Landman Season 1 - Episode 9 May 2026

“Monty’s in trouble,” she says, voice low. “The stroke didn’t just hurt him. It spooked the investors. Two of our silent partners in Houston are pulling out. They’re citing ‘operational instability.’ We both know that’s code for ‘we heard about the bodies in the desert.’”

Outside, the pump jacks keep nodding. The earth keeps bleeding. And somewhere in the dark, headlights cut across the desert—a convoy of black SUVs, heading south. Landman Season 1 - Episode 9

A close-up of Tommy’s face, reflected in the window. Behind him, the coyote’s blood pools across the map. He looks less like a landman now, and more like a general on the eve of a war he never wanted. “Monty’s in trouble,” she says, voice low

“Ranger. It’s Norris. I need the kind of help that doesn’t exist on paper. And I need it by morning.” Two of our silent partners in Houston are pulling out

The offer: The cartel will inject $40 million into M-Tex through a shell company. In return, they get three dedicated pipelines, unmonitored access to two storage facilities, and a blind eye on certain “logistics” routes across M-Tex leases. Tommy would no longer be a landman. He’d be a ghost partner in a narco-oil empire.

The episode’s centerpiece is a ten-minute scene that plays like a one-act play. Tommy drives out to an abandoned airstrip near the New Mexico line. Waiting for him is a black Suburban. Out steps Gallo (Alex Meraz), the cartel lieutenant with the calm eyes of a man who has killed without consequence.

On the table: a stack of legal documents, a cold cup of black coffee, and a single brass casing from a .45 ACP. He rolls the casing between his fingers. It’s a souvenir from the cartel shootout two episodes ago. A reminder that the line between landman and target has become terrifyingly thin.