6.8/10147 votes#1 - Pilot / Renegade
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1992
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
- 7.1/1096 votes
#2 - Hunting Accident
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1992
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: N/A
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
- 6.9/1089 votes
#3 - Final Judgement
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1992
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
- 6.2/1075 votes
#4 - La Mala Sombra
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1992
Reno takes on a group of Salvadorian assassins.
Director: N/A
Writer: Brad Markowitz
- 6.9/1074 votes
#5 - Mother Courage
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1992
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1073 votes
#6 - Second Chance
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1992
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1076 votes
#7 - Eye of the Storm
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1992
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1080 votes
#8 - Payback
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1992
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1071 votes
#9 - The Talisman
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1992
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1063 votes
#10 - Partners
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1992
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1058 votes
#11 - Lyons' Roar
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1993
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1060 votes
#12 - Val's Song
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/1993
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1058 votes
#13 - Give and Take
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/1993
Reno helps a woman with a flat tire in the desert. Soon after that the woman is found dead in her home.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1060 votes
#14 - Samurai
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/25/1993
Reno Raines is about to arrest the gangster franc sand when he becomes a witness, as a small Japanese girl is kidnapped.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1054 votes
#15 - The Two Renos
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1993
Lieutenant Dixon and Frank Bickford think of a plan to finally capture Reno: They release a criminal Tommy, who looks just like Reno.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1062 votes
#16 - Billy
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1993
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1054 votes
#17 - Headcase
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1993
Joe Cortez had sworn revenge with his arrest. He breaks out of prison and procures himself weapons and money.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1054 votes
#18 - The Hot Tip
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/22/1993
Reno is to bring Amber Dane, a Hollywood Starlet, before court. Reason: Amber allegedly killed her friend five years before .
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1056 votes
#19 - Moody River
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1993
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1064 votes
#20 - Vanished
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1993
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1065 votes
#21 - Fighting Cage (1)
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1993
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1064 votes
#22 - Fighting Cage (2)
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1993
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
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!
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...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot / Renegade" is the best rated episode of "Renegade" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 147 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".