Ransom Canyon (2025) s01e10 Episode Script

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[Staten] Previously on Ransom Canyon…
-Will you tell him it's over?
-I just wanna be kind.
That man has been handed
everything he has on a silver platter.
-Including a mountain of debt, okay?
-Really?
-Promise you won't say anything.
-I promise.
We're taking a six-figure haircut
because of you!
Your father, he made me trustee.
Trustee can be unseated.
You sign, and I won't be
your responsibility anymore.
-Is that what you want?
-No, tell the truth about what happened.
[Kit] He's dead. Slide over.
We're gonna get out of this together.
There is a boy in jail
because of what you have done.
You gonna let Kit rot in that cell
because of what you did to Randall?
Go back to Austin.
I'm gonna figure this out.
[crowd cheering]
[gasps, groans]
-[Staten] Why didn't you tell him?
-[Cap] What would I have said?
That you felt like shit
for turning his mother away?
That you looked for him?
He'd want to hear that.
[Cap] I'm gonna go take a ride,
think on it.
I got stood up for lunch by an old man
who would fall apart without me.
Cap stood you up? Something's wrong.
Cap?
[tragic music playing]
["Faith in Me" by Katie Garfield playing]
That breath you're holdin' ♪
Just let it out now ♪
That light under your skin ♪
Shines in you somehow ♪
And the battle within ♪
You think you'll never win ♪
I see the light in you ♪
Oh, I see the light in you ♪
Let me be the stone you need ♪
[sniffles]
When you're feeling lost at sea ♪
Oh, you're every single cell in me ♪
Holding all the blood you bleed ♪
Put your faith in me, oh ♪
Oh, oh-oh ♪
Put your faith in me, oh ♪
Oh, oh-oh ♪
[gentle song fades]
Hey.
How's Ellie? I'm worried.
Yeah, it's, uh… It's hit her pretty hard.
But I got her.
I know you do.
How about you? How you holding up?
Just focusing on Ellie right now.
[Staten] Yeah.
[starts engine]
[car pulls away]
Turkey on rye.
Hey, uh…
-We should talk about the memorial.
-No.
It's too soon.
El, it's been three days. We have to.
Why?
[bittersweet music playing]
Cap would've hated it.
Just a bunch of people talking about him,
saying nice things.
-It's just not him.
-Are you kidding me?
He'd want a front row seat to the thing.
He'd be sitting there sipping his whiskey,
watching all of us squirm.
[laughs quietly]
I think the least we can do
is honor his last wish,
bury him on his land.
What about his wish to sell to AWP?
I'm gonna honor that one too.
And I'm gonna give every cent to you.
You and Ruth.
And then what?
-You're gonna leave.
-Hey.
I'm not going anywhere.
I promise.
Come here.
I'm not used to it this quiet.
[Staten] Yeah.
It sure is different.
-It's like some magic is gone.
-Hmm.
Magic and a few off-color insults.
[Quinn laughs]
You know, I do seem to recall you dragging
me back into the world of the living
not so long ago.
-And did I?
-You sure did.
You could do the same
for Ellie and for this town.
That's a tall order.
I got faith in you, kid.
Come on. Let's do this.
-[Quinn] Oh my God.
-What?
Austin Water & Power.
[tense music playing]
They're threatening legal action
if I don't
"recoup their early-stage investment."
No strings, my ass.
Eighty-thousand dollars?
Shit.
And I have one week
to make the first payment.
I don't know how I'm gonna raise
that kind of money.
They're going at you to get to me.
This is my fault. Let me…
-Let me cover it, okay?
-No.
Thank you. No, I don't need rescuing.
I don't want that.
They are gonna do whatever they can
to force me out, you understand?
I mean it, Staten.
I'll find a way.
[door opens]
Come on.
I just…
I don't get it.
I came by the hospital,
she wouldn't see me.
I've been by here every day since.
