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Last season it seemed like every Landman episode featured an oil rig explosion, a plane crash, or your general mafioso-fueled chaos. But after the relatively tame premiere of season two, I was beginning to wonder if Tommy and the gang were settling in for a less pyrotechnic and more serene, subdued ride. Oh, how wrong I was. (Our regular reminder: Landman is based on the Texas Monthly and Imperative Entertainment podcast Boomtown , and TM is an executive producer).

This week’s episode began with Cooper getting soaked in oil: Another one of his wells has struck black gold and is spewing it across the sky. Meanwhile, Ariana is worried. Cooper won’t answer her calls, and the last time a man she loved didn’t pick up his phone while o

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