Ransom Canyon (2025) s01e09 Episode Script

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[Quinn] Previously on Ransom Canyon…
-You're gonna pretend we didn't happen?
-It's for the best.
-Is this about Davis?
-Yes, it is.
What the hell? What's going on?
Hey, relax, all right?
-Why won't you fight this?
-You wouldn't understand.
-[Lucas] He didn't do this.
-How come he won't say it?
Maybe he's covering for someone.
[Ashley] We did it, girl, we're here!
-Can I go one more time?
-Clear the mat.
Is there any way I come back from this?
-Start by telling Cap.
-What if he can't forgive me?
You pack up all your shit
and get the hell off my land.
I'm your grandson.
You mean nothing to me.
-[Jake] What in the hell is this?
-[Staten] They spiked our wells.
We have a motion
to end grandfathered wells in the county.
All in favor?
-[Reid] Wait.
-[Paula Jo] We've salinated the wells
to ensure Staten's grandfathered status
comes to an end.
You're meant for more than this, Quinn.
Don't answer me now.
Auditions are in six weeks.
[door opens]
Hey.
["Lean In" by Patrick Martin playing]
I guess I kind of knew this was coming ♪
Everyone said I was punchin' ♪
Yeah, they weren't wrong ♪
I don't need a grand goodbye ♪
'Cause every word sets me on fire ♪
So please don't speak ♪
Kiss me till our lips are bleeding ♪
Hold me like you really mean it ♪
Lean in ♪
[Quinn] Smells good.
-Bacon's gonna burn.
-Yeah, let it.
[Quinn giggles]
[bright music fades]
[Staten] You talk in your sleep, you know.
-[Quinn] No, I don't.
-Oh yeah, you do.
What did I say?
Well, I can't… I can't tell you that.
-It's too embarrassing.
-[Quinn laughs]
But you did talk a lot about me.
Oh wow.
I think you lie.
And I'll have you know,
sir, that you smell.
-Oh really?
-Mm-hmm.
-What do I smell like?
-You smell like a rancher.
I am a rancher.
A smelly one.
You better get used to it.
I gotta show you something.
Look at this.
-What's that?
-That's where the solar panels are going.
Staten, that's incredible.
I thought you were gonna say
stupid expensive,
which it it definitely is.
How stupid?
[gentle music playing]
Well, uh, "20% price hike
on all my cattle buyers" stupid.
Will you tell him it's over?
I will.
I just want to be kind.
-I'm doing a shitty thing.
-Yeah.
Well, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
That man has been handed
everything he has on a silver platter
since the day he was born.
Yeah, including a mountain of debt, okay?
Really?
Staten, you can't say anything to anyone.
-[Staten chuckles]
-No, I mean it, Staten.
I need you to promise
you won't say anything.
I promise.
I'll tell Davis about us, I just…
I need to do it my own way.
Okay.
-Okay?
-Okay.
Hey, boss.
Hey.
DA's ready to file charges on Kit.
Took him long enough.
Hmm.
I thought you'd be happy to hear.
Yeah, I thought I would too.
[sighs]
Say, what…
What if Lucas is right?
What if his brother
is covering for someone?
[ominous music playing]
Someone else driving that night?
[exhales]
-[clapping]
-[footsteps approaching]
I've done that move a thousand times,
and I just tanked it.
Hey, it's all right.
No, it was my one shot, and I blew it.
I'm sure it wasn't
as bad as it is in here.
-I don't know, Lucas.
-I do.
You're gonna be fine, Lauren.
You just gotta shake this off.
That's it?
Just "shake it off"?
All I'm saying
is that it's not the end of the line.
Okay?
It was one clinic. No need to spiral.
No, but that's what you don't get, okay?
My dream is not cheerleading, right?
My dream is
something bigger than this place.
I don't get there without UT,
and I don't get UT without a scholarship.
I'm trying to make you
feel better right now.
