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The Righteous Gemstones Season-Premiere Recap: Divine Intervention
Is it a surprise that a Gemstone was running a scheme during the Civil War?
In a guest role that’s been extremely well hidden in the months leading up to the premiere, Bradley Cooper turns heel as Elijah Gemstone, a degenerate con man who sees right through Abel Grieves’s lucrative scam before plugging him in the forehead. After killing Grieves, Elijah gets recruited by the Confederate unit to serve as chaplain, which doesn’t seem like an optional gig but nonetheless draws $50 a month and free meals, an arrangement that sounds more than fair enough for him to fake his way through prayers and Sunday sermons. Armed with the gold-plated Bible he lifted off Abel Grieves — an object that becomes symbolic as it continues to save his hide and fill his coffers — Elijah’s attempt to deliver a Sunday sermon may be conspicuously brief, but again, no one is prepared to question his credentials.
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