Landman
Genre: Drama
Created by: Taylor Sheridan, Christian Wallace
Based on: Boomtown by Imperative Entertainment Texas Monthly
Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton (Tommy Norris), Ali Larter (Angela Norris), Jacob Lofland (Cooper Norris), Michelle Randolph (Ainsley Norris), Paulina Chávez (Ariana Medina), Kayla Wallace (Rebecca Falcone), James Jordan (Dale Bradley), Demi Moore (Cami Miller), Andy GarcÃa (Danny “Gallino” Morrell), Sam Elliott (T. L. Norris), Stefania Spampinato (Bella Morrell)
Premise: Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West-Texas and a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs, the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires that are fueling a boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.
The series is available for streaming on Paramount+
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Season 2 – Episode 7
Episode title: Forever Is an Instant
Original release date: December 28, 2025
Episode plot: Charlie tells Rebecca there is only a ten percent chance the new gas well will produce. She and Nate decide to litigate to prolong the process until M-Tex funds can be released, believing a lay jury trial will benefit them instead of professional arbitration. Nate discovers Rebecca has slept with Charlie, her subordinate and is bound to report her actions to the board. Rebecca tells Tommy first, who dismisses her concerns due to her work ethic, and the various other workplace violations that happen daily at M-Tex that go unreported. He urges Nate not to make enemies with Rebecca. Dale, Russ and B.R. celebrate Boss’s 20 years at M-Tex at a cookout. After receiving a commemorative Rolex, Boss tells his colleagues he intends to retire in a year. T.L. reminds Tommy he is in a way better position in life, but can’t seem to see it. That evening, he reaffirms his love for Angela. Cooper proposes to Ariana with his mothers engagement ring.
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Landman – S02E07 – Forever Is an Instant | Transcript
[snoring]
[soft clattering]
[passes gas]
[snorts]
[waitress screaming]
[Tommy] Uh, who the fuck are you?
[waitress] Waitress, waitress! Don’t rape me!
[Tommy] I’m not gonna rape you.
[Angela] Tommy, put your dick away! Don’t be scared, darling. That wasn’t about you. [chuckles] He eats Cialis like M&M’s, runs into door jams all morning with that thing.
[Tommy] Son of a bitch.
[Angela] So sorry about that.
Oh.
[Angela] Okay, just leave the tray.
Uh, thank you.
[Angela] Go ahead.
[door opens, closes]
[Angela] Nice.
[Tommy] What are you doing, sneaking fucking hotel workers in here for?
[Angela] I was trying to surprise you with breakfast in bed.
[Tommy] Well, you sure as shit did.
[Angela] That is not the best angle of your ball sack, I might add. I’d scream, too. You know, you’ve really got to love a man to look at him from there. Poor thing. If she wasn’t a lesbian when she walked in here, she’s a fucking lesbian now.
[Tommy] Where you going?
[Angela] Getting dressed. When my husband flashes the waitstaff, it kind of kills the mood.
[Tommy] Well, honey, you’re the one that told me to take an extra pill last night. Now what do I do with this fucking thing? Huh?
[Angela] Why don’t you fuck one of those waffles?
[Tommy] Okay, maybe I will. Matter of fact, I might fuck the whole breakfast. The waffles and the fruit and the goddamn bagel and the omelet.
[Angela] Don’t you fucking touch my omelet.
[Tommy] Oh, the omelet’s the first thing that’s getting fucked.
[Angela] Don’t you fuck my omelet.
[Tommy] You better order another one because it’s fucked.
[Angela] Way to ruin the weekend, Tommy.
[Tommy] The weekend just started, babe!
[Angela] And you already ruined it!
[Quiet, contemplative music]
[Cooper] Buenos dÃas.
[Ariana] Mm. Buen dÃa a ti.
[Cooper] ¿Dormiste bien?
[Ariana] I did. [chuckles] Why are we speaking Spanish?
[Cooper] I’ve been practicing.
[Ariana] I can see that.
[Cooper] Well, I just figured, it’s your first language. I should know how to speak it. And when you start talking shit, I’ll know what you’re saying.
[Ariana] [chuckles] [sighs] Do you know French?
[Cooper] No.
[Ariana] Hmm. Guess I better learn that then. It’s important I’m able to talk shit about you without repercussions. It’s the corner shop of any healthy relationship.
[Cooper] “Cornerstone,” babe.
[Ariana] Oye, no necesito que corrijas cada palabra que uso mal.
[Cooper] Okay, what does that mean?
