Main spoilers beneath for the Season 1 finale of Taylor Sheridan’s Landman, so tread fastidiously for those who haven’t but streamed the ep with a Paramount+ subscription.
With its first two episodes, Landman arrange Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris as a lead character who received some followers over greater than Yellowstone’s John Dutton had, and the streaming drama’s first season ended with the oil-focused patriarch struggling quite a lot of wounds by the hands (and hammered nails) of the Mexican cartel. All whereas Ali Larter’s Angela and Michelle Randolph’s Ainsley offered good vibes a-plenty whereas exploiting Mitchell Slaggert’s Ryder for his stripping abilities.
Arguably most fun was the arrival of a personality whose introduction was arrange by a long-ago casting report, however I’m not altogether bought on how profitable the ep was on the entire, contemplating the Season 1 conclusion dedicated the identical sin as the remainder of the season by under-utilizing co-star Demi Moore. However we’ll get into {that a} bit decrease down.
Andy Garcia’s Galino Lastly Arrived In A Extra Peaceable Means Than Anticipated
As one of many first main TV finales of the 2025 TV schedule, Landman delivered every kind of titillation, from fiery explosions to close-up violence to strip-club shenanigans. These first two tied again Episode 8’s Nationwide Guard airstrike take a look at that unintentionally took out a cartel automobile and its inhabitants. Tommy’s dwindling relationship with the prison group might need fizzled out fully if Alex Meraz’s Jiminez had been capable of proceed torturing Tommy to loss of life to ship a message.
Happily for Billy Bob Thornton’s lead, Jiminez’s efforts had been restricted to a number of punches to the face, a hammer thwack to the hand, a nail pushed into his thigh, and a can of gasoline being poured over his hooded head. Earlier than the cartel enforcer might concern additional injury, a slew of gunshots rang out within the gentleman’s membership positioned above their heads, and Jiminez was shot to loss of life by his personal group.
Which is once we joined Tommy in lastly some face-time with Andy Garcia’s cartel kingpin Galino, whose character and motivations are largely nonetheless a thriller to audiences, since he was solely on display for round seven minutes. I can’t make certain, but it surely looks like Jerry Jones’ cameo within the penultimate episode had extra talking time, however perhaps it’s simply because he informed an extended anecdote.
Contemplating nearly all of the primary season performed out with out his on-screen involvement, I’m hoping Galino and Tommy need to work intently collectively sooner or later to take care of peace with out the necessity for extra our bodies to drop. As a result of if Galino didn’t hesitate to take out seemingly Jimenez’s total workforce, I think about his extra chaotic impulses can be very enjoyable to observe Tommy tiptoe round as he tries to govern the gang boss.
Demi Moore’s Cami Remained Criminally Underused, Which Wants To Be Fastened For Season 2
I notice that Taylor Sheridan possible had no inkling in thoughts that Demi Moore would win her first main appearing award as Landman was within the midst of its first season. (She took house the 2025 Golden Globe for her stellar efficiency in Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance.) And so he didn’t have it in thoughts that he might simply capitalize on such success together with her character Cami, who was simply essentially the most underused in Season 1’s totally loaded ensemble.
Because the doting spouse of Jon Hamm’s oil-tethered bazillionaire Monty Miller, Cami appeared in additional than half of Landman’s episodes, however with out heading up her personal storyline, and the finale didn’t precisely change the sport in that respect. As a result of despite the fact that the previous episode resulted in a manner that made it seem as if Monty had died, which might have led to Moore’s Cami nailing a marquee emotional sequence within the concluding ep, issues didn’t play out so fatally.
Although her screentime was positively upped within the extended-length episode, Moore’s character was principally restricted to trying unhappy throughout conversations about dealing with Monty’s will and belongings in methods which are most probably to depart everybody millionaires. Later, we lastly do get a second with Cami sobbing towards Monty’s chest as their daughters weep close by, and the flat traces on the monitor make it appear clear that he did certainly move on.
I’ll enable that Sheridan may not have even had a lot in thoughts for Camy’s story past her being a dutiful spouse and pal to Tommy, and that Moore might not have been primed to tackle something wildly dramatic. However now that we’re at some extent the place she’s as sizzling an appearing commodity as ever, I can solely hope that Cami’s function in Season 2 is as beefy as Texas’ heaviest cattle, even when it means the creator has to make a couple of modifications to his scripts earlier than manufacturing begins anew.
All in all, the finale did a strong sufficient job of organising this world’s close to future, even when Paramount+ execs haven’t formally put the order in but. Regardless of our hopes to see Jacob Lofland’s Cooper within the subject extra, it seems he’s taking a extra bodily manageable route as a deal dealer for Tim DeZarn’s Perry Hardin and his neighbors, and his relationship with Paulina Chavez’s Ariana Medina continues to be heading in constructive instructions, albeit understandably slowly as she continues to mourn.
However earlier than we are able to see how any of the above story factors play out sooner or later, Season 2 has to really exist. So simply in case the studio bosses nonetheless want convincing, you’ll want to inform everybody you already know to stream episodes of Landman on Paramount+.