Landman Fans Have a New Six-Episode Western Drama to Binge on Netflix

For viewers drawn to Landman’s mix of family power struggles, wealth, ambition and dangerous business rivalries, Territory offers a very different landscape with many of the same dramatic ingredients.

Instead of the oilfields of West Texas, the Netflix drama heads deep into the Australian Outback, where one of the world’s most powerful cattle dynasties is suddenly left vulnerable after the suspicious death of its expected heir.

At the heart of the story is the Lawson family and Marianne Station, a fictional cattle station portrayed as the largest in the world. When succession is thrown into chaos, relatives, rivals and outside interests begin circling the family empire.

And with just six episodes, the Australian Western makes for a relatively quick binge.

A family empire with no clear successor

Created by Ben Davies and Timothy Lee, Territory centers on the Lawsons, whose enormous cattle operation has made the family a formidable force in the Australian cattle industry.

Robert Taylor plays Colin Lawson, the patriarch of the family and owner of Marianne Station. His authority is challenged when his favored son, Daniel Lawson, dies under suspicious circumstances.

Daniel had been expected to play a central role in the future of the family business. His death, however, leaves the succession uncertain — and creates an opening for anyone willing to fight for control.

Colin’s eldest son, Graham, played by Michael Dorman, might appear to be the natural choice.

But Colin has serious reservations about him. Graham’s wife, Emily, portrayed by Anna Torv, comes from a rival cattle family. Despite having spent decades within the Lawson family, Colin still views her as an outsider.

The succession question becomes even more complicated because Daniel had no children, while Graham’s son Marshall, played by Sam Corlett, has disappeared.

Suddenly, there is no obvious heir to Marianne Station.

The fight for Marianne Station goes far beyond the family

The Lawsons’ problems don’t remain an internal family matter for long.

As uncertainty surrounding the cattle empire grows, rival cattle dynasties, gangsters, mining interests and Aboriginal elders become part of the increasingly complicated struggle over the territory.

Emily finds herself trying to keep the family business from falling apart while navigating the competing interests surrounding it.

Then Marshall returns.

His arrival doesn’t simply provide a straightforward answer to the succession crisis. Instead, it brings existing tensions back to the surface and further complicates the relationships inside the Lawson family.

Old conflicts return, loyalties are tested and the question of who should inherit the family empire becomes increasingly difficult to separate from the question of who can actually protect it.

A different take on the Western family saga

This is where Territory may appeal to viewers who enjoy the world of Landman.

Created by Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman follows Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris as he navigates the dangerous business and personal conflicts surrounding the West Texas oil industry.

Territory takes a similar interest in the relationship between family, business and power, but relocates that conflict to Australia’s cattle country.

Both dramas revolve around valuable enterprises controlled by powerful families, where personal relationships can become inseparable from business interests.

The difference is the world surrounding them.

Instead of oil rigs and West Texas roads, Territory uses cattle stations, enormous stretches of wilderness and the isolation of the Australian Outback to drive its story.

The Outback is almost a character of its own

The scale of the setting is one of the show’s defining features.

Much of the production was filmed at Tipperary Station, a working cattle property in Australia’s Northern Territory that spans nearly one million acres.

That real-world landscape gives Marianne Station a striking sense of size and isolation, reinforcing just how much territory is at stake in the Lawson family’s battle.

Director Greg McLean, best known for Wolf Creek, directed all six episodes.

The result is a Western drama that takes a familiar story of inheritance and family conflict and places it within a distinctly Australian setting.

Territory divided viewers and critics

When Territory premiered in October 2024, it recorded 6.4 million views during its first four days, according to the source.

Its Rotten Tomatoes scores revealed a noticeable difference between critics and audiences.

The series received an 87% critics’ score, while its audience rating stood at 53%.

At its core, the series tells a familiar story: a wealthy family struggling to maintain control of an empire while internal rivalries and outside threats close in.

What gives that formula a different identity is the Australian cattle industry and the immense Outback landscape surrounding the Lawsons.

For viewers who enjoy dramas built around powerful families, contested legacies and businesses where enormous amounts of money and influence are at stake, Territory offers a six-episode alternative.

Six episodes, with no second season

There is also a practical reason for Landman fans looking for their next binge: Territory is short.

Netflix has confirmed that the series will not return for a second season, leaving the story contained within its original six episodes.

There is no sprawling multi-season mythology to catch up on and no enormous episode backlog.

Instead, Territory delivers one self-contained story about a cattle dynasty thrown into uncertainty by a suspicious death — and a family forced to confront the possibility that the biggest threat to its empire may not be outside the gates, but within the Lawson family itself.