"The Lone Ranger" The Renegades (TV Episode 1949) Poster

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8/10
A step up from the previous episode; and with a real surprise!
hmoika17 November 2017
Warning: Spoilers
It was a relief to see another serious story line after the previous yuck-fest about Pete and Pedro (yuck!).

The Lone Ranger is, well, the Lone Ranger. I don't watch it expecting much in the way of intensity; I just love the basic premise of good guy-bad guy; and I get that in this episode.

The big surprise--and what a surprise!--is seeing Kenneth MacDonald in the good-guy role as a member of the U.S. Bureau of Indians who assists the Lone Ranger and Tonto is bringing the bad guys to justice. MacDonald was all over the B movies and early television as a western bad guy (and let's not forget his great contributions to the Three Stooges shorts). Imagine my surprise, watching this episode, when I finally realized that, hey, he's in league with the Masked Man!

Sure, eventually he also became one of THE judges in Perry Mason; but by and large, this wonderful actor earned his bread as a villain with class.

Overall, this was a very enjoyable episode.
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8/10
Cowboy or Indian or...
mitchrmp2 May 2014
One thing that was good about this episode is that it made the Indians look good and honest. I'm not sure how realistic that is, but I like it. Another good thing about this episode is the fighting and falls. Two things stuck out at me. That was a great fall The Lone Ranger did when he was shot at, and it was an excellent fall by another character after he was hit on the head.

In this episode, The Lone Ranger and Tonto are having to figure out who's taking the Indian supply trains. The obvious answer is a little too obvious.

One dead.
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8/10
Bad Guys in Uniform
hogwrassler22 October 2020
The Ranger and Tonto investigate who is raiding the supply trains for the Washita Indian Reservation. Tonto goes to see his friend Chief Swift Eagle while the Ranger talks to Father Batista. The army assumes that renegades from the reservation are stealing the supplies. Actually, the crooked Indian agent plans the raids, which are committed by a gang of army deserters hiding out at a nearby cave. It's up to the Ranger and Tonto to figure out this puzzle. The episode portrays the Indians as good guys and innocent victims being victimized by unscrupulous whites. Gene Roth plays the leader of the deserters. He made a great 1950s western villain and his character here is totally ruthless and unlikable. Once again, Gerald Mohr provides the off screen narration.
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8/10
Memories
neverenoughgold2 March 2021
I was just a little tyke when these episodes first aired, and I was a huge fan of The Lone Ranger and his faithful side kick Tonto. One thing I forgot was just how much information could be transmitted in a puff of smoke signals. Too bad today's high tech shows with GPS and smartphones didn't have this "blanket and fire" technology!
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6/10
The Renegades
Prismark1024 September 2022
The kind of episode if made today would be described as being too woke.

There are Indian raids on supply trains bound for Indian reservations. The Lone Ranger finds out that a band of army deserters are carrying out the raid but making sure that Indians get the blame.

It is also a scheme cooked by a crooked agent. To lure Indians off the reservations, a law means that once they are found off reservation. The Indians would be sent to Florida.

This would mean almost certain death for the Indians. As Tonto has gone to the reservation, the Lone Ranger needs to save him just in case he goes off the reservation.

For an episode made in 1949. This rather daring, showing the whites as crooked and trying to frame the Indians.
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6/10
Vintage TV Western
StrictlyConfidential7 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
"The Renegades" (episode 8) was first aired on television November 3, 1949.

Anyway - As the story goes - A crooked Indian agent and his henchmen threaten to kill Tonto and his old friend Chief Swift Eagle.
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