Ransom Canyon viewers were totally shocked at the end of season 1 when Ellie was literally on her way to marry Yancy…before being stopped by a woman claiming to be Yancy’s wife. WHAT! Well, it’s definitely one of the biggest cliffhangers in the show’s ending, and fans have been analyzing the moment ever since. Here’s why they think it’s a lot more complicated than it looks.
Who is Yancy’s wife on Ransom Canyon?
The Ransom Canyon ending sees Yancy’s alleged wife show up to town, but @itskristennmarie is convinced there’s more to the story. (To avoid confusion, I do want to point out that Yancy is the character’s real name; his last name is probably Fuller and not Grey, which is why the characters talk about his fake identity). But the most important thing here is that fans of the show (including me!!) are confident there’s some suspicious behavior behind this whole scene.
“And I honestly don’t think Yancy is married,” one user commented. “Either it’s not a real marriage or the woman flat out lied because Davis paid her to go say that. So he could stop the wedding. Davis is so crooked.”
“Davis is up to no good!” another added. “Trying to eliminate all players for the ranches!! He knew Yancey was getting married to Ellie.”
But another theory, which would bring a ton of drama to season 2, is that the woman was actually paid by Kai to mess up Ellie and Yancy’s relationship. “Kai definitely has a woman pretending to be his wife because how convenient with the timing,” they say. “She asked for him by his fake name.”
This would add a whole new layer to the drama, and it would also potentially ruin Kai and Ellie’s post-breakup friendship. Either way, I was shocked by the final moments of the show, as was the TikTok user who commented, “Took me out 😭 I love Yancy and Ellie.”
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A Breakdown Of The ‘Ransom Canyon’ Ending After THAT Death.But Yancy Grey himself, Jack Schumacher, has also weighed in. “I had known about the wife showing up from the beginning, which I was really grateful that April Blair, our showrunner, told me about,” he told Cosmopolitan. “It’s always nice to have a secret that you got to hold on to when you’re performing.”
As a Yancy & Ellie shipper, I’m hoping these two can work it out. And Jack agrees! “I think that their connection and the love that they have for each other is real. And so working through that, if she’s able to give him another chance, it’s going to be an uphill battle, but I think that they both can fight for it.”
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