With 'Landman's Fate Confirmed, Billy Bob Thornton's Western Has To Make This Major Change in Season 2

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Taylor Sheridanhas had an unprecedented level of success as a writer, showrunner, and creator, but Landmanmay be the wildest project of his career thus far. Loosely inspired by the Boomtown podcast by Christian Wallace, Landman gave Billy Bob Thornton a major comeback role as the petroleum landman Tommy Norris, whose responsibilities include maintaining the oil fields in West Texas and dealing with crimes committed on the property of his employer, M-Tex Oil. Landman is a completely unpredictable show, as it has delved into local sporting events, rivalries with the Mexican drug cartel, the strange activities of Tommy’s ex-wife Angela (Ali Larter), and the hiring of the causation lawyer Rebecca Falcone (Kayla Wallace). However, the most interesting dynamic in the first season of Landman was the surprisingly sincere relationship between Tommy and his son, Cooper (Jacob Lofland).

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