Landman has previously killed off a main character in a season finale, but it is Sam Elliottthe next character?
The second season, which premiered in November 2025, featured Tommy’s (Billy Bob Thornton) fatherTL (Sam Elliott), who was originally housed in an assisted living facility and treated for various health issues. Their paths crossed Tommy’s again when TL finally moved into Tommy’s house.
Since making the switch, viewers have been spending more time with TL, who sometimes uses a wheelchair due to knee and hip issues. He has pondered mortality on several occasions, and in a past episode, Tommy even thought TL died during a nap.
The season 2 finale, which is scheduled for January 18, is titled Tragedy and Flies, which could indicate a death. As fans of Taylor Sheridanthe success of the Paramount+ program knows, Jon Hammit’s Monty was introduced as the main character but eventually died when season 1 ended.
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Elliott, 81, for his part, said earlier ExtraTV which was reserved for two years at Landman. This could mean that TL is not in real danger yet, or it could imply that she will die but return in flashback form.
After working with the 55-year-old Sheridan in 1883, Elliott opened up return for Landman.
“(With the TL story), it’s just on the page. I had time to think about it. I just wanted to be open to whatever came my way,” he explained to Variety in November. “When you have that kind of material, you don’t look at a piece of material, or at least I don’t look at a piece of material, and go, ‘I’d really like to cry here,’ or ‘I love making the audience cry,’ or whatever. It just has to come naturally.”
Elliott was thrilled to bring Sheridan’s play to life, adding, “One of the great gifts of Taylor’s material is that she just lets that kind of emotion flow. I spent a lot of my time crying throughout the season, so it wasn’t something I was expecting, but it’s just something that happened.”
The actor related TL’s story to his own life.
“I’ve spent a good part of my life growing up outdoors, and there’s something about Taylor’s stuff that I feel depends on that in some way. That speaks to me very deeply,” Elliott, who shares a daughter with his wife Katharine Rosshe explained “It’s this grounded man, coming out of the earth. It’s not like 1883, where we’re in the elements and all that all the time, but there’s something about it that I personally value.”
He continued, “It’s like where I live. I live on the west end of Malibu. I’ve been there for 50 years with my wife and my daughter. It takes me completely away from LA and it’s a choice I’ve made. It’s probably not the smartest choice in terms of a career in the movie business.”
Elliott found it easy to relate to the challenges his character faces. “There’s something about this guy sitting in a wheelchair at 81 or 82, whatever age he is, watching the sunset. I mean, I don’t know how much more to say than that. There’s a reason for that,” he concluded. “He’s drawn to it, and he talks about it in Episode 2, the light and the dust and the heat and the lack of humidity and the things we hate about this country. He hates us all day, and then he gives us this sunset. Those elements speak to me very, very loudly.”
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