But in case you forgot, I got a lot
of shit on my plate right now too, okay?
[dramatic music playing]
Hey.
Hi.
What's this?
It's an envelope.
-With a bunch of cash in it.
-Just trying to pull my weight.
I appreciate you letting me crash,
and I don't want to…
I don't know.
You know, you're acting like
I'm not getting anything out of this deal.
I'll be out soon, I promise.
-You can stay as long as you want.
-And I appreciate it, I do, I just…
You just what?
I was thinking about calling
a buddy of mine up in Jefferson City.
Ah, I see what you're doing.
-What am I doing?
-You're getting the itch to run again.
And it's not fair to me or to Cap.
Cap?
El, I'm dead to that man.
What more do you want me to do?
-Fix it.
-There is no fixing it.
So what, you're just gonna run away?
That's bullshit!
You created this problem, and now it's
time for you to solve it. Don't walk away.
[Davis] Ellie. Hey.
Davis. What can I do for you?
Uh, is Quinn here?
No, she's not.
Yeah. Um…
Listen, have you talked to her at all?
Did she mention anything going on, or…
Nope. If you find out, let me know.
Yeah.
[cell phone ringing]
Sal, hey. What did you make of that offer?
Fan… Fantastic. Fantastic.
I look forward
to being in business together.
[chuckles]
[knocks]
-What are you still doing here?
-You sold me out to Cap.
[tense music plays]
So?
You were gonna tell him anyway.
I just beat you to the punch.
He's selling the ranch, you know.
Oh.
Look, Yancy… [clears throat]
Ellie's a nice girl.
What the hell does that mean?
Sooner or later,
your past catches up to you.
You can't outrun it.
Why put her in the crosshairs?
She doesn't deserve that.
Staying in Ransom
is not gonna end well for you.
Or her.
But you already know that.
-Take care of yourself, Yancy.
-[engine starts]
-All right, then.
-M'kay.
Wait a minute.
Ah.
I get it.
-Dirty rancher.
-Mm-hmm.
Hang on.
Give me your hand.
Give me your hand and one of those.
[sentimental music playing]
What?
Nothing, I'm just… I'm just thinking.
About what?
About forever.
I'll see you around.
I'll see you around.
-[laughs]
-[engine starts]
[ominous music playing]
What kind of fresh hell is this?
[car stops]
[Staten] You sure are making it a habit,
these unexpected pop-ins.
Sit down, son.
Are you aware that Sal Harper
is no longer buying Double K cattle?
Wh What the hell are you talking about?
Davis is trying…
No, excuse me.
…succeeding in poaching our buyers
right under your nose.
Sal said he had no choice.
Please tell me you're not raising prices
on account of going solar.
'Cause that's what I've been hearing.
And that's what other beneficiaries,
your family, are hearing.
Where do you get off?
You know what a round bale
goes for these days?
-Jesus.
-Well, I do. 140, give or take.
You done?
You don't do a damn thing
around here, nothing.
So you don't get to just pop in on a whim
and start pissing
and moaning about anything.
"On a whim"?
We're taking a six-figure haircut
because of you.
I chose to go solar because it was in
the best interest of this ranch.
My call.
You know who made it my call? Your father.
-Mm.
-He made me trustee.
So while I can appreciate
all the input from the family,
I don't have to listen to them.
That is how this works.
My world, my decision.
What if your decision runs this place
into the goddamn ground?
I mean, you forget
that a trustee can be unseated.
Ah, right.
And all this
is going to Austin Water & Power.
-Yeah.
-That's how this ends.
Yeah, well, I guess we'll see about that.
[footsteps recede]
Don't piss away money out of pride.
[door slams]
[Davis] That's it, come on.
-That's it, come on.
-[vehicle approaches]
[clicks tongue]
That's it.
[continues clicking]
-[continues clicking]
-[horse squeals]
You done playing rancher yet?
[chuckles]
Says the man wearing a bracelet.
You stole my account.
