Ransom Canyon (2025) s01e07 Episode Script

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[Quinn] Previously on Ransom Canyon
- [Ellie] What's he doing at Crossroads?
- His criminal record is sealed.
He's hiding something.
I need to get some answers.
[Staten] Don't be with him. Be with me.
Maybe some things
are just meant to be left in the past,
no matter how beautiful they are.
Or could have been.
[Paula Jo] I wasn't sure if he'd still
have it in him at the rodeo.
I stand wobbly and corrected.
That man can operate.
Do y'all remember where you were
the night of Randall's accident?
I was with Lauren, sir.
I was over at Ashley's house
just talking to her mom.
Reid? He was there that night, wasn't he?
No, I think he was out with his boys.
[Lucas] Come on in! Water's great!
Holy shit! Call the police!
There's a truck!
[muted bubbling underwater]
[tense music playing]
[breathing heavily]
Reid.
You care to explain why, uh,
the sheriff just requested
an off-the-record conversation
with you and me
down at Gracie's this afternoon?
Yeah. Okay.
Just let me do the talking.
Look, the, uh, lab confirmed
the F-250 matches the piece you found
near the accident site.
- So we have an owner?
- VIN was scrubbed before it got dumped.
Looks professional.
Well, then, I guess we pay another visit
to that chop shop in Bandera, don't we?
No, we don't do anything.
Bandera PD's executing a search warrant,
but I'd temper your expectations here.
Why, Dan?
Why is that always the default?
The truck's been underwater
for over a year, Staten.
Not a usable print on it,
and with the VIN missing--
So another dead end.
Come on, you guys.
You gotta give me something, please.
It's thin.
It's nothing, all right?
I got a hint of a lead on a driver.
But that's all you need to know
right now, okay?
Come on.
[Dan] Hey, uh
I should have heard you out,
but I'm on it now.
I won't rest till your son
gets the justice he deserves.
[door closes]
I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy,
but I think Reid's hiding something.
Now that you mention it,
I mean, my dad sort of asked me
where Reid was the night of the accident.
Holy shit! And what'd you say?
- That he was with the boys.
- Was he?
- I think so.
- Huh.
- [Kit] What the hell are you two on about?
- Don't worry about it.
I'll worry about whatever I want
in my own house.
Hey, dude. Take it easy, all right?
I just noticed Reid's been
acting really, like, weird lately.
I walked in on him and Tim
talking at the rodeo.
Couldn't tell what, but when he saw me,
he totally freaked out,
then finds me later and decks me.
- Way to fight back, muscles.
- He was upset about us.
No, this was before.
Something about your dad asking questions,
which clearly he is doing.
And then that pickup
gets pulled out of the water,
and I swear to God,
Reid and Tim looked at each other like
Like what?
Like they were guilty.
No, there's Lucas, no way.
Can't believe I'm saying this,
but maybe Cowboy Barbie here is right.
Okay, don't you have rock bottom
to go hit somewhere? Like
Okay, well, why don't you just ask Reid?
He and Randall were really close.
I mean, there has to be
some reasonable explanation.
Predictable. See what they do, kid?
They look out for their own.
Do you really think
he should talk to my dad?
- I think he should stay out of it.
- Yeah, 'cause that worked so well.
- Poke into this, it's gonna turn on you.
- Guys.
I'm telling you right now, next thing
you know, it's you in the cuffs.
Okay, well, on that note,
I'm gonna go to my interview.
Gotta make some escape money, baby.
- All right. Future shit.
- Future shit.
[Lauren] Mm
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
One Cap Fuller.
Pulled pork, bacon,
extra provolone, and, um, extra chilies.
- How's the bacon?
- Still oinking.
Perfect.
Mind if I grab one of those?
Hey.
Um, I gotta go interview the new girl.
[Cap chuckles]
What world of shit did you step in?
I honestly don't know.
[Quinn] Biscuit!
Biscuit?
Where are you, bud?
Biscuit?
Biscuit!
[Biscuit barking]
Where'd you find her?
Hitchhiking. Walking up 80.
She was trying
to get the hell out of dodge.
- I think she senses a storm coming.
