The Paramount+ series, co-created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace<\/a>, returned for its 10-episode second season in November 2025 and aired weekly until mid-January. The show primarily filmed in and around Cowtown over its first two seasons.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cLandman\u201d will return to Fort Worth in just a couple of months for a late August production start.<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n Speaking to People<\/a> at the Newport Beach TV Festival, \u201cLandman\u201d star Michelle Randolph revealed her hopes for her character Ainsley Norris in the new season.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what she said.<\/p>\n Michelle Randolph on \u2018Landman\u2019 season 3<\/p>\n Randolph wants Ainsley to find love next season.<\/p>\n \u201cIt might be fun for season 3,\u201d Randolph told People. \u201cSeason 2 got a little tiring. I was like, \u2018Where\u2019s the boy?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Ainsley stayed boy-free in season 2, after dating two fellas in season 1.<\/p>\n She began season 1 dating Aledo High School quarterback Dakota Loving, but broke up shortly after arriving in Midland. Next up was Ryder Samson, a Midland High School quarterback that planned to attend Texas Tech.<\/p>\n In the season 2 premiere, Ainsley reveals that she and Ryder broke up after he scored a low SAT score and went off to Kilgore College rather than the home of the Red Raiders. Much of Ainsley\u2019s season 2 plot revolves around her settling into TCU and joining the cheerleading team.<\/p>\n \u201cI think for season 2, it was good that she took a break from boys and focused on herself and her cheerleading,\u201d Randolph said. \u201cGoing into college, I feel like it\u2019s inevitable that she\u2019s going to find someone, and I think it\u2019ll be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to a potential new beau, Randolph wants Ainsley to find herself in season 3.<\/p>\n \u201cI think her arc as the show goes on is about finding agency and realizing that she can be her own independent person,\u201d Randolph said. \u201cShe\u2019s able to become self-aware and realize that she\u2019s seen, and she can figure out who she is in the world. Still, as a young woman, she\u2019s not really sure who she is at all.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLandman\u201d is described as a \u201cmodern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of West Texas oil rigs.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAs oil rises from the earth, so do secrets \u2013 and Tommy Norris\u2019s (Billy Bob Thornton) breaking point may be closer than he realizes. Facing mounting pressure from M-Tex Oil, Cami Miller (Demi Moore), and the shadow of his kin, survival in West Texas isn\u2019t noble \u2013 it\u2019s brutal. And sooner or later something\u2019s got to break,\u201d the show\u2019s second season synopsis reads.<\/p>\n In addition to Randolph, \u201cLandman\u201d stars Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Elliott, Demi Moore, Ali Larter, Andy Garcia, Jacob Lofland, Paulina Ch\u00e1vez, Kayla Wallace, James Jordan, Colm Feore and Mark Collie.<\/p>\n Both seasons of \u201cLandman\u201d are streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n![\"Michelle](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LANDMAN_202_EM_BTS_0326_01176_RT.JPG\" "\\"LANDMAN_202_EM_BTS_0326_01176_RT.JPG\\"")
Michelle Randolph as Ainsley Norris in \u201cLandman\u201d episode 2, season 2, streaming on Paramount+. Emerson Miller Paramount+ <\/p>\n![\"Michelle](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LANDMAN_206_EM_0522_00887_RT_f.jpg\" "\\"LANDMAN_206_EM_0522_00887_RT_f.jpg\\"")
Michelle Randolph as Ainsley and Ali Larter as Angela in \u201cLandman\u201d episode 6, season 2, streaming on Paramount+. Emerson Miller Paramount+ More on \u2018Landman\u2019<\/p>\n
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