Taylor Sheridan Takes Aim At Woke College Culture In Landman’s Latest Must-See Episode

Taylor Sheridan has never been one to shy away from a cultural fight, and the penultimate episode of Landman Season 2 is no exception. In “Plans, Tears and Sirens,” the show moves from the oil fields to a TCU dorm room, introducing a new non-binary character that fans are calling a “scathing caricature” of modern woke culture.

It’s no secret that a number of Landman fans can’t stand Angela and Ainsley, the mother-daughter duo starring opposite Billy Bob Thornton’s lead character, Tommy Norris. Ainsley was certainly introduced to us in an unsettling fashion, especially if you’re a father to a little girl like I am.

However, throughout the show, her sweet, yet kind of naive, personality has grown on me and I find her rather endearing. And I’m not gonna lie, she’s easy on the eyes too… but that’s the gripe from fans, right? That Taylor Sheridan only knows how to write hot bimbos or raging b****es like Angela (or Beth Dutton).

But this scene here… killed me.

Spoiler alert: If you’re not caught up, you might want to scroll on through… not that this is a major plot point at all, but consider yourself warned.

Ainsley meets her new “they/them” roommate at TCU, Paigyn, and it’s just a painfully comical, nearly infuriating, scene as Paigyn explains how she’s a vegan, uses special “they/them” pronouns, hates men, is triggered by the word penetrate” because it reminds her of the patriarchy, hates leather shoes, hates air fresheners (which is ironic because she has a pet ferret), and demands that the room becomes a “safe space.”

She’s even from Minneapolis… too perfect.

Ainsley tries to be nice, but is met with bitterness and hostility, and eventually goes to the school administrator where she is made to feel like a bad person for seeing the world differently than Paigyn. And that’s exactly what you’d get at most colleges in America, especially the Ivy League, but TCU? I don’t about that one…

Obviously, it’s a little heavy handed to prove a point… how utterly delusional these people are where you hear it all out loud, but the sad part is that… is it really that exaggerated? This level of hyper-woke brain rot is so pervasive on the progressive Left. There’s absolutely people who live like this, way more than you think. It’s frightening, really.

Some fans were a little too dumb to understand that Sheridan was mocking these insufferable clowns, and got mad that the show was featuring such a woke roommate, but for the majority of fans who could understand the obvious… they loved it. Of course, folks on Reddit were offended, but… you know why…

Hollywood has made fun of Conservatives and Christians for years now… it’s nice to finally see the show on the other foot for once.

The ‘Landman’ Soundtrack

Landman is officially back for Season 2, which kicked off a few weeks back with the season premiere, and I won’t get into any spoilers on this blog, but we’re 9 episodes deep right now and the show is getting GOOD. Cartel bosses, major corporate wheeling and dealing, love stories, family drama, and brand new characters. Sam Elliott has showed up for Season 2, and we’re getting much more prominent screen time from a couple Oscar-nominees, Andy Garcia and Demi Moore.

But at Whiskey Riff, we’re all about the soundtrack from Taylor Sheridan and Music Supervisor Andrea von Foerster, and they picked up right where Season 1 left off with some off the best that country music has to offer. Season 2 has featured Turnpike Troubadours, Cody Jinks, Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson, Charley Crockett, Whiskey Myers, George Strait, Drayton Farley and more.

Sometimes it can be difficult to notice every song that is featured in the show especially when you’re trying to focus on the plot, but we tracked down every country song featured so far this season, and put them conveniently into a nice little list, and the complete playlist to go with it. Featuring every song from Season 1 and everything so far from Season 2, it’s a must-listen.

Check it out:

Episode 1: Death And A Sunset

1. “Nothing You Can Do” – Turnpike Troubadours

2. “Game I Can’t Win” – Charley Crockett

3. “The Devil Plies His Trade (Sn6 Ep3)” – Turnpike Troubadours

4. “Cowboy Friends” – Ella Langley

5. “Wyoming”- Benjamin Tod

Episode 2: Sins of the Father

1. “Bitin’ List” – Tyler Childers

2. “Cheers to Disagree” – Hunter Hicks

3. “Gettin’ By (Far Out West Sessions)” – Flatland Calvary

Episode 3: Almost A Home

1. “Ramblin'” – Red Clay Strays

2. “Do It To Myself” – Tanner Usrey

3. “Taking The Long Way” – Larry Fleet

4. “What’s Going On In Your World” – George Strait

5. “Touch & Go” – Drayton Farley

Episode 4: Dancing Rainbows

1. “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” – Georgia Satellites

3. “Hard Luck and Circumstances” – Charley Crockett

6. “Time Bomb” – Whiskey Myers

8. “Wasting Time” – The Red Clay Strays

Episode 5: The Pirate Dinner

1. “Winner At Losing” – Gavin Adcock

2. “One For The Road” – Hunter Hicks

3. “No Way Out” – The Jack Wharff Band

4. “Drink That Strong” – Channing Wilson

5. “Big Bad Heart” – Lance Roark

6. “Grease” – Lainey Wilson

7. “Heaven Sent” – The SteelDrivers

Episode 6: Dark Night of the Soul

1. “Ruby Ann” – Turnpike Troubadours

2. “Hang Your Head Down Low” – Vincent Neil Emerson

3. “Be Here” – Turnpike Troubadours

4. “I Ain’t Drunk Enough Yet” – Madeline Edwards

5. “Black Powder” – Luke Grimes

6. “Lost Highway” – Cody Jinks

7. “It’s Called Doubt” – Drayton Farley

8. “Snakes In Tall Grass” – Hunter Hicks

9. “All Around Cowboy” – Charley Crockett

10. “Nothin’ But Texas” – Wade Bowen

Episode 7: Forever Is an Instant

1. Shaboozey and BigXthaPlug – “Drink Don’t Need No Mix”

2. Mason Lively – “Burn The Ground”

3. Isaac Hoskins – “Panhandle Wind”

4. Danno Simpson – “When The Stars Fall”

5. Noeline Hoffman – “Purple Gas”

Episode 8: Handsome Touched Me

1. Red Shahan – “Cotton Fire”

2. George Strait and Chris Stapleton – “Honky Tonk Hall of Fame”

3. Lainey Wilson – “Road Runner”

4. Ashland Craft – “Last 20 Dollars”

5. Nikki Lane – “Jackpot”

6. Ella Langley – “Better Be Tough”

7 Vincent Neil Emerson – “The Great Highway”

8. Colter Wall – “The Last Loving Words”

Episode 9: Plans, Tears, and Sirens

1. Tyler Childers – “House Fire”

2. Kaitlin Butts – “You Ain’t Gotta Die (To Be Dead To Me)”

3. Kassi Ashton – “Rain In Texas”

Luckily for you, we gathered up all the great country music from Season 1, as well as everything from Season 2 so far, and put it together in one convenient place, available on Apple Music and Spotify.

So go ahead and gas up that Landman Soundtrack featuring GREAT country artists like Turnpike Troubadours, Red Clay Strays, Lainey Wilson, Ian Noe, Ward Davis, Zach Bryan, Kaitlin Butts, Shane Smith and the Saints, Treaty Oak Revival, Whiskey Myers, Brent Cobb, and more:

Spotify

Apple Music

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