- Hey, bud.
Hey, buddy.
Cold air coming off the mountains about to
T-bone with warm coming off the plain.
Okay.
- What does that mean?
- You should lock your windows.
And Ellie's. She there?
- She's at Gracie's.
- Okay.
- You do that. I'll round up the animals.
- Okay.
[Lauren] Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm really
I'm a really driven, hard-working person.
Uh, I'm a believer in teamwork too.
I think the bottom of the cheer pyramid
is just as important as the top.
Uh-huh. Um, can you work weekends?
Yeah! And evenings during the week.
Can you handle a drunk?
Since I was in the fifth grade.
Congrats. You start Thursday.
Great! Wow, thank you!
Oh, hey! Dad, what, uh
are you doing here?
Just Just work.
Hey, I've been trying
to call you, you know.
Oh shoot. Uh, I'm sorry.
I've I've been in this interview. Um
Guess who's the newest waiter at Gracie's?
[chuckles] Well, congrats, kiddo.
Listen, county just issued
a tornado watch.
Yeah, I know.
It's the calm before the storm.
Um [clears throat] But I want you
to get home and stay there, okay?
Yeah, sure.
- Thanks.
- All right, you stay safe.
- I'll see you at home.
- Bye now.
I understand
the tough spot you're in, Dan.
You know?
You finding that pickup in the lake
means you can't turn a blind eye
to underage drinking.
I get it. I do.
Now, did Reid show up at that party?
Absolutely.
- But the kegs--
- Oh.
I'm not here to talk about kegs, Davis.
Okay.
Why'd you drag us
all the way down here, then?
Well, I thought I'd spare asking you all
to come down to the station.
[laughs]
You have any idea what I want to discuss?
No, sir.
I like you, son.
You're a good kid.
Always been good to my daughter.
But we need to talk about where you were
the night your cousin died.
Now, Dan,
I know you're not being serious here.
That night was hell for my family.
That's a hell that
we still go through every day.
So you better have a damn good reason
for bringing that up.
I need to know, Reid.
[foreboding music playing]
[shattering]
- [Tim] Where the hell's Randall?
- [Reid] I don't know.
He never texted me back.
- My uncle's probably got him on lockdown.
- Mm.
Ever since my aunt passed,
been on a short leash.
We could break him out.
Timmy, I like the way you think.
[gun fires]
Once it was clear
Randall wasn't gonna show, we just
called it.
I drove us home.
We played Diablo IV until
until we heard.
Okay. Okay.
Now, are we done?
You told me at the rodeo
you were with Lauren that night.
- Why the different story now, son?
- Sir--
Okay, you know what? We are done.
When Reid's mother,
his lawyer, gets wind of--
Let's get her involved.
Maybe she'll be able to explain
why I've got security footage
from a garage outside Bandera that night
that shows Reid driving
the same exact truck
we just pulled out of that lake.
[tense music playing]
[emergency alert blares on phone]
[people murmuring]
Sheriff, you up on this?
Yeah. Shit.
Weather service in Lubbock
says it's heading right for us.
Right. Keep 'em safe. Nobody leaves.
- I'll remember where we left off.
- I will too.
[wind whistling]
Hey. You were right. The storm
got upgraded to a tornado warning.
What?
Oh
It's just nice to hear you say
that I'm right about something for once.
[laughs]
All right, listen. I need everybody in
the main room under some sort of shelter.
- [Ellie] We can use the tables.
- [Kai] Smart.
We're gonna form a shelter near this bar.
Picnic tables laid over top.
All this glass and bottles
need to come down.
Let's get some picnic tables
against these windows too.
On it.
Do you want me
to use tape for the windows?
No. We need to shutter them. All right?
- All of 'em, locked and shuttered, got it?
- All right. Yeah.
All right, let's go.
[thunder rumbles]
- Hey, can I, uh, talk to you a sec?
- Really not the best time.
Why'd you stand me up
at dinner last night?
Tell me what's going on.
I don't know if you noticed,
but there's a tornado heading this way.
So
Well, just give me something.
Please? I
- Why won't you look at me?
- Because I don't want to.
I knew.
- Knew what exactly?
