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Any new show with the always uber-cool Billy Bob Thornton in the lead will automatically be interesting. Landman starts out in a promising way, making me hope for another experience on a Fargo or Goliath level.

And as long as the focus stays on the gritty oil business, Landman is that great - and it stays that way for a good part of the first season, before it turns into a daytime soap. Suddenly it's all long heart-to-heart talks (in typical Taylor Sheridan fashion) and extremely annoying characters galore, starting with the stir crazy ex-wife and the incredibly stupid daughter. Plus, there is way too many really bad songs with even worse lyrics (another Sheridan trademark). My rating is based on Billy Bob's performance, without him it would be three stars.

All in all, I think it's time for Taylor Sheridan to slow down a bit. Too many shows going at once makes the quality suffer.

I need to start off by saying that I'm a huge fan of just about everything Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, 1923, 1883, Tulsa King, Lioness, Sicario, He'll or Highwater, Wind River, etc, etc.). He hits home run after home run and Landman is no different. It's another hit for Sheridan. Landman takes place in modern day Texas where everyone from billionaires to roughnecks are trying to get rich in the oil industry. This series follows Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) as he tried to take his company to the top during the oil fuel boom. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a good new series to watch, especially if you're a fan of Taylor Sheridan.

Without Thornton this series would be no better than 'ok'. I've watched most of Sheridan's work and it's starting to seem like he's just recycling the same stories but with different themes. He injects his politics into his work and in this series he lectures you with it. I'm also uncomfortable with the sexual themes especially with his 'daughter'. It does not need her appearing in each episode wearing hardly any clothes or in a bikini. The plot does not require it. Each episode seems to have one set-piece accident or incident as though these are normal in the industry, which they are not. I'm not sure how this was rated 8+ but I must be missing something.

For someone so focused on his goals, the inclusion of an emotionally unstable, one-woman circus undermines the purpose of the show entirely. It feels like her character disrupts the central narrative, adding unnecessary chaos rather than supporting his journey. The portrayal doesn't enhance the storyline but instead makes it harder to take his determination and focus seriously.

Similarly, the roles of both his wife and daughter feel out of place within the series. The wife comes across as emotionally erratic, while the daughter seems to lack intellectual depth, making her contributions to the plot negligible. The daughter's portrayal feels particularly shallow, with her character offering little beyond surface-level engagement, which doesn't add value to the story.

Moreover, having these characters constantly jump around in provocative clothing, seemingly for no purpose other than to attract views, feels out of sync with the tone of the series. Instead of enhancing the plot or character dynamics, this approach comes off as a superficial tactic to draw attention. It's a strange and unneeded addition that detracts from the overall quality of the narrative.

I apparently am a sucker for Taylor Sheridan shows. They're well written and entertaining. I'd gladly watch anything with his make attached to it at this point. But what's with the girl in her underwear and the creepy sexualization of her? It's grossly gratuitous. It's extremely weird how obnoxious she is with it. It's almost that much of a turn off to not want to watch. I AM invested in the story tho so far. I'm also not getting why the woman are so utterly unlikeable. The ex wife is just ugggh. It's truly a head scratcher. Is the show just geared towards drawing men? Love Billy Bob tho. He's always plus.

This could easily have been rated an 8.5 - 9. If it weren't for the cringey and so sexualized daughter & ex wife/mother. They serve no purpose to the plot, and are just downright annoying and insulting to west Texas women. A far west Texas man myself I understand where Sheridan is coming from in a sense, but this is awful. West Texas women are the strongest, most ambitious women I know. Now aside from that, the writing and acting are terrific. Sheridan easily has another Yellowstone on his hands if he gets rid of the very uncomfortable interfamily horniness. But again, love me some Sheridan writing (and acting) and an absolutely very enjoyable show, for the most part.

Plain and simple, the two of them are ruining what could be a great show.

There's absolutely nothing that they bring to the show beyond being eye candy.

Saying that, it's the most awkward and weird scenarios with both of them. The daughter is showing her body off for some grand father aged men who are friends of her dad.

The mother is all over the place with her attitude and maturity level. Never actually reaching what could be called being an adult. She's a mix of a child and a young teen. She wants to be an airhead bimbo and nothing more.

Get rid of them both and the show would be 100 times better.

Landman is another hit in a long line of them for Taylor Sheridan. This has everything you want in a good series, it has plenty of drama, action, twists, even a little comedy, etc. It's obviously beautifully written because everything Sheridan does is but it also has an amazing cast. It stars the incredible Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm, Ali Larter, Demi Moore, among others. Billy Bob Thornton was born to plays this role, he is absolutely terrific here. I'll be shocked if he doesn't get nominated for an Emmy for his performance here. Same goes for Hamm. Besides being beautifully written and acted, it's also beautifully shot too. Sheridan has so many great shows to his name and Landman is among the best of them. This look like it's going to have a long run and I'm here for it.

