7.0/10203 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
Director: Jon Jones
Writer: Sara B. Cooper
7.1/1062 votesLoading...#2 - Story for Another Day
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 5/25/2019
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
7.2/10125 votesLoading...#3 - Refuge
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/8/2017
Eric is called to negotiate with a burglar who is holding a family hostage after they catch him breaking into their safe.
Director: Laurence Katrian
Writer: Mark Greig
7.2/1065 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
Director: Paul Fox
Writer: Aisha Porter-Christie
7.3/10150 votesLoading...#5 - Regeneration
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2017
Maxine leads the team in her first negotiation after Eric and other guests at a retreat are taken hostage by the fanatical leader of a militia group.
Director: James Genn
Writer: David Vainola
7.3/10139 votesLoading...#6 - 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 in an attempt to bring the girl home safely. Eric's attempt to keep his own daughter safe backfires.
Director: Paul A. Kaufman
Writer: David Vainola
7.3/10145 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
Director: Frédéric Forestier
Writer: Annmarie Morais
7.3/10147 votesLoading...#8 - The Castle
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/25/2017
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
7.3/10136 votesLoading...#9 - Three Wishes
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2018
After Eric's daughter is kidnapped, he must complete three ransom demands from his rival, Damien Delaine, to save his daughter's life.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10255 votesLoading...#10 - 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.
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Writer: David Vainola
7.4/10184 votesLoading...#11 - 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.
Director: Erik Canuel
Writer: Sara B. Cooper, Ben Harris
7.4/10150 votesLoading...#12 - Celina
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2017
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
7.4/1083 votesLoading...#13 - 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.
Director: Bruce McDonald
Writer: Avrum Jacobson
7.5/10169 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.5/10137 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.5/10101 votesLoading...#16 - 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.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Alison Bingemar, Frank Spotnitz
7.6/10150 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.7/10109 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
7.7/1094 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.7/1070 votesLoading...#20 - 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
7.7/1060 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.8/10104 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.8/1094 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.8/1094 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.8/1095 votesLoading...#25 - 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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Grand Slam" is the worst rated episode of "Ransom". It scored 7/10 based on 203 votes. Directed by Jon Jones and written by Sara B. Cooper, it aired on 1/7/2017. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Story for Another Day".