The Righteous Gemstones
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Yet it is also, at times, a disarmingly sincere show about family values.
It makes a certain kind of sense that chronic sinners are also the biggest believers in redemption.
The Gemstones arenouveau richehicks, the Roys old-money urban snobs.
How could these yokels swim in that filthy trout pond?
And whats with Karls unruly tufts of pubic hair?
But theyre also capable of looking down their noses.
In the lead-up to Cousins Night, the siblings want nothing to do with the Montgomeries.
Theyre annoyed that Chuck and Karl are complaining about staying in Daddys mansion and pigging out in plush bathrobes.
This simple moment of cooperation in the face of potential tragedy unlocks something in all of them.
Family means something to the Gemstones.
As usual, the siblings are just slow to realize their father was right.
In other developments [deep intake of breath], Baby Billy is back!
His thought is that he could do the exact same show but with Bible trivia.
No survey says, though, because theres only one right answer.
(Or at least they cant three times fast.)
Billy is unbowed, however.
Theyre gonna buy Bible Bonkers now, he tells Tiffany on the drive home.
It wouldnt be the first time the Gemstones have acquiesced to one of their own.
The bond they developed last season has stayed strong.
She kung-fu-ed my larynx, Daddy!
Amber offering Judy and BJ a free The System starter kit is a masterstroke of passive aggression.
Shes the most powerful of the Gemstones other than Eli, and its not really that close.
I will not have baby Lionel miss out on proper cousinship just because hes young.
Walton Goggins is a true national treasure.
Any speculation about the significance of Gideon picking up his grandfathers autobiography?
Is this a conversion moment?