- I talked to Freddie, you asshole.
And, what, now now you know me?
I know you spent four years
on a horse farm in Tennessee.
Three in prison for stealing
from the woman you worked for.
I know you're smart and calculated.
I bet you don't lose sleep over any of it.
But what I don't know is how anyone,
even scum like you,
could pull a job on their own grandfather.
Okay, I can explain.
Okay?
Jesus.
I was guessing
on the whole grandson story, but
All right, hang on.
- Don't you dare touch me.
- Okay.
You went to a nursing home
and sat with your ailing grandmother.
You sick
- You looked her in the eye.
- Please just listen.
I'm done with your bullshit.
[in Spanish] Save it for some other idiot.
[in English] You're right, okay?
You're right.
Just tell me if Cap knows.
Here's how this is gonna go.
Once the storm passes, you're gonna
walk out that door and never come back,
or else I will tell him.
You understand?
[wind blowing]
[woman on tv]
A tornado warning is in effect
for Lubbock and the surrounding counties.
- It appears the tornado is heading
- Come on.
Hey, would you relax? We're fine.
She won't text me back.
[phone vibrates]
Well, at least she's not ignoring you.
Shit. She can't be out there
without a phone.
[exhales] I'm going to Gracie's.
Wait, you're going out in this?
For her?
Look, bro, don't be an idiot!
[kettle whistling]
Why do you have zero batteries?
I have batteries.
Fresh ones.
Why do you even keep these?
- What do you do with them?
- I don't keep 'em in the junk drawer.
- You're ridiculous, you know that?
- [Quinn laughs]
You're ridiculous.
Staten?
I'm sorry.
- I was just busting your chops.
- No, no, I mean, I heard about the truck.
Oh.
Yeah, well, it's kind of a relief
to know that I'm not crazy.
And that Brigman is
finally taking it seriously.
Yeah.
Looks like they found a lead
on who was driving.
Well, that's good, right?
Well, it's good that
they're doing the digging and not me.
Because if I found out who it was
[indistinct chatter on radio]
[man] This is
a NOAA emergency weather alert.
[thunder rumbles]
[Kai] Reid.
You all right?
Yeah.
I could use your help.
Yeah, I'll be right there.
[ominous music playing]
[Tim] Are you sure this is a good idea?
- [Reid] It was your idea, bud.
- Yeah, but are you good to drive?
Better than you are.
- [phone rings]
- Hey, there he is. Finally.
Hello?
Are you serious?
Now? Yeah.
Yeah. Okay.
Okay.
What?
Change of plans.
[thunder rumbles]
- Dad, I gotta tell you something.
- Reid, stop.
- It's about that night--
- Hey, seriously.
Whatever you're gonna say, just don't.
Look, I will fight till my dying breath
to protect you,
but in order for me to do that,
the less I know, the better.
Do you understand?
There's nothing you could do
that could make me not love you.
- Nothing.
- Davis, give us a hand here.
[knocking at door]
[knocking continues]
Hey! Hey!
- Come on!
- Jesus! Get in!
What are you, stupid?
Are you crazy?
What are you doing out in this?
I was looking for, uh, shelter.
I got stuck out on 80.
- [man] Come on
- Now you're stuck here, dumbass.
[thunder rumbles]
Shit.
[phone line rings]
Come on.
- Hey, she's not at Gracie's.
- Yeah, 'cause she's at your trailer.
- Oh my God. What are you doing?
- I just came here looking for my phone.
Right, okay. Look, um Just stay put
and I'll come right back, all right?
No, Lucas, you're not going anywhere.
Just ride the storm out there,
and we'll meet up after, okay?
You can't stay there.
Yeah, I'm not.
I'm gonna go take shelter at the school.
Okay, just be careful, all right?
I will. You too.
Well?
Well, what?
Are you coming?
With you?
No, I'll take my chances.
Okay, great.
Yeah, just watch the tornado
from the trailer park.
What do I care?
Moron.
[engine starts]
- [tapping on glass]
- [Lauren gasps]
- I'm not a moron.
- Okay! Are you coming?
- Say it.
- Oh my God! You're not a moron.
[woman] Kit!
