The Righteous Gemstones (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 7 - And Infants Shall Rule Over Them - full transcript

♪ ♪

- ♪ They say the grass is
always greener ♪

♪ On the other side,
but it ain't true ♪

♪ Oh, no, it didn't last ♪

♪ For more than days ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I was a quitter ♪

♪ I ran away ♪

♪ Whenever troubles
crossed my way ♪

♪ I didn't know
just what I left ♪

♪ I only knew how ♪



- Jesse, is Daddy gonna die?

- Do I look like I know?

I'm out here
trying to catch my breath.

I feel like I'm--

I feel like I'm gonna--

- Gross.

Oh, no.

- No, no, no--

- God.

- Oh--

Seeing Daddy like that,
it's--it's too much.

- Oh.

- BJ.

- ♪ Praise ♪



♪ ♪

♪ Praise ♪

♪ ♪

Come on.

No, no, no.

- It's okay. It's me.

- Brother Kelvin?
Is it really you?

- I snuck you out
some fruits and nuts.

- Oh.

- Yes, nourish yourself.
Good. Mmm.

- I'm sorry I failed you.

- I failed.

I've been dethroned.

Degraded by my own men

who don't care about me and my
daddy's shattered relationship.

Now he might die.

And I don't even have
the guts to go see him.

- Jesus had
a pretty powerful papa too.

Many people said he'd never be
as dope as his father.

They called him
a wannabe poseur.

- Well, I am a wannabe poseur.

It's too late for me.

I'm nothing.

Just--no, keep it.

I'll get you some TP
and a fresh pee pad

when I come back.

- Aren't you missing
big church?

- Yes, I am.

♪ ♪

- Praise be to He.
all: Praise be.

- Tragedy has struck
this church and our family.

My daddy, Dr. Elijah Gemstone,

was gunned down
in a hail of bullets

while driving his car
down Long Point Road.

The evil men who perpetrated
this most heinous act

are still at large.

- But they will not triumph.

- No.
- No.

Because Eli is strong.

And our family is strong.

And the love and support
of this incredible congregation

is strong.

all:
Amen.

- You know,
Amber and I are very proud...

- We are.

- To be the people
that everyone is turning to

in this moment of need.

- Your leaders. We are here.

- Yes.
- For you.

- We're--we're ready
to be front and center

as the leaderships
of the church.

- I have made a hashtag.
#EliGemsHome.

'Cause we all want Eli
to come on home.

- Yeah, we do.

- And home sounds
a little bit like stone,

so instead of Gemstone,
it's "GemsHome."

It's #EliGemsHome.

Let's go viral with that.

- You do it so--so any photos
you take today

or if you're just thinking
about my daddy,

you just tag it GemsHomes.

- Eli. EliGemsHomes.
- Eli--

- #Eli...
- #EliGemsHomes.

- Gems--GemsHome.
- GemsHome.

- The fuck is happening?

- ♪ Here I am ♪

♪ At the head of the ♪

- Really, Jesse?
- What's that?

- No. Uh-uh. Nah, dude.

You're not gonna sit
in Daddy's seat.

- Get off it.

I'm just filling in the chair
so the spacing's not weird.

- Oh, bullshit.
You're so obvious.

Please,
just stop trying to be Daddy.

Seriously.
It's deeply upsetting.

- Fine.

You're so bothered by this,
okay, I'll swap seats,

if it'll make you
fucking happy.

Move the fuck down. Come on.

Judy's got
a wild hair up her ass

about people sitting
where they're gonna sit.

Here we go.
Let's all sit on the side

like a bunch of idiots.

Absolutely ridiculous.

You happy?
- I am happy.

- Empty chair
at the head of the table.

- Eli wouldn't want this.

- You know what else
he wouldn't want?

He wouldn't want you
making up stupid-ass hashtags,

peacocking all over his stage

like you're Hota Kotb
or some shit.

- Jesse and I made
a heartfelt statement.

- That statement should have
been made

by the primary Gemstones.

That's who should've said it.

- Okay.

- Oh, God.

Where the fuck have you been?

