The Ranch Part 8 is coming to Netflix in 2020. Here’s where things stand heading into the final episodes of the Netflix original series.

The Ranch season 4 premiered on Netflix on Friday, Sept. 13, with the release of Part 7, the first 10 episodes of the new season. There are 10 episodes of The Ranch remaining in season 4. Those episodes will be known as Part 8.

Unfortunately, Part 8 is the final batch of episodes of The Ranch, which means there are only 10 episodes of the series left on Netflix.

Release Date

UPDATE: The Ranch Part 8 is coming to Netflix on January 24, 2020!

It's the holiday season and we're in a giving mood. Here's an early present for y'all — 10 final episodes of #TheRanch are coming January 24, only on @Netflix. pic.twitter.com/QIP9XM1CiU — The Ranch (@theranchnetflix) December 9, 2019

We still don’t know when exactly Part 8 will be released on Netflix. When the final season was announced, Ashton Kutcher shared information that Part 7 would be released on Netflix in 2019, and it was. He also said Part 8 would be released on Netflix in 2020.

So, fans will have to wait a while until Part 8 is added to the streaming service. Usually, the gap between half-seasons of the series is about six months. If that’s the cast for Part 8, it will be released on Netflix in March or April 2020. That’s the best we can do to predict the Part 8 release date right now.

We’ll be sure to pass along more information when we find out. For now, expect Part 8 in the spring of 2020.

What Happens Next

I thought The Ranch Part 7 was going to be a lot lighter than it was! After a somewhat downer in Part 6, fans were hoping the series would be a little less sad and a little funnier. While it might have been funnier in Part 7, it definitely doubled down on the darkness, especially with Mary’s storyline.

Mary struggles with substance abuse throughout the series, and it reaches a breaking point in the new episodes as she begins stealing from everyone around her, including Nick, who the Bennetts suspect is the person responsible for Rooster’s death.

In the final episode, Beau, Colt and Luke find out Nick is back in town, and it’s assumed they go to his trailer to confront him. When Nick arrives home, we hear him acknowledging the presence of somebody, and then there’s a gunshot. We don’t know who shot Nick, if he is dead, or if he was even shot in the first place.

Most of Part 8 will likely revolve around the fallout from what happened. We don’t know who pulled the trigger or what the consequences will be for the action because we don’t know exactly what happened.

It’s assumed that Beau is the one who pulled the trigger and likely murdered Nick, but we don’t know for sure, and I don’t know if we’ll find out until the final 10 episodes are released next spring.

There are several other possibilities as to what happened. Again, based on the Bennetts leaving their house and heading for Nick’s house, it’s assumed that they were there to kill Nick or at least confront him. Isn’t it possible, then, that Nick could have shot someone?

The show sets it up like Nick is going to be killed, but I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility that he fired the shot.

There are also a few fans who seem to think it was Rooster who comes back to kill Nick. We never see Rooster’s body when his bike is found earlier in the series, and it’s possible that he could have gone into hiding for his safety and the safety of his family.

I don’t think that would happen, though, especially not under the circumstances that Danny Masterson was fired from the series. That would be a big mistake on Netflix’s part with everything that went into the investigation and Masterson’s exit.

The future for the rest of the characters in the series also looks rather bleak, as well. Colt might have made his biggest mistake yet by leaving the house when Abby asked him not to. There’s virtually no chance for their happy ending now, and that’s a bummer for those rooting for that.

What do you think happened in the final episode of The Ranch Part 7? Let us know in the comments below!