“Landman”: Demi Moore Fires Billy Bob Thornton's Tommy in Shocking Twist
- - “Landman”: Demi Moore Fires Billy Bob Thornton's Tommy in Shocking Twist
Julia MooreJanuary 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy (left) and Demi Moore as Cami (right) in 'Landman' season 2
Warning: This story contains spoilers for episode 9 of Landman season 2.
The penultimate episode of Landman season 2 brought a major twist for both Cami (Demi Moore) and Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton)
The pair have been butting heads all season long as Cami settled into her new position as president of M-Tex, the oil company started by her late husband, Monty (Jon Hamm)
Landman's season 2 finale premieres Sunday, Jan. 18, on Paramount+
Demi Moore is one tough boss.
In the Jan. 11 episode of Landman, as drilling began on the offshore oil rig in Louisiana that has been a point of contention all season long, Cami (Moore) stepped fully into her shoes as president of M-Tex Oil.
Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) remained opposed to the risky drill, and Cami told him that she was finally starting to see what her late husband, Monty (Jon Hamm), who started the company, loved so much about his job.
"I understand it now, what drove him," Cami said of Monty. There's a rush, an exhilaration to the risk."
It's not one that Tommy felt anymore, though. "That rush cost me everything, and now I do everything I can do to avoid it," he told her, referring to his bankruptcy during the 2008 financial crisis.
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Demi Moore as Cami and Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy in 'Landman'
The "rush" that Cami said she's finally experiencing is why Monty died, Tommy told his boss, but she disagreed. "I'd say it's what allowed him to live," Cami said.
After hearing Tommy's pessimistic take, Cami then made a major business decision. "The president of my company can't be averse to the very thing that built it," she said as she fired Tommy.
Tommy was aware that his position at the company was precarious. He and Cami had been butting heads ever since Monty's death, and in a conversation with Danny (Andy Garcia), Tommy was candid about Cami's distrust of him.
"Me and her husband started out together, so at one point, I had a version of what she has," Tommy told Danny earlier in season 2. "But I didn't hedge it — crash of '08 pretty much cleaned me out. So I went to work for her husband."
"She don't trust me 'cause she thinks I'm a loser," Tommy said. "And she thinks I'm gonna lose her fortune."
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Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy in 'Landman' season 2
Despite their tense on-camera relationship, Moore, 63, and Thornton, 70, are very close in real life.
"Demi and I have known each other for a long time, actually for 35 years," Thornton told PEOPLE ahead of the premiere of season 2.
"I got to know her very well over the three movies I did with Bruce [Willis], her ex-husband, because she used to bring the kids out to the set and everything, and they knew my kids when they were little and everything."
Thornton and Willis worked together on Armageddon in 1998, Bandits in 2001 and The Astronaut Farmer in 2006.
"I love that girl," Thornton continued of Moore, who was married to Willis from 1987 until 1998. "She's beautiful and amazing and so talented. I'm blessed to be with all these people in this show, frankly."
The Landman season 2 finale premieres Sunday, Jan. 18, on Paramount+.
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