Look, all I want to know, I…
I need to know that she's okay.
She's fine, kid.
She'll be fine.
She needs some time.
What about you?
-I heard you saw your brother.
-Yep.
Yeah, he didn't want
anything to do with me either.
Couldn't sign those emancipation papers
fast enough.
[Dan exhales]
I'm sorry, son.
Look, I got no one else left.
I can't lose her too.
Tell her for me?
You can't avoid that boy forever.
Where do you think I get it from?
You're not too bad
at avoiding people yourself.
What's that supposed to mean? Hey!
[door opens]
[door shuts]
[exhales shakily]
Hi.
Hm.
[Davis clears throat]
How's Ellie?
Uh…
Well… [laughs nervously] …she's…
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
-I should have done this sooner, Davis.
-Quinn, it's okay.
I… I know…
about you and Staten.
I've always known.
I'm so sorry, Davis.
Yeah, me too.
[sighs]
I really wanted this to work.
Lord knows I wanted it to work.
I was kinda hoping you'd be
a real asshole about this, make it easier.
Ah, I mean, I wanted to be.
I couldn't.
You know, what you did for my sister,
you being there
for her right to the end, I…
-Can I ever repay you for that?
-You don't have to.
She just always wanted you
to be happy, and…
I just always wanted that to be me.
If it's not, if it isn't, it's… it's okay.
[Davis mumbles]
You still going to New York?
[voice shaking] Uh…
I don't know.
It's coming up pretty soon, right?
Yeah.
Well… [clears throat]
Hey.
Do what makes you happy.
-Okay?
-Okay.
Okay.
[sobs]
Hey, uh…
Yeah?
Was it ever real, you and me?
[sad, shuddering laugh]
Yeah, it was.
[exhales]
[footsteps approaching]
Your dad's suit.
Yeah.
["Remember Me" by the Hanseroth Twins]
Sometimes life will lead you
Off the road ♪
It will be hard
To know which way to go ♪
There may be mountains
Standing in your way ♪
You'll have to climb
When you rise to meet the day ♪
It doesn't matter how far you go ♪
I thought you only invited a few people.
I did.
[Ellie] Garden turned out nice.
He would've liked it.
You can't sell.
He wouldn't want that.
You know he wouldn't.
What do you want?
I want you to save this place.
I want you to do the right thing.
Then you'll only have the stars
To guide your way ♪
I'm trying.
May they put you on a path
To something new ♪
Give you something to believe
And hold onto ♪
Remember me ♪
Yancy. Hi.
Thanks for being here.
-It was nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
Don't get too excited.
It was Cap's favorite.
Say goodbye
You'll know when you know ♪
And find the strength
To cut the ties that bind ♪
And have the grace it takes
To leave it all behind ♪
[door opens]
Lucas.
-[woman] How's it going, Lucas?
-How's it going?
[man] How you doing, man?
Thanks for coming.
Sure. I'm sorry for your loss.
Thanks for coming.
Hey, how are you doing here?
Remember me ♪
[Staten]
I just can't even believe he's gone.
I know.
Remember me ♪
You should stop staring.
Sorry. Just trying to figure out which one
of those two pisses me off more.
Mm.
Hey, he got Billy Brinks.
You got me.
Mm. That's right.
[Quinn] How you doing?
I don't know how to describe it.
You don't have to.
How are you doing?
Please tell me.
I don't want to be in here right now.
Okay. Um…
-Well, Cap was--
-Mm.
No.
Tell me something else.
All right.
Well, the bar might go under.
-What?
-AWP wants their investment back.
-[ominous music playing]
-Oh, Quinn…
-Yeah.
-Why didn't you say anything?
Oh… [scoffs]
You've been… [laughs]
You've had a lot on your plate,
and I know how much he…
I just know.
And besides, I'm not sure
there's an easy answer for Gracie's.
-I'm so sorry, Quinn.
-It's okay.
It's my fault
that you got involved with these people.
