Renegade backdrop
Action & Adventure•Drama•Crime

The Best Episodes of Renegade Season 1

Every episode of Renegade Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Renegade Season 1!

Binge this in 16h 8m•Peaking at 7.4/10

Framed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while trying to clear his name. His troubles began after he testified about police corruption, leading Lt. Donald Dixon to set

Airs on
USA NetworkSyndication
BestEpisodes
WorstEpisodes
BestSeasons
AllEpisodes

Seasons5

All12345

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Renegade Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot / Renegade
    7.0/10(169 votes)

    #1 - Pilot / Renegade

    S1:E1

    Det. Reno Raines becomes a fugitive from justice when his investigation of illicit police activity leads a corrupt lieutenant to frame him for murder.

    Director:Ralph Hemecker
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  2. Renegade Season 1 Episode 2 - Hunting Accident
    7.3/10(112 votes)

    #2 - Hunting Accident

    S1:E2

    Reno runs a bully (Pete Koch) out of a small town, but the man spots Reno's picture on a wanted poster and informs the police of his whereabouts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  3. Renegade Season 1 Episode 3 - Final Judgement
    7.2/10(99 votes)

    #3 - Final Judgement

    S1:E3

    Reno races the police to capture a hired killer in order to determine if the man has information on Reno's case--and to stop him from murdering a judge.

    Director:Ralph Hemecker
    Writer:Brian Herskowitz

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  4. Renegade Season 1 Episode 4 - La Mala Sombra
    6.5/10(84 votes)

    #4 - La Mala Sombra

    S1:E4

    Reno takes on a group of Salvadorian assassins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brad Markowitz

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  5. Renegade Season 1 Episode 5 - Mother Courage
    7.1/10(85 votes)

    #5 - Mother Courage

    S1:E5

    Reno is sent out to find the man who killed Jimmy, a motorcycle mechanic and finds himself in a small desert town. The town is run by a rich businessman who even has the local lawn under his control. Reno finds a biker club and infiltrates to find his killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  6. Renegade Season 1 Episode 6 - Second Chance
    7.0/10(84 votes)

    #6 - Second Chance

    S1:E6

    Lou Delgado, a real estate con man, is arrested then bailed out by her girlfriend, Jeanette. Lou decides to cut his losses and leave town, only to end up being a witness to a shooting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

    7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of Renegade

    READ
  7. Renegade Season 1 Episode 7 - Eye of the Storm
    6.8/10(85 votes)

    #7 - Eye of the Storm

    S1:E7

    In the middle of a huge storm, Reno stops at a seemingly deserted diner in a small town, but the place is taken hostage by escaped prisoners with a grudge to settle with the diner owner, who sold them out in prison.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  8. Renegade Season 1 Episode 8 - Payback
    7.4/10(88 votes)

    #8 - Payback

    S1:E8

    Two bloodthirsty killers shoot an informant friend of Reno's and give Reno himself a savage beating that leaves him hospitalized. Reno goes undercover at the ranch where one of the duo's ex-wife works, to try and get a lead on the pair, determined to get even.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  9. Renegade Season 1 Episode 9 - The Talisman
    6.9/10(83 votes)

    #9 - The Talisman

    S1:E9

    Reno is close to capturing a vicious killer, when he encounters a feisty teenage girl, who is after the man herself after he murdered her FBI agent father. Reno reluctantly joins forces with the girl, but her hot-headedness jeopardizes the whole case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  10. Renegade Season 1 Episode 10 - Partners
    7.1/10(73 votes)

    #10 - Partners

    S1:E10

    After reading in the Newspaper about the trgic death of his ex-mentor/partner Reno seeks information as to what had caused his ex-partners death.He is informed by one policeman that an infamous drug dealer was responsible.The drug dealer one Jesus Ortega had escaped to Mexico.Reno accompanied by Bobby heads for Mexico for two purposes: Justice,and Revenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  11. Renegade Season 1 Episode 11 - Lyons' Roar
    7.1/10(68 votes)

    #11 - Lyons' Roar

    S1:E11

    Reno sets out to bring in Earl Lyons, a former comrade from Reno's Army Ranger days, who now is addicted to morphine and has gone insane, living in the wilderness. Reno must stop Lyons before either the trigger-happy authorities, or drug runners whom Lyons double-crossed, get to him first.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  12. Renegade Season 1 Episode 12 - Val's Song
    6.7/10(72 votes)

