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Created, written, and executive produced by Danny McBride, the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones continues to follow the televangelist Gemstone family and their internal struggle over which of them will get to take over the megachurch from family patriarch Eli (John Goodman). Always under threat by outsiders who wish to destroy their empire, a mysterious figure from Eli’s past (Eric Roberts) with clearly questionable motives shows up, making the Gemstones wonder whether he’s friend or foe. During this interview with Collider, which you can both watch and read, co-stars McBride (who plays eldest son Jesse Gemstone) and Cassidy Freeman (who plays Jesse’s wife Amber) talked about why this is a show that feels like it could continue indefinitely, expanding the series into a bigger and richer world, whether there’s anything they can’t get away with in their storytelling, and always playing each moment for truth. McBride also talked about which of his previous characters would survive Michael Myers and whic
