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The Best Episodes of Ransom

Every episode of Ransom ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Ransom!

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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.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Ransom Season 1 Episode 11 - The Castle
    9.7/10(3 votes)

    #1 - The Castle

    S1:E11

    When five teens are lured into a trap while playing a smartphone game, Eric and the team negotiate their release.

    Director:François Velle
    Writer:Sarah Dodd

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  2. Ransom Season 2 Episode 9 - Hardline
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Hardline

    S2:E9

    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

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  3. Ransom Season 2 Episode 10 - Radio Silence
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Radio Silence

    S2:E10

    While on a plane with his daughter, Eric must negotiate with a suicidal co-pilot who threatens to crash the plane.

    Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
    Writers:Avrum Jacobson, Vincent Shiao

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  4. Ransom Season 2 Episode 11 - The Client
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - The Client

    S2:E11

    Eric is hired by two adolescents whose parents are held hostage by a ruthless mob boss.

    Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
    Writers:Avrum Jacobson, Vincent Shiao

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  5. Ransom Season 2 Episode 12 - Promised Land
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Promised Land

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Bruce McDonald
    Writer:Avrum Jacobson

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  6. Ransom Season 2 Episode 13 - Semaphore
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Semaphore

    S2:E13

    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

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  7. Ransom Season 3 Episode 1 - Justice
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Justice

    S3:E1

    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

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  8. Ransom Season 3 Episode 2 - Black Dolphin
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Black Dolphin

    S3:E2

    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

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  9. Ransom Season 3 Episode 3 - Indiscretion
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Indiscretion

    S3:E3

    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

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  10. Ransom Season 3 Episode 4 - It's a Gravenzo
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - It's a Gravenzo

    S3:E4

    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

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  11. Ransom Season 3 Episode 5 - Life and Limb
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Life and Limb

    S3:E5

    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

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  12. Ransom Season 3 Episode 6 - Stay of Execution
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Stay of Execution

    S3:E6

    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

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  13. Ransom Season 3 Episode 8 - Dark Triad
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Dark Triad

    S3:E8

    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

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  14. Ransom Season 3 Episode 9 - Broken Record
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Broken Record

    S3:E9

    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
    Writers:David Vainola, Roslyn Muir

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  15. Ransom Season 3 Episode 10 - Unfit
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Unfit

    S3:E10

    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
    Writers:Tamara Moulin, Faisal Lutchmedial

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  16. Ransom Season 3 Episode 11 - Truth & Reconciliation
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Truth & Reconciliation

    S3:E11

    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

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  17. Ransom Season 3 Episode 12 - Playing God
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Playing God

    S3:E12

    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

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  18. Ransom Season 3 Episode 13 - Story for Another Day
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Story for Another Day

    S3:E13

    When Cynthia and her younger brother, Tyler, are abducted by a criminal Tyler’s indebted to, Eric and the Crisis Resolution team are forced to break all the rules in order to find them.

    Director:April Mullen
    Writer:David Vainola

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  19. Ransom Season 1 Episode 4 - Joe
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Joe

    S1:E4

    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

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  20. Ransom Season 2 Episode 7 - Anatomy of a Lost Cause
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Anatomy of a Lost Cause

    S2:E7

    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

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  21. Ransom Season 3 Episode 7 - Prima
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Prima

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Paul Fox
    Writer:Aisha Porter-Christie

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  22. Ransom Season 1 Episode 3 - The Box
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #22 - The Box

    S1:E3

    Eric and the team must figure out how to negotiate with bank robbers who are not demanding cash.

    Director:Érik Canuel
    Writers:Sara B. Cooper, Ben Harris

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  23. Ransom Season 1 Episode 5 - The Enemy Within
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #23 - The Enemy Within

    S1:E5

    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

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  24. Ransom Season 1 Episode 6 - Celina
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - Celina

    S1:E6

    A French couple hire Eric and his team to rescue their kidnapped surrogate baby who has a dangerous medical condition and needs immediate care.

    Director:François Velle
    Writer:Ben Schiffer

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  25. Ransom Season 1 Episode 9 - Girl on a Train
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Girl on a Train

    S1:E9

    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

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Castle" is the best rated episode of "Ransom". It scored 9.7/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by François Velle and written by Sarah Dodd, it aired on 3/25/2017. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hardline".