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• Landman S2E6: Tommy Faces the Axe as Cami Sides With Gallino's $400M Trap

  The Art of the In-Between There's something profoundly unusual about "Dark Night of the Soul," Landman's sixth episode of Season 2, and it took me the better part of an hour to figure out what it was. This isn't an episode built around explosive confrontations or shocking twists. There's no cartel shootout, no drilling disaster, no courtroom drama. Instead, Taylor Sheridan gives us something far more audacious: an entire hour of television comprised of the moments other shows would cut. The lo

• Landman Season 2 Breaks Records as Paramount+ Confirms Season 3 Renewal and Mid‑Season Twist Shocks Fans

  Landman is in the middle of a breakout moment on Paramount+, with a record‑setting Season 2, a freshly announced Season 3 renewal, and a buzz‑heavy mid‑season episode that has critics and fans talking.rottentomatoes+4 Landman’s Big Oil Boom: Where the Series Stands Now Taylor Sheridan’s Landman, led by Billy Bob Thornton, has quickly shifted from “another new Sheridan show” to a flagship drama that now sits at the center of Paramount+’s scripted strategy.paramountpressexpress+1 Season 2 is cu

• Landman S2E5: Billy Bob Thornton's $400M Crisis Forces an Impossible Deal

  The Impossible Balancing Act For more great Landman episodes, visit: There's a moment near the end of "The Pirate Dinner" that perfectly encapsulates Tommy Norris' entire existence: He walks into his house, transformed into an absurd pirate-themed wonderland, and forces himself to smile. His family—Angela, Ainsley, Cooper, even his estranged father T.L.—are laughing, celebrating, playing pretend in a world of treasure maps and eye patches. Tommy joins in, cracks jokes, plays along. But behind

• When the Oil Tycoon Plays Himself: Jerry Jones' Million-Dollar Moment in 'Landman'

  It was only fitting that Jerry Jones, who made a fortune in the oil industry, made an appearance on a popular TV series about the oil boom in West Texas. And no surprise that the Dallas Cowboys owner and president earned rave reviews. When Jones appeared in the ninth episode of Paramount+'s Landman, it wasn't just another celebrity cameo—it was a moment where art, commerce, and authenticity collided in the most Texas way possible. In a show that explores the brutal realities and human costs of

• The Cost of Chasing Rainbows: How Landman Episode 4 Delivered the Year's Best Performance at a Funeral

  When Performance Transcends Script: A Masterclass at a Funeral The first three episodes of Landman Season 2 brought us oil rig explosions, cartel threats, and corporate power plays. But Episode 4, "Dancing Rainbows," turns the camera toward a more intimate, more painful battlefield—a fractured family's reconciliation at a funeral. This episode isn't just the season's emotional peak; it's what critics are calling "a masterclass in acting," proving what heights Taylor Sheridan's work can reach wh

• Striking Gold in the Oil Patch: How 'Landman' Season 2's Record-Breaking Success Secured an Early Season 3 Renewal

  The Announcement That Shook West Texas: Landman's Lightning-Fast Renewal On December 5, 2025—less than three weeks after Season 2's explosive premiere—Paramount+ dropped news that sent shockwaves through the streaming landscape: Landman, Taylor Sheridan's gritty oil drama starring Billy Bob Thornton, would return for a third season. In an era when even hit shows often wait months for renewal decisions, this rapid-fire greenlight wasn't just unusual—it was a seismic statement about the show's do

• The Man in the Suit and Cowboy Hat: How Colm Feore's Nathan Redefines the Corporate Lawyer in Landman

  The Quiet Power Behind M-Tex: Nathan's Essential Role In Taylor Sheridan's sprawling oil drama Landman, the testosterone-fueled world of West Texas petroleum is filled with roughnecks, billionaires, and crisis managers like Tommy Norris. But behind every dangerous well and multi-million-dollar deal stands a figure who rarely raises his voice yet wields immense influence: Nathan, M-Tex's chief legal counsel, portrayed with magnetic restraint by Canadian acting legend Colm Feore. While Billy Bob

• Landman Season 2 Episode 3 Recap: Poison Gas, Cartel Cash, and the Collapse of M-Tex

  A Toxic Cocktail of Gas and Greed If the first two episodes of Landman Season 2 were about setting the table, Episode 3, "Almost a Home," is about flipping it over and setting it on fire. The series takes a sharp turn from high-stakes business drama to a visceral survival thriller this week, introducing an invisible killer that is far more terrifying than any cartel hitman. While Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris navigates the treacherous social politics of the Cattlemen's Club, a lethal cloud

• Landman Season 2 Episode 2 Recap: Cooper's Fatal Mistake and the Return of a Cartel Kingpin

  "Sins of the Father" Come Home to Roost in Landman's Darkest Turn Yet If the Season 2 premiere was about the explosive potential of new wealth, Landman Season 2, Episode 2—aptly titled "Sins of the Father"—is about the devastating cost of acquiring it. Taylor Sheridan’s oil-patch drama tightens the screws significantly this week, moving away from the initial adrenaline rush to reveal the trap door waiting beneath the Norris family. For fans who felt the premiere was a mix of high highs and low

• Landman Season 2 Premiere Recap: Grief, Oil Strikes, and the Return of the Mustache

