Television series

Landman

Name: Landman
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Michelle Randolph, Jacob Lofland, James Jordan, Ali Larter

Billy Bob Thornton plays the guy who cleans up every disaster in West Texas oil country — blowouts, cartel trouble, corporate lawyers, his own family — and does it in cowboy boots with a permanent hangover. It's Taylor Sheridan's house style: big skies, blunt dialogue, a lot of money and a lot of dust. Funny, macho, occasionally moving, built for people who like their drama with grease under the fingernails.

TVMaze rating

8.1

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