    #12 - Val's Song

    S1:E12

    A bullet that was meant for Reno critically injured his girlfriend Valerie instead. After spending months in coma, she is finally released from her suffering. The criminal lieutenant Donald "Dutch" Dixon places a trap for Reno: He lets spreads the news that Valerie is healed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  13. Renegade Season 1 Episode 13 - Give and Take
    7.2/10(68 votes)

    #13 - Give and Take

    S1:E13

    Reno helps a woman with a flat tire in the desert. Soon after that the woman is found dead in her home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  14. Renegade Season 1 Episode 14 - Samurai
    7.2/10(71 votes)

    #14 - Samurai

    S1:E14

    Reno Raines is about to arrest the gangster franc sand when he becomes a witness, as a small Japanese girl is kidnapped.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  15. Renegade Season 1 Episode 15 - The Two Renos
    7.1/10(66 votes)

    #15 - The Two Renos

    S1:E15

    Lieutenant Dixon and Frank Bickford think of a plan to finally capture Reno: They release a criminal Tommy, who looks just like Reno.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  16. Renegade Season 1 Episode 16 - Billy
    6.4/10(74 votes)

    #16 - Billy

    S1:E16

    Reno is to snatch in a the gangster Dad Meecham and his three sons. While a brawl in the Saloon the sons become arrested, Meecham however can escape.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  17. Renegade Season 1 Episode 17 - Headcase
    6.4/10(64 votes)

    #17 - Headcase

    S1:E17

    Joe Cortez had sworn revenge with his arrest. He breaks out of prison and procures himself weapons and money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  18. Renegade Season 1 Episode 18 - The Hot Tip
    7.0/10(67 votes)

    #18 - The Hot Tip

    S1:E18

    Reno is to bring Amber Dane, a Hollywood Starlet, before court. Reason: Amber allegedly killed her friend five years before .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  19. Renegade Season 1 Episode 19 - Moody River
    7.1/10(66 votes)

    #19 - Moody River

    S1:E19

    Reno helps out a man being attacked in the middle of the road. The man takes Reno home with him to Second Chance Farms: a place where ex-criminals who want to begin a new life are able to work.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  20. Renegade Season 1 Episode 20 - Vanished
    7.4/10(77 votes)

    #20 - Vanished

    S1:E20

    The daughter of Reno's loyal long-time friend Assistant D. A. Wells begins going on a downhill spiral, entering a life of drug addiction. Upon further investigation, Reno and Cheyenne discover there is much more to this family tragedy than originally thought. They soon uncover a rather elaborate scheme involving black market drugs, a touring rock band, and a corrupt band manager who plans to use the girl to leverage Wells into dropping the impending case against her brother, a notorious drug dealer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  21. Renegade Season 1 Episode 21 - Fighting Cage (1)
    7.2/10(78 votes)

    #21 - Fighting Cage (1)

    S1:E21

    Reno receives a video tape as proof that his estranged brother Mitch is still alive, despite being declared dead in Vietnam by the military many years prior. The video tape depicts Mitch competing in a rather sketchy underground cage fighting tournament. Reno decides to enter this strange underground world and investigate his brother's disappearance by posing as one of the fighters. He soon discovers that his brother has been brainwashed, and rescuing him from this dangerous and barbaric lifestyle will not be quite as easy as he once thought.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

  22. Renegade Season 1 Episode 22 - Fighting Cage (2)
    7.2/10(77 votes)

    #22 - Fighting Cage (2)

    S1:E22

    After having some success in the preliminary rounds of the tournament, Reno begins to make some progress with helping his brother Mitch regain his memory. This becomes easier once he slowly starts having flashbacks of childhood memories of the two. Eventually Mitch joins Reno's side. The two bring down the entire cage fighting circus and those who conduct it, with the help of Bobby Sixkiller and a special task force.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

    Be the first to start the conversation for this episode

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Pilot / Renegade" is the best rated episode of "Renegade" season 1. It scored 7/10 based on 169 votes. Directed by Ralph Hemecker and written by Stephen J. Cannell, it aired on 9/19/1992. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Hunting Accident".