Hang on, hang on.
Dude!
Mary, are sure you're okay to drive?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Okay.
Shelter at the high school.
Drive straight there.
- Okay.
- [cracking]
[Lauren screams]
Lauren!
[breathing heavily]
Kit! Kit!
You okay?
I can't get out!
Shit.
Come over here.
Hold on to me. I got you.
- My ankle, my ankle!
- It's okay.
[Kai] Hey.
I know you said you didn't get anything
from Freddie, but that sealed record--
I don't want to do this anymore, Kai.
He's leaving and I'm glad, okay?
[footsteps receding]
- Freddie told her all of it.
- What the hell is "all of it"?
All of it!
He told her about the Tennessee job,
why I came here.
She even knows I'm his grandson.
Does she know about me?
I'm just trying to get
all the information.
No, she doesn't.
[laughs]
All right.
Well, Cap's gotta know.
She said she wouldn't tell him
if I left and never came back.
Then that's exactly what you're gonna do.
[phone rings]
Hi, baby.
[Quinn] No, I'm not alone.
Staten's here.
[thunder crashes]
I could send him
back out into the tornado if you like.
Yeah, no, okay.
Yep, you too. Bye.
- How'd that go over?
- Wonderful. Loves that you're here.
Well, as a man of forthright integrity,
I suppose he's allowed
to worry about the woman he's dating.
How long is this gonna go on?
The comments, the bullshit jokes?
For as long as you're with him,
if I had to put a limit on it.
Well, I'd appreciate if it stopped.
Quinn, nobody's telling you
to date an asshole.
- All right, that was too far. I'm sorry.
- No, no, you want to go there, Staten?
Let's go there.
What would you say about a man
who takes off his hat,
looks a woman in the eye,
tells her she's the only thing
that would make him happy,
and then sleeps with someone else
that same night?
How long did you wait?
An hour?
Two?
Look, if there's--
- [loud crash]
- Jesus Christ!
[Quinn] Oh my God.
All right, we can't stay up here. Come on.
- Okay, okay.
- Come on. Come on.
- Wait.
- [dog whimpers]
- Let's go.
- [dog yips]
Biscuit!
Quinn!
- Come on, Biscuit. Come on.
- [Staten] Quinn!
I'm coming!
Quinn!
[wind whistling outside]
- We need to go to the shelter.
- And how do suppose we do that?
- Lucas has your truck.
- To look for you. Thanks.
And, uh, I know this is crazy,
but Daddy didn't buy us a car.
So we only have the one.
- Okay, I'm out of here.
- What, you gonna jog it?
Yeah. It's only a few miles.
I've done entire routines
on a sprained ankle. I'll be fine.
- [Lauren groans]
- Hey, take it easy.
- We're gonna have to wait this one out.
[sighs]
Hang on.
Kit, you should just go, okay? Just
You go.
I'd love to, but I can't run for shit.
Never could.
Up.
Deep breath.
Sweet.
Now, these guys
[Lauren inhales sharply]
- What, have you, like, done this before?
- Oh yeah.
I had the triage mastered
by the time I was six.
Let me talk to a real person,
you automated shit stain.
Hey, Cap. Everything all right?
I'm trying to get ahold of my wife,
But they just won't connect the call.
Oh, to hell with it.
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
Just take a breath.
Okay? She's gonna be safe
at Crossroads, Cap.
If anything happens to her
It won't. She'll be all right.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Mm.
[Davis] You stubborn old bastard.
Huh?
Just Just Just sell!
Just sell the land.
Just take your wife
Just take her to Florida.
You know, give her the life.
Give her the care that she deserves.
Okay, Cap?
No more storms,
no more snow, no more tornadoes.
Just warm winters, white sands.
Please.
- White sands?
- Yeah!
[both laughing]
You just don't get it, do you?
Because you're no rancher.
You never were.
- You're 80 years old, old man.
- Yeah.
How much longer do you think
you gonna keep working that ranch?
- Till the day I'm buried on it.
- Oh yeah? And then what?
Then let God and the courts decide.
You're shitting me.
There's no will?
[exhales angrily]
Bet you wish there was one, huh?
