Has ‘Landman’ Gone Too Far in Bashing the Left? UPDATED
Taylor Sheridan's oil and gas sensation mocks 'The View,' woke pronouns and more
Conservatives haven’t had a show like “Landman” in ages. Maybe never?
The Paramount+ drama, starring Billy Bob Thornton as an oil and gas “fixer,” speaks directly to the Heartland in more ways than one.
The series understands the role oil plays in the American way of life. It may be messy, but we can’t live without what a classic sitcom called “Texas Tea.” The men and women who pump crude oil out of the earth are flawed but relatable.
The stories acknowledge their sacrifices without deifying them or their actions. The very first episode saw several workers die following an industry accident.
Chilling.
It’s almost surreal to see something like “Landman” in 2026, given Hollywood’s progressive nature. And, more dramatically, the show takes occasional pot shots at the Left.
Last season, Thornton’s Tommy character gave an impassioned speech against green energy. Or, to be exact, why it isn’t what its supporters insist it is.
That sequence went viral, naturally, and show creator/writer Taylor Sheridan must have sensed how it caught fire with the public.
So he doubled down.
For season 2, Sheridan and co. have taken direct swipes at “The View” (twice).
Billy Bob’s description of “The View” on today’s episode of Landman is spot on
“Just a bunch of millionaires bitching about how much they hate Trump and men” pic.twitter.com/BW7XJq8cFk
— OKIE PATRIOT 76 (@okiepatriot_76) December 14, 2025
The show also refuses to bow to those who decry “the male gaze.”
Translation? The show’s buxom beauties – played by Ali Larter and Michelle Randolph – keep showing more skin than most dramas would allow. (And, to be fair, this season introduced a hunky new character played by Guy Burnet)
Last week’s ninth episode made those “View” wisecracks look tame by comparison.
Randolph’s Ainsley has a rough first meeting with her new college roommate, Paigyn. The two are studying similar topics, but they couldn’t be more different.
Ainsley is vapid, obsessed with fashion and generally upbeat. Paigyn has short, cropped hair and insists her new roommate use They/Them pronouns to address her.
You can imagine what happens next.
“Landman” has every right to introduce material like this. The sequence reflects the harsh reality of college life, and it shows how the woke among us can be cold and dictatorial.
Paigyn insists Ainsley avoid eating meat in their dorm room, not play music and other restrictions to preserve her safe space.
Paramount’s Landman OBLITERATES the pronouns argument after the show introduced a non-binary character as Ainsley Norris’s TCU roommate.
Non-binary roommate: “So what are your pronouns?”
Ainsley Norris: “My pronouns? I’d hope that was pretty clear?”
Non-binary roommate:… pic.twitter.com/faGDMrmTa9
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) January 13, 2026
Wonderful. Funny. Necessary.
And yet the episode in question doesn’t give Paigyn much humanity. The show’s ability to deliver rich, textured characters is one of its strengths. Yet Paigyn is depicted as cold, cruel and joyless.
The “pronoun” confrontation went viral on social media, again, but “Landman” would be better served by allowing Paigyn a little dignity.
Right-leaning storytellers shouldn’t ape what progressive scribes too often do to conservative foils.
UPDATE:
Turns out we weren’t done with Paigyn after all.
The character appears in the 10th and final episode of “Landman” season 2. This time, Paigyn lends Ainsley a hand on her first full day of cheerleader training camp. The would-be roommate gives Ainsley some sage advice, tapes her ankles up to keep them sturdy and prepares her for the grueling workouts ahead.
And, in turn, Ainsley stares down a crowd of dumb high schoolers who visited training camp to gawk at the pretty co-eds and mock Paigyn.
Turns out Sheridan had a larger plan in play, one that acknowledge the woke mania gripping the Left while allowing its devotees some dignity.
I’m so tires of TRUTH being described as bashing the the left. THE LEFT is lies. The LEFT is evil. You can never go to far in telling truth and fighting the EVIL LEFT.
Toto is a RINO.
Worse than democrats because at least with democrats, they are honest about their real positions, you know what you’re getting, and you can prepare. RINOs are the worst because they lie about what they are to their audience. They will sit beside you pretending to be a friend and shoot you in the ear for a dollar.
He also claims to be a Christian but spouts Christian Zionist propaganda which means he’s not Christian at all.
“Paigyn a little dignity.” Dignity for a godless freak who doesn’t know what sex she is? Man you have lost your mothereffing mind.. With “conservatives” like you , I see how we “conserved” our way to 90 million ABORTED BABIES and HOMOSEXUAL “MARRIAGE”. You disgust me.
So you have SYMPATHY for THE PEOPLE WHO CALL US NAZIS AND WHITE SUPREMACISTS even though I’m Black? They used to call weak lily livered scum like you RINOS now it’s just P*SSY. You disgust me. I spew you out like vomit. You weak, beta, poor excuse of a “man”.
They get all of pop culture. We get one show.
No. Landman has not gone too far. I say, quadruple down.
I totally get that sentiment …and I still think we shouldn’t stoop to their level. AND IT’S BLEEPING REFRESHING for any show to mock the woke bullies, full stop!
That is a trick question, as you can NEVER go too far in bashing the Left.
As long as it’s entertaining, It’s not possible to go too far when blasting the alt-left.
What is more interesting is that the actress/model who plays Paigyn – Bobbi Salvör Menuez – is a they/them nonbinary lesbian in real life. I am surprised that “she” took that role knowing it would mock the mental illness that these people exhibit. I guess she realized the part would pay more than whatever else she was doing at the time to make a living and give her. I only wonder if her “tolerant” friends in the radical queer community will cancel her for doing so?
“… it shows how the woke among us can be cold and dictatorial.” Because that is how the Left/Woke is in this country. My way or the highway. You cannot argue facts with them. It’s all emotion; how he/she/they feel, etc. They resort to name calling and ad hominem attacks because they have no facts or science on their side – so, yeah, let Taylor mock them with all the mockery he can write.
I think we should support any show like Landman that ridicules the insanity of the left/woke mob.
Oh, I love the show and dig so much about it. And this rare case of balance is wonderful. I just don’t think the Right-leaning storytellers should repeat the steps of the Left-leaning storytellers. The Paign character is a disaster, and I’m sure deep down is miserable.
And Paigyn is also from Minneapolis 🙂
I find it curious they say Paigyn was depicted just the way typical leftists actually are. And they are upset by that?
They were probably hoping she would be a brave woman of color.