Meanwhile, Tommy’s daughter comes to live with him while his ex-wife is on vacation.
Both situations have attracted attention from law enforcement that, as Sheriff Walt explains, can’t be ignored.
Did Cooper Cause The Oil Rig Explosion?
He also calls his son selfish in the hospital scene.
The point of Tommy’s speech is to suggest that working in oil is an enormous risk.
They’re dreamers attempting to turn their lives around, and he admires their ambition.
But there’s only one person who puts him in his place, and that’s Monty Williams.
Oppositely, Tommy is $500,000 in debt.
They divorced years prior, and Tommy suggests that they were never really meant for each other.
Set in West Texas, this series explores the world of oil rigs and the fortunes they create. It portrays a modern upstairs/downstairs narrative of roughnecks and billionaires, highlighting the profound impact on the climate, economy, and geopolitics in these boomtowns.
Cooper is a bit older, so he might have been born from a previous marriage.