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Sam Elliott and Billy Bob Thornton in “Landman” Season 2, Episode 10.<\/p>\n
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Taylor Sheridan\u2019s Landman, starring Billy Bob Thornton, wrapped up its second season with an eventful 10th episode on Sunday, setting the stage for the series as it heads into Season 3.<\/p>\n
Created by Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman made its series premiere on Paramount+ on Nov. 17, 2024, and returned for Season 2 on Nov. 16, 2024, for its second 10-episode season. In Landman Season 2, Thornton<\/a> reprises his role as Tommy Norris, a fixer for M-Tex Oil in the volatile oil industry in West Texas. Upon the death of M-Tex owner Monty Miller (Jon Hamm) at the end of Season 1, Monty\u2019s wife, Cami (Demi Moore<\/a>), asserts control of the company while Tommy is promoted to company president.<\/p>\n Spoiler alert: The rest of this article reveals spoilers from the Landman Season 2 finale episode \u201cTragedy and Flies.\u201d Also, note the rest of the article discusses a plotline from the last two \u201cLandman\u201d episodes that involves sexual assault, so it may be triggering to some readers.<\/p>\n Forbes\u2018Landman\u2019 Season 2 Has Surprising Rotten Tomatoes Audience ScoreBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Landman Season 2<\/a>, Episode 9, concluded with two major incidents. Cami \u2014 who is partnering with powerful financial investor Danny “Gallino” Morrell (Andy Garcia) but doesn\u2019t realize that he is covertly a cartel boss \u2014 fires Tommy from his position as president of M-Tex Oil. The reason Cami no longer wants Tommy onboard is he simply doesn\u2019t back major risk by Cami that could cost her the company.<\/p>\n In the final scene of Episode 9, an unruly bar patron, Johnny (Mike Harkins), returns to The Patch Cafe after Ariana (Paulina Ch\u00e1vez) had him banned from the bar earlier in the season after he sexually harassed her. When Ariana takes a break outside of the establishment, Johnny is waiting and attempts to sexually assault her before he is subdued and severely beaten by Tommy\u2019s son Cooper (Jacob Lofland). The scene revealed that the incident was caught on the bar\u2019s security camera.<\/p>\n Billy Bob Thornton in “Landman” Season 2, Episode 10.<\/p>\n Paramount+\/Emerson Miller<\/p>\n The Landman Season 2<\/a> finale begins with Tommy revealing to his father, Thomas (Sam Elliott), that he was fired from M-Tex Oil. Getting another job won\u2019t be difficult for Tommy \u2014 he already has a meeting set up with the president of Chevron \u2014 he\u2019s just not sure he wants to \u201cjump on somebody else\u2019s ship\u201d and that his other option is to return to being a landman. Tommy\u2019s colleague (and roommate), Dale (James Jordan), then appears on the scene and pledges his loyalty to his former boss and longtime friend.<\/p>\n ForbesDamon And Affleck\u2019s \u2018The Rip\u2019: Do Rotten Tomatoes Critics Give A Rip?By Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n Tommy then has a revelation and asks M-Tex attorney Nate (Colm Feore) if the company\u2019s buyout of Cooper\u2019s leases on the oil wells he\u2019s secured has been completed, and Nate tells him that Cami still needs to sign off on it. Using a legal loophole as a justification, Tommy asks Nate to prevent the sale for a day, to which Nate reluctantly agrees.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Nate becomes worried after he gets a call from Cami to come to see her at the M-Tex offices in Fort Worth. Nate\u2019s convinced that Cami is going to fire him, but Tommy believes she is going to make Nate company president.<\/p>\n The action then cuts to Gallino, who learns that his wife, Bella (Stefania Spampinato), is going to have lunch with Tommy\u2019s ex-wife Angela (Ali Larter). Thinking that Angela is going to ask questions about why Tommy was fired, Gallino tells Bella to approach any conversations they have with caution.<\/p>\n ForbesGuillermo Del Toro\u2019s \u2018Frankenstein\u2019 Returning To Theaters For A WeekBy Tim Lammers<\/a><\/p>\n The next scene picks up as Arina awakens, and the daylight shows the extent of her horrific injuries from the beating and attempted sexual assault. Cooper pleads with Ariana not to go back to work at The Patch Cafe and says he will support her in anything he does. From there, Cooper then tells Ariana that they need to go to the police station to ensure charges will be filed against her assailant.<\/p>\n After that, as Tommy begins to put a plan into play to prevent the buyout of Cooper\u2019s oil leases and bums a ride with Nate to Fort Worth, while Ainsley (Michelle Randolph) begins cheerleader camp at Texas Christian University and has an unexpected friendly encounter with Paigyn (Bobbi Salv\u00f6r Menuez) after the two got off on the wrong foot in Episode 9. Eventually, Ainsley and Paigyn develop an understanding and decide to be roommates during the camp at TCU after initially rejecting the idea.<\/p>\n The Tables Turn Against Adriana And Cooper<\/p>\n While at the police station, officers are photographing Ariana\u2019s graphic injuries and asking her questions, while detectives ask to clear up some details with Cooper. <\/p>\n While getting Cooper\u2019s statement, the detectives inform him that they have seen the security footage and that he punched Ariana\u2019s assailant 17 times. While at the police station, Ariana learns from her boss that the assailant had died and advises that she and Cooper get a lawyer.<\/p>\n Ariana then calls M-Tex lawyer Rebecca (Kayla Wallace) and explains to her what happened and that they need her help. Rebecca immediately intervenes and tells the detectives over the phone that anything Cooper said is inadmissible in court. <\/p>\n Rebecca then informs Tommy of the incident and Tommy calls his friend, Sheriff Walt (Mark Collie) and asks him to help him find out everything and fix the situation.