Overview
Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West-Texas and a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs, the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires that are fueling a boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
Landman pulls its DNA from a podcast to frame the modern West Texas oil industry as a high-stakes ecosystem. It functions as a contemporary take on the upstairs downstairs dynamic, contrasting the grit of roughnecks with the detached maneuvers of wildcat billionaires. The drama relies on sharp shifts in tone, moving from the serious implications of global geopolitics to sequences that are genuinely hilarious.
The show captures a massive economic surge through the perspective of people chasing fortunes in the dust. Billy Bob Thornton anchors the chaos of the boomtowns as the culture of the rigs alters both the landscape and the global economy. By focusing on the friction between these different classes, the series builds a portrait of an industry that is as demanding as it is profitable. It manages to balance the weight of its subject matter with a playful edge that keeps the power struggles feeling human rather than clinical.
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- First Aired
- November 17, 2024
- Status
- Returning Series
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 502