  A Tale of Two Shows: High-Octane Crude and Low-Octane Soap When Landman roared back onto Paramount+ for its second season, it did so with the subtlety of a blowout preventer failing on a high-pressure well. The premiere episode, "Death and a Sunset," shattered platform records, drawing in a staggering 9.2 million viewers in its first 48 hours. Yet, despite the commercial triumph, the episode serves as a perfect microcosm of the show's polarizing identity crisis. On one hand, we have a gripping

• The Polarization of Landman Season 2: The Gender Controversy Storm Behind 9.2 Million Views

  A Streaming Juggernaut in Critical Freefall On paper, the return of Taylor Sheridan’s Landman is a triumph of unrivaled proportions. Paramount+ announced that the Season 2 premiere drew a staggering 9.2 million viewers globally within its first 48 hours, shattering the platform’s previous records and marking a 262% increase over the series debut. By every commercial metric, the oil-patch drama is a monster hit, cementing Sheridan’s status as the most bankable creator on television. But beneath

• A Texas Epic of Fathers and Sons: How Sam Elliott's Arrival Transforms Landman's Emotional Core

  The Mustache Returns to Texas: Sam Elliott's Defining Role The second season premiere of Landman opens not with the oil rigs or boardrooms that define Taylor Sheridan's drilling drama, but with something far more intimate: an old man in a wheelchair, stubbornly watching the West Texas sunset against the protests of his nursing home attendants. When a nurse named Hank finally approaches with grave news—"She took her afternoon nap, just didn't wake up"—we witness Sam Elliott's face crumple with a

• Landman Season 2 Review｜Taylor Sheridan's Oil Drama Speaks the Language of Culture War

  On Sunday, November 16, Paramount+ premiered the second season of Landman, Taylor Sheridan's West Texas oil melodrama, to 35 million global viewers—a number that sounds less like a niche streaming event and more like a cultural referendum. Billy Bob Thornton, back as fixer-patriarch Tommy Norris, already has a Golden Globe nomination for his first-season work. The ten-episode arc returned to its weekly Sunday slot, staking out prime territory against the NFL and delivering Sheridan's signature b

• Draft 2: Why Paramount+ needs the Sheridan machine

  Paramount+ renewed Landman before Season 1 finished airing. That decision wasn't based on reviews or critical consensus. It was a bet on infrastructure. Five days before Season 2's November 16 premiere, the network isn't just bringing back a hit show. It's demonstrating that Taylor Sheridan solved streaming's core economic problem: how to produce enough premium content to justify subscription prices without bankrupting yourself in the process. The traditional prestige TV model doesn't work at

• When Oil Meets Cattle: Land Rights and the Clash of Traditional Ways of Life in West Texas

  In the vast, arid landscapes of West Texas, the land lives a double life. By day, it is the domain of the cowboy, a world of sprawling ranches, grazing cattle, and a horizon defined by tradition and heritage. By night, under the flare of drilling rigs, it transforms into the dominion of the roughneck, a high-stakes industrial zone powering the global economy. These two foundational Texas identities, the rancher and the oilman, coexist on the same sun-scorched earth, often in an uneasy, contentio

• Roughneck Culture: Life and Faith of West Texas Oil Field Workers

  In the vast, sun-scorched expanse of West Texas, under a sky that stretches into an infinite blue, a modern-day archetype toils for the black gold that fuels the world. He is the roughneck, a figure as central to the mythology of Texas as the cowboy, yet often shrouded in a layer of crude oil and misunderstanding. As Taylor Sheridan’s series Landman drills into the high-stakes world of the Permian Basin, it brings this figure to the forefront—the man on the rig floor, the engine of the boom. To

• From Desert to Boom: A Century of Rise and Fall in West Texas Oil Towns

  Opening: Through the Lens of Landman The opening shots of Landman tell you everything you need to know about West Texas: an endless expanse of flat, scrubby desert stretching to the horizon, interrupted only by the rhythmic bobbing of countless pump jacks—mechanical horses drinking crude from deep beneath the earth. Dust devils swirl across two-lane highways where 18-wheelers loaded with drilling equipment roar past at dangerous speeds. Through the heat shimmer, you can see the orange glow of g

• Leading with energy misinformation controversy

  The most controversial scene in Landman Season 1 wasn't a rig explosion or cartel shootout. It was Jon Hamm delivering a monologue about wind turbines. "A wind turbine will never pay for itself in energy creation," oil baron Monty Miller declares in Episode 2, claiming the machines can't offset their carbon footprint in 20 years. The clip went viral. Right-wing commentators shared it thousands of times. And peer-reviewed research says it's spectacularly wrong—most turbines pay back their energy

• Frontier Justice and Fossil Fuel Fantasies: Deconstructing Taylor Sheridan's Conservative Mythology in Landman

  On a November morning in 2024, a 90-second clip from Paramount+'s Landman detonated across conservative social media. Billy Bob Thornton's character, crisis manager Tommy Norris, stands before a wind farm and delivers what sounds like a devastating takedown of renewable energy: "In its 20-year lifespan, it won't offset the carbon footprint of making it." The post on X amassed 21.6 million views. RedState writer Bonchie declared, "Every left-winger should have their eyes held open and be forced t

• Landman Season 2: What Should European Audiences Expect?

  When The Times called Taylor Sheridan's Landman "a portrait of Trump's America," the characterization wasn't mere provocation—it captured something essential about how European viewers experience the series. Premiering across UK and European Paramount+ platforms last November, the West Texas oil drama landed with all the subtlety of a fracking rig punching through shale, delivering a vision of American capitalism, masculinity, and resource extraction that feels simultaneously alien and grimly fa