If that's all you came to say,
well, you said it.
No, I'm not done yet. Come with me.
[Davis] I want you off my land.
[Staten] Exactly. Your land.
Look what you're
about to lose here, Davis.
It's all going to Austin Water & Power.
-That's how this ends.
-That's the fucking idea.
Look.
We made this too easy for 'em, Davis.
The Kirklands and the… and the Collinses
have been fighting each other for so long,
just picking at carcass and bones,
while those AWP assholes
just sit there watching and laughing,
knowing that they're gonna get
the kingdom, all of it.
But what if we stop fighting?
Hm?
We merge.
Double K and Bar W.
[intriguing music playing]
[scoffs]
-You're fucking with me.
-No, I'm not. I swear to God I'm not.
Staten, I think I'll stay the course.
Listen to me. This is not about
the account. This is about the future.
I got a list of family members
who stand to gain
more than most folks would ever dream of
if I sold my land.
And they want me to do it.
But they're poison.
Except for one of 'em.
You know who that is?
My nephew.
Look, if I can meet you on anything,
it's that Reid has a good heart.
Don't you bring my boy into this.
God damn it, how long
are we gonna let it go on like this?
Give him Bar W,
and he would own a huge stake in mine,
and he could carry this thing on
to brighter days.
But he won't if you and I
don't lay down our swords
and stand together.
It's too late.
-Cap is selling.
-Don't worry about Cap. I'll talk to Cap.
This is about you and me.
You want all that
to go to Austin Water & Power,
or do you want it to go to your son,
our only heir, for the both of us?
Stand with me now, Davis. Come on.
I'm asking you.
[Davis] Jesus Christ.
-Here we go.
-Jesus fucking Christ.
[indistinct chatter]
[Reid] Yo.
How's your brother holding up?
He's hanging in there.
I guess.
What about your mom?
Did she disown you
after you played that recording of her?
Probably.
She's headed to Austin.
I think she's pretty disappointed.
And, uh, my dad's just straight livid.
Really?
Yeah.
I'm on full house arrest.
No car.
I'll be lucky if I can play
in the Plainview game on Friday.
For what it's worth,
I thought it was cool that you did that.
Took guts.
-I didn't know you had those.
-Oh.
It's like that, huh?
[ominous music plays]
Dude.
Child Protective Services just showed up.
They're looking for you. Let's go.
[Lucas] Okay.
-Where are they?
-In the office. There's two of them.
[distant traffic noises, police sirens]
Hi, there.
Hi. Um…
Come in.
Thank you.
You told me Kit was one time.
Two years ago, a fling.
He wasn't a fling.
[somber music playing]
Kit's in jail, Margaret.
He's looking at manslaughter
for Randall Kirkland.
I need to know what happened that night.
And I think you can help me.
Because I think you were there.
Slide over.
[uneasy music playing]
Is he okay?
No, he's not okay. He's dead.
All right, we gotta move.
[panicked breathing]
He dropped me where I had parked in town.
And then he took off with the truck.
He said he'd handle everything.
God damn it, Margaret.
What are you gonna do, Dan?
I don't know.
I don't know.
[indistinct chatter, music]
[exhales slowly]
[door opens]
[Davis] Hey.
Hi.
-Hey.
-Hey.
-Hey, Reid, good to see you.
-You too, ma'am.
Go get us a table, son.
You got my text?
I got him on house arrest but figured
he could use some fresh air, you know, so…
You mind if he joins us?
No, no, it's fine.
Great. Let's eat.
Okay.
[sighs]
So Reid has something
that he wants to say to you.
Isn't that right, son?
Yeah.
I…
-I wanted to say I'm sorry.
-For what?
Well, I know you know
what Tim and I did with that truck.
It was my fault
and I shouldn't have pushed him to do it.
All right, well, first of all,
it really is none of my business,
and second,
I love my nephew, but he's very good
at finding trouble on his own, so
You don't get to take
all the blame, all right?