No, Ellie, it's not your fault.
I promise.
Come here.
[emotional music playing]
[footsteps approaching]
[Lucas exhales]
Why won't you talk to me?
I'm sorry.
It's been a lot.
I know it has been.
And all I've wanted to do is help you,
but I can't if you don't talk to me.
There's no scholarship, no UT…
-Whoa, whoa, that is a lot of big leaps.
-It's true, though.
Whatever happens, I'm gonna be here.
You know that, right?
What happened with Kit?
[sentimental music playing]
With the papers?
He signed them.
I didn't think he would, but he did.
Said he couldn't wait to be free
of the burden of me.
It's okay. I'm okay.
All I need is you.
And if that means Ransom,
then Ransom's where I'll be.
I'm not leaving you.
[glass taps table]
Bright side,
we got something in common now.
[Davis] Yeah.
Yeah, I guess we do.
Sorry, Dad.
I know how much you care about her.
Don't be sorry. Not for me or for you.
We may have lost this round,
but it's what we do now that matters.
Yeah, he was doing the same thing
you were doing the last time I saw him.
-[Yancy] Regretting the past?
-[laughs] Yeah.
Well, that too.
He was sipping on some whiskey.
[Yancy] It's funny, you know.
I came here for revenge.
I think I might've been
looking for something else.
Acceptance.
Love.
Mm.
Yeah, but Cap, he…
He didn't have any of that.
Not for me.
[emotional music playing]
And I don't blame him for it.
Ellie wants me to do the right thing,
but I don't know what that is anymore.
All I know is that he would want me
as far away from this place as possible.
Nah, that's not true.
How do you know that?
Because he told me.
He looked for you.
You and your mother.
Shit, he spent years looking for you two.
Hated himself for what he did.
He wanted to make it right.
And he wanted to tell you.
But I guess he never got the chance.
So what do you think I should do?
Shit, only you can decide that.
Hey, it's a wake.
Maybe it's time Yancy Grey dies too.
You're a Fuller.
You always have been.
Ransom's a little dimmer now, isn't it?
-Yes, it is.
-How's business?
I think you know how business is.
Were you behind it?
-"It"?
-AWP calling back their investment.
[scoffs] No. Did I know about it? Sure.
-[Quinn scoffs]
-Now, it is my supposition that
If the owner of this thriving joint
were to find herself taking
a public position
in favor of the pipeline…
-That wasn't the deal. You were there.
-You're running out of time, Quinn.
Yeah, maybe.
I'd rather see Gracie's close
than keep playing your game.
[laughing] My game.
You don't think I'm serious, do you?
Baby.
Your shoulder is gonna heal.
You are gonna get back on that horse.
I know about you, Mom, and Kit.
'Kay? I heard everything
when she came by the house the other day.
-[tense music playing]
-Honestly, I don't know how to feel.
[exhales] Look, Lauren--
You know, what I do know is that
I'm not the one who should be
addressing things right now.
Because you are guilty too
for letting her go.
But you… you can't let Kit
sit in that cell.
You have to do what's right.
You have to.
Come here.
No. No, no. Listen,
you cannot close Gracie's.
You put way too much into this.
And I'm still out of options.
I told you that I would help you.
And I told you thank you,
but, no, I don't want that.
Maybe it's time I move on.
Move on to what?
-New York?
-New York?
I got offered to play
with the New York Phil for six months.
Wow, okay.
And when exactly
were you planning on telling me that?
[quiet, dramatic music playing]
I don't know, Staten.
So you just rope me in, then cut me loose.
Was that the plan?
We have our little fling, and then
you just jet off to New York City.
Wow.
Quinn, please--
No.
Staten.
I'm tired.
Let's just go to bed.
[Quinn exhales slowly]
[vehicle approaching]
[Ellie] Well, you've got me here.
-What is this?
-Just trust me, okay?
I gotta go help Quinn set up.
