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Best Landman Episodes, Ranked

All 20 episodes of Landman scored and sorted — from the 8.6/10 high of S1E9 to the 7.6/10 of S1E3.

By Mira Vance · Editor & Lead Reviewer

Our rating: 8.18/10 average across 20 episode reviews (best 8.6, lowest 7.6).

Landman runs warm and steady — twenty episodes, every one between 7.6 and 8.6, which tells you the floor is high and the ceiling is reachable but never wild. The peak is the back half of Season 2. S2E9 “Plans, Tears, and Sirens” and the finale S2E10 “Tragedy and Flies” both top out at 8.6, and they sit there for opposite reasons: E9 is the rupture, with Cami firing Tommy by the river, while E10 is the rebuild, Tommy walking off to start his own company. Set them next to S2E8 “Handsome Touched Me” (8.4), where Cami bets the whole company, and you get a three-episode stretch where the boardroom finally hits as hard as the patch.

Season 1’s high point is its finale, “Tommy Gets Promoted as Cooper Chases Wolfcamp and Monty Dies” (8.4) — Monty’s death is the hinge the second season swings on.

The dips are all early Season 1. The lowest is S1E3, the crash-site episode where Cooper joins Boss’s crew (7.6), with S1E2’s burning well and S1E7’s Monty oil-bet tied just above at 7.8. They’re setup episodes — pieces moving, stakes not yet collected.

Net: Season 2 is the stronger run, averaging higher and owning the top four spots. Season 1 builds the engine; Season 2 drives it.

678910S1E1: 8.2/10S1E1: 8.1/10S1E2: 8.3/10S1E2: 7.8/10S1E3: 8.3/10S1E3: 7.6/10S1E4: 8.2/10S1E4: 8.0/10S1E5: 8.3/10S1E5: 8.2/10S1E6: 8.3/10S1E6: 8.0/10S1E7: 8.1/10S1E7: 7.8/10S1E8: 8.4/10S1E8: 8.1/10S1E9: 8.6/10S1E9: 8.4/10S1E10: 8.6/10S1E10: 8.3/10
Every episode scored on tension, payoff, and rewatch value. Hover a point for the episode.
RankEpEpisodeScore
T-1S1E9"Plans, Tears, and Sirens" — Cami Fires Tommy by the River8.6
T-1S1E10"Tragedy and Flies" — Tommy Starts His Own Oil Company8.6
T-3S1E8"Handsome Touched Me" — Cami Bets the Company8.4
T-3S1E9Tommy Gets Promoted as Cooper Chases Wolfcamp and Monty Dies8.4
T-5S1E2"Sins of the Father" — Cooper Finds Oil and Trouble8.3
T-5S1E3"Almost a Home" — Tommy Finds the Missing Money8.3
T-5S1E5"The Pirate Dinner" — Cami Chooses the Dangerous Money8.3
T-5S1E6"Dark Night of the Soul" — Tommy Closes a Dangerous Deal8.3
T-5S1E10Tommy Takes Over M-Tex as Cami Bets Monty's Company and the Cartel Takes Him8.3
T-10S1E1"Death and a Sunset" — Tommy Inherits the Company and the Grief8.2
T-10S1E4"Dancing Rainbows" — Tommy Brings His Father Home8.2
T-10S1E5Cooper Helps Ariana as Tommy Faces the Cartel and Angela Builds a Home8.2
T-13S1E1Tommy Norris Cuts a Cartel Deal as Cooper's First Day Ends in Fire8.1
T-13S1E7"Forever is an Instant" — Tommy Slows Down Before the Next Bet8.1
T-13S1E8Cooper Quits M-Tex While Tommy Brings the Guard to the Patch8.1
T-16S1E4Rebecca Wins the Deposition as Cooper Climbs the Derrick and Angela Moves Back In8.0
T-16S1E6Tommy Retaliates After Cooper Survives a Man Camp Beating8.0
T-18S1E2Tommy Shuts Down a Burning Well as Cooper Refuses to Leave the Patch7.8
T-18S1E7Tommy Weighs Monty's Big Oil Bet as Cooper Hides Out at Ariana's7.8
20S1E3Tommy Shows Rebecca the Crash Site as Cooper Joins Boss's Crew7.6

Scores reflect our episode reviews. Tap any episode to read the full review, or browse the whole Landman season recap from the top.