"Landman's main character is Tommy Norris, a lifelong "fixer" for oil companies who's played with weary omnicompetence by Thornton. Watching the first season of Landman required the non-fossil-fuel-pilled among us to metabolize a hefty amount of pro-oil culture war. Sometimes, the show was hardly bearable, as when you're asked to swallow the idea that a hotshot young female lawyer working for an oil company needs a fake-news Tommy Norris lecture on the doomed economics of wind energy."
"In it, Ainsley, the teenage daughter character played by Michelle Randolph, brightly explains to her dad, played by Billy Bob Thornton, that she and her boyfriend are, indeed, having sex-but she won't get pregnant, because their rule is "As long as he never comes in me, he can come anywhere on me." ( She said that to her dad? Yes, she did.)"
Landman premiered on Paramount+ and became an unexpected hit in late 2024 despite frequently unnatural dialogue. The series centers on Tommy Norris, a lifelong fixer for oil companies, portrayed with weary omnicompetence by Billy Bob Thornton. Early episodes required viewers to absorb substantial pro-oil messaging and culture-war arguments, including scenes where Tommy delivers a fake-news lecture on the economics of wind energy. The first season's charms included Thornton's charisma and a romantic subplot involving Tommy's son Cooper. The Season 2 premiere adds Demi Moore in a larger role but amplifies problematic elements, especially scenes featuring Ainsley and ex-wife Angela that read as failed comic relief.
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