- And what the fuck
are you wearing?

- I'm not prepared

to present myself
in public yet.

I only broke my solitude
to inquire how Daddy is.

- This is the motherfucker
that hasn't even visited

Daddy in the hospital yet.

- I'm recovering, Jesse.

I can't do anything
with these hands.

I look like a--a beast.

- Yeah, you look like
damn "Beaty and the Beast"

wearing that fucking cloak.
- And guess what?

Your thumbs look like
the fucking Elephant Man.

- Do not mock my thumbs--

Oh! Oh!

- You know, y'all are shameful.

Sometimes I feel like I'm
the only person in this family

that knows how to fill
a power void.

- That's it.
- What's it?

- I'm gonna flick
this fucking cream corn

on your fucking face.

- Enough!
Good Lord.

Your father is hurt,
and this is how you act?

All you ever do is--is fight
about what you can get.

Can't you just be kind
to each other?

Self-absorbed, loud,

arrogant fucking assholes!

- Shit, y'all.

- Martin's right.

Y'all a bunch of a-holes.

- He was talking to you too,
dick-lips.

- Fresh rolls from Jason's,
Daddy.

I know you can't eat 'em,

but I thought you might like
to smell 'em.

Don't it make you just wanna
open your eyes and talk?

Just please don't die, okay?

Please, Daddy, I promise
if you pull through this,

I'll be a more
loving and caring

person, sister, and friend.

Just come back to us, okay?

- I've been praying
for guidance

on how to navigate this.

I heard about
this great opportunity.

It's a movie,
and they need stunt performers.

- You're going
back to California?

- No, that's the thing.
It's not even that far away.

It's filming right next door
in Atlanta.

- No.

Absolutely not.

Your grandfather is
in the hospital,

and you're talking about
going to Atlanta

to do stunt stuff?

- I realize that this is
the worst timing ever.

You know, I really do.

And you know the last thing
I wanna do is let you down.

That being said,

I feel myself
settling into a life here

that doesn't seem authentic
to me.

The things that are important
to this family,

I'm just not so sure
they are to me.

So...
- So what?

- I'm moving out.

♪ ♪

- You gonna say something,
Jesse?

- Yeah.
Yeah, what the fuck, Gideon?

You're talking more
about his Hollywood bullshit?

- I thought you and I made some
real progress in Haiti, Dad.

I thought we finally started
understanding each other.

- You have been wrong,
it seems,

about a lot of things.

Isn't that right, Jesse?

Jesse.
- Yes.

Yes, your mother is right.

We all know what happens
when you chase your dreams.

You fail and people end up
getting robbed

and--and almost killed.

Sometimes killed,
for--for some people.

- Mm-hmm.

- Looks like a bunch
of charges in Winston-Salem.

A charge today at a Bojangles.

- And then it says
he went to the Fo--Fo--

Fossil Watch Store.

At the T--T--

- Sound it out. Tanger--
- Tanger Outlets.

- Got it.

Very good, Tiffany.

Your reading's getting
much better.

- So either Baby Billy's
outlet shopping,

or it's the people
who murdered and robbed him.

- Yes, that's probably
what we're looking at.

One of those things.

- Take me there.

- Okay, so obviously,
this fellow we're dealing with

is a certified psychopath.

Eventually,
he was bound to snap

and do what he did
regardless of anything we did.

So we did not instigate
anything, all right?

- It seems like we did, though.

- Well, I don't think it does
seem like that, Chad, okay?

Stop trying to do
a damn power play with me.

- I'm not--look, I'm not trying
to do a power plays.

- Well,
you're doing power plays.

- He's genuinely concerned,
Jesse.

He told me in private.

- Levi,
when I want your opinion,

I will hit your fucking face
with a wet towel.

Do you understand me?

- So what?
You gonna kill his family?

- Oh, I don't know, Matthew.

Are you gonna rape his asshole

like you said
you were gonna do?

What?

Oh, I'm just in this by myself?

Huh? Y'all were there.

Y'all said stuff too.

As new leader of the church,
it is my responsibility

to portray strength.

