The Righteous Gemstones
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Jesse, Judy, and Kelvin Gemstone are constantly at odds with each other.
They squabble during every Sunday brunch.
They relentlessly savage each others romantic partners.
When one of them fails, the others radiate schadenfreude like baby Jesuses bathed in heavenly light.
And its now up to them to save their family from his unfathomable prudence.
The only question is how.
Or do they let Judy work her seductive charms and jack him off just a little bit?
(Daddy, I can just get him hungry.)
That they have no actual plan cuts to the heart ofThe Righteous Gemstonesas a satire of American power.
Its that the veryideaof a strategy is anathema to the Gemstone kids.
However, it would appear these mealy, worm-filled apples havent fallen that far from the tree.
When he first meets the journalist, a flagrantly snooty Manhattanite named Thaniel (not Nathaniel, you rubes!
Good luck with your little write-up piece, he tells Thaniel, projecting confidence that nothing will harm him.
But Eli is not himself on this day.
Or maybe hes simply fallen off the Godly wagon.
(Cue the special guest starsonPolice Squad!)
(You know what?
All love for the Jo bros, but sometimes youve got to go solo.)
), and the Lissons hold a splashy barbecue on their ranch as a fundraiser.
Credit the younger siblings for seeing whats coming, however.
Like, Youre a fucking moron.
And This is the dumbest thing to spend fucking money on.
And This seems like a ripoff or a pyramid scheme.
The Lissons have clearly summoned the right dupes.
Junior may not care for virtue, but he does understand power.
The point of this group is not to treat each other like assholes.
Jesse, after plowing through the valet stand: I come big, or I dont come at all.
I almost clipped her.
I almost did a manslaughter!
Just fucking handsome with a great head of hair and thats it.
Fucking makes me sick.
Nice work, Dr. Tits, she sneers.
Your little bag party is a shit show.