[Ariana] [chuckles] Looks like I don’t have to learn French for a while. [laughs] How was Isabel?
[Cooper] Isabel was a trap.
[Ariana] Did you survive it?
[Cooper] She taught me how to make salsa.
[Ariana] Really?
[Cooper] Mmhmm.
[Ariana] Salsa roja or verde?
[Cooper] Both.
[Ariana] Mm. You did more than survive. Two down, one to go. Mm. You’re on the clock, flaco. Don’t make me wait forever.
[door closes]
[shower running]
[Cooper] I want it to be special when I ask.
[Ariana] Having done this once before, the asking isn’t what makes it special. The wedding doesn’t either. The wedding’s for everyone else. We make the marriage special. We make every day special, Cooper. And it’s a lot harder than it sounds. Understand?
[Cooper] I’m trying really hard to listen, but you’re naked and it’s got my brain pretty jumbled.
[Ariana] Men.
♪♪♪
[Rebecca] Morning.
[Charlie] Morning. You hungry?
[Rebecca] Um… I…
[Charlie] No? Not a breakfast eater?
[Rebecca] [chuckles] No, I… I have breakfast. It’s typically a juice blend…
[Charlie] Uh-huh.
[Rebecca] …some yogurt, açaÃ, blueberries, if they’re wild.
[Charlie] Well, we don’t have any of that.
[Rebecca] What do we have?
[Charlie] Coffee?
[Rebecca] Sure.
[Charlie] Barefoot. That’s really living on the edge in West Texas.
[Rebecca] Dirt feels good.
[Charlie] Oh, yeah? Till it doesn’t. When something under you stings the shit out of you.
[Rebecca] [chuckles] When I overcome my shame, I’ll need some help understanding the mechanics of the travel trailer toilet.
[Charlie] [laughs] Well, the pedal is on the floor. It’s like a car. Below the seat, you push it halfway down, it fills the basin. All the way down flushes it.
[Rebecca] Thank you. How about the shower?
[Charlie] There’s no pedals in the shower. It’s just like the one you got at home, you know, just probably… probably much smaller, I’ll assume.
[sighs] God, it’s beautiful, isn’t it?
[Rebecca] That’s not the word I would use to describe it.
[Charlie] You know that its formation is a result of tectonic events a billion or more years ago. You know, we’re sitting right now on a shallow sea. And there was this massive evaporative event, and then this became an inland sea, connected down to the ocean by what we call the Hovey Channel, formed during the Permian period, hence the name. There was massive marine life in this sea, massive. And that marine life is now the oil we all seek today. We’re eating breakfast on the ocean floor. Isn’t that something?
[Rebecca] Yeah.
[Charlie] And you?
[Rebecca] Me?
[Charlie] Mmhmm. A lawyer.
[Rebecca] Mmhmm.
[Charlie] Mmhmm. So, you like to fight.
[Rebecca] I like to beat people who underestimate me.
[Charlie] Underestimate you?
[Rebecca] Which is everyone.
[Charlie] Who underestimates you? I mean, y-you scare the shit out of me. You’re smart, you’re beautiful, you got a chip on your shoulder the size of this drilling rig here.
[Rebecca] You don’t act very scared.
[Charlie] I like to overcome my fears.
[Rebecca] Oh, is that what you’ve been doing?
[Charlie] You know what, I’m a big believer in only getting involved with women way out of my league.
[Rebecca] Ah. [chuckles] Okay. And why is that?
[Charlie] If you don’t feel like you deserve what you got, you’ll always work hard to deserve it.
[Rebecca] [snorts]
[Charlie] What?
[Rebecca] Wow. Okay. You know, I bet the ladies really lap that shit up.
[Charlie] Well, I’ve never actually been with a woman way out of my league till you, so this is the first test of that theory.
[Rebecca] Oh, now I’m a theory?
[Charlie] No, you’re not. You’re not a theory. You’re very much real. You’re actually… I’m shocked this is even happening.
[Rebecca] Look, you’re cute, good cook and a better kisser, but the $40 body wash, that’s the reason I’m sitting here.
[Charlie] Sixtyseven.
[Rebecca] Oh. Well, that makes me like you even more.
[Charlie] [chuckles]
[Rebecca] Can we shift gears?
[Charlie] Back to bed?
[Rebecca] Different gear. I want to get you in front of the president and principal and walk them through getting this well producing.
[Charlie] Well, I can walk them through getting it drilled, but I-I can’t guarantee it’ll produce.
