The Righteous Gemstones

"The Righteous Gemstones" is the first episode of the first season of The Righteous Gemstones T.V. series.

Synopsis
Upon returning from a baptism marathon in China, Jesse receives a video from blackmailers seeking to sully his reputation; Eli moves forward with plans to expand the Gemstone empire as he continues to mourn his late wife.

Plot
The Gemstones are planning on expanding to nearby city Locust Grove, but the local preachers are worried that their congregations are going to abandon them for the flashy services hosted by the Gemstones. Chief among them is John Wesley Seasons, angered and in disbelief that this supposedly pious family would so deliberately crush him.

Elsewhere, the hard-partying Jesse is being blackmailed by two masked aggressors with a video of him doing cocaine and cavorting with prostitutes. They want $1 million to keep quiet, and Jesse can’t muster the courage to ask his father for the money, knowing that the no-nonsense businessman will shun him from the family once and for all.

With little evidence, Jesse suspects Johnny is behind the blackmail plot, and using some of his cronies that were also incriminated in the video, forms a posse to intimidate Johnny in his home. Unfortunately, Johnny doesn’t scare easy and wards off the home invasion with a shotgun, shooting one of Jesse’s men in the process.

Left with nowhere to turn, he begs his siblings to help him out. Despite their constant quarreling, they decide to help Jesse, using money that Judy hid within the Gemstone church to pay the blackmailers.

When the three siblings arrive at the drop, Jesse impulsively attacks one of the blackmailers just as he was about to leave with the cash. That causes a shootout, and in the ensuing chaos, the Gemstones strike both masked blackmailers with their car, leaving them severely injured or worse.

Main

 * Danny McBride as Jesse Gemstone
 * John Goodman as Dr. Eli Gemstone
 * Adam DeVine as Kelvin Gemstone
 * Edi Patterson as Judy Gemstone
 * Tony Cavalero as Keefe Chambers
 * Cassidy Freeman as Amber Gemstone
 * Skyler Gisondo as Gideon Gemstone
 * Walton Goggins as "Baby" Billy Freeman
 * Gregory Alan Williams as Martin Imari
 * Tim Baltz as Benjamin Jason "BJ" Barnes
 * Dermot Mulroney as Rev John Wesley Seasons
 * Jennifer Nettles as Aimee-Leigh Gemstone