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The series finales on The Righteous Gemstones are meant to tie up any remaining loose ends and say goodbye to the characters, so we should expect little or no plot development, just a lot of hugging: everyone who has had lost, frayed, or troubled relationships during the season, lovers, friends, parents and children, siblings, will be reconciled.
Hold on tight to the one you love the most: A blackened stage. Suddenly a spotlight on Jesse. He begins the country-western song "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend," by Don Williams. Then Kelvin, lying on a platform, raising a finger to Heaven. Then Judy and the choir, as she walks up stage. Then all three siblings together.
Coffee black, cigarettes. Start the day like all the rest.
First thing every moning that I do, is start missing you.
Some broken hearts never mend. Some memories never end.
Some tears will never dry. My love for you will never die.
Except this song is not about lost love, it's about mended hearts. You're supposed to look at or point to a loved one. Kelvin starts out by pointing at audience stage left, obviously at Keefe, who points to himself and then back. My love for you will never die,
BJ waves, presumably at Judy. Cut to Amber and the kids; then Baby Billy, Tiffany, and the baby; he looks back at Harmon, his no-longer estranged son; and finally Eli looks out at the audience.
In the middle of love's embrace: Flashback to the Alaska Commercial Company, a grocery store chain with 33 locations in Alaska, mostly in rural areas. The Lissons, in hiding after their murders and attempts, are buying -- coffee to go? Martin has them under surveillance
Back in church, Eli looks at the band as the siblings sing the second verse together. Then Jesse and Kelvin, looking up to heaven.
Rendezvous in the night.
In the middle of love's embrace, I see your face
Wait -- they see God while their partners Amber and Keefe are going downtown? Makes sense.
Cut to the Lissons in their cabin, watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where the gay-subtext bank robbers, played by Robert Redford, top photo, and Paul Newman, left, are trapped, with no escape, so they go out shooting.
Some broken hearts never mend. Some memories never end.
Some tears will never dry. My love for you will never die.
The Cycle Ninjas: Cycle Ninjas on glittering metallic snowmobiles zoom through the woods.
The First Chorus: The congregation rises to sing the chorus.
We see Chad and his wife, who have been having marital problems since Season 1; Martin and his often seen, never-named wife; Judy and BJ; Junior and Tan Man, Baby Billy and Tiffany, Amber and the kids. Then the siblings again. Wait, I thought the Tan Man was just Junior's assistant. Is there a gay relationship going on back in Memphis?
In the flashback, the Lissons get out their guns and tell each other that God believes in them: "God will see us through, for we are the Chosen." Where on Earth did Lyle get that idea?
More broken hearts after the break
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