[Rebecca] But you said drilling for gas was more forgiving.
[Charlie] It is. If the reservoir is proven. Now, this-this is a wildcat. I mean, there is gas in the region. This is a very likely spot for it, but there’s no guarantees for that.
[Rebecca] We know where the well produced.
[Charlie] Right. Well, it stopped producing because it blew out.
[Rebecca] Because of a hurricane.
[Charlie] Hurricanes are on the surface. The well is 30,000 feet below.
[Rebecca] I… I need a no-bullshit assessment. What are the odds that we reach the gas field?
[Charlie] Well, look, I’ve glanced at the seismics, and I need to study the reservoir, check the production history…
[Rebecca] What are the odds?
[Charlie] Ten percent.
[Low, dramatic music]
[Rebecca] [sighs] We are spending $400 million on this drill.
[Charlie] You know, diamonds aren’t expensive because they’re rare. They’re expensive because they’re hard to find. It’s the same with our business. Look, I’m the very best at what I do. If there’s gas in that field, I will find it. Just give me time to glance over the seismics, and…
[Rebecca] Sounds like a guarantee.
[Charlie] Mmmmm. It’s a belief.
[Rebecca] I need more than a belief.
[Charlie] I can’t give you that. Anyone who says that they can is lying to you. You know, Wildcatting… it’s a belief and nothing else.
[Rebecca] I don’t know what wildcatting means.
[Charlie] It’s risking it all. Chips to the middle. Fortune or failure, caution to the wind. All on a hunch.
[Rebecca] That well produced for eight years. We know gas is there.
[Charlie] You know gas is there. Then the well blew, started pumping water. Did the pocket collapse? Were you in a small reservoir? Were you on the edge of a big one? I mean, production had little decline. Hints at a big one, but you don’t know. That’s wildcatting. Now, you can take all your money to Vegas and get better odds, but if these hit, you’re not measuring in MCFs, you’re measuring in TCFs.
[Rebecca] I don’t know TCF.
[Charlie] Rebecca, you work for an oil company. How can you not know what a TCF is…
[Rebecca] I’m not a petroleum geologist. I’m a fucking litigation attorney. You are the geologist, so would you be so kind as to tell me what the fuck a TCF is?
[Charlie] A million cubic feet, MCF. Trillion cubic feet, TCF. An MCF of natural gas trades at 375, so… [sighs] You do the math, ’cause I can’t count that high.
[Rebecca] But if it misses… we’re out $400 million.
[Charlie] Yeah. That’s wildcatting.
[Gentle music]
♪♪♪
♪♪♪
♪ majestic music
[engines revving outside]
It’s Saturday, man. Shit.
[“Guayeteo” by Caleb Calloway, Yandel & Ryan Castro playing]
♪♪♪
Man, don’t anybody want to just sleep in on the weekends in this camp?
Got to go cruise Clements. Show off their rides, chase honeys. All the money they got in those fucking things, they better do something with ’em.
Hey, you ever go down there?
Hell no.
[laughing]
This car culture deal never made it to the reservation. We run eight deep in a 30yearold van and don’t give a fuck.
[laughs]
Might blow three paychecks on a horse, but not a damn car.
What time’s Boss want us over there?
Whenever you’re ready.
I’m ready now.
Let’s get on the road before we get stuck behind 50 of these things.
[engines revving]
Oh, shit. They’re about to move.
Out of the way!
[exclaims]
[engine starts]
Hey, don’t spray gravel on these guys, they’ll shoot us.
Woo!
Hey, motherfucker!
[Pastoral music]
[Ainsley] Everyone’s so quiet.
[Tommy] November, five, five, niner, kilo, golf.
[Tommy] All right. Love you, honey. I’ll see you this afternoon.
[T.L.] You got to really make one mad to get the finger as she’s climbing on your fucking jet.
[Ainsley] Love you, Daddy.
[Tommy] Love you, baby.
[Ainsley] I’ll try to smooth things over.
[Tommy] That’s a job for time and tequila, honey.
[Ainsley] Well, luckily, jets have both. God works in mysterious ways.
[T.L.] What did you do?
[Tommy] Well, I’ll tell you this, uh… not even as a joke… don’t ever put your dick in a woman’s omelet.
[T.L.] To be honest, son, the thought has never crossed my fucking mind.
[Upbeat music]
[whistles]
[doorbell rings]
[Jacqui laughs] Hey. Hey, guys.
[BR] How we doing, Jaqui? How are you?
