November 17, 2024 (2024-11-17) – present (present)
Landman is an American drama television series created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, based on the podcast Boomtown hosted by Wallace. It stars Billy Bob Thornton in the lead role as a landman at an oil company. The show premiered November 17, 2024 on Paramount+.
Synopsis
Landman is set within the world of oil rigs in West Texas, where "roughnecks and wildcat billionaires are fueling a boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics."[1] The lead character, Tommy Norris, can be abrasive, as is the out-of-town lawyer investigating a fatal accident early in the season.[2]
Kayla Wallace as Rebecca Falcone, a big city causation of liability lawyer who is investigating a case involving a stolen plane filled with drugs that was destroyed by a speeding oil tanker truck on a privately-owned oil field road in which everyone involved was killed
James Jordan as Dale Bradley, a petroleum engineer.
Demi Moore as Cami Miller, Monty's wife and Tommy Norris's friend[4][5]
Jon Hamm as Monty Miller, Cami's husband who's a titan of the Texas oil industry with a long personal and professional relationship with Tommy Norris[6]
Recurring
Colm Feore as Nathan, an oil company attorney and administrator.
Guest
Michael Peña as Armando Medina, a lead oil crewman who is training Cooper
Emilio Rivera as Luis Medina, an oil crewman, and Armando's and Elvio's uncle
The first season launched on Sunday, November 17, 2024 with two episodes, and subsequent episodes of the 10-episode long first season will be available weekly on Sundays through January 12, 2025.[19][20]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 78% based on 27 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Landman plumbs much of the same territory as other Taylor Sheridan-penned series, but having Billy Bob Thornton on hand turns this Texas crude into highly watchable fuel.[7]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 61 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[21]