny had a vicarious "aha" moment by watching Stevie describe his blindness to what really mattered to him.

Somehow, this show is able to combine the obnoxious, pathetic, annoying, loserish demeanor of Stevie, with these scenes of real emotion, real character development.

This show is certainly odd, and probably not everyones cup of tea, but for me, there was enough charisma and wackiness to keep me watching.



to h veIt was also interesting that it took a "trauma" like stevies trying to kill himself for a bit of softness in Kenny's heart to open up; It was convincing both psychologically - in that a trauma could stimulate a profound enough experience to reorient someones emotional reality - and the acting was great; Danny McBride is a deceptively good actor.

Personally, I liked it.

The "rush" of the episode seemed to be by intent.

Can you think of another TV show in history that was this obnoxiously silly and still able to be mature and sincere at other moments?

Eastbound and down is unique in its ability to stir such a wide panoply of human emotions. I have not seen another TV show that goes to these extremes so effectively. The silliness and unregulated quality of Kenny Power's behavior meets moments of profound clarity. I just like how it feels.

In this last episode, the writers had us going up and down on a roller coaster ride of emotionality. Kenny's acting like a narcissistic idiot in the beginning of the episode, but when he opens up and sees what his wife got him, being so low, "down" and out, he accedes to the present and accepts the emotions hes experiencing. Next scene, he's confronted with the horribly traumatic experience of facing the possibility of Stevie killing himself. Usually, Kenny's a joker, isn't drawn enough "into" reality to really pay attention to whats happening around him. Most of the time, he's narcissistically focused. But seeing this very real sight and sound of Stevie attempting suicide, he feels "awakened". You feel genuine relief and an unfurling of emotion when Kenny supports Stevies statement that he didn't know what he was thinking. Additionally (I don't know if this was intended) but everything Stevie talked about was applicable to Kenny. It's as if Kenny had a vicarious "aha" moment by watching Stevie describe his blindness to what really mattered to him.

Somehow, this show is able to combine the obnoxious, pathetic, annoying, loserish demeanor of Stevie, with these scenes of real emotion, real character development.

This show is certainly odd, and probably not everyones cup of tea, but for me, there was enough charisma and wackiness to keep me watching.

I honestly really didn't care for it. I thought season 4 was pretty disappointing overall. It really isn't a season I could just watch over and over like the previous seasons.

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Maybe you are. I think it was awesome.