In his lengthy, occasionally lauded career, crime drama pro Stephen J. Cannell created The Rockford Files, Baretta, The Greatest American Hero, The A-Team, Silk Stalkings, 21 Jump Street, and best of all, Renegade. Imagine if Cordell Walker had Jax Teller’s baby, and you’ve got *in hushed tone* Reno “Renegade” Raines.
It’s about a cop (played by Lorenzo “My Playmate Ex-Wife Slept With My 18-Year-Old Son” Lamas) who was framed…FOR A MURDER HE DIDN’T COMMIT. So, he goes on the run “prowling the badlands, an outlaw hunting outlaws,” according to the episode-opening voiceover, with a Native American bounty killer named Bobby Sixkiller and his sister, Cheyenne. Renegade ran for five seasons from 1992-1997. It’s easy to see why.
There are about a million things I love in that video, but three in particular:
1. The slow motion “AHHHHHH.”
2. Renegade kicking a hole through the, um, brick wall, even though there’s clearly enough room for him to get out already. So wasteful, but he doesn’t care — he’s a…Renegade.
3. The tanktop-wearing prisoner’s song about freedom being a “state of mind,” man. Also, there’s an episode of the show titled “Sex, Lies, and Activewear.” That’s just wonderful.
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Was the tank top prisoner the bad guy from Road House?
You bet it was! [www.imdb.com]
That guy loved prison.
He used to fuck guys like Renegade in prison.
I feel like this TV show was Dog the Bounty Hunter’s bible.
Ernie Anderson approves the cheesy intro narration.
That slow motion AHHHH is the highlight of my day. Great find.
There was no way lorenzo lamas was not in this
I love that the Native American guy’s name is “Branscombe Richmond.”
Also, according to Wikipedia — which is never wrong — “He is sometimes credited in films as Richmond Branscombe, Ranscombe Richmon, Ranhome Quickman or Branscom Richmond.”
I can’t believe he never got around to using “Richard Branson” as an alias.
Ironic that you used Wikipedia to look up the guy who looks like Lynn Hoppes.
It seemed like the kind of thing Branscomben Hoppesmond would’ve wanted.
The show also led to Dennis and Mac obtaining The Duster.
Also, what’s a bounty-killer? Is he a bounty-hunter that KILLS? Wouldn’t that just be an assassin? Vigilante justice can be so confusing sometimes.
Sometimes a man just needs to sit on the hood of a car with his shirt unbuttoned while holding a jug of water and just reflect on his life. (1:03 in the video)
I remember Renegade. I used to watch Renegade and no it is not the best show ever.
YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!!!
Also; Renegade.
I’m not ashamed to say I watched a good amount of Renegade in high school. I also recall there was a SNL sketch where Ted Koppel calls the show “REEEnegade” and as such I can only refer to the show in that way.
So we just discovered this? I’m sorry you’re so behind. I’ve been converting all of my VHS recordings to digital for months. I have posters on my wall. A hairstyle that mirrors some of the greatest on the show and a fixed gear that I’ve added a second seat to and a group of colorful Native American feathers. Oh are you admiring my wolf shirt?
I own several seasons on this on the DVD.
did anyone notice that the slow motion kick (totally awesome) was unnecesary to leave the jail cell? He only kicked out 2 cinder blocks that were barely hanging in there.
still don’t care…best show ever
This show and Highlander the series completely misled me about being an adult.
This is the greatest show ever! My friends and I got the who series for $30 on Amazon, and it is always a great source of laughter!
In the first season alone, there is an episode with cage fighting, an episode where a midget gets shot with a shotgun, and an episode with some serious sexual tension between Lorenzo and the 14 year old girl actress.
The best part of the show is BRANDSCOMBE FUCKING RICHMOND. The guy is Native American and there’s this great scene where he surprises a bad guy by saying, “How!” The startled bad guy stops for a second and gets punched in the face! “That’s how,” Brandscombe says smugly.
This show is fucking tits. Who needs shitty movies to make fun of where there are five seasons of Renegade!
I know a guy who acted on this show ( [www.imdb.com] ) and he used to hang out with Lamas and his crew in LA.
I remember when he came home for a Christmas party that’s all we wanted to ask him about — Renegade/Lamas.
May she rest in peace, my late grandmother (in her 80s at the time) watched the shit out of RENEGADE and HIGHLANDER back in the day. Spoke broken English, needed glasses thicker than aquarium glass, but never missed an episode.
Fuck novelas.
I am Kathleen Kinmont’s true husband. She became my wife as a result of me seeing her in that fantastic scene with Barbara Crampton. Barbara is also my wife.
I have fantastic sex with Barbara and Kathleen.