What Landman gets right about economics

As Landman concluded a riveting second season, it offered a reminder of why it was the most popular show on television in 2025.

For those unfamiliar with Landman, created by Taylor Sheridan of Yellowstone fame, it stars Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy Norris, a crisis manager navigating the modern oil patch in Midland, Texas. If your tastes run to shows about wealth, power, ambition, and a dysfunctional family at the center, this show is for you. Think Dallas meets The Sopranos (with a twist of Nip-Tuck). 

The weaknesses are familiar. Some of the writing recalls the weaker stretches of Aaron Sorkin: long monologues that are clever but don’t sound like real people talk. Critics have also taken aim at the show’s depiction of women. They’re not

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