Some “Landman” viewers are rolling their eyes at the Paramount+ show’s newest character.
During the Sunday, Jan. 11, episode, Ainsley Norris (Michelle Randolph) headed off to cheerleading camp at Texas Christian University, where she’ll start college in the fall. She experienced some culture shock after meeting her roommate Paigyn (Bobbi Salvör Menuez), a humorless vegan from Minneapolis who uses they/them pronouns and has very specific requests for keeping the room a “safe space” to “support my mental health.”
After Ainsley informed Paigyn that she uses coconut oil as moisturizer because it “penetrates the deepest,” Paigyn asked her not to use such “triggering” verbs.
“It insinuates the patriarchal power of the phallus,” Paigyn said.
The characterization of Paigyn as a leftist scold felt a little on the nose to some “Landman” fans.
“Paygin was just some sort of lib-bashing caricature that they dreamed up for no real reason. I went to art school and maybe some people exist who have some of those traits but no one who has all of them on steroids,” one Reddit user wrote.
“Good lord. The way Ainsley’s roommate is portrayed is just ridiculous,” another person agreed. “Pure rage bait.”
A third viewer specifically took issue with the “line about the word penetration being triggering,” calling it “peak cringe.”
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“I run in the kind of circles that are being crudely caricatured here, and I’ve never heard someone talk like that,” the Reddit user wrote.
Others defended the writing, with one person arguing that people like Paigyn “do exist.”
Another person chimed in to say “I think the characterization could be realistic of a person,” but argued that the “non-binary killjoy joke is like 10 years tired at this point.”
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Landman.”
“Landman” centers on Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton), the president of fictional company M-Tex Oil. During season 2, Tommy reconnects with his aging father, T.L. Norris (Sam Elliott), and struggles to navigate a new chapter at M-Tex. CEO Monty Miller (Jon Hamm) died at the end of season 1, leaving his wife Cami Miller (Demi Moore) and Tommy in charge. Tommy advises Cami against taking a chance on a high-risk offshore drilling operation, but Cami is determined to take big swings like her husband did.
Then there’s Tommy’s tumultuous relationship with his ex-wife Angela (Ali Larter). The pair, who are the parents of Ainsley and Cooper Norris (Jacob Lofland), rekindled their romance during season 1, but they seem to get into explosive fights nearly every episode. Some fans are fed up with Angela and Ainsley’s arcs on the show.
“Angela and the daughter are terrible, vapid ignoramuses, but the show tends to glorify them in a way they don’t deserve,” one viewer wrote via Reddit this week. “It’s hard to tell if the show creators intend for us to see them as terrible people ala It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia or if we’re supposed to root for them.”
The “Landman” season 2 finale airs on Sunday, Jan. 18. While fans might be annoyed by some characters, they’re still watching. The season 2 premiere was the biggest season opener in Paramount+ history, and the neo-Western has already been renewed for a third season.
“Landman” is available to stream on Paramount+.
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