Renegade

- Season 5

(1996)

A murderer, Lucious Carabello, whom Bobby apprehended and put in prison a few years back, is released with the aid of U.S. Marshal 'Dutch' Dixon. In exchange, Lucious is expected to help Dutch in flushing out Reno by using Bobby as bait. Meanwhile, Sixkiller Enterprises has a new employee, Sandy Carruthers (Sandra Ferguson), who has recently passed Bobby's bounty hunting video course and comes looking to him for a job. She wants to learn from the best. Even though she and Bobby get off to a rocky start, they eventually become friendly toward one another.

Reno is on the hunt for a Harley riding, female, bike enthusiast facing a murder charge for killing her abusive husband. He isn't the only one on her trail however. Her husband was a cop, and his partner and a young, fresh-faced officer from the same police force are just steps behind. Reno finally catches up with his bounty, only to learn there may be more to her story than what is evident at first glance.

Reno and Bobby are tricked into seeking a bone-marrow donor. When they find him, he is shot dead. Investigating a series of clues, the bounty hunters pursue a high-profile motivational speaker (DAVID LEISURE - "Empty Nest") who is Bobby's former mentor. The man is trying to use Reno and Bobby to help him avoid being ruined by his past misdeeds, which include scandals and blackmail.

Bobby must prove the innocence of one of his former bounties.

Reno protects a cynical rock-music star.

After nearly dying, Reno is possessed by a spirit.

A little girl approaches Sandy and shows her a milk carton with a picture on it, saying it is she, and avers that the couple posing as her parents actually kidnapped her. She and Reno do some checking, and it isn't long before the Feds turn up at Bobby's office and tell him to back off. In fact, not having heard anything of the matter from Reno, he doesn't know what they are talking about. Later a mobster shows up looking for the girl's father, whom he wishes to murder, and who, as it turns out, is hiding, under a new identity (courtesy of the feds), to escape ...

The stakes are high when Reno infiltrates a gang of bandits famous for robbing high rollers as they are leaving Reno, Nevada.

Reno is contacted by an unlikely ally - Dutch Dixon's wife - Melissa. She agrees to help Reno clear his name and bring Dutch down. Bobby doesn't trust her, but Reno does. The result is not good for anyone involved.

Reno runs into a fugitive who was thought to be dead. Reno and Bobby learn about an organization that gives criminals a new identity and a fresh start.

Bobby is forced to use some of his money when an useless bounty hunter is held for ransom by a bank robber.

Modern-day bounty hunter Reno Raines continues to ride the roads on his motorcycle, defending the weak while trying to prove himself innocent of a false murder charge. Helping him in their base of operations in Bay City is his faithful friend, Bobby Sixkiller, a Navajo. Reno's former girlfriend visits and asks for his help in fending off her psychotic ex-boyfriend, who is stalking her. While protecting the woman, Reno learns that she has a son -- and he might be Reno's child.

Reno may finally have the evidence he needs to bring down Dutch, a video that shows the evil marshal shooting his own wife.

Reno tries to arrange for the peaceful surrender of a counterculture fugitive charged with murdering a professor during the 1960's.

Sandy goes undercover to locate a love-sick psycho preying on women with short blonde hair and becomes a captive of the killer.

A female action hero quits the movie business to search for her missing brother. To her shock, he has set up a drug lab and is formulating drugs for the mafia. Reno assists her in getting her brother clean and busting the drug dealers.

Bobby and Ms. Bradshaw enter the lingerie business. During a photo shoot, Ms. Bradshaw and her model friends run into thieves who are looting houses and get kidnapped. They must overcome their kidnappers with help from the bounty hunters.

A series of local murders and other strange occurrences are believed to be caused by a vampire. Although they are skeptical of it being a supernatural being, Reno and Bobby still must solve the murders and protect the local population.

Bobby is nominated for an award and must prepare an acceptance speech. This is a sort of highlight reel episode that takes a look back at the best scenes from all 5 seasons of Renegade.

Reno arrests a bounty with a bad luck streak. The bad luck falls on Reno when he and his bounty get locked up. While they're in prison, the guards are staging death fights between inmates. They must escape and put an end to the fight ring.

The bounty hunters are staking out the home of a wanted fugitive. Posing as a neighbor, Reno gets close to the man's family. To complicate matters, an enemy from the bounty's past shows up with revenge and money and on his mind.

Dutch Dixon's son Donnie breaks out of prison, seeking Revenge for the death of his mother. Reno intercepts him and convinces him to wear a wire while provoking a murder confession out of his father. This is the final episode of the series.