The BEST episodes of Ransom season 2

Every episode of Ransom season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ransom season 2!

Hostage negotiator Eric Beaumont understands criminals better than they do, and uses his insight into human behavior to resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases. Despite the stakes, Eric refuses to resort to violence, even when confronted by some of the most dangerous criminals in the world. While Eric’s considerable powers of manipulation make him the best at what he does professionally, they often complicate his relationships with family, friends and colleagues.

Last Updated: 10/22/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Three Wishes
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7.75
482 votes

#1 - Three Wishes

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2018

When Eric’s daughter is kidnapped, he must fulfill three ransom demands from his long-time adversary, Damien Delaine, which include answering a series of emotionally challenging questions and performing ethically questionable tasks, in order to save what matters to him most – his daughter’s life.

Directors: James Genn
Watch Now:Amazon
Alters
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7.74
480 votes

#2 - Alters

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2018

As Eric and Zara provide risk assessment services at an investment bank, they are taken hostage by a gunman targeting a low-level accountant, and Eric must negotiate for their release.

Directors: James Genn
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Radio Silence
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7.74
350 votes

#3 - Radio Silence

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/2018

While on board a plane with his daughter, Evie, Eric must negotiate with a suicidal co-pilot and find out what triggered him after he locks the captain out of the cockpit and threatens to crash the plane,

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Semaphore
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7.73
332 votes

#4 - Semaphore

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2018

Eric’s archnemesis, Damian Delaine, brainwashes Evie and threatens to turn her into a murderer unless Eric helps him negotiate a high-stakes business deal for a new cryptocurrency that could destabilize the world economy.

Directors: Bruce McDonald
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Undercover
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7.67
417 votes

#5 - Undercover

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2018

As Eric negotiates the release of an arms dealer’s son from a kidnapper, he uncovers a larger plot to destroy hundreds of lives. Also, Zara is shaken when she must work with an abusive ex-colleague in order to prevent this terrorist attack.

Directors: James Genn
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Legacy
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7.67
410 votes

#6 - Legacy

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2018

As Eric fights to save his mother, renowned surgeon Annette Beaumont, after she is kidnapped and ordered to perform heart surgery on a dangerous crime boss, he realizes he needs help from his estranged father, Phillip Hingston.

Directors: James Genn
Writer: Lynne Kamm
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The Client
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7.66
338 votes

#7 - The Client

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/23/2018

When two adolescents enlist Eric to negotiate with a ruthless mob boss who’s holding their parents hostage, the team discovers a family secret that threatens to complicate the proceedings.

Directors: Norma Bailey
Writer: Kyle Hart
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Secrets and Spies
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7.65
472 votes

#8 - Secrets and Spies

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2018

Eric and Oliver plunge into a world of espionage when a CIA spy disguised as an American diamond broker traveling with her family is kidnapped in Vienna. Also, Oliver gets an interesting job offer.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Kyle Hart
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Hardline
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7.59
362 votes

#9 - Hardline

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/2018

Eric is given the impossible task of negotiating the release of the daughter of the prime minister of the Netherlands – a woman who takes a public hardline on never paying kidnappers’ ransoms.

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The Fawn
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7.58
369 votes

#10 - The Fawn

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/2018

Eric negotiates with a convicted serial killer in order to get his insight when a teenaged boy is kidnapped by someone copying his methods.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
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Promised Land
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7.58
328 votes

#11 - Promised Land

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/30/2018

As Eric negotiates for the release of a couple being held hostage by illegal immigrants in rural Canada, the situation turns dire when the coyotes the immigrants escaped from take the whole group hostage, including Eric.

Directors: Bruce McDonald
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A Free Man in Paris
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7.58
432 votes

#12 - A Free Man in Paris

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2018

When a former Guantanamo guard is taken hostage by terrorists, Eric is surprised when he learns that his best chance of saving the man’s life is to work with a former Guantanamo detainee who is now working with the captors.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
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Anatomy of a Lost Cause
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7.56
365 votes

#13 - Anatomy of a Lost Cause

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/26/2018

When a hostage is executed in the midst of a high-stakes negotiation, Eric is charged with aiding and abetting a kidnapper, and he faces self-doubt in the wake of his fatal error.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
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