10.0/101 votes#1 - Burn for Burn, Wound for Wound, Stripe for Stripe
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/23/2023
After decades of animosity, tensions between the Montgomerys and the Gemstones finally come to a head. As Eli faces an impossible decision, Jesse, Judy, and Kelvin prepare to meet their maker.
Director: Danny McBride
Writer: Danny McBride
9.3/103 votes#2 - As to How They Might Destroy Him
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/2022
Still reeling from their father’s revelation, Kelvin and Jesse conspire to put Eli in his place. As BJ’s baptism approaches, Judy clashes with her in-laws, while Baby Billy struggles with his own growing family.
Director: Danny McBride
Writer: Danny McBride
9.0/102 votes#3 - I Speak in the Tongues of Men and Angels
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2022
As Jesse eyes a business opportunity with an Evangelical couple on the rise, the media cracks down on a fellow preacher. Meanwhile, Eli reconnects with a figure from his mysterious past.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
8.5/102 votes#4 - For He Is a Liar and the Father of Lies
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2022
The Gemstone siblings seek to pull back the curtain on their father’s past. Eli shares a hard truth, and Kelvin grapples with an unruly God Squad.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
8.5/102 votes#5 - Interlude II
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2022
Christmas, 1993. While Eli considers a tempting offer from an old friend, Baby Billy crashes the Gemstones’ celebrations.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
8.5/102 votes#6 - And Infants Shall Rule Over Them
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/2022
With Eli temporarily out of the picture, the Gemstone siblings are left to quarrel over who’s in charge – until some wise words help pave a way forward. As Tiffany tracks down Baby Billy, Gideon faces his future.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
8.5/102 votes#7 - The Prayer of a Righteous Man
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2022
As the dust settles back at the compound, Jesse, Kelvin, and Judy consider where they stand. Baby Billy reconnects with a figure from his past.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
8.5/102 votes#8 - I Will Tell of All Your Deeds
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2022
While the Gemstones celebrate the launch of Zion’s Landing, Baby Billy faces a chance to embrace fatherhood.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
8.0/102 votes#9 - After I Leave, Savage Wolves Will Come
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2022
After doubling-down on their efforts to invest in Zion’s Landing, Jesse and Amber scramble for the cash. Meanwhile, Eli’s attempts to dodge a big-city reporter spell doom for the Gemstones.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
8.0/102 votes#10 - Never Avenge Yourselves, But Leave It to the Wrath of God
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/2022
After surviving a harrowing attack, Jesse takes matters into his own hands. Eli attempts to make amends, while Kelvin struggles to control his flock.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
8.0/101 votes#11 - Interlude III
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/9/2023
2000. After a Y2K doomsday fails to materialize, Eli and Aimee-Leigh find themselves flooded with criticism from their congregants…and the Montgomerys. Later, the arrival of Jesse’s girlfriend Amber throws an already fragile Judy for a loop.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.8/105 votes#12 - A Compassionate Man
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/2017
Russell’s birthday bash is marred by a revelation about his wife’s college boyfriend.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.8/109 votes#13 - But the Righteous Will See Their Fall
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/6/2019
Jesse deals with the fallout of the dramatic events of Easter Sunday. Judy attempts to win back BJ after receiving some harsh words from Baby Billy. Kelvin has a crisis of faith.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.7/1012 votes#14 - Is This the Man Who Made the Earth Tremble
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/25/2019
After discovering Amber, Pontius and Abraham reminiscing about an estranged family member, Jesse tasks his friends with acquiring surveillance footage that could explain the strange events of the night before.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.7/109 votes#15 - And Yet One of You is a Devil
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/29/2019
Eli informs Jesse, Kelvin and Judy that they’ll each need to be front and center for Easter Sunday service, their biggest telecast of the year. Judy’s deference to Baby Billy threatens her relationship with BJ and with her family.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
7.6/1011 votes#16 - Now the Sons of Eli Were Worthless Men
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/2019
Jealous of Kelvin’s rising star, Judy seeks her moment in the spotlight under Baby Billy’s tutelage. Jesse procures a key piece of evidence he hopes will lead to the blackmailers.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
7.6/105 votes#17 - Slaughter
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/2017
Gamby fingers a suspect, with Dayshawn’s help. Russell tests out a kindness strategy at school.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.5/106 votes#18 - Tiger Town
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2017
Recovering from his wounds, Gamby returns to a dramatically changed North Jackson High.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.4/107 votes#19 - Gin
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/11/2016
Gamby and Russell look to finish what they started; Gamby confronts Amanda about her relationship with Hayden.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
7.4/1011 votes#20 - They Are Weak, But He Is Strong
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2019
Aimee-Leigh's elderly brother Baby Billy returns to the Gemstone ministry, bringing along his much younger wife Tiffany. Jesse closes ranks on his co-conspirators to root out the identity of his blackmailers.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.2/105 votes#21 - The King
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2017
Gamby’s search for his shooter leads him into a novelist’s graduate-school class. Russell’s ire is fueled by an unflattering caricature.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.2/105 votes#22 - Think Change
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/2017
A death in Russell’s family forces Gamby to step up to the plate as North Jackson’s acting principal.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.2/1011 votes#23 - Interlude
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/15/2019
In 1989, young Jesse, Judy and Baby Billy each deal with the news that Aimee-Leigh is pregnant in their own unique way, while Eli looks to grow his family’s prospects.
Director: David Gordon Green
Writer: Danny McBride
7.1/1013 votes#24 - Wicked Lips
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2019
Judy and Martin take Gideon behind-the scenes of the Gemstone enterprise. Eli tasks Kelvin with doing a “satanic sweep” for Dot, the rebellious teen daughter of the church’s biggest donors. Jesse and his friends are thrown for a loop when Chad’s wife finds some disturbing emails.
Director: Jody Hill
Writer: Danny McBride
7.1/1014 votes#25 - The Righteous Gemstones
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/18/2019
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.
Director: Danny McBride
Writer: Danny McBride
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"Burn for Burn, Wound for Wound, Stripe for Stripe" is the best rated episode written by Danny McBride. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Danny McBride. It aired on 7/23/2023 and is rated 0.7 points higher than their second-best episode, "As to How They Might Destroy Him".