How ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Captured the Y2K Panic Through Costumes, Casting and De-Aging John Goodman (EXCLUSIVE)
Charna Flam SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “Interlude III,” the fifth episode of “The Righteous Gemstones” Season 3, now streaming on Max. HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” follows a boisterous family of televangelists based in Charleston, S.C., who anticipate their patriarch’s, Dr. Eli Gemstone (John Goodman), imminent departure. Throughout the three seasons, outside figures work to take down the Gemstone family, as the adult children, Jesse (Danny McBride), Judy (Edi Patterson) and Kelvin (Adam DeVine), fight and attempt to prove their worth to their father and community. The third season picks up once the Gemstones have retained complete financial control over the Christian-themed beachside resort, Zion’s Landing, all while the three Gemstone children compete to replace their father. But in the season’s fifth episode, “Interlude III,” the series flashes back to 2000, right after Y2K, and provides another look at the Gemstones’ tension with the Montgomery family.