Ransom (2017)

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 1, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 18 out of 36
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  1. Ripandread
    Jan 11, 2017
    0
    After watching two episodes of this program I took it off my “DVR List” because I found the acting to be very stilted, especially from the lead character. As for the episodes, they are mediocre at best.
  2. tonycrosse
    Feb 1, 2017
    0
    I could not agree more with everything that my fellow 'metacritics' say about this less than average show EXCEPT nobody has mentioned the unbelievably dreadful soundtrack. If you're not sure what it sounds like have a quick listen, it, on its own, was enough for us to delete after only 2 episodes.
  3. sg17112
    Feb 25, 2017
    8
    My mother and I really like this show. We usuallly watch the Saturday night episode on Sunday afternoon 'On Deand'. It's different than a standard cop show. Eric and the team out-think their target(s). Though they don't use guns, there is still enough drama to keep us interested. As for the critics, I don't trust most of those outlets they work for to bring me unbiased, honest newsMy mother and I really like this show. We usuallly watch the Saturday night episode on Sunday afternoon 'On Deand'. It's different than a standard cop show. Eric and the team out-think their target(s). Though they don't use guns, there is still enough drama to keep us interested. As for the critics, I don't trust most of those outlets they work for to bring me unbiased, honest news reporting --- so why would I think those outlets can do any better at hiring competent critics to review my entertainment??!
    Basically, this is not my favorite show, but it is definitely in a group of shows that I really like. I would give it a solid B+ or an 8 of 10 score.    … Expand
  4. mactally
    Apr 16, 2017
    8
    Enjoy this show quite a bit. Like the characters interaction too. I can understand some of the low ratings reviews but feel some folks don't give the more intelligent shows a chance.
  5. insert_here
    Jan 21, 2017
    0
    Another incredibly stupid show from CBS. They've got that formula perfected. Stupid story lines, stupid writing, really cute actors for a stupid audience.
  6. Dexter1957
    Jun 18, 2017
    3
    The background mood music is very off putting ,hard to concentrate on the plots due to the constant music sounds.Early days to tell whether it,s a stayer but get rid of that awful background music and it may have a chance.
  7. fraxilia
    Jun 20, 2017
    10
    ethic series
    I write from Germany. Some friends and me love this series: all of it, the content, the actors, the idea of nonviolence. We need a world with people as they are shown in Mr. Beaumonts team. Continue please!
  8. lacrachat
    Jan 13, 2018
    9
    Shows the truth about how it could really work. Follows the leads and but the end of the show you are glad that there are people out there that really does this.
  9. Sandra41
    Jul 3, 2018
    9
    I enjoy the show, I like the actors and the storyline it is believable. I would like to see more seasons, I don't find to many shows I enjoy watching, after awhile I am ready for them to be over. I not sure putting a new show on Saturday nights in the spring and summer was the best ideal.

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Metascore
46

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Reason.com
    Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Jan 8, 2017
    40
    Mostly it's just an even more egregiously boring version of all the other CBS police procedurals with their cookie-cutter characters and plots.
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  2. Los Angeles Daily News
    Reviewed by: Rob Lowman
    Jan 3, 2017
    50
    For what it is--something serviceable to fit in CBS’s Saturday lineup--Ransom will do, but pretty much is a square peg fitting in a square hole.
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  3. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Jan 3, 2017
    58
    There are likely to be more to come on a network that only occasionally fails to keep its crime hours in play for multiple seasons. Ransom is easier to take than some of them, and with a hero who doesn’t have to brandish a gun to get the job done.
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