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A modern-day tale of fortune-telling in the world of West Texas oil rigs
Check out writer/director Taylor Sheridan’s most popular movies and TV shows on IMDb, ranked by user ratings. works in the oil industry, will serve as a go-between for exploration companies and landowners.
Essentially, they manage the land and secure the leases so that they can drill for oil and gas
Typically, a landowner’s job is to negotiate and finalize contracts with landowners with mineral rights to lease those rights to the company they represent. Like a foreman on a construction site, they build roads, build workers’ housing (camp), set up the excavation machinery, and drill the well itself, especially in remote locations.
Referenced in CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode #4424 (2022)
They are also, in part, Fixers, Troubleshooters, and Facilitators. Landman deals oil in the Texas Midlands—the heart of America’s oil country.
The plot is a little thin — basically, bad things happen and Billy Bob has to fix them
And Billy Bob is the center of the show — and on TV Land these days, it doesn’t get much better than Billy Bob. His personal life is a mess — a beautiful daughter who wants to be too much like her beautiful mother (divorced from Billy Bob to marry a rich man).
This could be a heavenly show or a sore miss
Jon Hamm is BB’s boss — until episode 4, he has little to do except act tense and tell BB to fix the problem. Demi Moore plays his barely visible wife — maybe they’ll come together later to play a role in the plot.