So we're gonna have
to retaliate in a big, big way.

Who in this room has
experience with explosions?

Raise your hands.

Stage pyrotechnics?

Anybody been a roadie?

Worked in a rock quarry?

Done a fucking science fair
volcano project?

Lit a match?

So none will answer the call.

Worthless.

- Cold, flu, streps,
even Covas.

Every disease cured with ease

by this blessed formula
based on ancient scripture.

You just drink
this tasty coconut silkiness

every morning, and that's it.

It's done.

$100 for a one-month jug.

Additional jugs are
only $65 a pop.

And I make nothing. Zero.

By the time I pay
my scientists,

all the people in my lab,
my developers,

the lab rats, it's a wash.

Well, why you do it then,
Baby Billy?

'Cause I'm selfless.

And I want to heal
as many people

as the dear Lord will let me.

♪ ♪

- Baby Billy.

- Uh-uh.

Uncle Baby Billy, we see you.

- Ain't nobody here
named Baby or Billy.

- Dude, we see
half your body right now.

- How'd y'all find me?

- Nephew TJ traced
your credit card.

- Clever girl.
Recruited a nerd.

- We also know you started
a new credit card

under Lionel's name.

- He ain't even born yet,
Baby Billy.

You charging things
in his name?

- How dare you go snooping
through my finances.

- Man,
you thought you were so slick.

Thought you could dump
your wife on me

and make me raise her
as my own?

- Oh, I'm sorry, baby girl.

I guess I should have been
more clear.

I'm doing all this
for you and baby Lionel.

That's why I'm selling
these here...

health elixirs.

- Didn't you hear
my daddy got shot?

- Yes, I did.

And I'm praying for him.

- Baby Billy, you ran out
on me and baby Lionel

just like you did
your other son.

- What did you say?

- I know about Harmon.

How come you didn't
never tell me about him?

- You two little pigs squeal?

- She deserved to know.

She needs to move on,
and she needs to move out

of my house.

- Get over her. I'm gonna spank
the shit out of both of you.

- No.
- I'ma get you. I'ma get you.

- No. What? Ah!
- Yeah. On my knee.

Get down here.
- Ow! Ow!

- Bad boy!
- Ah! Ah! Ah!

- He's so bad.

Little weak boy.

Get down. Get down.

- To hell with all of you!

All the money
I'm making out here,

trying to provide
for my family,

and you're gonna question
my character?

Damn, Tiff.

You really did not turn out
to be the kind of girl

I thought you were.

♪ ♪

- I'm sorry--
- No, Tiff, no.

Don't you say you're sorry.

You stay strong, bitch.

- You should be ashamed!

- The elixirs.

♪ ♪

- God damn it.
I gotta come clean, Martin.

I might have fucked up.

I kicked some shit up
down in Memphis.

Junior and them.

I flexed to those fuckers.

I told Junior I was gonna kill
him and his family,

and Matthew might have
said something

about raping his asshole.

I'm not sure.
- Jesse, why would you do this?

- To protect my family.

To show Daddy
that I could handle it.

Instead, I just caused this.

- Jesse.

What happened
was not your fault.

Eli has a long history
with this man.

Don't you blame yourself.

- I wanted to run this church
my whole life.

My wife and talk about it
when we have sex.

And now that I got it,

I don't want it.

- Sometimes family requires
our best

even when we don't want
to give it.

- Yeah, so says the man
with no family.

- I have a family.
- Back in Kenya.

I'm talking about
a family that's here,

that you gotta spend time with
all the time,

not one you just, you know,
send money back home to.

- I live with my family here.

My wife is with me
at church lunch every Sunday.

- That's your wife?

When'd you get married?

- When I was 16.

- You don't have kids, do you?

- I have three.
You've met them several times.

- God damn it.

See, this is
what I'm talking about.

I don't got what it takes
to be fucking head pastor.

I can't remember
anybody's names.

I don't know who the fuck has
a family and who doesn't.

I can't fucking take on
the damn Dixie Mafia.

I'm in over my head, Martin.

- The men who did this
want Eli silenced.

