The WORST episodes of Ransom
Every episode of Ransom ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ransom!
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.
#1 - Prima
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/13/2019
When a Russian prima ballerina and her rival are kidnapped, the Crisis Resolution team must use their own brand of fancy footwork in the cutthroat world of ballet to get both women back safely.
#2 - Unfit
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/4/2019
When a baby is stolen from his crib by a notorious serial kidnapper, the Crisis Resolution team must find out why the baby was targeted and locate him before he is taken out of the country.
#3 - Joe
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2017
When an important engineer at a company that manufactures collision avoidance software in cars is taken hostage, Eric and the team email the kidnapper, Joe, but discover a third party is intercepting their correspondence and purposely sabotaging their negotiation process.
#4 - Grand Slam
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2017
Eric and the team try to save the life and sporting dreams of an up-and-coming baseball player in Louisville, Kentucky, whose survival hinges on negotiating for a bone marrow match that is being ransomed for $5 million.
#5 - The Artist
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2017
Eric and the team begin negotiating the return of valuable paintings stolen from an art gallery, but the situation gets complicated when the thief then kidnaps a gallery staffer.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Broken Record
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/27/2019
When a disgraced negotiator impersonates Eric, the Crisis Resolution team races to recover a kidnapped hotel owner, Jonah Preston, the ransom money, and Eric’s tarnished reputation.
#8 - 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.
#9 - The Return
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2017
Eric Beaumont, a top crisis and hostage negotiator, uses his insight into human behavior to resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases.
#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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - The Box
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2017
Eric and the team must figure out how to negotiate with bank robbers who are not demanding cash.
#13 - Justice
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2019
Eric and the Crisis Resolution team are brought in to negotiate a blood money payoff when a man is murdered and his wife is threatened to be next.
#14 - Celina
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2017
A surrogate baby with a dangerous medical condition is kidnapped from a French couple and the team is called in to help.
#15 - 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.
#16 - The Castle
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/25/2017
While playing a new smartphone game, five teenagers are lured into a trap in an empty castle in France, and Eric and the team are called in to negotiate their release.
#17 - Playing God
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/18/2019
When a bombing at a genetics company causes a woman to lose her memory, the Crisis Resolution team works to put together the pieces of the crime to figure out if she’s a victim or the bomber.
#18 - Indiscretion
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2019
The team’s search for a missing high-end escort leads to evidence that she was caught between a cop with a vendetta and a dangerous drug dealer.
#19 - Say What You Did
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2017
When a senator's daughter is kidnapped, Eric and the team must delve into the senator's darkest secrets to try to bring his daughter home safely. Also, Eric faces challenges with his own daughter, Evie, after his attempt to keep her safe backfires.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Life and Limb
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/16/2019
When a kidnapper from a past case returns and threatens to harm a child, the team is forced to confront the consequences of Eric’s policy of letting perpetrators go free.
#23 - Refuge
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/2017
Eric is called in to negotiate with a burglar who is holding a family hostage after they catch him breaking into their safe, but the team finds the circumstances suspicious after learning the husband has been kidnapped before.
#24 - Regeneration
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2017
Maxine has her first negotation when Eric and other guests at a retreat are taken hostage by the leader of a fanatical militia group.
#25 - Stay of Execution
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2019
When a death row inmate gets a “ransom” letter offering him exonerating evidence for $500,000, the Crisis Resolution team has 48 hours to verify that the information is real.