Landman Season 1 Initial Final Scene Made No Sense, and I’m So Glad Taylor Sheridan Changed It

Landman’s season 1 is Taylor Sheridan ’s pride and joy and definitely one of Paramount+’s greatest hits ever, but its perfect symbolic ending could have been easily ruined by the director himself.

In the season’s finale, Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris is seen dealing with lots of problems, with one of those becoming a reason why he took over the position of M-Tex’s president.

The last scene quite literally had nothing to say, showing a silent encounter between Tommy and a coyote running nearby his house and thus risking being killed by Tommy’s hot-tempered neighbour.

Landman’s fans, I’m pretty sure, appreciated Sheridan’s choice of leaving the whole scene without a single word pronounced, bringing it its own symbolic meaning, even though this, according to Thornton himself, wasn’t the director’s initial plan.

Landman Season 1 Final Moment Was Supposed to Have ‘a Bunch of Dialogue’

It’s fair to say dialogues are exactly what Taylor Sheridan has been so praised for in recent years, so no wonder he wanted to make the first season’s final scene even more meaningful with the help of words.

“Originally there was a bunch of dialogue in those scenes. Taylor and I talked it over. You know what, I don’t know if I should say anything. People are going to get it. We don’t need to put a hat on a hat. It was a very powerful scene even doing it. Getting a coyote to stand still and stare at you is not easy but we managed”, Billy Bob Thornton revealed at Deadline Contenders TV the other day.

Well, I should say Sheridan knew what he was doing — long conversations just don’t sit right with Tommy Norris whose silent look is in fact more powerful than any word he throws around, revealing his inner insecurities about his future as a leading man in a huge oil company.

Naturally, the final scene, just like Thornton said, couldn’t get any better than what it eventually got, so I guess we’re all on the same page about it.

Tommy Norris’ Life in Landman Season 2 Will Be Even Messier Than Ever Before

Now that Demi Moore ’s Cami Miller is about to take a much bigger role at M-Tex as its new owner and Thornton’s character will have to be there to navigate her through harsh business oil issues, Tommy’s routine life will likely change a lot, still considering that he has an ex-wife and a teenage daughter to deal with at home.

“He goes from having a job that’s really difficult and a job that’s very dangerous to having two. Now I’m kind of executive and a landman and a family man in the midst of this tornado. It makes for some pretty interesting stuff I have to say”, Thornton revealed.

He then quickly reassured fans that Tommy’s physical look won’t go through the same severe changes.

Landman’s season 2 will likely air on Paramount+ sometime in 2026.