However, America’s fossil fuel dependency is not an inevitability or a lost cause. The obstacles to transitioning off fossil fuels are political, not technical. “Landman” cannot weave a fantasy of oil-field roughnecks as romantic Yellowstone-esque cowboys while also depicting the reality of the oil business — a far-too-dangerous and destructive industry that most people in the U.S. and around the globe want their countries to move away from, including many of those who work in the industry itself. And so, consistently, the show acts less as a vehicle for pro-oil propaganda than an indictment of the entire industry.