Okay.
Gonna grab us some more water.
-He's nicer when you're around.
-Oh, is that nicer?
[laughs]
Is this about the whole, um,
city council thing, your mom?
Yeah. Um…
I just wanted to do the right thing.
But, uh…
[sighs] Someone always
ends up getting hurt.
[laughs ruefully]
Yeah.
I know what you mean.
So big game on Friday, I hear.
[Davis] All right.
How you feeling, kid?
-I'm all right.
-Mm?
The guys are hanging out right now. Uh…
Getting ready for the pep rally tomorrow.
Uh-huh.
Mm. [clears throat]
Go on.
-Are you serious?
-Mm-hmm.
Hey.
Maybe I might reconsider that favor.
Thanks, Dad.
-Good night.
-Good night.
[Quinn chuckles]
And a favor. That was big of you.
What can I say?
Seeing you has brightened my mood.
[laughs]
[Davis] So, uh… [clears throat]
Is everything okay?
With us?
You said you wanted to talk.
[people laughing]
Um…
Maybe now is not the best time.
Rain check?
Of course. Of course.
["Thinking About You" by Beck playing]
[chuckles sadly]
I pull the curtain and lay in bed ♪
I've got 15 movies of you
Playing in my head ♪
Chasing the moonlight ♪
Watching the ocean turn blue ♪
Just thinking about you ♪
[vehicle approaching]
[brakes hiss]
What's up, Reid?
[boy] Hey.
This is pretty cool.
Walking with the big man on campus.
Bro, relax.
You nervous about the big game tomorrow?
I'm more nervous about the pep rally.
I hate speeches.
-You'll be fine.
-Look, I got you something.
I know you're all on your own, uh,
Kit locked up, CPS on your ass,
so I asked my dad for a little favor.
Had his lawyer draw this up.
Emancipation papers?
All you gotta do is get Kit to sign it,
then you're all free.
Why would you do this?
It's what Randall would have done.
It's what you would have done.
[emotional music playing]
Thank you.
Yeah. All right, all right, all right.
Not too mushy. Okay?
All right, tighten up.
I thought I might find you over here.
I got a mug in the truck.
So why didn't you tell him?
What would I have said?
That you felt like shit
for turning his mother away?
That you looked for him?
I think he'd want to hear that.
Look, the kid screwed me over.
Just let him off the hook?
You would be off the hook.
All the pain. All the…
All the years of regret.
What does it all add up to?
Life's too short, Cap.
It's not too late to let it go.
You know I'm right.
[laughs sadly]
Oh, come on.
Don't go crying on me now, old man.
[Cap scoffs]
Oh shit.
Are you gonna tell him?
[pensive music playing]
I'm gonna go take a ride and think on it.
[knocking on window]
I'm an idiot.
Yeah.
But you're my idiot.
I am.
[Lauren giggling]
-I'm really sorry, Lauren.
-No.
No, no, it's…
You were right.
You have a lot on your plate,
and I was being insensitive
about the Kit situation.
What?
Reid got his dad
to pull a few strings for me,
and if I get Kit to sign off…
I could be on my own.
No more CPS hunting me down.
Lucas, that's amazing.
Okay, great. So, uh,
yes, are you gonna do it?
No. I'm gonna use it as leverage.
Gonna take the papers to Kit, force him
to come clean and defend himself.
[Dan] Lauren! Sweetheart?
[footsteps approaching]
-Go. Go. Go.
-Where? Yeah. Oh.
Uh, yeah, Daddy, what's up?
Hey. Uh…
Just got off the phone with Miss B.
Great. Yeah. What did… What did she want?
She was returning my call, actually.
Uh, I asked if she'd get in touch
with the folks over at UT and
and explain that
you've had some family things going on,
and see if they would consider
giving you a swing at their next clinic.
Wait. No, I Well, I don't understand.
I thought you--
-I've been doing some self-reflection.
-[incredulous sigh]
I never wanted you to grow up.
