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31-03-2025
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'The Righteous Gemstones' Season 4, Episode 4 recap: Edi Patterson, Tony Cavalero give performances of a lifetime
The Righteous Gemstones Season 4, Episode 4 has some of the best moments of the season, particularly because of how it utilizes Tony Cavalero's character Keefe, and Edi Patterson's character Judy in two of the best scenes of the show. This series is always impeccable crafted, and no other show can handle an outrageous moment like Righteous Gemstones. From the beginning to the end of the episode, let's just say that we get a more intimate look at a few of our characters. But we also see a significant shift for Tim Baltz's BJ, in the aftermath of his pole dancing accident. SPOILERS FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 4, EPISODE 4 INCLUDED BEYOND THIS POINT If you thought Baby Billy (Walton Goggins) really exposed himself earlier this season, Episode 4 takes it to another level, with the episode starting as Baby Billy is waterskiing naked, looking like he's having the time of his life. That's our introduction to Galilee Gulch, the Gemstone family's lake house, with the Gemstones and the Milsap set to have some fun together. But this isn't just a family and friends lake house visit. Jesse (Danny McBridge), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam Devine) are hoping when Eli (John Goodman) gets to the house, which he hasn't been to since Aimee-Leigh's (Jennifer Nettles) death, it will "throw him off his game," ending his relationship with Lori (Megan Mullally). Corey (Seann William Scott) isn't as upset about Eli and Lori hooking up anymore, telling Jesse that he thought his mom was still dating "Big Dick Mitch," the car salesman at the Mercedes-Benz dealership, and Eli seems like a better fit for his mom, who's been unlucky in love. It doesn't take long for the Gemstone kids to bring that up more publicly, but it actually brings Eli and Lori closer together, officially "going steady." Meanwhile for BJ he's facing the harsh reality that the Gemstone vacation home is not accessible, now that he's in a wheelchair. Unlike what we've seen in the series so far, BJ is at a place where he's particularly upset and cynical, trying to cope with his injury. But even a bowl full of pool snacks that aren't to his liking will make him angry. "A completely different dimension that I got to live in [with] the character, ... specifically when he's throwing the snacks and he's mad. That was kind of ... the angriest that he'd been in the whole series," Tim Baltz said. "And I found that was very interesting to have him reach a certain breaking point and go past it." "And the reactions that everyone had to him all of a sudden being angry, where he's been very restrained for all these years, [it] was very fun to explore that." So how do the Gemstone kids make Eli and Lori as uncomfortable as possible? Of course, they turn to song, singing a little tune they titled "Mama's Here." "Mama always loved her daughter and didn't want anyone else in the house that daddy loved more than her," Judy sings. "She's watching everyone in the room, seeing the choices other have made and wondering, 'Why?'" Jesse sings in the next line. When they finish, Lori says she liked the song, as she scratches her cheek with her middle finger facing Jesse, Judy and Kelvin. But Judy has had it with Lori and she says it's time to "turn a bitch out." It's an evolution in how Judy tries to get Lori to leave. First she's flirty, then she tries to write Lori a blank cheque for $500,000, and then that escalates to Judy trying to set up a scenario where Lori is inappropriately touching her. But Lori sees right through it. She says that's how Judy acted when her mom got sick, and now it's because of BJ's injury. This is such a phenomenal scene, with both actors being absolutely exceptional, hysterical, but also giving us a pretty sad moment for Judy. "It's a rollercoaster ride of emotions and actions, and it's pretty crazy and wild," Edi Patterson said about this scene. "And it was really exciting to do it because we started filming it, and we started kind of feeling it, and Danny directed that episode. And I don't know if this is what he had envisioned initially, or if this happened in the moment, ... he decided to do it all with a Steadicam and just kind of follow us." "It's one action-filled moment. We weren't doing cuts within that. And I think that fed it so much and just made it feel like a real, very awkward and weird moment. And then I feel like, at the end, it gets so genuinely sad. ... That's one of my favourite scenes that I did this season, and it was just a blast." After those failed attempts at intimidation, Kelvin and Keefe tuck into bed, but Keefe can see that Kelvin is particularly upset. When Keefe asks if there's anything he can do, Kelvin responds by saying, "not unless you can bring my momma back from the dead." Be careful what you wish for. Because the lake house is still filled with Aimee-Leigh's clothes and accessories, like her signature glasses. And Keefe decides to dress like Aimee-Leigh, sneak into Eli's bedroom, where he's sleeping with Lori, and pretend to be Aimee-Leigh's ghost, telling him to break up with Lori. And then he starts singing "Misbehavin." When Eli and Lori wake up