[Jacqui] I’m so good, how are you?
[King] Oh, hey, good to see you.
[Jacqui] Good to see you. Y’all come on in.
[BR] All right.
[Jacqui] We got wives in the living room. Barbecue and beer is out back. Wives?
[BR] Hello, wives.
[overlapping greetings]
[BR] How y’all doing?
Yeah.
[overlapping chatter]
♪ The drink don’t need no mix ♪
♪ I need more than this ♪
♪ I’m tryna get faded, baby,
this ain’t gon’ do shit ♪
♪ The drink don’t
need no mix… ♪
How are you?
[Jacqui] Baby, you need anything?
[Boss] Oh, I’ll take some more waters, please, baby.
[Jacqui] Water, you got it.
[Boss] Thank you.
Glad to see y’all breathing, man. That was some bullshit.
[BR] Yeah, I don’t want to live it again.
Man, they took Jerrell home in a wheelchair. He blind as a motherfucker.
[King] Praying that’s temporary.
[Tyron] You and me both.
[BR] Yeah. Hey, Boss.
[Boss] Oh, BR. [laughs] King, what’s up, man?
[King] What’s up, brother? Hey, I hope y’all hungry.
[King] Oh, we’re hungry. What you got there? Damn. Who got a birthday?
[Boss] [chuckles] It’s my 20 year bonus.
[laughs]
[Boss] Yeah. We all kings today, brother. Hey, grab y’all a plate and a beer.
[King] Yeah.
[Boss] How you like yours, BR?
[BR] I’ll take mine rare.
[Boss] Oh, that’s that bloodthirsty Viking shit right there.
[laughing]
[Boss] How about you, King?
[King] Man, I’m a Comanche. You already overcooked mine.
[Boss] [laughing] Here. Unless you want to grab a raw one right out the cooler.
[King] [chuckles] Don’t tempt me.
[chuckles]
[BR] I’m gonna eat mine before it gets up and runs off, all right?
[Boss] Enjoy it, man. I’ll be over there in a minute.
[doorbell rings]
[Jaqui] Hey, you.
[Dale] Jaqui, Jaqui, Jaqui. Hello.
[Jacqui] Come on inside.
[Dale] How are you?
[Jacqui] I’m good. We got the boys outside in the back, okay?
[Dale] Okay. All right.
[Jacqui] What… Is that for me?
[Dale] Everything I have is yours, Jaqui. Come here. You look great, sweetheart.
[Jacqui] Thank you. You too.
[Dale] It is unfair to humanity that he gets you all to himself, I swear to God.
[Jacqui] You can go fight him over me, we can run away together.
[Dale] I fucking will. And I’ll fight dirty.
[Jacqui] Great.
[Dale laughs]
All right. They’re out back.
[Dale] What are the men doing outside? I mean, here’s the party. Shit.
[laughing]
Word is you’re single again.
[Dale] Well, you know what? Yall need new hobbies if that’s the latest gossip. But, uh, yes, I’m on the market. So, uh, if y’all know any, you know, swimsuit models with terrible taste in men, just send ’em my way.
I have a swimsuit.
[Dale] Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
[Boss] Dale!
[chuckles] You made it.
[Dale] Hey, buddy.
[Boss] What’s happening, man?
[Dale] Hey, walk with me, will you?
[Boss] Oh, yeah. Watch the food.
[Dale] Talk to you about something. Come here.
[King] Oh, shit, the Boss’ boss is here.
[Dale] Oh, shit. I ain’t nobody’s boss.
[laughing]
[Dale] Quiet. Happy 20.
[Boss] Oh, really? I-I thought this was just for the suits.
[Dale] You make it 20, you make it 20.
[Boss] Aw… [chuckles] [sighs]
[Boss] Ooh.
[Dale] Yeah. Now, they call that, um, the Daytona Panda.
[Boss] Holy shit.
[King] Get a look at that.
[Boss] Thank you, man.
[Dale] Now, you thank Tommy, okay? He wanted to be here but he got called to Fort Worth, so…
[King] Could sell that thing and retire.
[Dale] No, you couldn’t retire, King. But you, uh, you could buy a pretty nice boat.
[Boss] Think of all the ways that this job can kill you. The busts. Man camps. Hell, we stayed in tents when we were drilling in Oklahoma. Outrunning tornados, blowouts… [sighs]
[pastoral music]
[Boss] I’m shocked I’m still here, man.
[Dale] Yeah, yeah, but, uh… it put a daughter through college, didn’t it? Nice house for that pretty wife who don’t have to work.
