{"id":6957,"date":"2026-07-24T15:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:38:17","slug":"ransom-canyon-season-2-kit-lauren-romance-backlash-cast-say-wasnt-in-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2026\/07\/24\/ransom-canyon-season-2-kit-lauren-romance-backlash-cast-say-wasnt-in-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransom Canyon season 2\u2019s ‘gross’ Kit and Lauren romance wasn’t actually meant to happen"},"content":{"rendered":"

*Warning: Spoilers ahead for Ransom Canyon season two*<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Oh boy, Ransom Canyon pulls a Summer I Turned Pretty in season two, serving up a messy love triangle between Lauren (Lizzy Greene), her boyfriend Lucas (Garrett Wareing), and his older brother Kit (Casey W. Johnson).<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently, that was never in the original plans for the second chapter of the hit Netflix<\/a> show, but as the cast have revealed, it was written in for a very specific reason.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In season one, the popular cheerleader found herself in an altogether different love triangle between football player Reid (Andrew Liner) and Lucas, the kid living on the \u201cwrong side of the tracks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually, Reid realised Lauren and Lucas belonged together and gave them their blessing\u2026 but that was far from the end of the story. Prior to this, Lauren and Kit found themselves stuck together when a tornado hit Ransom Canyon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In season two, as Lauren grapples with the end of her cheerleading future due to an injury, Kit becomes the one person she feels truly understands her. Their growing connection leads to a kiss in episode five, which Lucas witnesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the finale, Kit decides to leave town, believing Lauren and Lucas would be better off without him. But Lauren races to the bus station to stop him, and the pair share a passionate kiss, seemingly confirming their relationship will be at the centre of a potential third season.<\/span><\/p>\n

The love story itself has sparked plenty of discussion, and some people find it kind of nasty (more on this shortly). But as it turns out, it was never originally meant to be written into the Netflix<\/a> series.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ransom Canyon cast\u2019s chemistry led to Kit and Lauren romance<\/h2>\n
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Credit: Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lauren star Lizzy Greene told <\/span>Swooon<\/span><\/a> that the romance was added to Ransom Canyon due to the undeniable chemistry between the pair in the tornado episode.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although some fans were shipping Lauren and Kit at the time, showrunner April Blair told <\/span>Woman\u2019s World<\/span><\/a> last year that they weren\u2019t planning on a love triangle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe actor who plays Lucas and the actress who plays Lauren, they keep sending me all these memes and different fan edits of people shipping Lauren and Kit, which we think they obviously have this chemistry,\u201d she explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think that there\u2019s something there that we want to explore, and not necessarily like some full-blown romance or love triangle, but the complications of that connection and the kind of information he can give her about her mother.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But, as said, this changed for season two. In the new interview, Greene said, \u201cNothing of that was intentional. I don\u2019t think it was on the radar of having Kit and Lauren be a thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n