The Righteous Gemstones

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E8 “On Your Belly You Shall Go” (written by Edi Patterson, John Carcieri & Danny McBride and directed by Johnathan Watson). We open on Judy (Edi Patterson) pushing BJ (Tim Baltz) in his wheelchair down the tree-lined road leading up to their home. Judy reminisces on […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E7, “For Jealousy Is the Rage of a Man” (written by Kevin Barnett, Chris Pappas, & Danny McBride and directed by Jonathan Watson).  Last week’s excellent “Interlude IV” introduced us to Cobb (Michael Rooker), Lori’s alcoholic husband at at the time. Now, in the present day, […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E6, “Interlude IV” (written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley & Danny McBride and directed by David Gordon Green) It’s an Interlude episode! I was worried given the existence of “Prelude” that we wouldn’t get one of these, but I was delighted to find that I was […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E5, “You Shall Remember” (written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley & Danny McBride and directed by Jody Hill) “You Shall Remember” opens on Vance Simkins (Stephen Dorff) looking upon the remains of his church after Jesse’s posse vandalized it a couple of episodes ago. Leaning against his pristine […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E4, “He Goeth Before You Into Galilee” (written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley & Danny McBride and directed by Danny McBride) This week on The Righteous Gemstones, we open on Baby Billy (Walton Goggins) water skiing, with, of course, his grotesque junk hanging out for the […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E3, “To Grieve Like the Rest of Men Who Have No Hope” (written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley & Danny McBride and directed by David Gordon Green) During a stormy night in 2002 in the Gemstone mansion, a gloved intruder smashes picture frames, takes a baseball […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E2 “You Hurled Me Into the Depths, Into the Very Heart of the Seas“ (written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradly and Danny McBride and directed by Jody Hill). After last week’s compelling prelude episode that focused on the advent of the family, The Righteous Gemstones S4E2, […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S4E1 “Prelude” (written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley and Danny McBride and directed by Danny McBride). After a long wait, the fourth and final season of The Righteous Gemstones has arrived! Through the first three seasons, we’ve seen the spectacularly raunchy Gemstone family weather scandals, murder […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S3E9 season finale “Wonders That Cannot Be Fathomed, Miracles That Cannot Be Counted” (written by John Carcieri, Jeff Fradley & Danny McBride and directed by Jody Hill). Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers […] More

The following recap contains spoilers for The Righteous Gemstones S3E8 “I Will Take You by the Hand and Keep You” (written by Scott MacArthur, Danny McBride & Edi Patterson and directed by Jody Hill).  Editor’s Note: This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors […] More