Sam Elliott as T.L., Billy Bob Thornton as Tommy and Jacob Lofland as Cooper Norris in the 'Landman' season two finale. Emerson Miller/Paramount+ Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text [This story contains major spoilers from the Landman season two finale, "Tragedy and Flies."] Jacob Lofland was thrilled with the season two ending to Landman. "I'm ready to get back with everybody on set," he excitedly tells The Hollywood Reporter about returning to Texas to film the next era of the Paramount+ mega-hit oil drama. Production on the already renewed third season will pick up in the spring. So for now, Lofland, who plays Cooper Norris, is anxiously awaiting to see what writer and co-creator Taylor Sheridan will dream up for the Norris family. The second season ended on a hopeful note with Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) launching a new, independently run oil company called CTT Oil Exploration & Cattle and bringing his family and inner crew along for the hopefully lucrative ride. But the threat from cartel boss Gallino (Andy Garcia) hangs over the excitement - Tommy made a deal with the devil to launch CTT Oil, and if things go badly, Gallino will come after what Tommy loves most, which is his family. Related Stories TV Ali Larter Has Her Own Burning Question After That 'Landman' Finale TV 'Landman' Co-Creator Teases Season 3 Reset, Talks Billy Bob Thornton's "Nerve-Racking" Finale Move "The calmness behind that threat is what makes me scared - how little emotion he shows to let you know that he's truthful and means what he says," says Lofland of Garcia and Thornton's final scene. "Cooper kind of failed upwards and it wound up working out for everybody. It could be a great help or a real problem." Below, Lofland shares more of his thoughts around season three as he opens up about filming the violent penultimate episode with co-star Paulina Chávez, who plays Cooper's fiancée Ariana, breaks down the Landman timeline to explain how much time the series has covered so far, and how he imagines Cooper will balance the weight of trauma with the excitement of new beginnings in season three. *** I spoke with Paulina Chávez, and she said that as soon as she finished reading the script for episode nine and saw Ariana's attack, she called you. What was your reaction? We both read it, sat down and went, "OK, this is happening. How are we going to approach this?" I had never been in that situation, and she hadn't either. It was new for both of us, which I think worked great on the day. So we came to: "All right, we're not going to worry about it. We trust everyone. We trust ourselves. We trust our director and our stunt coordinators - so when we get there, it's gonna work." We did some rehearsals for the stunts and the fight for a few days, but nothing really getting into the emotions or feelings of the scene. So on the day, it was incredibly heavy and eye-opening for me, and I think everybody involved. It was a dark day in a heavy way. We still made it through. That's something you never want to have to see or deal with and shouldn't happen, but it does. But everyone did a great job. We all came out of it safe, and the scene worked. I think Paulina absolutely killed it. I was really, really happy when I saw how it turned out. She spoke about how you supported her in the scene. What about when it came to Cooper stepping in - how many punches did you throw that day? There's no telling. You couldn't keep count. I was pretty tired by the end of it - my shoulder was sore! But it went well and just kind of took over. Everyone was really respectful of the day, so there were very few people on set. It felt real when I came out and really, emotion takes over. It's as real as it can be. You put yourself in that mind space because that's what someone would have done in that position, I think. You do whatever you can to stop what's happening. It was an incredibly heavy, heavy day, but I'm glad we made it through. Paulina spoke about how, as an actor, your body doesn't know the difference and she felt pain for Ariana. How do you shake off a scene like that? Do you carry some of Cooper's pain with you? Yeah, that one took a couple days. We were in our heads for a minute. Me and her had conversations coming off of it. And we're going to see that probably in season three. I don't have any idea yet, but I'm guessing that, as people, that's not something you get over quickly. They're both going to be carrying their own weight going into season three and navigating that on top of everything else that's happening. The season ends on celebratory note with the launch of the Norris' family-run independent company, CTT Oil. But there was a scene before that when Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) visited Cooper and Ariana said Cooper is not going to be OK. H