I guess when it comes down to it,
I gotta stop trying to stop it.
Trying to keep you from growing, changing.
Thank you.
And while I'm at it, I ought to ease up
on you dating that Lucas Russell boy.
Wait, really?
[louder] But, son…
if you hurt my girl,
they will never find your body, hear me?
[Lucas] Uh… Yeah! Yes, sir!
[Dan chuckles softly]
[exhales]
-[Lucas] Is he gone?
-Yeah.
-Did he just…
-Yeah.
[Lauren laughs]
[Lauren laughing]
I have to go. I'm sorry.
I gotta go see Kit,
get the truth out of him.
Okay, well, um, am I gonna
see you at the pep rally tonight?
Are you kidding?
Of course. I'll see you there.
[classical music playing on piano]
[piano stops]
Oh, sorry. I forgot my tip jar.
[both chuckle]
-[Quinn] So what are you doing here?
-Oh, I don't know.
-I wanted a cold beer, some onion rings.
-[Quinn laughs wryly]
-Isn't the audition today?
-It is.
And since you didn't come to it,
it's come to you.
I don't understand
why you don't let this go,
why you don't let me go.
It pisses me off. You piss me off.
I have spent decades
sifting through troughs
of hacks and blowhards.
Lauded musicians who think
they're God's gift to the orchestra,
but who do not have and never will possess
the innate talent you do.
[Quinn] Mm.
Do you know that
whenever I hear the Berlin Philharmonic,
I nearly gag.
I could scream,
cry for what that audition did to you.
Katherine, was that
a huge opportunity? Yes.
And did I tank it? Also yes.
But you don't understand--
I do understand.
I did then and I do now.
She was dying.
It was all you could think of.
You wanted to go home.
But you never came back.
We've all botched an audition, Quinn.
-You let it define you.
-That's not why I stayed.
Then why?
[poignant music playing]
"Take care of my boys."
That's the last thing she said to me.
Her son's dead.
I'm about to break her brother's heart.
And I fell right back in love with Staten.
So…
People leave, Quinn.
They die.
They cheat.
They fall out of love.
But this right now…
this is also a defining moment
you will look back on.
It's a moment where somebody tells you
to take care of yourself.
[sighs shakily]
All you have to do is sign,
and I won't be
your responsibility anymore.
I'll be on my own.
Is that what you want?
No, you asshole.
What I want is my brother back.
Just say the words
and I'll tear 'em up right now.
Just tell the truth
about what happened that night.
[panicked breathing]
[Kit] Babe, look at me.
Hey.
Look at me.
I love you.
[sobs]
[Kit] All right?
We're gonna get out of this together.
We'll be okay.
[takes deep breath]
[engine starts]
I can't, Luke.
Come on, Kit.
I know you didn't do this.
I need to know why you won't say it.
Kit, please.
[vehicle approaching]
[tense music playing]
I can't go to prison.
I am just getting my life together.
Quiet. You cannot be here right now.
-Dan, please.
-Shh.
I am begging you.
There is a boy in jail
because of what you have done.
Are you gonna let Kit rot in that cell
because of what you did to Randall?
-Of course I don't want that.
-Okay.
I just can't.
Go back to Austin.
I'm gonna figure this out.
You wait to hear from me, okay?
[Margaret sobs quietly]
[car engine starts]
[hoof steps approaching]
[horse whinnies]
["Crawl Back In" by Half Moon Run playing]
And so began my escape ♪
From the arms of my fate ♪
Where the darkness… ♪
All right, buddy.
[groans]
Like a dog, ashamed ♪
I crawl back in ♪
And today ♪
[groans]
Whether sun, whether rain ♪
[exhales]
We are one and the same ♪
In hope and pain ♪
[groans]
I crawl back in ♪
What?
You coming for me?
[chuckles]
[soft music fades]
You shouldn't have come back.
Ellie, I--
You weren't even gonna leave a note,
just disappear.