What if they thought
Eli was doing better?

And ready to talk?

I don't know,
they'd probably come back

and try to kill him again.

♪ ♪

Hmm.

Martin and I have a plan,
but we're gonna need your help.

Look, I'm sorry if you two have
felt sidelined, okay?

I don't know
what the fuck I'm doing.

All I know is that
I can't achieve much

without us working together.

- Thank you.
- Thanks.

- We're gonna tell
the congregation on live TV

that Daddy's doing good,

make 'em think
he's gonna be okay.

If the killers think
that Daddy's gonna live,

maybe, just maybe,

they'll return
to finish him off.

- Wait, you're talking about
putting Daddy in danger again?

- No.

Daddy'll be secretly moved
to the compound

with full security.

The only ones who are gonna be
at that hospital

waiting to greet the assassins
are gonna be me

and a fuck-ton of mercenaries.

- That--this plan in insane,
Jesse.

You're gonna mess around
and get yourself whacked.

- Trust me, Kelvin, I wouldn't
do this if I didn't have to.

But firstborns have to step up
when parents can't.

Them are rules that go back
to ancient fairytale times.

So what do you say?

We put our differences aside,
act like adults,

and lie to the church
like a fucking family?

- Let's lie to the church
like a fucking family.

- Let's lie to the church
like a freaking family.

- It is with happy hearts
that we announce

that our daddy is being
taken off oxygen

and breathing on his own again.

- Despite being weakened
as a family

and a church, there is hope.

Heck, there's more than hope.
There is promise.

Amen.
all: Amen.

- They're taking the tubes
out of my daddy's throat

tomorrow morning,
and come then,

I bet you he's gonna be
talking up a storm.

- That's right.
Our daddy's heart is strong.

And he is resting in room 527

at Rogers Regional
Medical Center.

All by himself.

Until tomorrow,
when, of course,

he's gonna start talking again.

But until then, alone and weak.

So praise be to He.

Let us rejoice.

♪ ♪

- Dad, you gotta let me
come with you.

- Absolutely not.
We are all going somewhere

where we can all be safe.

Jesse,
will you please come with us?

I do not think you need to put
yourself in danger again.

- Unfortunately, sweetheart,
I have to go.

These are the times
the Lord tests our might.

- Fingers crossed
you don't get killed, Daddy.

♪ ♪

- Keefe, Keefe,
I'm busting you out of here.

- Are we taking back the house?
- We are ejecting.

We'll move in with the rest
of the family in the safehouse.

♪ ♪

- Is you going to the hospital
to fight with the other men?

- Nah, fighting for honor
ain't exactly BJ's thing.

No offense, baby.

- I'll see you lovely ladies
in the morning.

I gotta get to the hospital.
- What?

- You know I don't believe
in gender roles.

Women can do what men do,
and men can do what women do.

Sometimes,
when things get tough,

a person has to do
what a person has to do.

- God dang, BJ.

Are you being heroic right now?

- I'm doing person's business
right now.

As a member of this family,

I believe it's my duty
to help Jesse.

No matter how much
he's ridiculed me.

If there's ever been
an opportunity

to prove myself as a Gemstone,

this is it.

- All these years,

and I never knew
what big balls you had.

- Let's maybe refrain
from using masculine rhetoric

like "balls."

I prefer a gender combination
term for moxie.

Like bovaries or ovar...alls.

- Ooh, my man got
them big ol' ovaralls.

♪ ♪

- My family rented out this
entire wing of the hospital

so that we could conduct
our ambush trap

on the Cycle Ninjas.

Now, I'm looking
for a zero kill count tonight.

Okay?

That means I don't want
any fatal headshots.

No shoulders.

We're talking knees and toes.

Knees and toes.

I can't take all the credit
for this evening's ambush.

Martin Imari,
ladies and gentlemen.

He's a good man.

He's got a wife
and two grown children

that live right here with him
in America.

He helped me
come up with this idea.

Let's give a big round
of applause

for Martin Imari, everybody.
- No, no, no.

That's no necessary.

- Nonsense.

