The Renegades
The Renegades is a short-lived ABC TV show from 1982 about a gang that is given the option of going to jail for their crimes or becoming a special police undercover unit. The star of The Renegades, and leader of the gang, was The Bandit played by Patrick Swayze. The gang's police handler is Captain Scanlon played by Kurtwood Smith. Kurtwood Smith went on to play the father in the That '70s Show.
Episodes
College athletes are suspected of point-shaving.
Car strippers use souped-up cars to evade the police.
Prisoners are being trained to crack sophisticated safes.
The team goes undercover to find out why a cop lets two extortionists go.
An 11-year-old is a witness to a holdup-murder.
An escaped drug pusher wants Marciano to surrender to him or else there will be a blood bath in the streets.
