Ransom Canyon Season 1 Episode 9: About Forever

Ransom Canyon episode 9 opens with Quinn again spending the evening with Staten, who urges her to break up with Davis so they can be together for real; the two tie straw around their wrists as a promise bracelet. Quinn tries to break things off with Davis but postpones it when he arrives with Reid, and Davis notices the odd bracelet on her wrist.

At the Double K, Sam Kirkland warns Staten that as trustee he can be unseated, and that everything can go to Austin Water & Power. Staten confronts Davis about poaching his accounts and argues the two ranches should stop feuding and join forces; Davis begrudgingly agrees — until he spots the matching straw bracelet on Staten's wrist and retaliates by courting Staten's biggest buyer, Billy. Staten shows up at the pep rally to cross-bargain, then declares war on Davis.

Lucas fights with Lauren, still spiraling over the cheer clinic, and Child Protective Services are looking for him; Reid asks Davis to draw up emancipation papers so Lucas will not face foster care if Kit serves time. Lucas and Lauren make up, and Dan tells her he pulled strings for a second audition. During the pep rally, Lauren falls off the human pyramid and badly injures her shoulder.

Sheriff Dan realizes Margaret had a fling with Kit two years ago and confronts her. A flashback reveals it was Margaret behind the wheel, under the influence, the night Randall died; after confirming Randall was dead, Kit told her he would dispose of the evidence.

Yancy, staying with Ellie, briefly flees after Davis suggests Ellie is better off without him, then returns and tells her he loves her. When Cap stands Ellie up for their lunch, Yancy worries and searches the hills, where he finds Cap dead beneath a tree — the old man died clutching the photo booth strip of Yancy's parents, proving he did care about his grandson.

As of S1E9, Quinn has not decided about the New York offer.

As of S1E9, Lauren's shoulder injury leaves her cheerleading future uncertain.

As of S1E9, Dan is stunned by Margaret's confession, and his next move is not shown.