Just… give me a minute. Um…
I'm not gonna sell.
I'm gonna run this ranch
till they bury me on it,
next to Cap and my old man.
That makes me really happy.
The keeping the ranch part,
not the being buried part, of course.
-Yeah. No, I got that. Um…
-[laughs]
Look, um…
I know
that I've really put you through it.
I've screwed this up
pretty much every step along the way,
and you've stuck by me.
-No one's ever done that.
-Yancy.
No, listen.
My entire life has been
one bad decision after the next.
But if I don't do this right now,
it'll be the stupidest thing I've done.
Do what?
Marry me.
Here.
Tonight. Ruth gave me the ring.
-She said this is the exact spot--
-Are you kidding me right now?
Wasn't exactly the response
I was going for.
Yancy, this is insane.
I want to know the man I marry.
But you do. You do.
You… You know everything there is to know.
The good and the bad.
I'm asking you to take a leap.
I got a priest and everything.
[laughs] You got a priest?
What if I said no?
Say yes.
I got a party, um, at the dance hall.
Well, I got the rest of my life.
Just come by after your party.
And I'll be here, waiting.
I'll wait as long as I have to.
But I am paying the priest by the hour.
-[she laughs]
-So…
So what do you say, Ellie Estevez?
I'll think about it.
That ain't a no.
It ain't a no.
Right.
Just make yourself at home.
This is my home.
I saw you at the memorial,
and I thought you'd at least say hello.
Look, you want to come at me, go for it.
Have at it,
but I warned you about going after Quinn.
You know, I tried to play
the concerned father for you here.
Jesus Christ.
I tried to give you the illusion
that you had some agency in all this.
But your days of calling the shots
at the Double K are numbered.
Is that right?
Yeah, I'm contesting you as sole trustee.
Ha! On what grounds?
You're not in your right mind, son.
-Not after Randall.
-Careful.
You're not a reliable trustee.
You're a loose cannon.
You must've got that from your granddad.
So that's what this is about, isn't it?
Your father.
It is.
You don't give two shits about
Austin Water & Power. You never did.
You can't stand the fact
that he passed you over
and gave the ranch to me.
Yeah, and look how that turned out!
[sighs]
Cap agreed to sell before he passed.
Yeah.
And you're all that's left.
So this is all just a courtesy.
You should take a good look around, son.
'Cause pretty soon,
you're gonna see this place from a whole…
whole different slant.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[grunts]
[foreboding music playing]
[Davis] I am sorry
how this all worked out.
-I know you might not believe that.
-You're right. I don't.
I never wanted this, Yancy.
-Cap dying, I--
-But?
Come on. He was an old man.
-And--
-And what?
Go on. Say it.
Isn't this what we were after? [laughs]
Tragic circumstances aside.
Don't throw it all away. Not for--
For her?
Be very careful of what you say next.
Twenty-two million dollars, Yancy.
That's what Fuller Ranch sells for.
Twenty-two million dollars!
You think about that.
You want to walk away from that?
That buys you a new life.
Any life that you want! Any life!
Look, I know Ellie's a special girl.
I… I know.
I get it.
But you can have anything
or anyone that you want.
[Davis exhales]
I know who I want.
She doesn't have a price.
-I'm marrying her.
-Oh Yancy, come on.
I'm done, Davis.
Find another way.
This is where you and I end.
[scoffs]
I'm not shaking your hand.
[playing "Chopsticks"]
You okay?
I'm fine.
I'm just tired of things dying.
Yeah.
[sighs]
[Ellie] When do we tell 'em
this might be the end?
We don't.
I'm going to New York.
-Well, that sounds like the end to me.
-No, I'm taking the gig.
I'm gonna make us our money, Ellie.
So we're not closing?
[Quinn laughs]
That depends.
-What are you gonna do about your new gig?
-What are you talking about?
I'm talking about you coming on
as a new partner of Gracie's Dance Hall.