[Boss] Yeah, I know all that, Dale, but… I just don’t think I have 20 more in me. Hell, I ain’t got two more in me.
[Dale] Yeah.
[Boss] Been feeding that 401K like a hunting dog. [chuckles]
[Dale] That’s the trick, ain’t it? Take what you can from this place and then get out.
[King] Get the fuck out.
[Dale] Yes, sir.
[Boss] Well, I don’t know what y’all give for 21 years, but I ain’t gonna be around to find out. [laughs] After this summer, you want to see me, you got to come out there to Houston, baby.
[King laughing]
[Boss] Uh-huh.
[Dale] Looks good on you.
[Boss] Look at that. Uh-huh.
[BR] Who wants a beer?
[Dale] Oh, shit, I’ll take one.
[Boss] Yeah, I’ll take one, too.
[BR] Here, Dale.
[Dale] Thank you, sir.
[Boss] Appreciate it.
[BR] You bet.
[Boss] So, what about you, Dale…
[Dale chuckling]
[Boss] …when you getting out?
[Dale] It’s, uh, oh, shit, it’s different for me. Yeah.
[Dale] I’m a treasure hunter.
[chuckles]
[Dale] It ain’t a job for me.
If it ain’t a job, what is it?
[Dale] It’s an addiction.
[laughing]
[Dale] It is.
[laughing]
[BR] Now we’re being honest.
[T.L.] Goddamn, son. I know I’m not long for this world, but I don’t need to die today. Slow down!
[Tommy] The safest place on this road’s in front of these fucking semis. We don’t want to be behind these sons of bitches going up Ranger Mountain.
[T.L.] I need to find a bathroom.
[Tommy] We haven’t been on the road an hour yet.
[T.L.] I don’t care how long we been on the road. Unless you want me pissing on the floorboard…
[Tommy] Goddamn it, it’s like taking a fucking road trip with Angela.
[T.L.] I can’t wait till your prostate is the size of a fucking grapefruit. I guess you’ll clothespin your dick closed so you don’t wet your fucking pants.
[Tommy] Son of a…
♪ I’ve got to hold my head
above the water… ♪
[Tommy] You happy?
[T.L.] Not yet.
♪ Out too long ♪
♪ It’s time I break free ♪
♪ They’ve been digging
in the dirt ♪
♪ But they won’t bury me ♪
♪ They’ve been digging
in the dirt ♪
♪ But they won’t bury me ♪
♪ I’ll make sure
there’s nothing… ♪
[T.L.] Ain’t that my fucking luck? Go ahead. Put me out of my misery.
[urinating]
♪ I’ll burn the ground
beneath me ♪
♪ If I have to ♪
♪ Set every bridge
I’ve crossed ♪
♪ Up in flames ♪
[Tommy] You need anything else… you want a blankie or a sippy cup or something?
[T.L.] I wouldn’t say no to lunch.
♪ In flames ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[country music playing on speakers]
[Tommy] Pop, you think you could eat a little faster? ‘Cause if you don’t, your lunch is gonna turn into supper.
[T.L.] I like to enjoy my food. Unlike you, who sucks it down like a fucking catfish. Don’t smoke while I’m eating.
[Tommy] Goddamn it.
[T.L.] What’s your hurry, son? All those problems you’re racing home to fix is problems when you get there. And once you solve ’em, there’s a whole new set right behind ’em. You got to enjoy the moments between the problems. Otherwise… problems is all you’ll have.
[Tommy] You know, it’s funny… I don’t recall that philosophy when you were climbing inside of a whiskey bottle after filing a missing persons report on my mother.
[T.L.] I didn’t know it then. You take a long, hard look at me. I am the road map to living life wrong. Whatever time I got left, I’m gonna enjoy. This steak. That sweet tea. A dance with your wife. That granddaughter’s smile. [chuckles] You got it all, son. But you’re too fucking stupid to see it. Or too mad.
♪ Mournful music
[T.L.] Or too addicted to the fix. Whatever it is, you’re missing it.
[Tommy] I’ll be in the truck. Here you go.
[T.L.] I’ll bring the change.
[Tommy] Change is for the waitress.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[door opens]
[door closes]
[Tommy] Got you a little T-shirt there?
[T.L.] Yeah, and a couple of cups.
[Tommy] There’s a truck stop in Abilene where you can go act like a California tourist and take a picture with a jackalope. You want to go there?
