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The Best Episodes of Renegade Season 5

Every episode of Renegade Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Renegade Season 5!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Renegade Season 5 Episode 1 - No Balls and Two Strikes
    6.6/10(55 votes)

    #1 - No Balls and Two Strikes

    S5:E1

    Lucius Carabella is released from prison and has thoughts of doing in those that testified against him. He meets 'Dutch' who has a similar goal and enrolls a bounty to help. Sandy Carruthers, diploma in hand, applies for, and gets, a job, based on her purchase and completion of the Sixkiller video.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:Richard C. Okie

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  2. Renegade Season 5 Episode 2 - Self Defense
    6.2/10(59 votes)

    #2 - Self Defense

    S5:E2

    An abused wife gives her husband cop his deserved comeuppance and now she must run away from the dead man's partner while Reno is assigned to track her down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Renegade Season 5 Episode 3 - Mr. Success
    6.0/10(46 votes)

    #3 - Mr. Success

    S5:E3

    An elaborate plot to incriminate Bobbie unfolds from a simple request to find a missing man.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Renegade Season 5 Episode 4 - Five Minutes to Midnight
    6.7/10(53 votes)

    #4 - Five Minutes to Midnight

    S5:E4

    Bobby must find out if Bruce Cassidy, a convicted rapist/murderer on death row is really guilty before it is too late after the guy has sent him video with a forgiveness message for Bobby.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Renegade Season 5 Episode 5 - God's Mistake
    6.3/10(45 votes)

    #5 - God's Mistake

    S5:E5

    Reno hunts for a kidnapped rock group star, but bringing him back alive is harder than finding him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Renegade Season 5 Episode 6 - Ghost Story
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #6 - Ghost Story

    S5:E6

    After Reno has a near death experience, the ghost of a man named Neil Kirby appears to Reno asking him to contact his wife and convince her of his innocence. This is not as easy as it sounds and the ghost helps Reno and Bobby catch the guilty parties.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Renegade Season 5 Episode 7 - The Milk Carton Kid
    6.7/10(57 votes)

    #7 - The Milk Carton Kid

    S5:E7

    Molly, a little girl shows Sandy a picture on a milk carton and begs her to help because it is her picture and she was kidnapped. This involves Bobby, who is attacked without knowing why, and Reno. They investigate on their own behalf.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Renegade Season 5 Episode 8 - High Rollers
    7.0/10(51 votes)

    #8 - High Rollers

    S5:E8

    Dan Travis, a Reno casino owner hires his old pal Bobby to catch the robbers who waylay high winning VIP gamblers on their way home. Reno joins the gang of robbers to find their contact inside the casino.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Renegade Season 5 Episode 9 - For Better, For Worse
    6.9/10(50 votes)

    #9 - For Better, For Worse

    S5:E9

    Melissa Dixon, Dutch's wife offers to help Bobby and Reno nail her husband. But the chance vanishes when Dutch discovers her game and forces her to set a trap for Reno.

    Director:Charles Siebert
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Renegade Season 5 Episode 10 - The Pipeline
    6.8/10(49 votes)

    #10 - The Pipeline

    S5:E10

    Reno has run into a fugitive, believed dead, after he thwarts an armored truck robbery. Later he and Bobby learn about the Pipeline. The Pipeline is an organization that supplies criminals with a new identity, which includes removing the old one permanently. Reno accidentally discovers its existence and, with Bobby's help, attempts to destroy it. Meanwhile, Bobby is being audited by a persistent woman IRS agent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Renegade Season 5 Episode 11 - Ransom
    6.6/10(49 votes)

    #11 - Ransom

    S5:E11

    Tony O'Malley, a pal and colleague of Bobby's, returns looking for a bank robber he calls the "Undiebomber" who threatens bank personnel with a fake bomb. When the robber catches him and demands ransom from Bobby, Bobby is not certain he wants to pay.

