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Updated · Deadline · Jul 24

April Blair Teases Lucas's Season 3 'Bad Boy Era' as Ransom Canyon's 2-Brother Triangle Deepens

Updated

Updated · Deadline · Jul 24

April Blair Teases Lucas's Season 3 'Bad Boy Era' as Ransom Canyon's 2-Brother Triangle Deepens

Q: Could Lucas's promised journey of self-discovery lead him to a brand new romance, leaving his endgame with Lauren in the dust?

Yes — Lucas’s self-discovery arc could plausibly lead to a new romance, even if the show has not fully abandoned Lauren as his long-term match. April Blair has said in multiple interviews that Lucas and Lauren were originally viewed as “endgame,” a younger mirror of Staten and Quinn. But she has also made clear that Season 2 and any future Season 3 are designed to push Lucas away from obsessing over Lauren and toward figuring out who he is on his own. Blair has described that as giving him “other loves and other lives” and even said he likely needs “another love and a little more experience.” That matters because the show’s current direction is less fixed than the word “endgame” suggests. Blair has also publicly hedged, saying of Lucas and Lauren in the long run, “I don’t know,” while emphasizing that both characters are too young and may have met too early. At the same time, Lauren is expected to stay involved with Kit for now, and Kit is not leaving town, which keeps Lucas out of the central romance at least in the short term. So the most evidence-based reading is that Lucas is likely headed for a meaningful new relationship before any reunion with Lauren is seriously back on the table. Whether that permanently replaces Lauren depends on how long the series runs. For now, the showrunner’s comments suggest Lucas’s next chapter is growth through distance, pain, and possibly a brand-new romance — not an immediate return to Lauren.

3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jul 24

April Blair said Ransom Canyon's writers are mapping a potential Season 3 around Lucas Russell's "bad boy era" after Season 2 leaves him hurt and trying to reinvent himself.
Season 2's central triangle grew from an unplanned spark Blair spotted in Season 1's Episode 7 tornado sequence, when Lauren and Kit bonded while Lucas was away looking for her.
That chemistry pushed Lauren into a messy choice between 2 brothers—current boyfriend Lucas and his older brother Kit, who also carries baggage from a past affair with Lauren's mother.
Lucas's retaliation after Lauren and Kit kiss—sleeping with Lauren's friend Ashley—feeds Blair's view that Lucas and Lauren remain the show's likely endgame, echoing Staten and Quinn.
The comments show Netflix's soapy Western leaning harder into fan-driven relationship drama as it develops a still-unconfirmed third season.