[T.L.] [chuckles] Lead the way, son. [chuckles]
♪ Pensive music
[Ainsley] Why’d you call him?
[Angela] I got to give him something.
[Cooper] Hey, Mom.
[Angela] Hi, baby. I’m so excited! [laughs] Oh…
[Ainsley] This piece of shit have any air conditioning?
[Cooper] It does. Doesn’t have any Freon.
[Ainsley] Mama, don’t touch anything. Probably puts his boogers underneath the dashboard.
[Angela] There you go, baby. I polished it.
[Ainsley] Oh, God, you stink.
[Cooper] Thanks, Mom.
[Angela] She’s gonna be so happy.
[Ainsley] I didn’t know there was a breakfast sausage cologne.
[Angela] Ainsley… Just a little deodorant could go a long way, honey.
[Ainsley] And a shower.
[Angela] Ainsley.
[Ainsley] In a vat of acid.
[Angela] Oh, just be nice. It’s a big day for him and his little familia. We got to start planning. We got to pick a church, we need a location for the reception. Have you thought about choosing your best man?
[Ainsley] First he needs to make a friend.
[Cooper] Maybe I should ask first, before we start planning.
[Ainsley] Yeah, she could still come to her senses and say no. Besides, it’s the bride’s family that plans the wedding, not the groom’s. Groom’s family plans the rehearsal dinner, and that’s her last real chance to leave you. [gasps] Oh, my Go… Mom!
[Angela] That’s enough. Or I will twist.
[Ainsley] Okay! Okay. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. It’s like when a bull sees red, it can’t help but attack. That’s what his stink does to me.
[Cooper] Yeah, you know, I’m s-I’m sure you got every inch of your wedding planned.
[Ainsley] Course I do. Wedding’s gonna be at St. Andrew’s in downtown Fort Worth, the reception at the barn at Circle T Ranch. You and Daddy need to start making friends with Ross Perot Jr., ’cause it is… it’s real expensive. And then we’re gonna…
♪ I only ♪
♪ Ever wanted closure
from the situation ♪
♪ You never seem
to think of anybody… ♪
[Ainsley] You wonder why I hate him.
[Cooper] What?
♪ I only ever wanted you ♪
♪ To have the realization,
now I’m thinking ♪
♪ To myself that day
ain’t ever gonna come ♪
♪ When the sky opens up
and it starts coming down ♪
♪ Will it be my name you yell ♪
♪ Will you blame my hand
when the stars fall ♪
♪ When the stars fall ♪
♪ When the stars fall? ♪
[Nathan] Were we meeting today?
[Rebecca] We are now. Can I come in?
[Nathan] Please. You want to have a seat?
[Rebecca] I’m too upset to sit.
[Nathan] Upset about what?
[Rebecca] [sighs] I met with Charlie.
[Nathan] Charlie?
[Rebecca] Offshore driller?
[Nathan] I thought he went by Charles.
[Rebecca] He introduced himself as Charlie.
[Nathan] Oh. To me, it’s always been Charles. Interesting.
[Rebecca] Not that interesting. And not relevant. He says that there’s no guarantee that the drill site will successfully strike the gas field.
[Nathan] Well, there’s never any guarantees. So many issues could impede success.
[Rebecca] He’s not talking about impeding success. He says the likelihood that we are successful is ten percent.
[Nathan] Well, that’s wrong. Our success rate on land is higher, and horizontal fracking an almost certainty, but still…
[Rebecca] He seemed pretty certain.
[Nathan] That was producing before the hurricane.
[Rebecca] That is number two. Hurricane didn’t cause the blowout. The timing was a coincidence.
[Nathan] Then what caused it? This is starting to make more sense. Monty weighed the odds between drilling and litigating and decided he had better odds in court. If we refuse to drill, how would you fight this?
[Rebecca] Look, I don’t know how Monty convinced them to pay the claim directly, but neither do the plaintiffs. If they did, they would have presented that or at least declared it in the court filings. That’s their case. As it stands, all we have is an insurance company that altered its own policy with no damages. The insurance company is spending 400 million regardless.
[Nathan] Okay. I think we litigate. The goal being dragging it out as long as possible until we recover the money from the funds or the workovers are online and we can pay out a settlement.
[Rebecca] And I need this before a jury. I don’t need a mediator applying logic here, I need 12 blue collar workers who will equate this to getting in a car wreck and the insurance company sending the check to them instead of the bank.
[Nathan] I’ll write up a change of venue request.
[Rebecca] I’ll notify plaintiff’s attorneys.
