Landman season 2 wastes no time in episode 1 (“Death and a Sunset”), pivoting after November 16, 2025’s premiere on Paramount+ into a West Texas chess match that keeps Billy Bob Thornton ’s Tommy Norris, Demi Moore ’s Cami Miller, and Ali Larter ’s Angela on edge while a new force— Sam Elliott ’s T.L.—changes the temperature of every scene he enters. The hour also confirms a personal tragedy for Tommy and closes with a gut punch that reframes the Norris family.

What happens in episode 1 (“Death and a Sunset”)?

Michelle Randolph as Ainsley in Landman episode 1, season 2

Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+

The premiere opens with a nearly 17-minute Fort Worth hotel sequence that doubles as a wake for Jon Hamm ’s late Monty Miller and an audition for Cami’s leadership of M‑

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