I Was Obsessed With Sam Elliott Joining The Landman Cast, And Billy Bob Thornton's Story About Their Emotional First Scene Didn't Disappoint: 'It Affected Me'

Spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of Landman are ahead! Read with caution, and watch the show with a Paramount+ subscription .

After the audience met Sam Elliott ’s TL in the Season 2 premiere of Landman , he was reunited with his son, Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy , and his grandson, Jacob Lofland’s Cooper, in Episode 2. It happened during a very moving scene, too, and the story behind filming it, which Thornton told me, makes it even more emotional.

When I watched the second episode of Landman that aired on the 2025 TV schedule , I knew I had to ask Thornton, Elliott and Lofland about filming it. It was a very emotional reunion for the father-son duo, as TL waxed poetic about the tragic reason why sunsets are so beautiful while sitting in a wheelchair. The Slin