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With its first two episodes, landman created Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris as a main character who gained some fans in more than yellow stoneJohn Dutton had done it, and the first season of the streaming drama ended with the oil-focused patriarch suffering more than a few wounds at the hands (and nails) of the Mexican cartel. All while Ali Larter’s Angela and Michelle Randolph’s Ainsley provided plenty of good vibes as they exploited Mitchell Slaggert’s Ryder for his striptease skills.
Arguably the most exciting thing was the arrival of a character whose introduction was set up by a long-ago casting report, but I’m not entirely convinced how successful the episode was overall, considering that the Season 1 conclusion committed the same sin as the rest of the season for underusing co-star Demi Moore. But we’ll get into that a little further down.
Andy García’s Galino finally arrived in a more peaceful way than expected
As one of the first major television finales of the 2025 television lineup, landman It delivered all kinds of titillation, from fire explosions to close-up violence to strip club antics. Those first two linked the National Guard airstrike test from Episode 8 that accidentally took out a cartel vehicle and its inhabitants. Tommy’s dwindling relationship with the legal organization might have fizzled out entirely if Alex Meraz’s Jimenez had been able to continue torturing Tommy to death to send a message.
Fortunately for Billy Bob Thornton’s leadership, Jiménez’s efforts were limited to several blows to the face, a hammer blow to the hand, a nail driven into his thigh, and a can of gasoline spilled on his hooded head. Before the cartel enforcer could do more damage, a series of gunshots were heard in the gentlemen’s club located above their heads, and Jiménez was shot dead by his own organization.
That’s when we join Tommy to finally have a face-to-face encounter with the kingpin of the Andy Garcia cartel, Galino, whose personality and motivations remain largely a mystery to the public, as he was only on screen for about seven minutes. I can’t be sure, but it seems like Jerry Jones’ cameo in the penultimate episode had more talking time, but maybe that’s just because he told a long anecdote.
Considering that most of the first season took place without their on-screen involvement, I hope that Galino and Tommy will have to work closely together in the future to keep the peace without the need for more bodies to fall. Because if Galino didn’t hesitate to seemingly eliminate Jimenez’s entire team, I imagine his more chaotic impulses will be a lot of fun to watch as Tommy tiptoes around while trying to manipulate the gang boss.
Demi Moore’s Cami Remained Criminally Underused, Which Needs To Be Fixed For Season 2
I realize that Taylor Sheridan probably had no idea that Demi Moore would win her first major acting award as landman was in the middle of its first season. (She took home the 2025 Golden Globe for her stellar performance in Coralie Fargeat The substance.) And so I didn’t have in mind that she could easily capitalize on such success with her character Cami, who was easily the least used in Season 1’s fully loaded ensemble.
As the doting wife of Jon Hamm’s oil-tied billionaire Monty Miller, Cami appeared in more than half of landmanThe episodes, but without leading their own story, and the last one didn’t exactly change the game in that sense. Because even though the previous episode ended in a way that made it seem like Monty had died, which could have led to Moore’s Cami pulling off an emotional sequence in the last episode, things didn’t turn out all that fatal.
Although his screen time definitely increased in the full-length episode, Moore’s character was mostly limited to looking sad during conversations about handling Monty’s will and assets in ways that will likely leave them all millionaires. Later, we finally get a moment with Cami sobbing into Monty’s chest as his daughters cry nearby, and the flat lines on the monitor make it clear that he has indeed passed away.
I’ll admit that Sheridan may not have even had much in mind for Camy’s story beyond being a dutiful wife and friend to Tommy, and that Moore may not have been prepared to take on something wildly dramatic. But now that we’re at a point where she’s as hot an acting commodity as ever, I can only hope that Cami’s role in season 2 is as beefy as the heaviest cattle in Texas, even if that means the creator you have to make some changes. to their scripts before production begins again.
All in all, the finale did a pretty solid job of setting up the near future of this world, even if Paramount+ executives haven’t officially set things straight yet. Despite our hopes of seeing more of Cooper (Jacob Lofland) in the field, it appears he’s taking a more physically manageable route as a deal broker for Perry Hardin (Tim DeZarn) and his neighbors, and his relationship with Ariana Medina (Paulina Chávez) is still going in positive directions. albeit understandably slowly as he continues to mourn.
But before we can see how any of the above story points will play out in the future, Season 2 really needs to exist. So, in case the studio bosses still need convincing, be sure to tell everyone you know to stream episodes of landman and Paramount+.
