Find our ongoing coverage of the first season of Landman here. Texan occupations have been mined for television gold since at least 1949, when the Lone Ranger first buddied up with Tonto. For better or worse, The Lone Ranger created a blueprint for TV shows that want to explore the great Texas mythos of people making change against all odds. From Coach Taylor’s clear eyes in Friday Night Lights to Coach Monica Aldama’s tough love on Cheer, the formula remains the same: Take a complicated and charismatic protagonist, pit them against momentous adversity, set it all to a great soundtrack and sweeping views of the Texas setting of your choice, add in a dash of camp, and pardner, you just might have yourself a hit…
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