The Righteous Gemstones Recap: Miracles

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Walton Goggins has been the king of HBO this season, colonizing the network with The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones much as he did years ago on FX with his series-stealing performances in The Shield and Justified. While The Righteous Gemstones has struggled at times to reach the heights of its inspired, Civil War–era premiere this season, Goggins has thrived as Baby Billy, freelancing his role as a coke-snorting church-TV auteur while the rest of the...