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.

Last Updated: 10/22/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Prima
star
7.37
253 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul Fox
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Unfit
star
7.55
265 votes

#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.

Directors: Sturla Gunnarson
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Joe
star
7.56
949 votes

#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.

Directors: James Genn
Writer: Sarah Dodd
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Grand Slam
star
7.56
1143 votes

#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.

Directors: Jon Jones
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Anatomy of a Lost Cause
star
7.56
365 votes

#5 - 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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The Artist
star
7.57
819 votes

#6 - 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.

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A Free Man in Paris
star
7.58
432 votes

#7 - 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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Broken Record
star
7.58
256 votes

#8 - 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.

Directors: Sturla Gunnarson
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The Return
star
7.58
1405 votes

#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.

Directors: Richard Lewis
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Promised Land
star
7.58
328 votes

#10 - 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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The Fawn
star
7.58
369 votes

#11 - 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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Hardline
star
7.59
362 votes

#12 - 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 Box
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7.59
969 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: Erik Canuel
Writer: Ben Harris
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Justice
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7.59
293 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: James Genn
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Celina
star
7.59
870 votes

#15 - 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.

Directors: François Velle
Writer: Ben Schiffer
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The Castle
star
7.61
726 votes

#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.

Directors: François Velle
Writer: Sarah Dodd
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Playing God
star
7.62
249 votes

#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.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Kyle Hart
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Indiscretion
star
7.64
267 votes

#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.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Kyle Hart
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Say What You Did
star
7.65
797 votes

#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.

Directors: Paul A. Kaufman
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Secrets and Spies
star
7.65
472 votes

#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.

Directors: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Kyle Hart
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The Client
star
7.66
338 votes

#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.

Directors: Norma Bailey
Writer: Kyle Hart
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Life and Limb
star
7.67
287 votes

#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.

Directors: Charles Officer
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Legacy
star
7.67
410 votes

#23 - 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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Stay of Execution
star
7.67
283 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Charles Officer
Writer: Joseph Kay
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Undercover
star
7.67
417 votes

#25 - 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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