Landman has beforehand killed off a essential character in a season finale — however is Sam Elliott‘s character subsequent?
The second season, which premiered in November 2025, launched Tommy’s (Billy Bob Thornton) dad, T.L. (Sam Elliott), who was initially staying in an assisted residing facility and coping with a number of well being points. His path crossed with Tommy’s once more when T.L. finally moved into Tommy’s home.
Since making the swap, viewers have spent extra time with T.L., who typically makes use of a wheelchair resulting from points along with his knees and hip. He has contemplated mortality on a number of events, and in a single previous episode, Tommy even thought T.L. died throughout a nap.
The season 2 finale, which is slated for January 18, is titled Tragedy and Flies, which might point out a demise. As followers of Taylor Sheridan‘s hit Paramount+ present know, Jon Hamm‘s Monty was launched as a essential character however finally died by the point season 1 got here to an finish.
Elliott, 81, for his half, beforehand informed ExtraTV that he was booked for 2 years on Landman. That might imply T.L. isn’t in actual hazard but, or it might trace that he’ll die however return in flashback kind.
After working with Sheridan, 55, on 1883, Elliott opened up about coming again for Landman.
“[With T.L.’s story line], it’s simply on the web page. I had time to consider it. I simply needed to be open to no matter comes my manner,” he defined to Selection in November. “When you could have that sort of materials, you don’t have a look at a bit of fabric, or not less than I don’t have a look at a bit of fabric, and say, ‘I’d actually like to cry right here,’ or, ‘Actually like to make the viewers cry,’ or no matter. It simply has to come back naturally.”
Elliott was thrilled to deliver Sheridan’s work to life, including, “One of many nice items about Taylor’s materials is that it simply permits that sort of emotion to movement. I spent a superb a part of my time in tears this whole season, so it wasn’t one thing I anticipated, nevertheless it’s simply one thing that occurred.”
The actor associated T.L.’s story to his personal life.
“I’ve spent a superb portion of my life rising up within the outdoor, and there’s one thing about Taylor’s materials that I really feel prefer it hinges on that in some respect. That basically speaks deeply to me,” Elliott, who shares a daughter with spouse Katharine Ross, defined. “It’s this man linked to the bottom, what comes up out of the bottom. It’s definitely not like 1883 the place we’re out within the parts and all that on a regular basis, however there’s one thing about what I worth personally.”
He continued: “It’s like the place I stay. I stay on the western finish of Malibu. I’ve been there for 50 years with my spouse and daughter. That takes me away from L.A. utterly, and it’s a alternative I’ve made. It’s in all probability not the neatest alternative when it comes to pursuing a profession within the film enterprise.”
Elliott discovered it simple to narrate to the challenges his character faces. “There’s one thing about this man sitting in a wheelchair at 81 or 82 years previous, nonetheless previous he’s, watching the solar go down. I imply, I don’t know the way rather more to say about it than that. There’s a purpose for that,” he concluded. “He’s drawn to that, and he talks about it in episode 2, the sunshine and the mud and the warmth and the dearth of moisture and the issues we hate about that nation. It hates us all day, after which it offers us this sundown. These parts converse very, very strongly to me.”
New episodes of Landman stream Sundays on Paramount+.