they scream, Keefe runs out, but he's faced with Baby Billy and Tiffany's nanny for their two kids, Sola, who starts beating up Keefe. "It honestly makes me want to cry. When you open up a script and you get a gift like that, coming from a sketch comedy background, I'm just like, 'Oh my God,'" Tony Cavalero said. "I remember, literally, I think I screamed into the other room to my wife like, 'I'm going to be dressed up and I basically assault John Goodman!'" Eli is sick and tired of his kids trying to run Lori out of his life, getting angrier than we've ever seen him. Even telling Jesse's wife Amber (Cassidy Freeman) to "shut the f**k up." "When the stakes get higher, the lines get crossed even further," Cassidy Freeman said about that moment. "Think of how many times we had to film it and how many times I had to take that in." "He finally treated me like one of his children. So I think even in the moment, she was surprised, I think she went home and was kind of stoked. I've arrived." In all honesty, Eli is having trouble separating himself from his old memories with Aimee-Leigh and his kids at the lake house, but it's time for the trip to come to an end. As Jesse, Kelvin and Keefe are getting ready to leave, Jesse says they need to apologize to their dad, with Judy saying they'll never be able to stop Eli from leaving their mom's memory behind if they're in a fight. With the Gemstone kids walking to his room, feeling proud of themselves for deciding to apologize, Judy opens the door and they see Eli and Lori 69-ing. Naturally, that sends Jesse, Judy and Kelvin running out disgusted. When Eli leaves the room, he tells his kids he'll never forget about their mother (as he picks a strand of pubic hair from his teeth). But then Judy says, "Daddy. Your dick is leaking pre-cum and it's leaving a spot on your pants," with Jesse, Judy and Kelvin yelling, "daddy came!" Now the Gemstone kids are even more disgusted. And we reach the end of the episode with no resolution to this conflict.
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24-03-2025
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'The Righteous Gemstones' Season 4, Episode 3 recap: Seann William Scott arrives, Tony Cavalero devil monologue
One of the biggest questions heading into Season 4, Episode 3 of The Righteous Gemstones is what will happen between Eli Gemstone (John Goodman) and Lori Milsap (Megan Mullally) after the kiss at the end of last week's episode. But before we get into that, Righteous Gemstones shows us what a perfectly placed flashback looks like. The first episode of Righteous Gemstones Season 4 started with a big flashback to Elijah Gemstone (played by Bradley Cooper) during the American Civil War, but the flashback returned this week, this time just to the 2000s. Previous seasons of Danny McBride's show, in addition to its final season, prove that the talents behind the show know how to give their audience a flashback that's never used as a distraction or a gimmick, but really adds richness, and of course comedy, to the story. "Initially we only did that in what we called the interlude, and it was usually Episode 5, and we would show some version of the Gemstones when they were younger, ... and to show a dynamic between Eli and Aimee-Leigh, and Aimee-Leigh and the kids, and why she means so much to all of them," Edi Patterson, who's a writer in addition to playing Judy, said about conversations related to the flashback moments throughout the show's run. "I think [Season 3] was when we started going, maybe we can kind of weave this in. It just felt organic. And I think maybe that's the key, is just when it feels right, and [it's not] a narration in a movie or something, which can start to get like, 'Oh they just didn't know how to show, not tell, this.' We just never wanted it to feel like that. We only wanted to use it when it was necessary and super additive or super funny. And I think maybe that was the rule of thumb. ... Use it as a very special sauce." SPOILERS FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 4, EPISODE 3 INCLUDED BEYOND THIS POINT This week's episode begins on a stormy night 2002, where we see someone has broken into the Gemstones home and is trashing the place, but specifically breaks the glass box surrounding Eli's gold-plated bible. Yes, this is the bible that Elijah took from chaplain Abel Grieves in 1862, after killing him and assuming his identity. Hiding under the bed, trying not to be seen by the robber, is a young Kelvin, who comes face-to-face with the vandal. That's when we cut to adult Kelvin, played by Adam Devine, who has woken up from the nightmare scene we just saw. This is a regular terror Kelvin has, with Keefe (Tony Cavalero) pointing out that Kelvin's night sweats and nightmares have been getting worse. Kelvin says they're particularly triggered by stormy weather. "I hate storms. ... It's like the devil peeing on ya," Kelvin says. That's when Keefe gives a lengthy and truly phenomenal monologue about the rain being attached to satan's urine, ending with him getting an erection. "At first it's gross, but it's the devil's piss, so it can play tricks on us, make people think that it's actually delicious," Keefe says. "He laughs watching the humans lick up all his evil rain piss. ... Your hot sorcery piss can't hurt us in here. Be gone, devil." It's truly a moment only Tony