The Righteous Gemstones

So good.

One of my favorites, just another one not missing the mark of anything, great writing, comedy, characters, music, story. Especially the characters, EVERYONE in this is a CHARACTER and an amazing one. I I’ll say I struggle rewatching it, it’s not something where the suspense can grab you again, just the comedy. But on the first time around it was damn near Fargo levels of writing for me personally

Religious satire is always boring to me. It's the lowest of the lowest hanging fruit. I admit I didn't watch much but it's pretty clear what this show is about from the first scene and it's painfully unimaginative and unfunny. It's over before it begins.

The first season is more serious and starts to unravel how deplorable these characters are. But all of that is dropped and the show goes full comedy hijinks sprinkled with sappy family moments. The characters remain despicable despite forced interpersonal growth, making one wish that fewer punches would be pulled and that perhaps the greedy mega church would crash and burn. Within its narrative there is a certain charm to the show. Just watching silly, horrible people getting up to hijinks.

Season one starts just fantastic but gets pretty uneven around the middle and stays that way with some sprinkled moments of genius. Ends on a typical US high note which knocked down 20 points and made me puke in my mouth a bit. Not holding my breath for season two, doubt I'm going to watch that.

The Righteous Gemstones (2019–2025) — ★★★★ (8.2/10) Danny McBride's dark comedy stands as one of the sharpest satires of televangelism on TV, blending outrageous mockery, violent farce, family drama, and crime-adjacent adventure into something genuinely distinctive. It follows three generations of the wealthy Gemstone family, who run a massive religious and commercial empire while their public image of holiness constantly collides with greed, hypocrisy, and personal desire. The core

t1 - 70, t2 - 75, t3 - 75, 74 - 75 altíssimo valor de produção, mas é difícil ter personagens tão detestáveis. o danny mcbride deve ser uma das pessoas mais insuportáveis que já respirou nosso oxigênio. o goodman sempre fofo

Danny McBride should be on Will Farrell level in my opinion, as a writer and an actor

As a comedy, this series was pretty damned fun!

The over the top comedy bits are alright. Everything else… eh. The show is well crafted, the characters and acting are fine, but it's hard to watch the collapse of a megachurch turn so fast into a flanderized friendship show about the megachurch's new generation of owners. After a last season that lacked proper development, the ending felt rushed, like they were forced to conclude everything in one last episode instead of letting it run its course. Uncle Baby Billy deserved more of an ending.