Warning: Major Spoilers lie ahead for Landman's first eight episodes!Ariana's life is growing all the more complicated, even as she starts to find some positive changes, as Landman season 1 nears an end. Portrayed by Paulina Chávez, Ariana was introduced in episode 2 of the Taylor Sheridan-co-created show, being the widow of Elvio and mourning the loss of her husband and his family in the episode 1 oil rig explosion in which Jacob Lofland's Cooper was the only survivor. While the rest of Elvio's family turned to blaming Cooper for the accident, Ariana proved to be the outlier, recognizing his desire to help and shared trauma over the incident.

Recent episodes of Landman have seen Cooper and Ariana's relationship evolving further, beginning with episode 6, in which the former was hospitalized after being beaten and left for dead by the latter's cousins-in-law. Episode 7 saw Ariana bring Cooper to her home...