Lorenzo Lamas was a good actor for an action series about a motorcyclist bounty hunter. In some ways, Renegade was a lot like Wanted: Dead or Alive, the TV series from the 1950s with Steve McQueen. McQueen hunted bounties with his horse, Lamas used his motorcycle.
Lamas had great chemistry with co-star Kathleen Kinmont, who played Cheyenne Phillips. If more of the show had been spent on their teamwork and bounty hunting, it would have been a lot better. Lamas was pretty low-key, so he worked well with the guest stars and he was reliable in his role as fugitive bounty hunter.
Unfortunately, Branscombe Richmond had a large part in the show, and he was totally obnoxious and annoying. "Bobby Sixkiller" played the owner of the bounty hunting business, and he would frequently show up to tell Reno Raines (Lamas) about how rich and successful he was. Bobby Sixkiller never stops yapping about himself. His character was pretty useless. The show would have been better without him.
Stephen Canell, the big-shot writer of many famous TV series, played the main villain, and he was a really cheesy villain. This was an ego trip for him, since he was not an actor, but because it was his show (and he was the writer), he could push himself into the cast. This was another reason that Renegade did not succeed.
Lorenzo Lamas played his part as a fugitive motor cycling bounty hunter very well. It could have been a pretty good TV show. It had a lot of fun moments and good action.
