Season 2 of the hit Netflix series premiered on the streamer on Thursday (July 23).
Who stars in Season 2?
The show stars Josh Duhamel, Minka Kelly, Lizzy Greene, Garrett Wareing, Jack Schumacher, Marianly Tejada, Casey W. Johnson, Patricia Clarkson, Ben Robson, Heidi Engerman, Tatanka Means, Justin Johnson Cortez, Philip Winchester, Jennifer Ens, Brett Cullen, and Niko Guardado.
What happens in Season 2?
Here’s the official synopsis: “A heartfelt drama set against the sweeping vistas of Texas Hill Country, Ransom Canyon follows the intersecting lives of deep-rooted families in a town where your neighbors know everyone’s business. Season 2 picks up six months after the events of the first season, with rancher Staten Kirkland (Duhamel) fighting to reclaim his legacy after being unseated as trustee of his family’s Double K Ranch, while musician Quinn O’Grady (Kelly) must decide if her heart truly belongs in the small town she once tried to outrun or in the fast-paced world of New York City. Are they star-crossed lovers, or fated to be together? In Ransom Canyon, true love stories are messy, complicated, and always worth the wait.”
What are critics saying about the new season?
But what are critics saying about the new season so far? The reviews are in, and here’s what people are saying.
FandomWire gave it a 5 out of 10, and says: “For better or worse, Ransom Canyon is a steamy and soapy series that knows exactly what it’s doing.”
RogerEbert.com says: “[It] is a lighter and more shamelessly entertaining outing than its predecessor, and if it’s not exactly reinventing the wheel when it comes to storytelling, the show has figured out what it’s good at, and unabashedly leans into it.”
Screen Rant gave it 4 out of 10, writing: “Ransom Canyon season 2 feels more like a faint echo or bygone ripple of season 1 in that it’s derivative, plain, and mostly uninspired.”
TechRadar gave it 4 out of 5, writing: ‘Is Ransom Canyon season 2 more of the same? Essentially, yes. Is that a bad thing? No, that’s exactly what we want. If you overlook the cowboying, you’ll probably fall in love with each and every character as much as I did… and soap opera historically aren’t my thing. If you can’t trust the opinion of a reformer hater, who can you?”
RIOTUS says: “If, like me, Ransom Canyon is one of your comfort shows, season 2 will feel like a heartfelt reunion. The will-they-won’t-they is a trope the show leans on a little too much, but the romantic payoffs will still hit you in the feels. And it’s so refreshing to watch a show told in a women-driven, empowering, and intimate way that always makes you come back for more.”
Digital Mafia Talkies says: “Maybe in the year that’s passed, my taste in media has changed, or maybe this show really took a nose dive into the worst kind of storytelling in an attempt to become more interesting and twisty.”
TV Fanatic says: “Ransom Canyon Season 2 has you coming for Staten and Quinn, maybe, possibly, finally getting their act together after exhaustive back and forth and steamy chemistry. But let’s be real, you stay for all the hot people, gratuitous shirtlessness, and the camera knowing just where to linger and for how long. I think I get the appeal now.”
Ransom Canyon is available to stream as of July 23 on Netflix. Find out who joined and returned to the cast!
