S01.E03: Hell Has A Front Yard

[Snazzy Daisy]

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Cooper makes an impression at the oil patch.

Things get complicated for Tommy when his ex-wife, Angela, comes to town.

Air Date: Nov 24, 2024

 

 

Edited November 25, 2024 by Snazzy Daisy

[Armchair Critic]

I am always nervous for Tommy's son. The ex wife is a trip.

[Snazzy Daisy]

Gosh, can we get rid of the shallow, annoying characters like Angela and Ainsley, please! What’s the point of getting half-naked all the time? 😒

Nathan is the only one who is looking out for Tommy. Good buddy.

For a lawyer, Rebecca Savage isn’t very smart, is she?

The exposition dump between Tommy and Rebecca feels like an advertisement for Chevron, Exxon etc.

Will Cooper be romantically involved with Ariana (Elvio’s widow) at some point down the road? 🤔
 

[SeanBug]

12 hours ago, Snazzy Daisy said:

Gosh, can we get rid of the shallow, annoying characters like Angela and Ainsley, please! What’s the point of getting half-naked all the time? 😒

Nathan is the only one who is looking out for Tommy. Good buddy.

For a lawyer, Rebecca Savage isn’t very smart, is she?

The exposition dump between Tommy and Rebecca feels like an advertisement for Chevron, Exxon etc.

Will Cooper be romantically involved with Ariana (Elvio’s widow) at some point down the road? 🤔
 

It's like I have a twin!! 

The ex and daughter make me want to scream.  And the daughter's line "how can he like her, she's a brunette".  JFC.  Great parenting getting your 17 year old daughter drunk. 

How the lawyer lives and works in TX and doesn't have an inkling about oil companies?   And she's never seen a wind turbine? 

What Tommy explained about the petroleum business being in almost every aspect of our lives (at least back then) was on the nose.  I worked in RE development and had to constantly explain that the cost of pouring asphalt for new streets was directly tied to the price of oil. For material and transport.   

I figured the scene at the house was setting up Cooper and the young widow. 

How does Demi Moore get second billing when she's in one scene?  And it's telling Jon Hamm to take his blood pressure meds? 

[mythoughtis]

On 11/24/2024 at 6:00 PM, Snazzy Daisy said:

 

Gosh, can we get rid of the shallow, annoying characters like Angela and Ainsley, please! What’s the point of getting half-naked all the time? 😒

 

Because that’s the way Sheridan writes female characters.  Unless they are lawyers. 

[amarante]

21 minutes ago, mythoughtis said:

Because that’s the way Sheridan writes female characters.  Unless they are lawyers. 

His "boss" women are awful in their own way even if they aren't hyper sexualized whores like the wife and daughter. 

[Snazzy Daisy]

52 minutes ago, mythoughtis said:

Because that’s the way Sheridan writes female characters.  Unless they are lawyers. 

In Yellowstone, Sarah Atwood was a lawyer (a corporate shark) for Market Equities. She’s awful.  
 

[SeanBug]

As far as Sheridan writing awful female characters, he does do that, totally agree.

But in Wind River, Elizabeth Olsen's character was an FBI agent. She was unfamiliar with Reservation Police operations, and since she was based in FL (IIRC) and Wind River Reservation is in Wyoming, she wasn't prepared for the weather at first.

Bu)t she stepped up and kicked butt. She wasn't afraid to walk into a dangerous situation, and the stand off toward the end of the movie between the security detail and the police was scary AF and she held her own. 

The female characters on Lioness are great too.  They aren't screeching harpies, or psycho drunks blaming their brother for something that happened 20 years ago (JFC get OVER it Beth). Helen Mirren's character on 1923 is good too. Of course Dame Helen probably would have told Taylor to shove it if he wrote her any way but smart and strong. 

 

[rhygirl720]

These blond chicks can exit stage left anytime now. Eye rolling writing there. I'm here for Billy Bob.

[Snazzy Daisy]

Landman | Tommy Explains Why Even Wind Turbines Depend on the Oil Industry (S1, E3) | Paramount+

 

[Joimiaroxeu]

That had to be the worst golf course I've ever seen. They couldn't CGI some green grass on it? (Or is that part of TX experiencing a drought so the brown was realism?)

Is Michael Peña playing two roles under different names? The cousin who jumped Cooper looked just like Peña to me.

Ditto comments upthread, yeah Cooper is going to end up romatically involved with Armando's widow Ariana. He seems pretty good about trying to fit in in situations where he knows he's the odd one out.

Drug dealers "borrowing" local trucks and planes to bring in illegal product, and everyone tolerating it is nuts.

Did Sheridan owe Demi Moore money or something? Her character is beyond pointless, so far anyway. And Jon Hamm's character isn't much better to me. He pretty much just talks to Tommy on the phone.

[Jordan61]

On 11/29/2024 at 9:05 AM, Snazzy Daisy said:

Landman | Tommy Explains Why Even Wind Turbines Depend on the Oil Industry (S1, E3) | Paramount+

 

Am I the only one who thought of the zinc oxide bit from The Kentucky Fried Movie during this scene?

[Ottis]

On 11/24/2024 at 7:00 PM, Snazzy Daisy said:

Gosh, can we get rid of the shallow, annoying characters like Angela and Ainsley, please! What’s the point of getting half-naked all the time?

I don't mind the nakedness, I just don't think the amount of time spent on the wife and daughter justifies what that part of the story brings to the table. The Landman sacrificed his marriage to the job, and was a distant dad as a result. Got it. Now send them both back to Dallas or wherever.

I really love the BBT parts and the glimpse into the industry, even if some parts are fictionally dramatic. But like so many shows, Landman feels the need to add "characters" who just take up valuable time. 

I still don't understand the airplane accident. That truck driver couldn't have avoided the plane and van? I thought it was an attack by a rival gang when it first aired, but I guess not?