(Warning: The following post contains spoilers landman Season 2 Episode 3, “Almost a House.”)
landmanThe first season finale may have been the official introduction of Andy Garcia’s drug cartel boss Galino, but Sunday’s (Nov. 30) installment was when fans finally got to know him. And His alter ego, Dan Morrell, is a public-facing investor who is involved with all kinds of legitimate businesses.
In the episode, she and Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) met on two separate occasions, and only one of them was bittersweet. Of course, Tommy was upset that his son, Cooper (Jacob Lofland), inadvertently attached himself to the drug lord and made no bones about his disapproval of Gallino.
As Garcia explained, Galino was with Cooper for more than just money.
“I think Gallino is always working for pure profit, but I think there’s an added incentive… As he said in the last episode of (Season) 1, he wants to be friends with Tommy. He wants to be in that business, and how he goes about it, you’ll see, and how it unfolds, we’ll see. But he hints at it in the last scene of the first season; Tommy says, ‘We’re never going to be friends.’ And he says, ‘No, we’re going to be really good friends,'” Garcia told TV Insider. “So he’s imposing himself… He’s like a hawk coming towards its prey, when they close their wings, and you don’t hear them, it’s stealthy. And he comes, and he attacks you when you’re not looking.”
Indeed, when Tommy sees Gallino a second time – this time, while acting as private club owner Morrell – during a meeting with Cami (Demi Moore) he unexpectedly becomes charmed by his power, his wife Bella (portrayed by… gray’s anatomy And station 19 alum Stefania Spampinato), and his gentle demeanor during a chance meeting with Cami and Angela (Ali Larter).
We’ll have to wait and see what this means for Gallino’s partnership with Cooper — and, whether Tommy likes it, too — but they’ve both laid their cards on the table now, and so far, it’s all aces.
For Garcia, who is primarily a movie star, the decision to join landman He was a no-brainer, even though co-creator Taylor Sheridan didn’t have a script in hand when he gave him the role.
“Taylor’s writing and the shows she creates are amazing. I mean, it’s just fantastic storytelling. Before I watched her shows, I watched the movies she wrote… Then I started researching, ‘Who is her writer?’ And then I looked at her, and I saw Taylor, he’s also an actor. I’d say, ‘Same guy?’ Wow, this boy is talented. I never knew him before. I mean, I’ve seen him as an actor, but I never knew him as a writer,” Garcia recalled. “So immediately, I got into all his shows, and then I got a call saying he wanted to meet and write this character for me. So I went to Fort Worth to meet him, and there was mutual respect. And I said, ‘Whatever you want to write, man, I’m looking forward to being in your universe and playing with you and playing one of your characters. You’re a great writer.’ So it was an easy, ‘Yeah.’ He didn’t have anything written; He would just talk about what he was thinking about writing for me, the nature of the character, and I had no idea there was a character like that floating around in the Permian Basin. I think they are everywhere.
landman There aren’t a lot of new characters introduced in Season 2 – only Sam Elliot’s TL, so far – but Andy Garcia and Demi Moore have increased their screen time so much this season that, frankly, the show doesn’t need any more.
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