[Nathan] Don’t notify anyone. I need Charles to explain this to Tommy, and then we all need to explain this to Cami, and she will be harder to convince than a judge.
[Rebecca] Well, I’ll get everything prepared. When we have the green light, I’ll pull the trigger.
[Nathan] I’m just printing out something for you to sign.
[Rebecca] What am I signing?
[Nathan] It’s a… conflict form.
[Rebecca] And what is the conflict?
[Nathan] A romantic relationship with a coworker who is your subordinate?
♪ Tense music
[Nathan] Nobody calls him Charlie. Is it your position that there is no romantic relationship?
[Rebecca] I would not say romantic.
[Nathan] Would you say sexual? … Charles will need to sign as well.
[Rebecca] And the indignity continues.
[Nathan] There is no indignity and there is no judgement here.
[Rebecca] Fine. I’ll take it to him.
[Nathan] That could be perceived as coercion. Please.
[Rebecca] This goes on my record.
[Nathan] If I’d slept with him, I’d be the one signing it and it would go on my record. I’m just looking out for the best interests of the company, Rebecca.
[Rebecca] So now you present it to the board.
[Nathan] Correct.
[Rebecca] Well played, Counselor.
[Nathan] I’m not playing.
[Rebecca] Yeah, I can see that. [sniffling] [cries] Oh, God…
[Ainsley] Hi, Rebecca.
[Angela] There’s my little pirate’s wench.
[Rebecca chuckles]
[Angela] Mm, love you.
[Cooper] Thanks, Mom.
[Angela chuckles]
[Ainsley] Thank you.
[Angela] I swear, that girl is wound tighter than Dick’s hatband.
[Ainsley] Yeah. Do you mean like a cock ring?
[Angela] Honey, get your head out of the gutter. No. Dick was a king whose crown didn’t fit.
♪ Tranquil music
[Ainsley] There was a king named Dick?
[Angela] Dick is short for Richard. Oh, goodness, let me tell you, honey, somewhere, back in the old days, there was a man named Richard who went by Dick and must have been hung like a Georgia plow mule.
[Ainsley laughs]
[door closes]
[entry bells jingle]
It cooling off at all out there?
[Cooper] [short chuckle] Eh, not much.
[chuckles] It’s not even June. How can I help you, hon?
[Cooper] I-I’m needing some roses.
Okay. How many?
[Cooper] How much are they?
Uh, well, it depends on which ones and the type of arrangement.
[Cooper] Well, I-I don’t really need an arrangement. I’m… really just need the flowers. I’m thinking a little more volumedriven.
Oh, like petals in the tub, that kind of thing?
[Cooper] Uh, mine’s just more of a trail of roses.
Oh. Well, you know what? I have a shipment, it’s a little past its prime, but there’s a pile of ’em and I can let you have ’em for cheap. Say, two dollars a stem?
[Cooper] Yeah, o-okay. I’ll take a hundred.
Okay, come on back, I’ll show you.
♪ Languid music
[engine stops]
[Tommy] We’re home, Pop. Hey, Pop, wake up, we’re home. Hey, Pop, wake up. Hey, we’re home.
[T.L.] What the fuck?!
[Tommy] Goddamn!
[T.L.] The fuck the matter with you?
[Tommy] I tried to wake you up three fucking times.
[T.L.] Pulling on my fucking mustache.
[Tommy] I’m gonna have to get you one of them ear trumpets, like the English wear.
[T.L.] Yeah, fuck you.
[Tommy] [sighs] Good God almighty.
[Somber music]
[Tommy] What you doing sneaking around the neighborhood? Are you all right? Did somebody die or something?
[Rebecca] I had sex with one of your geologists. I thought you should hear it from me.
[Tommy] Okay. Well, what do you want me to say, “Nice job, way to go, how was it”? I don’t… I-I… What are you looking for here?
[Rebecca] I signed the conflict disclosure form and I just… [sniffles] I want you to consider what I’ve accomplished for this company.
[Tommy] I don’t give a shit who you jump in the sack with, I really don’t.
[Rebecca] It violates the workplace conduct…
[Tommy] [laughs] Are you shitting me? Did you ever go to man camp on a Friday night? They’re running girls and booze and God knows what else in and out of that place like it’s a fucking cattle sale. The whole place is a workplace violation. So, this guy does a really good job… and you catch him fooling around or whatever, you don’t fire him. Now, this guy does a bad job, you have to fire him no matter how much you like him. Deal?
[Rebecca] Deal.