I can't do this anymore. You wanna go?
Go. Be my guest.
[speaking Spanish]
I love you, okay?
Hardly ever loved anyone in my life,
but I love you.
Enough to admit that
I'm only ever gonna bring you down.
I don't deserve you.
And who the hell put you in charge
of of what I deserve?
You know, I just got stood up for lunch by
an old man who'd fall apart without me.
And now a man who says he loves me
just walks out and doesn't even--
I didn't just say it.
I meant it.
[romantic music playing]
Cap stood you up?
He won't call me back.
-What's wrong?
-He would never just stand you up.
Something's wrong.
[dramatic music playing]
Cap?
Cap?
What now?
Just talked to my cousin
who works at Maeve's.
Guess who he saw
wining and dining Billy Brinks?
Davis is going after your biggest buyer.
You gotta be kidding me.
Davis is trying to take Midland.
He shook my hand. We We had a deal.
Yeah, well, now he's shaking Billy's
right behind your back.
We can't lose Midland, boss. Not now.
[phone line ringing]
[sighs]
Come on.
This is Billy Brinks. Leave it.
[beeps]
God damn it.
Bill's Ransom High alum. Big backer.
They'll be at that pep rally tonight,
sure as shit.
[upbeat music playing]
[boy] Let's go!
Let's go!
All right.
We want to thank our families,
our friends,
our boosters up there.
-Boy's got his old man's charisma.
-Yeah.
Without you guys…
So, look, Billy, uh… [clears throat]
How about that offer?
I think it's worth thinking on.
Yeah.
Look, I… [clears throat]
I know we said one-six a pound over lunch,
but, uh, hey, for you, for Midland,
I could go as low as one-five.
You got a screw loose?
[laughs]
Maybe I do.
[both laughing]
-One-five?
-Yeah.
Staten will go belly up without me.
Staten's resilient.
He always has been. He'll uh…
He'll just have to figure it out.
Figure what out?
[boy] All right, all right.
I want you guys to give it up for
a team that is truly unmatched in talent.
Your very own Ransom High cheer squad!
-[audience cheering]
-[dance music playing]
Look, Billy, I can lock in prices
for three months, then it bumps.
But you are getting the finest cattle
that money can buy. Trust that.
It ain't about trust,
it's numbers, plain as that.
Davis has the better offer.
It's about the money.
Oh, it's about the money?
Well, if we're talking money,
let's talk money.
You want to know something
about this son of a bitch right here?
You know what? Never mind.
You wanna do business with him,
you'll find out soon enough.
[Davis laughs]
I'm gonna hit the road.
We had a deal.
Yep.
Yeah, we had a deal.
Now that deal's off.
Then it's war.
[cheerleaders shouting indistinctly]
[playing whimsical piece]
[piano continues]
What do we do now?
[hoof steps approaching]
Cap's horse.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
[continues playing]
[piece ends]
You're as brilliant as ever.
It's yours if you want it.
I'll need an answer soon.
[exhales]
["Tom-Tom" by Amanda Stone playing]
Do the Charleston Swing
And the Lindy Hop ♪
Or be 1950s and do the Bop ♪
[crowd cheers]
The black eyeliner and beehive hair ♪
With girl group moves
To get out of your chair ♪
I'm Tom-Tom, they all want to know
how to move with two feet… ♪
[mouthing] What?
-[people cry out]
-[Lauren groans]
[all gasping and clamoring]
[dramatic music playing]
[sobbing] Oh God, no!
[crying]
Whoa, whoa.
Come on.
You lose your horse, old man?
["Into Dust" by Mazzy Star playing]
Hey.
I'm talking to you.
[bird chirping]
Cap?
it was you ♪
Breathless and tall ♪
I could feel my eyes ♪
Turning into dust ♪
And two strangers ♪
Turning into dust ♪
Turning into dust ♪
[sniffles]
[gentle song fades]
[soft music playing]
[music fades out]