Ransom Canyon Season 1 Episode 4: That Boy Is My Whole Heart

Ransom Canyon episode 4 opens with someone cutting Staten Kirkland's fence in the dark and freeing his cattle. One cow wanders into Quinn's barn; when Staten arrives to collect it, the two argue again. Staten accuses Davis of the sabotage, but Davis denies it. With dozens of cows missing up in the canyon, Staten rounds up a rescue crew that includes Lucas and Reid — the latter now living at Staten's after Davis threw him out.

Davis is having a rough stretch: the father-son drama with Reid, plus Austin Water & Power pressing him to break ground and to get Staten and Cap to sign the pipeline deal. When Quinn offers advice about Reid, Davis snaps at her, then turns up at her door with an apology pizza. They have a heart-to-heart in which Davis admits his ranch is in dire financial straits — the reason for the pipeline push — and Quinn reveals the New York Philharmonic offer she had been weighing.

Yancy apologizes to Ellie for missing the reopening and Ellie makes clear she wants to know him beyond the mystery-man act. Yancy realizes it was Freddie and his criminal crony behind the release and resale of Staten's stolen cows; he offers them $20,000 to leave Ransom for good, money he plans to win at the rodeo after spotting a competition flyer. Ellie removes Yancy's stitches and learns more of his scars, including one from riding a bull.

Reid is struggling with ranch life. Sent out with Lucas to find a missing calf, the two boys spend the day griping about Lauren until they hear the calf lowing from a muddy ditch. Reid insists they cannot leave it; they come to blows in the mud before realizing how ridiculous they are being, then make amends over beers and bond over their fathers' unreasonable expectations. They free the calf, impressing Staten, who moves Reid from the office couch into Randall's old room.

When Sheriff Dan comes to the ranch about the cattle theft, Staten reminds him of the chop-shop lead and the fender from a blue Ford truck. At the Bandera shop, the mechanic is unhelpful until Dan spots the security cameras and demands the footage. In clips from a year earlier, the sheriff sees something shocking: Reid Collins stepping out of a blue Ford pickup — raising the question of whether Reid was on the road the night Randall died.

As of S1E4, the episode does not establish who cut the fence; Davis denies it and Yancy later attributes the cattle theft to Freddie and his crony.

As of S1E4, the sheriff's discovery of Reid in the year-old footage of a blue Ford pickup raises the question but does not resolve it.

As of S1E4, the episode does not show whether Freddie accepts the offer or reveals Yancy's identity.