The Righteous Gemstones: For Their Nakedness Is Your Own Nakedness

June 30, 2023 6:15 PM - Season 3, Episode 3

The Gemstones host a cousins’ night, while (Uncle) Baby Billy pursues a new direction. Also, Lionel is a cousin. Don’t you forget that Lionel is a cousin.
posted by fruitslinger (6 comments total)

One of the things I love about Danny McBride stories is where they just make a thing up and everyone just immediately starts acting like it’s always been a thing because no one wants to admit they don’t think it’s a thing even though someone else thinks it’s a thing. It’s a Cousins’ Night!
posted by Etrigan at 5:15 AM on July 1, 2023 [4 favorites]

She kung fu-ed my layrnyx, daddy!
posted by snofoam at 5:24 AM on July 2, 2023 [2 favorites]

Baby Billy's payday sing-a-long at the Zion's landing resort was such a hilarious prosperity gospel moment. "You're doing so well for somebody who used to be a famous singer long ago." Baby Billy does seem like he'd be a good game show host.
posted by the primroses were over at 6:26 AM on July 2, 2023 [4 favorites]

His whole sob story monologue about free drinks and living in a penthouse at the theme park was a great gag
posted by Apocryphon at 10:37 AM on July 2, 2023 [7 favorites]

That chop to the throat made me choke on my beer!
posted by Ber at 8:03 PM on July 3, 2023

I think the moment that almost killed me was when the cousins are embracing, post-Heimlich, and all of the Gemstone kids are slow-motion Having Some Feelings about it, and then the camera pans to BJ who slow-motion gags a bit about the stuff all over his face. Just amazingly done.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 11:59 AM on July 5, 2023 [1 favorite]