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A modern-day story about finding fortune in the world of West Texas oil rigs. Check out writer/director Taylor Sheridan’s most popular movies and TV shows on IMDb, sorted by user rating. A landowner, at least one involved in the oil industry, acts as a middleman between exploration companies and landowners. Typically, a landowner’s job is to negotiate and enter into contracts with landowners with mineral rights to lease those rights to the company they represent. Essentially, they manage the land and acquire the leases so they can drill for oil and gas. Like a foreman on a construction site, they build roads, worker housing (camps), supervise the assembly of excavation equipment, and the drilling of the well site itself, especially in remote locations. They are also, in part, fixers, problem solvers, and mediators. Referenced in CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode #44.24 (2022). For someone so focused on his goals, the inclusion of an emotionally unstable one-woman circus completely undermines the point of the series. It feels like his character is disrupting the central narrative and causing unnecessary chaos rather than aiding his journey. The portrayal doesn’t add value to the plot, but rather makes it harder to take his determination and focus seriously. Likewise, his wife and daughter’s roles in the series seem out of place. The wife seems emotionally unpredictable while the girl appears to lack intellectual depth, making her contribution to the plot negligible. The portrayal of the girl seems particularly superficial, her character offering little engagement beyond the superficial level, which adds no value to the story. Furthermore, the fact that these characters are constantly jumping around in provocative clothing, seemingly just to attract glances, seems out of sync with the tone of the series. Rather than enhancing the plot or character dynamics, this approach comes across as a superficial attention-grabbing tactic. It’s a strange and unnecessary addition that detracts from the overall quality of the story.