All these men
might not see the morning,

so let them celebrate
a hero tonight.

Here, put this on.

You're a doctor now.

And take
this seat buzzer coaster thing

I stole from Chili's.

I modified it.
When you see the Cycle Ninjas,

use it to buzz my coaster.

When I get the signal,
I'll buzz you back.

- You got me
on the third floor alone,

totally away from the action.

I thought I was gonna be
integral to the plan.

- You're gonna be my decoy.

When these Cycle Ninjas arrive,
you're gonna be

the first person they see.

My doctor in the window.

You're gonna make 'em think
that it's biz as usual

here at the hospital.

- Jesse, it's just,
I wanted to show you

I got what it takes to be more
than some decoy dip wad.

- BJ,

I am impressed
that you showed up here.

Thank you for that.

But you are a dip wad.

Now, please,
do not get yourself killed.

Sit your ass in this office
and do what I'm asking of you.

Okay?
- Yeah, okay.

- Thank you, Dr. Dip Wad.

- Fitch, you ain't nothing
but a trailer park bitch.

I think
I finally figured it out.

You lost out on all the heroin
out of the north

because it all went
to the Chinese

in the triangle...

- When I was a young boy
like you two,

I ate pizza every day.

Sometimes even for breakfast.

Sometimes even for my desserts.

Brother,
just go up and see him.

- Judy's in there.

- I don't think she'd mind.

- Dude, you are being
so annoying right now.

Do not be that guy
in the safe house, okay?

- It's just my first time
in a safe house situation.

My bad.
Which guy was I being?

- The annoying one, Keefe.

Turn it around, please.

Enjoy your 'za.

- Tiffany,
I brought you some tea.

I thought
it might make you feel better.

- Uh-uh. Uh-uh.
I'm comforting her right now.

Okay?
I'm her broken heart friend.

We're fine.

- I--I would like some tea.
Thank you.

- Okay, well,
Tiffany would like some tea.

So you may enter.
I'll have some in a minute too.

I don't think I'm strong enough
to do this without him.

He took care of me.

- Tiffany,
you do not need a man

to get the things you want.

- Okay, I agree with that,

but that plan kinda worked
for you.

- Look, I could've had
the things I wanted.

I just happened
to also want Jesse.

Okay, Amber.

Every girl's dream.

"Please, let me marry
a very rich,

"very dumb silverback gorilla.

Thank you, Lord. Amen."

- Jesse's not dumb, Judy.

He's just real dense.

But it's easier that way
to convince him

that he wants what I want.

- Damn, Amber.
Okay, I see you, girl.

See, Tiffany?

Even chicks as opposite
as me and Amber,

we can agree
men are basically clowns.

- That's right.

- And that
even if you love one,

they're, like,
a not-necessary type deal.

Like microwaves.
- Microwaves are handy.

But the soup'll heat up
just fine on the stovetop.

- Yeah, it'll taste better too.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, I like stove soup.

Thanks, nieces.

- Hey, check this out.

"Sassy on Sundays," my momma.

- ♪ Even though I keep
a smile on all day ♪

- Daddy,
you hear Momma singing to you?

Me and Amber are
even getting along.

And Aunt Tiffany's here.

Don't you want to wake up
and have fun with us?

Hey, raise the roof. Yes.

Daddy loves this part.

- ♪ Sassy on Sunday,
even though Monday ♪

♪ Comes like Tuesday,
always a blues day ♪

♪ Wednesday is halfway,
middle of the week ♪

♪ Middle of the road ♪

♪ Thursday and Friday,
the weekend's awaiting ♪

♪ Saturday night,
I've almost made it ♪

♪ 'Cause Lord knows
I'm feeling sassy ♪

♪ Sassy on Sundays ♪
- Oh, God damn it.

- ♪ I can get dressed up ♪
- Damn it!

♪ ♪

- Don't shoot!

No, no, don't shoot!
Don't shoot!

It's Gideon! Fuck!

- Who the fuck threw
a smoke bomb?

- Who the fuck threw
that smoke bomb?

God damn it, Gideon.

You're supposed to be
at the safe house.