Cavalero can pull off. While Kelvin is battling night terrors, he also stalled the threat of his childhood treehouse being torn down, after it was damaged by the storm. And a particular highlight, he's been nominated for the prestigious Top Christ Following Man of the Year award, which instantly makes Jesse (Danny McBride), who's never been nominated, jealous. Kelvin is quick to hit back at his brother who questions whether Kelvin is deserving of the nomination, saying that the work he's done with Prism has been far more successful than Jesse's Prayer Pods, which are now all being returned by their buyers. Jesse maintains that the "death of Prayer Pods" is proof that there's "a war against Christianity" in the U.S., but Judy corrects him. "The death of Prayer Pods dude is because people were jacking off in them," she says. "They were not praying. Homeboy over here even stocked them full of lotion." "On gay Reddit they refer to them as Squirt Yurts," Keefe adds. But the Prayer Pods aren't the only issue for Jesse. Firstly, he's trying to mentor Gideon (Skyler Gisondo), so his son sees him as his mentor figure, not Eli. And then Jesse finds out Vance Simkins (Stephen Dorff), who's also nominated for Top Christ Following Man of the Year, is opening more mini-mall churches, right next to existing Gemstone establishment. And of course, Vance is quick to point out to Jesse, at a meeting of The Cape and Pistol Society, that he has the upper hand over Jesse in this rivalry. Things are also getting rocky for Judy and BJ (Tim Baltz). While BJ was thriving in his pole dance competition, with Judy cheering him on from the front row, his last moved ended with a fall that resulted in him needing to be in a wheelchair. And the transition makes things tense between the couple, quickly. But on to the new love bird, Eli and Lori, who are trying to hook up without the Gemstone kids or Lori's son, Corey (Seann William Scott), who grew up with the Gemstones, and his wife Jana (Arden Myrin), finding out. But at a barbecue with the Gemstones, Corey is already suspicious, with his suspicion getting stronger when they all have lunch at Jason's Steakhouse. Ultimately, Eli and Lori have to confess that they've been "f**king," and it doesn't go over well. "This is like horror movie shit," Judy says. "Daddy you slut," Jesse adds, before all the Gemstone kids hide in the restaurant's walk-in freezer. "If I could have anything in this world, I'd have you mama back, alive, with me," Eli says, starting to cry. "But I can never have that again. ... I've been so lonely, I wish you could understand." To end the episode, while the Kelvin, Judy and Jesse have a service at a church across from one operated by the Simkins, in an attempt to ensure the existing congregation stays with Gemstone Ministries, we see Jesse's group of goons throw Molotov cocktails into the new Simkins church. As the church goes up in flames, we hear Jesse preaching about the Gemstones being "good, honest people" who are "doing the Lord's work."
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17-03-2025
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'The Righteous Gemstones' Season 4, Episode 2 recap: Welcome Megan Mullally and the romance we've waited for
The Righteous Gemstones Season 4 premiered with a surprising flashback episode, a phenomenal welcome back with Bradley Cooper playing the crook, Elijah Gemstone, during the U.S. Civil War. But now it's time to get back to our present day story of the Gemstone family, with Eli (John Goodman) living the retiree life in Florida, while Baby Billy Freeman (Walton Goggins) is organizing a show to celebrate his late sister, Eli's wife, Aimee-Leigh (Jennifer Nettles). This week's episode also introduced us to a new character, Lori Milsap, played by Megan Mullally. Lori was Aimee-Leigh's best friend, and even though she's lost touch with the Gemstones, she's still beloved by the family when she reappears in their lives. SPOILERS FOR THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES SEASON 4, EPISODE 2 INCLUDED BEYOND THIS POINT While Righteous Gemstones has featured race cars and monster trucks, we're moving on to jet-packs in Season 4, Episode 2, titled "You Hurled Me Into the Depths, Into the Very Heart of the Seas." Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam Devine) are dressed like angels, rehearsing for the Aimee-Leigh Birthday Celebration Give-A-Thon, "raising money" and "lifting spirits," organized by their uncle Baby Billy. For the big finale, the idea is that all three of Aimee-Leigh's kids rise up with jet-packs, but there is a malfunction, which sends Jesse flying forward and then spinning in circles on the ground. Kelvin shoots up in the air and into a screen showing pictures of his late mother, and Judy flies back into the choir. In addition to Baby Billy needing his nephews and niece to learn how to use the jet-packs, he's also concerned because Eli is nowhere to be found, and won't answer calls from his kids. Fans of Righteous Gemstones will remember Baby Billy's nude introduction in Season 1, Episode 3, but for the last season of the show we're back to full-frontal nudity for Goggins' character, with Baby Billy taking off his pants as he's talking to Judy, Jesse and Kelvin about the Give-A-Thon. "This is what a f**king man looks like. This is how I roll, balls out and claws out," Baby