India, Nov. 13 -- Sam Elliott is back in a Taylor Sheridan world, and this time he's not riding through a frontier. He's stepping into Landman Season 2 as a new and complicated presence, bringing a sharp turn in the family arc surrounding Billy Bob Thornton's character, Tommy Norris.

Elliott appears as T.L., Tommy's father, per TV Insider. The character enters the season carrying age, anger, and a long list of things left unsaid. Early footage shows him in a wheelchair in some scenes, but not in all of them, hinting at a man working through physical strain while still capable of outbursts.

One quick line from the trailer, "I wasted 60 years on hope," sets a tone without giving the plot away. The sense is that T.L. carries regret from ye...