Just three episodes in.

Billy bob Thornton is welcome back to Texas since his Friday Nights in 2006.

The feeling is Yellowstone and this is welcome, series with some reality versus superheroes and fantasy.

Based in the Permian basin Oilfield , great casting so far! Interesting people and storylines...

We Oilfield guys are shaking our heads at the inaccuracies of the field life and explosions/blow outs.

The technical failures in the first three episodes are embarrassing and your technical consultant got everything wrong in the Blowout scene.

A stuck old valve, the 24 inch Pipe wrench (applied upside down being hammered near to the top? 100% wrong.

You need torque, No Cheater pipe tried first? No hammer unless a brass hammer (ie no sparks)?

No experienced Oilfield downstream crew would ever have done this. A shambolic Technical director.

Billy is then seen as a 'Landman' trying to shut down a blowout (Never seen a Landman on location). Experienced and again places the wrench upside down and hits his own finger ? Just ridiculous.

Hey-Ho , Hollywood. Staying for the story !

PS ex Oilfield and commenting for many on my ex Oilfield group reactions.

Who wrote the characters for the daughter and mother/wife? Because those characters are AWFUL. No 17 year old girl speaks with their father that way. It's extremely cringy and uncomfortable. Not only does she not act like a teenager around her father, she looks about 10 years too old to be 17. Maybe that's to balance out the creep factor in her lines? The mother/wife is insufferable and has an attitude that makes me want to skip past her parts. Is there going to be a female character that is actually likeable and doesn't just act like a sexed up twit?

It would be nice because the rest of the show is great.

It's formula TV but by a writer who'll be remembered in a few decades much like Norman Lear is now. The difference here seems to be geography. It's another western-niche show and it's genius marketing coupled with fine performances by high quality actors. Accuracy issues regarding the oil industry? Apparently. Inappropriateness regarding the mother-daughter-father-family dynamics? Yes. Does it mean none of it plays out in real life the same way? It doesn't matter, it's a dynamic production and a fun one to watch. Thornton is meant for the role, although I read it was written for him only to begin with. Larter is at peak performance and looks phenomenal. Lots of interesting things, except the only oddity is Demi Moore listed in all 10 episodes. I've seen all 5 that aired to this point, and unless it's just me, I recall seeing and hearing her only once or so, in her pool, for a brief moment. Hamm's character isn't seen as much either, but it's played well and he nails his character, but Moore's just isn't being allowed to add anything so far. Maybe it's written that way and she'll play a part in later episodes. If not then I'll wonder what the deal is there.

Three eps in and I want to like this but feels like Tommy = Rip, Connor = Jimmy etc. Ex wife and daughter could have been taken from Real Desperate Housewives of Dallas. Maybe Demi will be Beth ??

Getting the same vibes as other reviewers and want to fast forward through daughter and ex wife scenes.

Was the biggest fan, but lately the focus on Ariana's disgusting narcissistic character ruined it. Just couldn't watch her be a psychopath anymore. Desperately wanted him to leave her in the kitchen, never go back. If it gets resolved I'm good but if she is by his side happily ever after I'm done. Otherwise fantastic show. Too bad.

Like the show and everything Taylor Sheridan does, but, where was the technical consultant. At the pump rig accident, Billy Bob isn't even holding the pipe wrench correctly. Nobody on set knows to advise him on something so basic.

I had to play it back when I couldn't beleive what I had just seen. And in the accident scene, a real crew would have the proper equipment and working know how. Like a 36" pipe wrench that a couple of guys could get behind. And a hand held monitor for explosive gasses. Nobody would bang on a short pipe wrench with a mallet. Hell, grad a 2 ft pipe to extend the arm if its all you gave available. Having worked in similar places, the show is way off the safety precautions used in the industry, which is OSHA by the book to a the ridiculous. Nobody would be standing on a truck load of pipe, and nobody is at height without a safety harness.

So far the show is good very good, one feeling i can not shake is the daughter. In the show they state the daughter is 17 years old, then proceed to sexualize her in an extreme way! Shower scene, talking sex with her dad, showing her butt! All those scenes have 0 to do with the story line and makes it for an uncomfortable watch. I understand what they are doing with the character, a daughter going down the wrong path and her dad is going to get her on the right path. Could have been easily avoided just stating she was 18, you can be 18 and still in highschool! I wish they rewrote her charter and no clue how this got through editors.

Am I the only one who fast forwards when Ali carter is on? I have no issues with Ali as an actress she does it great....but that character just annoys me. It makes zero sense and disrupts the story.

It's like it's just eye candy but instead I just want to scratch my eyes out.

As for eye candy daughter isn't that bad. I can understand it. Yes your daughter is entitled and pointless but you can't kick your daughter out as it's your dam daughter and with love her no matter problem she is.

The son right now is doing a great job

The female attorny was dam brilliant "jaw dropping as she put that guy in his place"

The workers aren't to bad. The conflict is good but same crew makes it a bit stupid.

