‘Ransom’ episode 7 preview: Eric finds himself in a hostage crisis

For much of what you’ve seen to date on CBS’ “Ransom,” the focus has been pretty clear: Watching Luke Roberts’ character of Eric do what he can to help people out of binds from the outside looking in. However, things are a little bit different as we look at next week’s new episode “Regeneration” — which we like to pretend is a “Doctor Who” reference, even if it’s not.

In this episode, you’ll see Eric have to operate from within a hostage situation in order to ensure the safety of himself and those around him; meanwhile, Maxine is going to be forced to take the lead. It’s a shake-up of a familiar dynamic, and this does seem like the right time in which to have something like that happen. You want to constantly shake things up, and never leave anyone feeling like you’re doing the same thing again and again.

Synopsis – “When Eric and other guests at an annual retreat are taken hostage by the fanatical leader of a militia group, Maxine leads the team in her first negotiation, while Eric works to preserve lives on the inside.”

It’s true that this doesn’t give you too much information beyond what we’ve already shared, but this does certainly sound as though there will be high stakes. If Eric and Maxine get themselves out of this bind, they’ll be well-prepared for almost anything.

Your weekly ratings update – The great news is that the show is staying consistent, given that it posted a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic last week and held on to the same total viewer figures as the week before (around 3.3 million). We’d love for this to be enough for the show to come back, but it’s still incredible hard to know if it will be. With this super-challenging timeslot, “Ransom” is the sort of show people are going to have to find if they’re not watching it now. Having it on a streaming service could benefit it greatly going into a season 2, provided of course that this is the direction that a network decides to go.

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