- Dad, there's no way in hell
I wasn't gonna be here to help.

It's time for me
to be my own man.

Start making my own decisions.

- Okay, well, your first
decision as your own man

was a fucking stupid one,

so obviously,
you're not ready yet.

- What's that thing
you're holding?

- It's a cattle prod.
What does it look like?

These guys roll around
on bikes,

so I figured this could be
a useful way to take 'em out.

Fucking shock 'em.

Fucking it in their spoke
and make 'em fucking flip over.

The fuck is so funny, big guy?

You know what?
Get that earpiece out of there.

Put it
at the fucking nurses' station

and get fucked!

Go!

- This is the stupidest
fucking thing ever.

- You're the stupidest
thing ever.

Go.

- Fuck this.

- Uh, excuse me.
- What?

- Do you still need all of us?

'Cause I'd go too
if people are going home.

- Oh, you'll go home?
- Yeah.

- Why don't you go home and
suck on your mama's titties?

Get the fuck out of here!
- Jesse--

- Questioning my God damn plan.
- Jesse--

- Acting like my sensibilities
aren't--no, Martin.

I've had enough
of this insubordination.

All of you, go home.

BJ, why are you
not at your station?

- Sorry, had to run
to the little boys' room

for a peepee potty break.

- We getting paid for this?
- Get the fuck out!

Oh, God, I can't stand
that fucking

military sense of humor.

It's so fucking aggressive.

- It's so toxic.

- It is, isn't it?

- Ever hear of a hot nerd?

No, she did not, Judy--

- That's okay--

Can I have a minute with Daddy?

- Why, Kelvin?

You trying to suffocate him
with his MyPillow?

- Of course. Come on, ladies.

♪ ♪

- Hey, Daddy.

Sorry
I'm just now visiting you.

It's not
because of hard feelings

or the fight.

It's because I didn't think
I was strong enough

to see you like this.

I know you weren't fond
of my Muscle Men.

Guess it was kind of dumb.

I just wanted
to make you proud.

I would give anything

just to talk to you again.

Lord,
restore my father to health,

and I will forever be
your humble servant.

I will never succumb
to hubris ever again.

Please, God.

Please save my father.

Please.

- Kelvin? Son?

Is that you?

- Daddy?

- I love you.

- I love you too.

I love you too so much, Daddy.

- Your daddy is awake.

- He's what?
- Your daddy is awake!

- Are you serious?
- Why, yes! He is awake!

- Your daddy is awake!

- No. Oh, no.

No, no, no, no.

No, no, no.

Come on. Come on, Jesse.
Buzz back.

Think, BJ. Think!

Ah! Ah!

Okay, uh--

- Paging Dr. BJ Barnes.

Paging Dr. BJ Barnes.

Your table of four is ready.

- Oh, fuck.

They're here.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- Knees and toes.

♪ ♪

- Hog-tie that one, Martin!

♪ ♪

Oh, God, please help me to win.

choir: ♪ Jesus was ♪

♪ A Gemstone ♪

♪ Jesus was a ♪

- Fuck you!

- Oh, fuck, Dad!

- That what he gets.

- Is everyone okay?

That was a close call.

They came for me,
but I was too fast.

Oh, dang.

- Where you going?

- I'm gonna go get
the rest of them, Dad.

I can do this.
- Hey.

Take this.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Your momma's gonna
fucking kill me.

- My mom?

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

- ♪ It's so easy when you know
what you're doing ♪

♪ It's so easy
when you know how ♪

♪ It's so easy when you know
what you're doing ♪

♪ It's so easy
when you're doing it now ♪

♪ I know that your love
was my undoing ♪

♪ But it's your money
that got in the way ♪

♪ Whenever things,
it got a little trouble ♪

♪ You pack it up
and take a holiday ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's so easy when you know
what you're doing ♪

♪ It's so easy
when you know how ♪

♪ It's so easy when you know
what you're doing ♪

♪ It's so easy
when you know how ♪

♪ It's so easy when you know
what you're doing ♪

♪ It's so easy
when you're doing it now ♪