You'd go snooping around,
figuring out whoever was on it. No, sir.
That land is gonna be
tied up in probate for decades.
And I'm guessing
that those pals of yours over at AWP
won't find this timeline too convenient.
No, they won't.
Anyway.
Good talking to you.
[thunder crashing]
Good girl, Biscuit.
[sighs]
So, Paula Jo.
- That's not a thing.
- I don't care, Staten.
- Yeah, you do.
- No, I don't.
Look, I'm just telling you
that I'm sorry.
The same night?
- My heart was broken, all right?
- Oh please.
You broke my heart a hundred times.
So what is this,
some kind of fucked-up emotional tally?
- Making sure that I get mine?
- I'm in a relationship, okay?
Okay.
Maybe it's no coincidence that's when
you decide I'm what you need.
- Okay, that's bullshit.
- Is it?
If that's what you want to believe, fine,
but you know everything I said was honest.
At least I'm not pretending that what--
I'm sorry, is that what I'm doing?
Pretending?
You're convincing yourself
that whatever the hell
you've got going on with Davis is right.
We both know goddamn well--
Do not tell me what I know.
Arrogant son of a bitch.
Does he make you laugh, Quinn?
I mean, really make you laugh?
- Like that little snort thing that you do.
- That's not fair.
Tell me he's right for you.
Come on. I want to hear you say it.
Yeah, that's what I thought.
[thunder crashes]
Is it over?
No.
It's just about to start.
Cap?
Has anyone seen Cap?
[Yancy] His truck's gone.
- He's trying to get to Crossroads.
- Oh my God. Kai?
Patrol four to dispatch.
It's gonna be okay.
- What are you doing?
- Finding Cap.
- Hell's coming, he's half-drunk--
- Yancy! Just hunker down, stay safe.
Look for him after.
Yancy, an hour ago,
this whole thing was imploding,
you were packing your bags with jack shit
to show for the time you put in.
It doesn't have to go that way.
What, you want to let him die out there?
He doesn't have a will, Yancy.
He doesn't have a will.
If anything were to happen to him,
Cap's ranch goes to the next of kin.
That's you.
It's clean.
Look, Yancy,
all I'm saying is don't go out there
and get yourself killed
to make a damn point.
Give it a few minutes.
That's all I'm asking.
You know I'm right.
Yeah.
Okay.
[garage door opening]
[brakes squeal]
- I know a good place to dump it.
- No, we shouldn't do this.
We don't have a choice.
Follow me.
[engine starts]
[Lucas] I want to know what happened.
What are you talking about?
Something's going on with you.
I was watching you and Tim when
they pulled that pickup out of the water.
I saw the look on your face.
If you're wrestling with something,
you should tell us.
You should stop pretending you give a shit
about anyone besides Lauren, okay?
Your uncle, he's a good man.
And if something happened to his son,
he deserves to know.
You think I killed my cousin?
If I killed my cousin,
I'd have killed myself the second after.
I believe you,
but you're hiding something.
And it's eating at you
because you're a good person, Reid.
You don't know
the first fucking thing about me.
Anything?
No. The whole grid must be out.
So, uh, the triage thing, that's
What's that about? just, like,
you guys running around unsupervised, or
Yeah, something like that.
- What?
- No, that was it.
Just a bunch of skinned knees running
to catch up to the ice cream truck.
Okay, why do you do that?
Look, I'm asking
because I genuinely want to know.
I care.
I got the shit kicked out of me.
Okay? That what you want to know?
- I'm--
- Don't say sorry.
I don't need that.
- Couldn't you tell anybody?
- And put me and Luke into the system?
No, thanks.
Take the devil I know.
God, I'm
I never knew the extent of it.
You know?
Lucas never mentioned anything.
The old man never laid a hand on him.
Maybe that's one good thing I did.
You wanna know the really messed up bit?
I still miss that motherfucker.
Yeah, I get that.
I mean, I never got hit, but, uh
I know what it's like to have
a parent who drinks and lets you down.
Yeah.
I heard about your mom leaving and
I'm sorry to hear that.
[sighs]
[crashing, metal scraping]
What is that?
[Lauren] Ah!