I'm sure the show will continue to entertain.

Watching Billy Bob stride across the open landscape in the opening scene, I'm thinking "look at the low riding jeans, little pot belly, and overall aging appearance", and wondering just how he was cast for this tough oil man character. Fear not, Billy Bob not only carries it off with style, the writers gave him some of the best lines ever. The writing is truly top notch. The women though, yeegads, Angela and Aynsley are weird caricatures of strong but shallow women. "T&A series" was overhead while eavesdropping on a group of men discussing the series. But as an older woman, I still thoroughly enjoyed the biting commentary on the oil industry, wind farms, solar energy, and political machinations behind the scenes. And Billy Bob is great, as always.

Love this show good, different story that keeps your attention. Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy is great and love finding out more about the workings of the oil industry

I am hooked and some strong characters Jon Hamm as great and Demi Moore as his oil baron wife is inspired as she is beautiful

Another hard man , hard life take from Sheridan Smith and always a good theme tune.

I only have Paramount to watch his stuff and thank this show is heading towards a show to top Yellowstone. Billy Bob's Tommy certainty a better actor or on a par with John Dutton.

I do hope we don't have to wait years for another series.

Billy Bob is perfect here and the story line is very interesting. I particularly like the role of his son, played by Jacob Lofland. It's a little hard to believe Billy Bob doesn't protect him more knowing what's out there, but the drama is riveting.

All that said, what on earth could anyone have been thinking with the characters of the daughter and ex-wife? It's a 360 degree turn from a very interesting series to how creepily weird it becomes in every single scene either one of them is in.

His daughter is seventeen? Sure, every seventeen year-old girl has the sexual experience this kid does. When did this junior in high school start having sex, the 7th grade? A definite PEDO vibe. How did this get written?

The bizarre continues with the character of Rebecca Falcone, a TWENTY-FOUR year-old lawyer, otherwise known as fresh out of law school. Sure Becca, you'd be everyone's representational choice in the brutal, gang-fueled world of Cartel vs/ Big Oil. Must be your pretty face. Maybe you can go one-on-one with the savage cartel guy. How ridiculous.

But who doesn't want more cringe? Becky joins grandpa Billy Bob for a drink because they have so much to talk about and how can she resist? What's a 40 year-old age difference? Hey, maybe Nathan will end up with the Billy's 17 year-old daughter. Why not? He's only got a year to wait before she can vote, and I'm guessing the age of consent in Texas is 12.

Billy and Demi save the show but the story is killed by the stupidity of the mother and daughter storyline. I don't think anyone understands why they are in the show.

Who wrote these parts and why?

I believe this is Sheridan's worst show. Season one was okay but so far season two is crap. I'll stop watching.

At least it is not 90 percent cringe like Tulsa King.

I´m not sure which is more annoying, the music or the mother/daughter duo

Jon Hamm was really good, Demi Moore can´t replace him

I can only watch this show by fast forwarding half of it

Most of the dialogue is incredibly naive, desperately trying to be cool and failing miserably.

This series has potential but Sheridan kills it dead by perpetuating every assumed stereotype of Texans with and without money. Cooper is young and works in the fields so let's have him wear the same filthy TT cap whether he's drilling or attending a funeral. Ainsley is a spoiled plastic with no talents or intelligence, which she learned from her equally plastic and annoying Mother. Because that's how wealthy Texans act. Right? But then stereotypes sell, so I suspect this series will live on as long as Sheridan continues to feed the viewers' uninformed expectations.

I love the dialog and the characters. But the fact that the son, who grew up in Texas, knows zero Spanish is ridiculous. Oh and he's never had a "hot" taco? Give me a fing break. Oh and the daughter is hot as f but they didn't fix the son's teeth? So dumb. They made sure to include Whataburger and Dr. Pepper, but not authentic Mexican food??? Like I love the premise of the show but the small things that don't add up really take away from it. Literally everyone who grew up in SoCo, AZ, NM and TX has basic Spanish knowledge. I do love the lady lawyer handling the sexisist pieces of s their ass though. It's entertaining but also grinds my gears.

A very good two-episode beginning!

Billy Bob Thorton (Tommy Norris) is flat-out terrific in the lead role. I spotted Jacob Lofland (Cooper Norris) when he was on 'Justified' as an up-and-comer.

Ali Larter (Angela Norris) as Tommy's ex-wife and Michelle Randolph (Ainsley Norris), Tommy's daughter, are insufferable and already I'm hoping really bad things happen to them!

The character of Jon Hamm (Monty Miller), who owns the company and is Tommy's boss, may represent my hopefully-unrealized fears for this burgeoning series. Succinctly stated, I fear creator/writter Taylor Sheridan may go bumper-sticker mentality and reduce the series to: Big Oil: Bad! Big Green: Good!

If that happens, I'll change my rating and be gone!