Tommy takes the tequila. Doesn’t drink. Just holds it.
“Thirty million. By Friday. Or M-Tex gets carved up and sold for parts. And you, me, and every roughneck we employ will be out of a job—or worse. The other side of that gap? That’s where the cartel wants to plant a flag.” Landman Season 1 - Episode 9
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. Tommy takes the tequila