“Landman” Season 2 Trailer: Widowed Demi Moore Wants 'Success' and It's Billy Bob Thornton's Job to Get It (Exclusive)

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  • PEOPLE tin exclusively premiere nan trailer for Landman play 2, which picks up aft Jon Hamm's character, Monty Miller, died successful nan play 1 finale
  • In play 2, Monty's widow Cami (Demi Moore) is grieving and adjusting to her caller position of powerfulness astatine M-Tex oil, and puts nan onus connected Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) to do her bidding
  • The trailer besides sees Sam Elliott, who joins arsenic Tommy's dad, make his debut

The high-octane world of lipid successful West Texas is not slowing down, moreover aft losing 1 of its fearless leaders.

PEOPLE tin exclusively premiere nan trailer for nan 2nd play of Taylor Sheridan's latest deed bid Landman, which sees Billy Bob Thornton's Tommy Norris navigate nan tricky authorities of lipid successful nan aftermath of nan decease of his boss, Jon Hamm.

Before Hamm's character, Monty Miller, died successful nan play 1 finale, he named Tommy vice president of M-Tex operations and, successful his will, made Tommy nan heir to nan lipid empire. He besides made Rebecca Falcone (Kayla Wallace) vice president of exploration, securing nan hotshot attorney's spot successful Texas.

In play 2, nan complications of adjusting to life without Monty are stacking up. One personification is speedy to explanation Monty's wife, Cami (Demi Moore), who has gotten progressive successful nan business now too, his "trophy wife," but Tommy hits backmost astatine that.

"I tally nan company. She owns it," Tommy explains of really he and Cami work. "If you wanna conflict astir it, lawyer up, large boy. Let's go."

Guy Burnet arsenic Charlie, Kayla Wallace arsenic Rebecca, Demi Moore arsenic Cami and Billy Bob Thornton arsenic Tommy successful 'Landman' play 2.

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Even Tommy is confused arsenic to why Cami won't fto him waste nan company, but she's patient successful her position. "I want success," she tells him. "Get it for me."

Cooper (Jacob Lofland), meantime is "playing pinch nan devil's money," arsenic Tommy puts it — and still going beardown pinch Ariana (Paulina Chávez) — and nan narration betwixt Tommy and Angela (Ali Larter) remains arsenic volatile successful play 2 arsenic it was successful play 1.

"How do you negociate to opportunity nan only point that could perchance prevention you?" she asks Tommy aft throwing dishes astatine nan wall successful nan mediate of a family dinner. "It's a gift," Tommy quips.

While Tommy grapples pinch his analyzable family life and a still-grieving Cami settles into her caller position astatine nan company, nan undercurrent of conscionable really vulnerable nan lipid business is can't beryllium ignored.

As Tommy puts it: "In this business, you person to cognize nan rules of nan crippled earlier you tin crook 'em. And if you don't, you suffer each of it."

Cami besides seems to beryllium discovering immoderate things Monty would've preferred to beryllium near hidden. "I conscionable believe that you don't find thing that makes nan life you lived a lie," she warns.

Billy Bob Thornton arsenic Tommy Norris and Ali Larter arsenic Angela Norris successful 'Landman' play 2.

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Sam Elliott besides makes his debut successful nan trailer arsenic Tommy's dad, and seems to person a tight enslaved pinch some Angela and Ainsley (Michelle Randolph). "You return a long, difficult look astatine me," he warns his son. "I wasted 60 years connected hope."

Dale (James Jordan), Sheriff Walt (Mark Collie), Nathan (Colm Feore) and Mustafa Speaks each look arsenic good successful nan trailer, and will return arsenic Tommy's confidants successful play 2.

"In play 2, arsenic lipid rises from nan earth, truthful do secrets – and Tommy Norris’s breaking constituent whitethorn beryllium person than he realizes," sounds nan charismatic play 2 logline. "Facing mounting unit from M-Tex Oil, Cami Miller, and nan protector of his kin, endurance successful West Texas isn’t noble – it’s brutal. And sooner aliases later something’s sewage to break."

Season 2 will besides spot nan return of cartel hauncho Gallino (Andy Garcia), who rescued Tommy successful nan play 1 finale from a sadistic cartel kidnapping. While Gallino was not featured successful nan play 2 trailer, nan statement he made pinch Tommy aft rescuing him will nary uncertainty play a awesome domiciled successful nan season's storyline.

James Jordan arsenic Dale, Sam Elliott arsenic T.L. and Billy Bob Thornton arsenic Tommy successful 'Landman' play 2.

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Following nan play 1 finale, which aired successful January, co-creator Christian Wallace said that Monty's decease presents an "incredible opportunity for Cami to play a bigger domiciled successful this world."

"Demi’s characteristic successful this first play was benignant of playing a small spot of 2nd fiddle to Monty, astatine slightest successful his domiciled arsenic nan president of M-Tex Oil," he told TVLine. "He’s nan 1 that’s calling nan shots and has to make these large decisions, and truthful he’s really nan 1 that’s thrust successful nan occurrence and is honestly benignant of trying to shield his family from nan accent that he’s experiencing, which yet plays a domiciled successful his demise."

Demi Moore arsenic Cami Miller successful 'Landman' play 2.

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As for Tommy's fate, Thornton, 70, told The Hollywood Reporter that his characteristic "probably doesn't want to" return complete Monty's company, "but he knows he has to."

"I deliberation he owes a indebtedness to his aged friend and boss, because that’s what he wanted. And I deliberation also, conscionable because of his knowledge of nan business, he knows he’s nan 1 to do it. He does not want to put nan suit on, but he knows he’s sewage to."

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Landman play 2 premieres Nov. 16 connected Paramount+