Netflix’s cowboy hit Ransom Canyon has finally been renewed for a second season — but is every cast member coming back?
Based on Jodi Thomas‘ book series of the same name, Ransom Canyon introduced Us to a town full of drama, romance and hope. The first season kicked off with stoic rancher Staten (Josh Duhamel) grieving two major losses while navigating an undeniable connection to childhood friend Quinn (Minka Kelly), who has also caught the eye of Staten’s brother-in-law and rival Davis (Eoin Macken).
There was also newcomer Yancy (Jack Schumacher), who had a past he was hiding from Ellie (Marianly Tejada). And if that wasn’t enough, viewers found themselves invested in another love triangle between high school students Lucas (Garrett Wareing), Lauren (Lizzy Greene) and Reid (Andrew Liner).
Season 1 left many questions unanswered and luckily fans can look forward to new episodes now that Netflix officially greenlit a second season.
Ransom Canyon has finally been renewed for season 2 — and there have already been teases about possible love triangle outcomes, spinoff plans and more. Based on Jodi Thomas‘ book series of the same name, Ransom Canyon introduced Us to a town full of drama, romance and hope. The first season kicked off with stoic […]
“We’ve already started the writers room, even though the show hasn’t been picked up to series yet for season 2,” creator April Blair told TV Insider in April 2025 about their plans for season 2. “Quinn’s going to go off to New York and come back. How is [Staten] going to win her back if he’s still haunted? I don’t feel like he could ever truly move on in his heart and his mind until that mystery [about his son’s death] was settled.”
Blair confirmed that the revelations in the finale will affect the direction of season 2. “We wanted to find some closure with that, and also, who was behind it and what really happened opens up a whole new series of relationship drama between Lucas and Lauren,” Blair said. “So it gives us a lot of runway in other stories as well.”
Keep scrolling to see which stars are returning for season 2 — and which aren’t:
Josh Duhamel
Josh Duhamel Courtesy of Netflix
“I know that they’ve been writing,” Duhamel exclusively told Us Weekly in June shortly before the show was renewed. “They’ve been in the writer’s room now for several months writing the second season. April Blair does an amazing job with running the show so I’d imagine they’re coming up with something fun.”
Duhamel, who is expected to return, praised the show’s direction. “I think the romance stuff [with Kelly’s character Quinn] is really fun, but I want to keep it unpredictable. A little bit dangerous at times; doing things that the audience may not always agree with,” he added.
Minka Kelly
While Kelly is reprising her role, fans won’t see Quinn’s time in New York.
“We would need to because I don’t want to do anything in New York,” Blair shared with TV Line in April 2025. “Quinn needs to go away and save her ranch, and we need to see what the implications are for that punch that Davis goads Staten into doing and what that plot between Davis and Staten’s father, the senator, is like.”
She concluded: “I think we would probably do that because she says, ‘I’m going to go away for six months.’ So the idea right now, although nothing’s set in stone, is that we would do at least a six-month time jump.”
Eoin Macken
It wouldn’t be a love triangle if Macken didn’t return as Davies but apparently the role was a hot commodity in Hollywood. Wilson Bethel revealed to Us in July 2025 that he tried out for the part, adding, “I tried out for the other guy in the love triangle [with Minka and Josh Duhamel]. Look, I never say never [to another cameo]. I’m psyched for them. That show obviously has been met with a lot of success and who knows what the future holds [about booking another role in season 2].”
Lizzy Greene
Coming off Lucas and Lauren’s happy ending in season 2, Greene teased to Us that nothing is off the table in the future.
“Things are set up where everyone is in a love triangle in season 1 because it opens the door for the audience to say what they like,” she teased about the show. “Then also hopefully we get another season. It gives our writers and everyone an opportunity to see what people like and then lean into it more season 2.”
Greene sounded hopeful about where Lucas, Lauren and Reid are headed.
“There is still a lot of love there and a lot of care for each other. That is kind of where everyone sits [because] there’s no animosity toward anybody. Everyone loves and cares about everyone,” she shared. “That’s why it ends up so well is because while they are butting heads in the beginning, they both really admire each other.”
Garrett Wareing
Wareing also showed his support for Lucas and Lauren, telling Us in April 2025, “We saw Lucas and Lauren very happy in season 1. What does it look like when we don’t see them happy and when we are facing real world hardship? And what does it look like to feel that pull and come back together?”
He continued: “Lucas is looking to explore [life outside of Ransom Canyon] but is it worth exploring without the love of his life? That’s a question that we’re going to have to answer in season 2 — if we’re lucky. Lucas loves Lauren so much that his dream wouldn’t be complete without her.”
Marianly Tejada
When we were last in Ransom Canyon, Ellie was getting ready to get married to Yancy before his wife (played by Erica Dasher of Jane by Design fame) showed up.
“A fun tidbit nobody knows, is that the girl who played the back of Yancy’s wife’s head was actually the star of my very first show, Jane by Design that was on ABC Family at the time. That was Erica Dasher, and she was just there to visit and I said, ‘Will you, will you be the back of his wife’s head? And she’s like, ‘I will if you let me audition for her,’” Blair told Deadline in April 2025 about how that will unfold. “So we don’t know [who will play her] yet. Obviously it’ll be a brunette, but it’s a fun, now that we’re in the room on season 2, it’s a very fun character that’s shaping up and a very juicy backstory.”
Jack Schumacher
Yancy’s personal life was one of the major cliffhangers at the end of the season so chances are high that it will be explored further. Schumacher previously gushed about the chance to join Ransom Canyon as a fan of Westerns.
“The show has been described as somewhere between Yellowstone and Virgin River. That’s a very accurate description of it. But the great thing about that is it leans into the romance more. It exists on its own,” he shared with Us in April 2025. “What creator April and Netflix were trying to do is create something that isn’t a knockoff of this. It is something that exists on its own — in its own world.”
Schumacher specifically highlighted how the show prioritizes romance.
“The female gaze is more present here, which you don’t get in the vast majority of westerns and I’m a huge fan of the genre,” he explained. “Nowadays you have to be living under a rock not to know about Yellowstone and all the spinoffs. They’re so great. Then you have the more romantic side of it, which is shows like Virgin River.”
Andrew Liner
Liner teased that Reid might go off the deep end in season 2, telling Us in April 2025, “He should have never gone against his family. He was trying to do the right thing and he’s figuring out what is right for him. He’s constantly in this battle of what is good.”
He continued: “I think that the most interesting stuff is going to be with his dad, with his mom and figuring out that world. Because we don’t get to see much of it in season 1 — even though it’s discussed a lot and we get to see glimpses. I am very fascinated with that.”
James Brolin
Since his character Cap died in the season 1 finale, Us had a pitch for James’ son, Josh Brolin, to play the Russell patriarch in a future installment of the show. Wareing loved the idea, telling Us in April, “I’ll take it.”
