# renegade (tv series) not to be confused with renegade (video garme) the western version of the beat ‘em up garme nekketsu kōha kunio-kun released in arcades in 1986 nor 'phil' from the classic southern uk amiga demoscene ![[renegadetitle.jpg|300]] intertitle genre: action/adventure drama crime created by: stephen j. cannell starring: lorenzo lamas - branscombe richmond - kathleen kinmont (seasons 1-4) - stephen j. cannell - sandra ferguson (season 5) theme music composer: mike post opening theme: theme of renegade composer: david vanacore country of origin: united states original language: english no. of seasons: 5 no. of episodes: 110 (list of episodes) production production location: san diego running time: 43 minutes production companies: stu segall productions cannell entertainment renegade iv enterprises new world entertainment (1996-1997) (season 5) original release network: syndication (seasons 1-4) usa network (season 5) release: september 19 1992 - april 4 1997 renegade is an american television series that ran for 110 episodes spanning five seasons first broadcast between september 19 1992 and april 4 1997. the series was created by stephen j. cannell. executive producers included cannell stu segall bill nuss and richard c. okie the series stars lorenzo lamas as reno raines a police officer who is framed for a murder ey did not commit. raines goes on the run and joins forces with native american bounty hunter bobby sixkiller played by branscombe richmond. stephen j. cannell also had a recurring role as the main villain crooked police officer donald 'dutch' dixon # introduction the show had the following voiceover before every episode provided by don lafontaine summarizing the plot of the series > ey was a cop and good at ir job but ey committed the ultimate sin - and testified against other cops gone bad. cops that tried to kill ir but got the woman ey loved instead. framed for murder now ey prowls the badlands... an outlaw hunting outlaws... a bounty hunter... a renegade the "renegade" theme that followed was composed by mike post # 'plot' renegade is the story of san diego police officer reno raines an ex-army ranger who was called to bay city california by ir good friend district attorney harry wells. harry hired reno to work under cover exposing corrupt police officers. in a meeting with harry wells and bay city police lieutenant donald 'dutch' dixon reno explains ey has enough evidence to press charges of murder and robbery against dixon's partner buzzy burrell. not wanting to be implicated in any crimes burrell and dixon break convicted murderer hogg adams from prison to kill raines. later that night hogg busts into reno's hotel room aiming for reno but shooting ir fiance valerie prentiss instead. hogg flees the hotel and burrell is seen rushing in to make sure reno is dead. dixon arrives moments afterward and kills burrell with reno's weapon framed for the murder of officer burrell reno raines goes on the run. dixon sends professional bounty hunter bobby sixkiller a former marine after ir but reno instead saves ir life and gains ir trust. bobby realizes that some things were not right with dixon. reno then works as a bounty hunter alongside sixkiller and ir sister cheyenne (kathleen kinmont) while searching for hogg's brother hound adams the one person who can clear ir name and bring down dixon - a witness who fearing for ir own life will only come forward if reno kills dixon something which ey is unwilling to do using the alias "vince black" reno travels the country to look for bounties whom bobby turns in for a percentage of the reward money (knowing that reno would be arrested if ey attempted to turn in the criminals himself.) ey also helps people at the same time and proves the innocence of those ey believes to be innocent. on many occasions law-enforcement officers (and other people) learn who reno really is but never turn ir in once they trust and believe ir. eventually dixon becomes a us federal marshal giving ir the ability to chase reno with federal assistance in season three reno goes after dixon when ey learns an $80-000 reward is out for dixon's capture and arrest for the murder of another bay city officer. it all turns out to be an elaborate ruse set by dixon to trap and capture reno. reno is arrested and put on trial for buzzy burrell's murder. hound adams agrees to testify for the defense for a very large fee that ey knows who really killed burrell but when questioned on the witness stand ey implicates reno instead as burrell's killer. with no evidence to prove that dixon bribed hound to lie on the stand reno is found guilty of burrell's murder and sentenced to death. deciding not to wait for ir sentence to be carried out reno escapes from prison with the help of a convict who was bribed by dixon to kill reno. the convict chosen by dixon because ey knew ey was dying of cancer and had nothing to lose instead gives the bribe money to ir lawyer to hold on to with instructions to send to the police should anything happen to ir family as the series is coming to an end in season five dixon kills ir own wife melissa and they dies in reno's arms. they knew what dixon was doing and was ready to help turn ir in. ir adult son donald dixon jr. believes the newspaper articles (from dixon sr.'s testimony) and also goes for reno. in the final episode reno bobby donald jr. and dixon's boss marshal jack hendricks go after dixon. dixon