Last month, HBO said goodbye to two of its signature series: “Succession,” a tale of three born billionaires vying to replace their aging patriarch; and “Barry,” an action comedy that unlocked new …
Last month, HBO said goodbye to two of its signature series: “Succession,” a tale of three born billionaires vying to replace their aging patriarch; and “Barry,” an action comedy that unlocked new levels of ambition in its star-auteur, Bill Hader. Fans — and, one presumes, the network — were left with a vacuum the next seasons of “The White Lotus” and “House of the Dragon” are too far off to fill.
Like “Succession,” “The Righteous Gemstones” follows a family poisoned by wealth and power at a crucial inflection point; like “Barry,” the show has a visual panache that defies our expectations for a half-hour comedy. But unlike either show, “The Righteous Gemstones” resists the impulse to justify its grandeur with dramatic or tragic Jake elements.
At the start of Season 3, the Gemstone siblings — eldest son Jesse , singer Judy and deeply repressed Kelvin — are technically in joint control of the church founded by their deceased mother, Aimee Leigh , and now-retired father, Eli . Despite the de facto throne room they’ve built for themselves , the younger Gemstones have a far shakier grip on authority than their parents.
Meanwhile, Eli’s estranged sister May May comes out of the woodwork to ask for help. May May’s branch of the family is more radical and much less well-off than her brother’s; Eli threads the needle of Christianity and capitalism, but May May and her ex-husband Peter are true believers who handle snakes and prep for the apocalypse. When Peter’s extremism goes too far and provokes the ire of the U.S.
To fans of “The Righteous Gemstones,” these subplots might sound familiar. Last season, too, featured a figure from Eli’s past who exposed the unsavory greed behind the dignified preacher ; that saga also introduced eccentric figures from the wider world of evangelical celebrity . The show isn’t making new points about the hypocrisy of for-profit worship.
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