Billy says, a his niece and nephews look away with disgust. "People in this family need to recognize which side of the bread's got butter on it.' "We didn't have to pay for as many pairs of pants this year, but you know what? We spent that money on importing some of the finest elderly penises we could to double for Walton," the show's star and creator, Danny McBride told, reporters ahead of the show's release. "Walton would not show his junk, which I respected, so we had to put out an international casting call to find the biggest and the best." Form there we head to the Florida Keys, with a long-haired Eli waking up on a boat and making eggs for a women who spent the night. "Just thought I'd get you on your way with some sunny sides," Eli tells her, before saying that while he's had fun, he's not interested in anything more serious, eventually just flat out saying, "I don't like you. Sorry." And she storms off the boat, much to Eli's excitement. Wearing a robe, smoking a cigar, letting his long hair flow in the wind, it looks like Eli is having a great time without the responsibilities of the church. But he gets a reality check when he kids interrupt his fishing time. Judy, Jesse and Kelvin are disgusted by his appearance, the amount of alcohol on the boat and the pink bra they find, which Eli says he uses for bait. A satisfactory answer for his kids, who think it's impossible for their dad to be romantic with anyone after their mother's death. "All your d**k juices are gone because mama got 'em in a jar up in heaven," Judy says. While Eli said he's not going to the Give-A-Thon, his kids aren't having it. So what makes him change his mind? Hearing Jesse, Judy and Kelvin repeatedly say "pussy." While Eli may have stepped away from church responsibilities, Kelvin and Jesse, in particular, are trying to be more successful. Righteous Gemstones Season 4 has now given us the moment we've all been waiting for, Kelvin and Keefe (Tony Cavalero) are officially a couple, and they've started Prism. "Maybe the Bible of ancient times doesn't work for us anymore," Kelvin says to his Prism members. "As modern young adults, we see the world different than older, lamer generations. We're more open, understanding, and accepting. And let's face it, some of the stuff in the Bible is not." "Let's get rid of that yucky stuff and focus on the good stuff," Keefe adds, before Kelvin pulls out a copy of the Kelvin Gemstone-edition Bible. But while they're a successful couple, Keefe asks Kelvin if they can maybe be more affectionate in public, maybe even get married, but Kelvin maintains that they're so successful because they keep their relationship "right down the mids." Meaning, leaving their romantic relationship up for interpretation, for some. "We're like the Ross and Rachel," Tony Cavalero and Adam Devine told reporters. "We sort of knew at the end of last season that we were going to go this direction, but it could have went a lot of different ways," Devine added. "I was very happy that Danny landed on us finally being together and being open and out in the church, and leading Prism, which was our sect of the church that is very inclusive in bringing everyone into the fold." While Kelvin is more successful than ever, Jesse has his own idea that he thinks will be his next big hit, Prayer Pods. They look like photo booths, but they are spaces to watch Gemstone content, like exclusive sermons, quick prayers, "Baby Billy's Bible Bonkers," Gemstones on digital demand, and of course, it has a donation button. But so far they're not rolling out as quickly as Jesse hoped, particularly after putting them in airports didn't work out. Ponitus ( Kelton DuMont) is also back with the family after flunking out of the Citadel for, as Jesse describes, making viral videos with his friends sticking firecrackers up their a**holes. "He came back worse and now he knows how to kill people," Jesse says about Pontius' return home. "It is a good skill to have if you're judicious," his wife Amber (Cassidy Freeman) says in response, adding that maybe Jesse should be more supporting of their son. While Pontius spends most of his time skateboarding outside the Gemstone church, Gideon (Skyler Gisondo) is trying to follow in his dad and grandfather's footsteps. But he's struggling with his preaching, and his first solo sermon doesn't go very well, getting completely flustered. Jesse also starts to feel threatened by his father, because Gideon isn't seeking much advice from him, but he sees Eli as a "mentor figure." Then we're back to the Give-A-Thon, with Baby Billy bringing on Aimee-Leigh's best friend Lori Milsap to sing at the event, which makes Judy, Jesse and Kelvin absolutely giddy. But Eli's kids are quick to point out that their father's cheeks are getting red as he gives Lori a hug, and Eli and Lori bond over missing Aimee-Leigh. When when it's time for big show, Eli does in fact come out on stage with his kids, and speaks about how much Aimee-Leigh loved everyone at the church, with the phones ringing off the hook with donations. After Lori performs, she shares a flirty moment with Eli in his dressing room, which ends in a handshake goodbye. But that's not enough for Eli. He runs out to the parking lot as Lori heads to her car and kisses her, and she kisses him right back. The episode ends with the kiss, and Jesse flying high with his jet-pack.