<\/p>\n Jacob Lofland and Kayla Wallace in “Landman Season 2, Episode 10.<\/p>\n Paramount+\/Emerson Miller<\/p>\n Then, while Angela and Bella are having lunch, Bella reveals that Tommy has been fired since Angela was clearly unaware of what happened. When Angela confronts Tommy about it on a call while he is driving, Tommy says he wasn\u2019t going to tell her about the firing until he had a solution. <\/p>\n Tommy also assures Angela that he won\u2019t retreat to drinking as he did in 2008 when he lost everything. He vows to solve the situation and make everything better for her and the kids.<\/p>\n After he hangs up, Tommy says out loud that he forgot to mention Cooper is being charged with murder. Yelling at God about all the troubles being dumped on him, a major highway accident unfolds before Tommy\u2019s eyes, but he avoids injury. \u201cThat was low, God. That was f—ing dirty,\u201d Tommy yells out loud.<\/p>\n Back at the police station, Rebecca and Walt turn up at the interrogation room where Cooper is being held, and Rebecca asks to see the surveillance footage of the incident. Rebecca tells the detectives that she will be showing how Adriana\u2019s assailant viciously beat her and that she will be pointing that out to a jury. She also called out one of the detectives on his excessive use of force in a previous case.<\/p>\n After rattling off several ways of how that case will come back to haunt the detective and how a slew of lawsuits she\u2019ll file will bankrupt the county, Rebecca advises the detectives to think very carefully about charging Cooper with murder for beating a man who was violently assaulting Ariana, who became a widow before meeting Cooper. After Rebecca briefs Tommy on the case, Tommy calls Walt and says he wants to meet with him, the Odessa chief of police and the county attorney later in the day.<\/p>\n Colm Feore in “Landman” Season 2, Episode 10.<\/p>\n Parmount+\/Emerson MillerNate Faces Off With Cami<\/p>\n When Nate arrives in Fort Worth, Cami asks him about Monty\u2019s business practices and why he understood them but didn\u2019t approve. As Tommy predicted, Cami offers Nate the position of company president, but he instead offers his resignation, saying that Monty never designed the company to outlive him but designed it be sold. <\/p>\n Nate tells Cami that he and Tommy can help her with that and hopes she will give them the chance before the company ends her like it did Monty.<\/p>\n After Tommy\u2019s plans to finance Cooper\u2019s buyout don\u2019t pan out, he meets with Gallino and asks him to honor his original contract with his son. Gallino agrees to finance Tommy and Cooper\u2019s new oil venture, but it comes with Gallino\u2019s threat that he\u2019ll take what Tommy loves the most away if he messes with him.<\/p>\n Back on the private jet to Midland, Tommy asks Nate about what happened with Cami and Nate says he resigned. Tommy then hands Nate a check from Gallino and tells him to form a new LLC. Tommy moves to the back of the plane, where Angela is sitting and tells her about his new job \u2026 but there\u2019s more to discuss since his day is not over yet.<\/p>\n Billy Bob Thornton and Mark Collie in “Landman” Season 2, Episode 10.<\/p>\n \/Paramount+Emerson MillerTommy Gets Justice For Cooper And Ariana<\/p>\n After landing in Odessa, Tommy meets with Walt, the chief of police, the detectives and the county attorney, who wants to charge Cooper with murder. <\/p>\n After Tommy said he learned from the hospital that Ariana\u2019s assailant died of a heart attack, one of the detectives says he suffered the heart attack from the beating and the county attorney adds, \u201cCriminals can be victims, too, Tommy.\u201d Tommy then argues with each of the men in the room that they would have done the same thing in Cooper\u2019s situation.<\/p>\n After Tommy tells the room about blowback the county will face with the people of Midland and Odessa if they charge his son after saving Adriana from the sexual assault, the county attorney asks, \u201cWhat about the victim\u2019s family?\u201d Tommy replies, \u201cThat would be my family and that girl\u2019s family. That\u2019s the only victim. Maybe a criminal can be a victim sometimes, but not while they\u2019re committing a f—ing crime.\u201d<\/p>\n After the chief of police says that charges have not been filed yet and the sheriff and county attorney say they have no problem if they\u2019re not, they all agree to drop the case. Tommy then stops by to see Cooper and Ariana to tell them that Cooper will not be charged and the case is behind them. <\/p>\n Sam Elliott, Billy Bob Thornton and Jacob Loffland in “Landman” Season 2, Episode 10.<\/p>\n Paramount+\/Emerson MillerTommy Announces A New Venture<\/p>\n While at Ariana and Cooper\u2019s house, Tommy summons a meeting of all those close to him to announce that he\u2019s formed a new oil company with Cooper as its president and he\u2019ll serve as executive vice president (unless Cooper fires him).<\/p>\n Tommy also announces that Nate is the treasurer and Rebecca is the chief operating officer and chief counsel, and Dale is the head of exploration. Tommy also announces that Thomas will oversee the drilling, Boss (Mustafa Speaks) will be running the crew and lastly, he offers the position of office manager to Ariana. <\/p>\n After everyone accepts their new position, Tommy announces the name of the company, which is CTT Oil Exploration and Cattle. Why Cattle? It\u2019s just \u201clegal horses\u2014t,\u201d Tommy tells his father, while he explains to his son that CTT stands for \u201cCooper, Tommy, Thomas.\u201d<\/p>\n