It's a long time coming.
Yes. [laughs]
[Quinn giggles]
Let's show them how it's done.
["Fancy Like" by Walker Hayes playing]
[boots stomping]
My girl is bangin'
She's so low maintenance ♪
Don't need no
champagne-poppin' entertainment ♪
Take her to Wendy's
Can't keep her off me ♪
She wanna dip me
like them fries in her Frosty ♪
But every now and then when I get paid ♪
I gotta spoil my baby with an upgrade ♪
Hey, hey, hey ♪
Yeah, we fancy like
Applebee's on a date night ♪
Got that Bourbon Street steak
with the Oreo shake ♪
Get some whipped cream on the top too ♪
Two straws, one check
Girl, I got you ♪
Bougie like Natty in the Styrofoam ♪
Squeaky-squeakin' in the truck bed
All the way home ♪
With some Alabama-jamma
She my Dixieland delight ♪
Can we talk?
What's up? You all right, or what?
Fancy like, ooh ♪
Fancy like, ooh ♪
Fancy like, ooh ♪
What are you saying?
I just… I think…
things have just gone too fast.
All right? And then I got swept up, and…
I just don't think
I'm ready for something this serious.
[heartbreaking music playing]
[exhales]
[emotional music playing]
Wish me luck.
["The Kinda Woman I Like"
by Zach Top playing]
[Kai] You look beautiful.
Thank you.
I'm gonna marry him, Kai.
Tonight.
You can't.
I can, and… and I will.
He's got a bad heart, El.
Maybe he did once, but so did you.
You know you were
the first bad man I was ever with.
-That was a long time ago.
-You're right.
And you changed.
So why can't he?
You gotta let me go, Kai.
[sighs]
Keeps me coming back night after night ♪
That's the kind of woman I like ♪
Oh, that's the kind of woman I like ♪
One that'll fight like a wildcat ♪
If you turn a redneck on ♪
One that'll cry and take it all back ♪
Be the first to admit she's wrong… ♪
Damn shame, isn't it? Cap.
He hated you.
Even before you used his grandson to try
to take his land out from underneath him.
He's dead, Staten.
There's no need
to act tough on his behalf.
You're just pissed off
you lost those accounts. You can admit it.
You're embarrassing yourself.
You always wanted what I have.
Look at you, trying to dress the part.
At least you don't smell like cow shit.
Actually, Staten… [sniffs]
What is that smell?
Is that lavender?
Yeah, yeah, it is.
If my sister could see you now… [laughs]
-[people gasp]
-Oh!
-Staten! Stop!
-Think I dunno you're broker than shit?
[people clamoring, murmuring]
-[Quinn] In my own bar?
-Okay, all right.
-Okay, I… I… I'm sorry.
-You promised you wouldn't say anything!
-I know. I know.
-You know?
So you just don't respect what I ask?
You just blurt it out for everyone to hear
before attacking him?
Look, I didn't…
There's not a level
that man won't stoop to.
All I ever wanted was you.
And I think that all you want
is your own pain.
["White Trash Weekend"
by Jason & the Haymakers playing]
[exhales]
[exhales]
You know,
I've known I was gonna end up with
Lauren Brigman since I was nine years old.
And then…
[laughs] …And then you up
and came along.
[laughs]
Sorry.
You're all right, Russell, you know that?
But if you don't go after her, I will.
Hmm.
All right?
Shannon Shutter, he's trying to pass
He's the car with the shark fin on top ♪
He went too fast into the turn ♪
Jumped clean up on over the berm ♪
Came down a little hard only to learn
that a Camaro is hard to stop ♪
It's a little slice of Americana… ♪
-Is this thing on?
-[feedback squeals]
[music stops]
[people murmuring]
[Lucas blows into microphone]
Oh God. Okay… Um…
Is… Is Lauren… Lauren Brigman out there?
[whispers] What are you doing?
