Landman Premiere Recap: Billy Bob Thornton Does the Dirty Work in Taylor Sheridan’s Oil Drama
Every oil company has a landman, we learn in the premiere of Taylor Sheridan’s new Paramount+ drama. The person in this position secures the company’s rights to drill land, keeps the employees in check and generally keeps things running — even if he has to do things that aren’t exactly legal to make that happen. Tommy Norris (played by Billy Bob Thornton) holds that role in Landman, which premiered Sunday, and he’s good at it. Within minutes of the series’ premiere, he’s dealing with a drug lord