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A modern-day story about finding fortune in the world of West Texas oil rigs. Watch writer/director Taylor Sheridan’s most popular movies and TV series on IMDb, sorted by user rating. A landman, at least one who works in the petroleum industry, acts as a middleman between the exploration companies and the landowners. Typically, a land manager’s job is to negotiate and enter into contracts with landowners with mineral rights to lease those rights to the company they represent. Essentially, they manage the land and secure the leases so they can drill for oil and gas. Like a foreman on a construction site, they build roads, living quarters for workers (man camps), oversee the assembly of excavation machinery, and the drilling of the well site itself, especially in remote locations. They are also part fixer, problem solver, and mediator. Referenced in CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode #44.24 (2022). For someone so focused on her goals, the inclusion of an emotionally unstable one-woman circus completely undermines the purpose of the show. It feels like her character is disrupting the central narrative and causing unnecessary chaos rather than aiding her journey. The portrayal doesn’t add value to the plot, but rather makes it harder to take his determination and focus seriously. Likewise, his wife and daughter’s roles in the series feel out of place. The wife comes across as emotionally erratic, while the daughter seems to lack intellectual depth, making her contribution to the plot negligible. The daughter’s portrayal feels particularly superficial, as her character offers little more than superficial engagement, adding no value to the story. Furthermore, these characters are constantly jumping around in provocative clothing, seemingly with no purpose other than to attract attention, and it doesn’t seem to match the tone of the series. Rather than enhancing the plot or character dynamics, this approach comes across as a superficial tactic to get attention. It’s a strange and unnecessary addition that detracts from the overall quality of the narrative.