[Lucas] Hi.
Lauren, I told you once
by the creek that I wasn't scared.
But to be honest,
I'm scared as hell right now.
And I know that you're scared too
because you think that
you and I shouldn't be together.
But none of that matters more than what
I feel right now when I'm looking at you.
You've got a bum arm and a broken heart,
and I can only fix one of those.
[romantic music playing]
But I promise you
I will fix it if you let me.
You say we're all we need,
and I guess I just came up here
to ask you if that's true.
Or if, at the very least, uh,
if you'd dance with me.
[people urging and encouraging]
I hate you.
I love you.
I love you too.
[cheers and applause]
["Wood for the Trees"
by Moontricks playing]
I wish you could walk me down the aisle.
[woman] Excuse me,
do you happen to know Yancy Grey?
I'm looking for him.
Oh, yeah, yeah, but he's not here.
Sorry, who are you?
I'm his wife.
Chopping my wood ♪
But my axe isn't sharp ♪
Chopping my wood ♪
Split through the heart ♪
Split through the heart ♪
And it tears me apart ♪
Lighting it up ♪
Gonna burn to the ground ♪
Lighting it up ♪
The wood wasn't sound ♪
Lighting it up ♪
Just another letdown ♪
Just another letdown ♪
And I don't mess around ♪
And in the woodstove ♪
It's 100 degrees ♪
And this heartwood ♪
Was cut too damn deep ♪
And I can't see ♪
Can't see the wood for the trees ♪
It's never easy ♪
It's never easy ♪
[plucky, rhythmic song ends]
[man on phone] I know you want to be
sole trustee but you can't get rid of him.
He's not fit, Doug. Not anymore.
That's fine to say,
but you need actionable events.
You can't just say he's unfit.
Yeah, well, don't forget about his whole
cockamamie solar excursion.
All potential ground to unseat him
as trustee at the Double K,
but none of it
screamed reckless, unstable.
That is what you need.
[door opens]
-[door closes]
-[ominous music playing]
I think we're all set there, Doug.
I'll talk to you later.
[both chuckling]
[suspenseful music playing]
[knocking]
Margaret Brigman…
I'm okay. Thanks.
["Fall In" by Humbear playing]
Margaret Brigman, you're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will
be used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford one,
one will be provided to you.
Do you understand these rights
as I have said them to you?
With these rights in mind,
do you wish to say anything to me?
Okay, then.
Where do you go ♪
When your gaze floats away ♪
Eyes spying for your light ♪
On the waves
To find the way ♪
But I'm here drowning
In the smell of your skin ♪
Holding onto what I'm chasing ♪
Eyes on your mouth
Yeah, you pull me in ♪
I'm falling
Won't you fall in? ♪
[door opens]
[door closes]
-[Kit laughs] Hey!
-Kit!
-Oh God!
-Hey, buddy.
-[Lucas] It's good to see you.
-Good to see you.
When your gaze floats away ♪
But you're hungry for hope ♪
So stay close to our glow ♪
[Lauren] Dad?
Come to the valley
In the sycamore grove ♪
Wash in the shimmer of the morning ♪
Hey, kiddo.
Walk through the world
To the edge of the sea ♪
And fall in ♪
'Cause I'm here drowning
In the smell of your skin ♪
Holding onto what I'm chasing ♪
Eyes on your mouth
Yeah, you pull me in ♪
[Lauren sobs]
I'm falling ♪
Won't you fall in? ♪
'Cause darling, we've got all the time ♪
I'll follow down
The cold and distant light ♪
We'll rise and totally disappear ♪
So why don't you
Just be with me tonight? ♪
Oh ♪
Oh ♪
Oh ♪
Oh ♪
Oh ♪
Oh ♪
Love, where do you go ♪
When your gaze floats away? ♪
Eyes spying for your light ♪
On the waves to find the way ♪
[light music fades]
[soft music playing]
[music fades out]