I'm an actual landman in Texas. The hit TV show definitely exaggerates &mdash; but it gets a few key things right.

I'm an actual landman in Texas. The hit TV show definitely exaggerates — but it gets a few key things right.

Matt Toohey

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matt Toohey, 42, the land manager at Forge Energy III in San Antonio, Texas. He has watched every episode of the television drama, Landman, which follows a fictional landman and is in production for its second season. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I'm an actual landman in Texas. The hit TV show definitely exaggerates — but it gets a few key things right.

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