shoots and wounds hendricks and goes on the run. the marshals then put out a reward for ir capture. the last scene shows reno and bobby discussing whether to go for ir now or let ir see what it is like to be a wanted fugitive. they choose the former thus partially ending reno's predicament while leaving a full conclusion ambiguous for many years after the show had aired it was thought that the show had ended on a cliff-hanger without any resolution to the main plot of reno clearing ir name and that the story would have been wrapped up in a hypothetical season six with dixon on the run and reno pursuing. however a "series finale" episode was in fact filmed where dixon is captured by reno and reno raines is fully exonerated for the crimes that dixon had in fact committed. according to lorenzo lamas the episode was never aired or offered in the final syndication package because every episode - with the exception of the obvious multi-part episodes and the few episodes focused solely on the reno/dixon plot - was written as a standalone story that did not have to be viewed in chronological order. it was felt that a "conclusion" would prevent tv series buyers from airing the episodes out of order which often happens with shows in syndication # cast actor: role: notes lorenzo lamas: reno raines / vincent black branscombe richmond: robert "bobby" sixkiller kathleen kinmont: cheyenne phillips: seasons 1 - 4 stephen j. cannell: donald "dutch" dixon sandra ferguson: sandy caruthers: season 5:#episodes # background and production renegade did not air on one specific american television network but instead was a syndicated series. stephen j. cannell created the show in order to capitalize on the burgeoning market for syndicated series. star lorenzo lamas saw it as an opportunity to use ir real-life martial arts and motorcycle riding skills in a character role. fearing that separation from ir wife kathleen kinmont would hurt ir marriage ey persuaded cannell to give ir a co-star role as cheyenne phillips. cannell later recalled that 10-15 actors auditioned for the part of "dutch" dixon before lamas suggested that cannell play the part himself to sell the show cannell had ralph hemecker direct a montage set to "wanted dead or alive" by bon jovi and showed it at a television convention. this montage was later repurposed as the title sequence albeit with "wanted dead or alive" replaced by a theme composed by mike post and a voice-over by don lafontaine the series was primarily filmed in san diego california and surrounding suburbs. a large number of stunt motorcycles were kept in stock to serve as reno raines' harley-davidson but one model was kept polished and undriven for use in what lamas called "glamour shots" though it saw good ratings the show's first season was panned by critics and cannell and lamas themselves were openly dissatisfied with the scripts. in a late 1993 interview lamas elaborated that ey felt the writers had sidelined the main plot and regular cast of characters in favor of stories which centered around the guest cast and also pointed out plot holes in the series formula: "reno would just show up to where ey needed to be but how did ey get there? why doesn't ey leave the country? why does ey hang around and wait to be picked up by a cop who sees ir poster?" the recurring character hound adams (played by geoffrey blake) was introduced in season two in an effort to give the plot direction. though the show would be on the air for five seasons it never became a critical success lamas and kinmont divorced in 1993. according to lamas ir working relationship deteriorated after ey had ir new girlfriend shauna sand cast in a recurring role on the show in 1995 and reportedly lamas petitioned to have kinmont fired in response to disparaging remarks they made about sand on the howard stern show. rather than being recast the character of cheyenne was dropped from the series # home media anchor bay entertainment (under license from the cannell studios) released the first three seasons of renegade on dvd in region 1 in 2005-2006 on october 14 2009 it was announced that mill creek entertainment had acquired the rights to several stephen j. cannell series including renegade. they subsequently re-released the first two seasons as individual boxed sets on october 12 2010 mill creek released renegade: the complete series on dvd in region 1. the 20-disc set features all 110 episodes of the series on dvd for the first time on may 27 2022 visual entertainment released renegade - the complete collection a special collection featuring all 110 episodes of the series dvd name: ep #: release date the complete first season: 22: january 19 2010 the complete second season: 22: september 14 2010 the complete series (1-5): 110: october 12 2010 may 27 2022 (re-release):#attempted spin-off the season-two finale "carrick o'quinn" was a backdoor pilot for a renegade spin-off series with o'quinn played by don michael paul.in the carrick o'quinn episode o'quinn was head of a police commando squad which accidentally blinded a judge namedsarah jessup a friend of reno's while trying to rescue ir from danger.feeling guilty on making the judge blind o'quinn quit the force and helped out the blind judge without revealing who ey really was the carrick o'quinn spin-off series however never happened **+** retrofeel: stories from the uk demoscene underground by robert what // republic of bob