US EditionWhat ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ got right about megachurch fashion
- Danny McBride stars in the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones, which concluded its fourth and final season with a finale airing on Sunday, 2025-05-04.
- McBride and graphic artist Deon Gibson created the show to reflect modern evangelical culture while hoping religious viewers understand it targets annoying figures, not believers themselves.
- The series depicts megachurch culture with elements like extravagant give-a-thons and services featuring choirs, dancing, and jet packs, aligning closely with Gibson's firsthand experience with pastor Paula White’s ministry.
- McBride expressed concern that content created for the show might later be reflected in actual church practices before the series even premieres, emphasizing the connection between the show and real-life experiences.
- The show’s portrayal suggests a critique of American evangelicalism as a money-driven arena, with implications that it may challenge viewers to reconsider the intersection of faith and commerce.
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The Righteous Gemstones Ending Explained by Danny McBride
Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Righteous Gemstones” Season 4, Episode 9. Over the course of six years, “The Righteous Gemstones” took some wild turns. What started as a plot to steal money from a megachurch to cover up an affair morphed into a saga about a money-losing teenage Jesus show — or “Teenjus” — by Season 4. But even in its own wild universe, the series finale of Danny McBride’s HBO comedy feels surprising. Most of Season …
Where All the Righteous Gemstones End Up in the Series' Ludicrously Operatic Finale
The fourth and final season of HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones wrapped up with a bang—well, multiple bangs—on Sunday night, closing out another madcap adventure with our favorite profane evangelical preacher clan in the most ludicrous and operatic way possible. If you thought the show’s penultimate episode—in which Lori’s (Megan Mullaly) villainous ex-husband and gator park owner Cobb Millsap (Michael Rooker) gets eaten alive by his reptilian star…
How ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Costume Designs Drip for Christ
Going into the fourth season of “The Righteous Gemstones,” costume designer Christina Flannery didn’t know that this year was going to be the show’s swan song — or perhaps more accurately, after Episode 8, its gator song. Series creator and star Danny McBride kept that information close to the chest during the prep process, but Flannery told IndieWire that knowing whether or not there would be more “Gemstones” hardly mattered. By the time the …
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