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Ransom
2017 - 2019 6.5 (87 votes) 3 Seasons
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Genres
Crime Drama
Networks
CBS
Global TV
Created By
David Vainola
Frank Spotnitz

Ransom

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts

Eric Beaumont

Brandon Jay McLaren
Brandon Jay McLaren

Oliver Yates

Nazneen Contractor
Nazneen Contractor

Zara Hallam

Karen LeBlanc
Karen LeBlanc

Cynthia Walker

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2017)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Return
2017-01-01

Eric Beaumont, a top crisis and hostage negotiator, uses his insight into human behavior to resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Grand Slam
2017-01-07

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: The Box
2017-01-21

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: Joe
2017-01-28

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: The Enemy Within
2017-02-04

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: Celina
2017-02-11

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Regeneration
2017-02-18

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Say What You Did
2017-02-25

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Girl on a Train
2017-03-04

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: The Artist
2017-03-11

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: The Castle
2017-03-25

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Refuge
2017-04-08

Eric is called to negotiate with a burglar who is holding a family hostage after they catch him breaking into their safe.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: Bulletproof
2017-04-15

Eric must work with a past adversary to stop a hacker from activating explosions worldwide unless the NSA surrenders access to their confidential files.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (2018)

Moments after the kidnapping of Eric’s 15-year-old daughter, Evie, the team is against the clock as they face the demands of the dangerous and unusual kidnapper. Eric must come to grips with his darkest fear – that his work has put his family directly in harm’s way. As they negotiate with top-ranking criminals and delve deep into the world of high-stakes hostage situations, the team members struggle to balance their personal lives, with a criminal world that knows no boundaries.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Three Wishes
2018-04-07

After Eric's daughter is kidnapped, he must complete three ransom demands from his rival, Damien Delaine, to save his daughter's life.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Alters
2018-04-14

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Secrets and Spies
2018-04-21

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: A Free Man in Paris
2018-04-28

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Undercover
2018-05-05

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: Legacy
2018-05-12

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Anatomy of a Lost Cause
2018-05-26

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: The Fawn
2018-06-02

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Hardline
2018-06-09

Eric must negotiate the release of the daughter of the prime minister of the Netherlands -- a woman notorious for never paying kidnappers' ransoms.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Radio Silence
2018-06-16

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: The Client
2018-06-23

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

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Promised Land
2018-06-30

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: Semaphore
2018-06-30

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2019)

Eric Beaumont and his elite CriRes team struggle to balance the demands of their personal lives with their careers as negotiators handling high-pressure kidnappings and hostage-takings. As they negotiate with formidable criminals and immerse themselves in the world of extreme hostage situations, the team members deal with the repercussions of last season’s dramatic conclusion.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Justice
2019-02-16

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 2: Black Dolphin
2019-02-23

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 3: Indiscretion
2019-03-02

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 4: It's a Gravenzo
2019-03-09

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 5: Life and Limb
2019-03-16

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 6: Stay of Execution
2019-03-30

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 7: Prima
2019-04-13

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 8: Dark Triad
2019-04-20

The FBI brings in the Crisis Resolution team to negotiate with a formidable sociopath who is targeting diabetics and giving them tainted insulin.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 9: Broken Record
2019-04-27

When a disgraced negotiator impersonates Eric, the team races to recover a kidnapped hotel owner, the ransom money and Eric's tarnished reputation.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 10: Unfit
2019-05-04

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 11: Truth & Reconciliation
2019-05-11

When Eric and his new girlfriend, Kate, head to a gala at the American Embassy in Bogotá, they become embroiled in an assassination attempt.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 12: Playing God
2019-05-18

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.

Runtime: 44 min
Episode 13: Story for Another Day
2019-05-25

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.

Runtime: 44 min

Videos

Ransom - first Trailer for CBS (/Global/TF1/RTL) series - Premieres January 1, 2017 on CBS

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