, and it involves the show’s mercurial sister/daughter/spouse Judy Gemstone sharing a painful episode from her past with her then-fiancé, B.J. . I can’t even begin to describe the actual content here—my mother occasionally reads Slate—but the scene features the incomparable Patterson giving one of the most deranged comedic monologues you’ll ever encounter, a mix of profane absurdity and perverse earnestness that’s delivered with such masterful assurance it feels almost revolutionary.
’ third season wrapped up on Sunday, and over the course of the show’s run—and amid an ensemble cast of top-flight comic performances—Patterson has repeatedly proven herself to be the show’s most precious and inimitable asset.traces the exploits of the Gemstone family, a multigenerational brood of hugely successful, perpetually squabbling televangelists.