[Tommy] Okay. Hey, by the way, Saturday night is typically taco night, and there’s no dress code, so if you’re hungry…
[Rebecca] I’m fine.
[Tommy] You sure?
[Rebecca] Thank you.
[Tommy] Hey, Rebecca. Who had you sign this paper?
[Rebecca] Nathan.
[lively mariachi music playing on speakers]
[Ainsley] Oh, thank you. [chuckles] Just one.
[Dale] I wish every night was taco night.
[Tommy] It is, 300 miles south of here.
[Dale] [laughs] Hey, bud, you want a beer?
[Tommy] Yeah, sure.
[Angela] Is that Tommy?
[Tommy] Yeah, hi, honey. Can I have a word with you, Nate? You sure you want to poke this bear?
[Nathan] It is a workplace violation, Tommy.
[Tommy] She works 12 hours a day. I mean, where is she gonna meet somebody if it’s not at work? You think she’s gonna find the man of her dreams at the damn Patch Cafe?
[Nathan] Be that as it may…
[Tommy] Look, there are a lot of people I don’t mind calling enemies. She is not one of ’em. And you don’t want her laying awake all night trying to figure out ways to get your ass back.
[Nathan] It goes to deeper issues we’re facing, Tommy.
[Tommy] You know what, I don’t want to talk about it. I’m off the clock, and from now on, starting today, I’m gonna enjoy my life.
[Angela] You ain’t enjoying life today. You can eat it or fuck it, I don’t really care.
[Tommy] Come on. Come with me. Let’s go take a walk.
[Angela exhales]
[door closes]
[Tommy] You know what I realized today? What a gift it is to have you back in my life.
[Tender music]
[Tommy] You’re a beautiful tornado of a gift, honey. And I know I damn sure don’t deserve it.
[Angela] Damn sure don’t.
[Tommy] But I got it. I just want to thank you for it. I love you, honey.
[Angela] [sighs] You didn’t say anything about my tits. They’re a perk, I can’t lie to you. I just want to be loved.
[Tommy] You are.
[Angela] And wanted.
[Tommy] Oh, you are.
[Angela] And worshipped.
[Tommy] All of it, honey. You got all of it.
[Angela] And showered with gifts and a house in Fort Worth and something on the beach. I’m a Pisces, baby. You know, I’m just… I’m a little fish who’s stranded ashore.
[Tommy] I’m on it.
[Angela] [sniffles, sighs] [sniffles] [sighs]
[Tommy] Now can I have a taco?
[Angela] Oh, you can have a taco, you sexy son of a bitch.
[Tommy] [chuckling]
[Ainsley] They’re the only grownups I know that love and laugh and… and they kiss like teenagers. .. Why is that?
[Nathan] I’m not sure “grownup” is the right term for their behavior.
[Dale] I ain’t never seen nothing like it.
[Ainsley] Maybe that’s the secret. Never grow up.
[soft chuckle]
♪ I’ve got plates
for a purple gas ♪
♪ About the only break I catch ♪
♪ But I am not the kind of man ♪
♪ To blame the dealer
on a losin’ hand ♪
♪ Have a lone star
in my eye ♪
♪ The darker the sky
the brighter it shines ♪
♪ Pumpjack checks
and baler twine ♪
♪ A ton of a grit ♪
♪ Or maybe it’s spite ♪
♪ And if I weren’t ♪
♪ A flatland boy ♪
♪ I’d say I have a hill ♪
♪ A hill that I will die upon ♪
♪ If the climb
don’t get me killed ♪
♪ If there were
such heights around here ♪
♪ For a guy to lay his pride ♪
♪ Maybe I’d rest
before I died ♪
♪ If I weren’t a flatland boy ♪
[Ariana chuckles softly]
♪ Romantic music
[Ariana] This is it, isn’t it? Where do you want me?
[Cooper] Uh, b… Just… follow the roses.
[Ariana] [chuckling softly] Why are you so nervous? I already said we should do this.
[Cooper] Well, I’ve just noticed this pattern of you changing your mind pretty quickly.
[Ariana] I don’t change my mind. Circumstances change and I change with them.
[Cooper] [soft chuckle] Circumstances are always gonna change. But I won’t. The way I feel right now, I… it will never… [soft chuckle] [breathing shakily]
♪♪♪
[dialogue inaudible]
[Ariana] Forever’s a long time.
[Cooper] No.
[Ariana] No, i-it’ll be over before we know it. So we better not waste a second.
♪♪♪
