8.3/1077 votesLoading...#1 - Black Dolphin
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2019
The FBI asks Eric to use his negotiating expertise to convince the brainwashed survivor of an internet predator to reveal the identity of the person who incites vulnerable people to harm themselves.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Sandra Chwialkowska
8.2/1077 votesLoading...#2 - 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.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Kyle Hart
8.0/10145 votesLoading...#3 - Bulletproof
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/15/2017
Eric must work with a past adversary to stop a hacker from activating explosions worldwide unless the NSA surrenders access to their confidential files.
Director: Erik Canuel
Writer: Ben Harris
8.0/10101 votesLoading...#4 - Radio Silence
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 6/16/2018
While on a plane with his daughter, Eric must negotiate with a suicidal co-pilot who threatens to crash the plane.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer: Vincent Shiao, Avrum Jacobson
8.0/1087 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: David Vainola
7.9/1087 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Frank Spotnitz
7.9/1067 votesLoading...#7 - Dark Triad
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/20/2019
The FBI brings in the Crisis Resolution team to negotiate with a formidable sociopath who is targeting diabetics and giving them tainted insulin.
Director: Paul Fox
Writer: Sandra Chwialkowska
7.8/10106 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Kyle Hart
7.8/1095 votesLoading...#9 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1095 votesLoading...#10 - 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.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Lynne Kamm
7.8/1094 votesLoading...#11 - The Fawn
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 6/2/2018
Eric negotiates with a convicted serial killer to get insight when a teenage boy is kidnapped by someone who is copying the killer's methods.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1097 votesLoading...#12 - Hardline
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 6/9/2018
Eric must negotiate the release of the daughter of the prime minister of the Netherlands -- a woman notorious for never paying kidnappers' ransoms.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer: Tamara Moulin
7.8/1070 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
Director: Charles Officer
Writer: Tamara Moulin
7.8/1068 votesLoading...#14 - 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.
Director: Charles Officer
Writer: Joseph Kay
7.8/1069 votesLoading...#15 - Broken Record
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/27/2019
When a disgraced negotiator impersonates Eric, the team races to recover a kidnapped hotel owner, the ransom money and Eric's tarnished reputation.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer: David Vainola, Roslyn Muir
7.8/1064 votesLoading...#16 - 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.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer: Tamara Moulin, Faisal Lutchmedial
7.8/1059 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Kyle Hart
7.7/10110 votesLoading...#18 - 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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1097 votesLoading...#19 - 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.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Richard Zajdlic
7.7/1095 votesLoading...#20 - The Client
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/23/2018
Eric is hired by two adolescents whose parents are held hostage by a ruthless mob boss.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Writer: Vincent Shiao, Avrum Jacobson
7.7/1071 votesLoading...#21 - It's a Gravenzo
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2019
Eric and the team enter the world of Italian fashion royalty when they are hired to negotiate the safe return of a world-famous designer's kidnapped wife.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Steve Cochrane
7.6/10152 votesLoading...#22 - The Enemy Within
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2017
Eric's ex-boss from the FBI brings him in to negotiate with an extremist from a racist group that is threatening to set off bombs all over New York City.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Ben Schiffer
7.6/1061 votesLoading...#23 - Truth & Reconciliation
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 5/11/2019
When Eric and his new girlfriend, Kate, head to a gala at the American Embassy in Bogotá, they become embroiled in an assassination attempt.
Director: Eleanore Lindo
Writer: Steve Cochrane
7.5/10171 votesLoading...#24 - 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.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Sarah Dodd
7.5/10141 votesLoading...#25 - Girl on a Train
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2017
A couple in France turn to Eric and his team to rescue their daughter who was abducted from a train and fear has been sold into human trafficking.
Director: Frédéric Forestier
Writer: Rachel Anthony
The Best Episodes of Ransom
Every episode of Ransom ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ransom!
Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can.
Genres:CrimeDrama
Best Episodes Summary
"Black Dolphin" is the best rated episode of "Ransom". It scored 8.3/10 based on 77 votes. Directed by James Genn and written by Sandra Chwialkowska, it aired on 2/23/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Indiscretion".