“The way he sees us is so amazing”: Ali Larter on how Sam Elliott changed Landman viewers’ perspective of Angela and Ainsley

Sam Elliott had a big role to play in how fans view Landman's Angela and Ainsley, according to Ali Larter, as the actress opens up on how the character of T.L. gave fans a new perspective of the mother-daughter duo. Speaking to People Magazine, Larter talked about how Taylor Sheridan tried to capture how T.L perceives both the women, as an attempt to help the audience get that perspective too.

Talking to the outlet she says:

"I love the scene in episode 5 where you see him in the house, and he doesn't know what these girls are up to when Angela and Ainsley come home. He's just sitting at the counter and he watches them — it's like Taylor's showing the audience how to think about Angela and Ainsley through T.L.'s eyes."

She then added how this helped protect both of them from the backlash as Elliott's character on Landman made sure to change that perspective as she continued:

"The way that he sees us is so amazing. Because a lot of times, people even within the show are coming after her, commenting about me, or whatever. It's just always interesting when another character in the show sees us in a different way. I love that T.L. loves us. Instead of, like Tommy, always provoking her and getting frustrated with her."

What happened on Landman Season 2?

The Landman season 2 finale wastes no time reminding you why Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris is the immovable center of this show. After the chaos in previous episodes, fans genuinely thought Tommy might be out for good, but turns out, that panic was premature. A Landman without Tommy was never really on the table.

The episode opens by confirming what many suspected: Tommy still controls the most important leverage in the game, including the legal details around Cooper’s wells. While Cami Miller fades quietly into the background, the real tension shifts to Cooper and Ariana’s assault storyline. Taylor Sheridan takes a sharp turn here, using their trip to the police station to interrogate ideas of power, self defense, and who the system actually protects. It is messy, uncomfortable, and very Sheridan.

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Meanwhile, Tommy survives a biblical test of endurance, curses God on the highway, and somehow still walks away ready to rebuild. By the end of the episode, he changes his fate. With Danny Morrell, he launches a brand new oil company, cutting a risky deal that feels both inevitable and ominous. CTT Oil Exploration & Cattle is born, absurd name and all, with a profit sharing model that almost feels too idealistic to survive long term.

The episode raises the stakes for the confirmed third season as we wait for what turns Tommy's life will now take.

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