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How Righteous Gemstones And Succession Are Secretly The Same Show
HBO's black comedy, The Righteous Gemstones, and the satirical drama, Succession, have a lot in common; are they secretly the same show? The Righteous Gemstones, created by Danny McBride, began airing in 2019 and follows a dysfunctional televangelist family. Danny McBride stars as Jesse, the eldest son of the Gemstone patriarch (played by John Goodman), who is blackmailed at the beginning of the series by a trio of masked figures who have in their possession footage of Jesse and his friends engaging in scandalous behavior that would damage the family's reputation.