Sam Elliott will joinLandmanseason 2, but he isn’t the only star from the popular Western show,Justified,who’s leading the cast of Taylor Sheridan’s oil drama. The second season of the Billy Bob Thornton-led series will premiere in November 2025. Adding Elliott to the cast will reunite him with Thornton, after they appeared on-screen together inTombstoneand1883.
Landmanseason 2will also mark the reunion of two cast members ofJustified,another critically acclaimed neo-Western TV show. The six-season series debuted on FX in 2010, its 2015 ending predatingTaylor Sheridan’s massively popularYellowstonesaga. So,Landmanseason 2 is building upon several Western team-ups, with opportunities to improve them.
Landman Season 2’s Sam Elliott & Jacob Lofland Previously Starred On Justified (But Not Together)
Sam Elliott And Jacob Lofland Starred On Justified In Seasons 5 And 6
Two leadingLandmancast membersstarred inJustified.That said, the pairing didn’t appear on-screen together.Lofland, a key player inLandmanas Cooper Norris, plays Kendall Crowe inJustifiedseason 5. Like Cooper, Crowe maintains a sense of intelligence and morality in a corrupted landscape, with Kendall stuck in a pattern of criminal influence.
As a marijuana tycoon who comes to stake a claim on land in Harlan County,Elliott appears the following season, joiningJustified’s sixth and final chapter as Avery Markham. Elliott’s character becomes the primary antagonist inJustifiedseason 6. At odds with Timothy Olyphant’s leading Raylan Givens and others, Elliott’s Avery Markham is likeJustified’s final boss.
Elliott’sJustifiedcharacter shares similarities with his character inYellowstone’s prequel,1883.Elliott plays Shea Brennan, a Union veteran and wagon train leader for the Oregon Trail. Both Elliott’s characters are charismatic but cruel. That said, Elliott’s Shea Brennan has more emotional range, so I wonder how his addition toLandman’s cast will compare to his other Western personas.
Landman Season 2 Needs To Make Up For Elliott & Lofland’s Lack Of Justified Scenes Together
Will Sam Elliott and Jacob Lofland’s Landman Characters Meet In The Oil Patch?
WithLandmanseason 2 marking theJustifiedalums' reunion, Taylor Sheridan has a fun opportunity to improve upon FX’s Western.Landmancan feature Sam Elliott and Jacob Lofland on-screen together, which didn’t happen inJustified.We still don’t know how Elliott’s new character factors intoLandman’s story, but there’s a good chance he’ll be out in the oil patch.
Sam Elliott could be Landman’s new fixer.
Sam Elliott could beLandman’s new fixer. After Jon Hamm’sMonty Miller dies at the end ofLandmanseason 1, Tommy will step up to run M-TEX, so someone else needs to run the patch. Elliott would be perfect. However, it’s unclear if that will put him side-by-side with Cooper, who will continue building a business inLandmanseason 2.
