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The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Love Isn’t Always on Time
Seeing the end of Lori’s relationship with Cobb explains what brought her back into the Gemstones’ orbit.
This season had an unofficial “Interlude”-type episode for its premiere, which went all the way back to the Civil War to show how Elijah Gemstone was a thief and a killer who stole the identity of a local minister, faked his way through a stint as a Confederate chaplain, and learned it was a pretty good hustle. As the Gemstones propose a new salvation center they argue will boost local commerce, one county board member objects to the “10-acre parking lot” they intend to build and criticizes Eli for “buying out desperate people,” but the community backlash falls on deaf ears. They also get to retreat to Galilee Gulch, which helps clarify the relationship between the Gemstones and Milsaps while telling a few minor origin stories in the process, like young Kelvin’s nascent sexuality and the sinful beginnings of Jesse and Amber’s union.
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