    Director:John Paragon
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Renegade Season 5 Episode 12 - Father's Day
    6.2/10(48 votes)

    #12 - Father's Day

    S5:E12

    Reno's first love, Janet Prescott is threatened by her husband and asks Reno for help. Reno is immediately ready to help and offers to change his life to be with Janet again.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Renegade Season 5 Episode 13 - Hard Rain
    7.2/10(50 votes)

    #13 - Hard Rain

    S5:E13

    Dutch is blundering. Jack Hendricks wants him to have therapy with Dr. Judy Kaufman, a psychologist experienced with bereavement or take a leave. Someone else has knowledge of Mrs. Dixon's murder and further complicates life for Dutch, Reno and Bobby. It is a man specialized in security who holds a tape showing Dutch murdering his wife.

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Renegade Season 5 Episode 14 - Top Ten With a Bullet
    7.0/10(54 votes)

    #14 - Top Ten With a Bullet

    S5:E14

    Bobby is blissed out because he has located a fugitive who blasted a chemistry building and inadvertently killed a scholar 25 years ago. Reno is not that keen.

    Director:Jeff Woolnough
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Renegade Season 5 Episode 15 - Swm Seeks Vctm
    6.1/10(45 votes)

    #15 - Swm Seeks Vctm

    S5:E15

    Sandy's neighbour Kelly is murdered. Against the orders of Bobby, Sandy takes on the case to investigate the murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Renegade Season 5 Episode 16 - Knockout
    6.5/10(48 votes)

    #16 - Knockout

    S5:E16

    A film producer hires Reno and Bobby to find his kickboxing heroine, who has vanished during the filming of a picture with the only clue, a card with a dragon emblem.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Renegade Season 5 Episode 17 - Sex, Lies and Activewear
    6.3/10(68 votes)

    #17 - Sex, Lies and Activewear

    S5:E17

    Bobby Sixkiller and Lake Bradshaw form a business society to promote 'active wear' for the bedroom and have sold the idea to Playpen Magazine which is run by Elaine Carlisle. The photo session is broken by two burglars who take the women hostage.

    Director:Lorenzo Lamas
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Renegade Season 5 Episode 18 - Blood Hunt
    5.4/10(51 votes)

    #18 - Blood Hunt

    S5:E18

    Reno bumps into a purported bloodsucker who stalks young runaways. Bobby says these creatures exist among his people, but are called something else and insists Reno uses his vampire kit.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Renegade Season 5 Episode 19 - Bounty Hunter of the Year
    5.7/10(52 votes)

    #19 - Bounty Hunter of the Year

    S5:E19

    Bobby is fidgety about his speech for receiving "Bounty of the Year" award. Several past cases are reviewed throughout the episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Renegade Season 5 Episode 20 - Born Under a Bad Sign
    6.5/10(52 votes)

    #20 - Born Under a Bad Sign

    S5:E20

    A jinxed prisoner helps Reno catch a exploitative sheriff who arranges fistfights for profit using prisoners.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Renegade Season 5 Episode 21 - The Maltese Indian
    6.5/10(51 votes)

    #21 - The Maltese Indian

    S5:E21

    Reno, Bobby and Sandy are on a stakeout to catch a mean, cold-blooded killer and robber who has a small daughter living with her mother, his ex-girlfriend. Sandy has brought a talking parrot along.

    Director:Perry Husman
    Writer:Robert Earll

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  22. Renegade Season 5 Episode 22 - The Bad Seed
    7.5/10(74 votes)

    #22 - The Bad Seed

    S5:E22

    Donnie breaks out of prison to exact revenge on Reno. Marshall Jack suspects Dutch is hiding information and keeps a watch on the corrupt cop. Series finale.

    Director:Branscombe Richmond
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"No Balls and Two Strikes" is the best rated episode of "Renegade" season 5. It scored 6.6/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Jeff Woolnough and written by Richard C. Okie, it aired on 9/13/1996. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Self Defense".