[exhales, then laughs]
What's funny?
I don't know, fate?
That this could be the end
and I'm stuck here with you.
Well, I'm sorry
for bringing your stupid dog back.
[scoffs]
I'm sorry for bailing you out of jail.
Yeah, I'm sorry for making sure
you have working batteries
in the middle of a goddamn tornado.
["Tonight, Tonight" by
The Smashing Pumpkins plays on radio]
Prom.
It's prom.
[song continues clearly]
Did Staten Kirkland just look over here?
[exhales]
[young Staten clears throat]
Quinn.
Amalah.
I I was wondering
if maybe you'd like to--
I'd love to dance.
[rumbling outside]
I'm scared.
It's okay. It's okay.
Don't worry.
Don't worry, just dance.
You know, I wanted to ask you back then.
I walked over to ask you to dance.
- No, you didn't.
- Yeah, I did.
- You were just too daft to notice.
- [laughs]
And our lives are forever changed ♪
We will never be the same ♪
The more you change, the less you feel ♪
Believe ♪
Believe in me ♪
Believe ♪
Believe ♪
That life can change
That you're not stuck in vain ♪
We're not the same, we're different ♪
Tonight ♪
Tonight, tonight ♪
So bright ♪
Tonight ♪
Tonight ♪
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right ♪
[man] Come on. Quick, let's go.
If you held yourself up to the light ♪
All right, everyone, hold on.
And the embers never fade
In your city by the lake ♪
The place where you were born ♪
[car horn honking]
Believe ♪
[horn continues honking]
Believe in me ♪
Believe, believe ♪
Cap!
Cap, we gotta go! Come on!
In the resolute urgency of now ♪
And if you believe
There's not a chance ♪
Tonight ♪
Tonight ♪
[man] Let's go!
[man 2] Come on! Quick! Everyone down!
Tonight ♪
We'll crucify the insincere tonight
Tonight ♪
We'll make things right
We'll feel it all tonight, tonight ♪
We'll find a way to offer up the night
Tonight ♪
The indescribable moments of your life
Tonight ♪
The impossible is possible tonight
Tonight ♪
Believe in me as I believe in you ♪
Tonight ♪
Tonight, tonight ♪
Tonight ♪
Tonight ♪
[purposeful rock song fades]
[siren wails]
- Any word on Cap?
- It's not good.
Funnel touched down right by Crossroads.
Residents were transferred
to High Plains Regional.
Be careful.
Dad.
What's going on? Are you coming?
I think I'm gonna stay and help out.
I'll meet you back at the house.
Hey. Son, are you okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
- Thanks, Dad.
- Yeah.
You know where they're taking
people from Crossroads?
- No, ma'am.
- [woman] Sorry.
Has anyone seen Cap or Ruth Fuller?
Ellie, over here!
- [Cap] Oh.
- [Ellie] Oh, thank God.
[woman] She's fine, she's fine.
My bright-eyed girl.
[Ellie] Thank God you're all okay.
[woman] Yeah, thanks to Yancy here.
He helped clear everyone out just in time.
By the Grace of God.
[touching music playing]
[whispers] Thank you.
[Biscuit whimpers]
[sighs]
[sentimental music playing]
[laughs]
[vehicle approaching]
Hey.
I was so worried about you.
Staten.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
I should get home,
make sure it's still standing.
[engine starts]
[Lauren] It's all right, thank you.
- Holy shit, am I glad to see you two.
- [Lauren] Hi.
Hey.
[Lauren] Hi.
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm good.
- Here.
- Oh, thank you.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm good.
- You let her get banged up like this?
- No, Kit is the only reason why I'm okay.
You be sure to tell my dad that.
All right. Let's get you home.
Oh. Uh, thank you.
- [Lauren] Sorry, guys.
- [Lucas] Watch your step.
Watch that puddle.
[Lauren laughs]
Thank you, Kai.
I really appreciate it. All right, bye.
- Sheriff.
- Son, now is not the time.
Sheriff.
I need to tell you
what happened that night.
[dramatic music playing]
Reid?
It's Kit.
Time to make good on that favor.
[soft music playing]
[music fades out]