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renegadepress.com
2004 - 2008 3.5 (2 votes) 5 Seasons
Official Website
Genres
Drama
Networks
TVOntario
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
Created By
Virginia Thompson
Robert de Lint

renegadepress.com

Overview

Aboriginal hip-hop artist Jack Sinclair and his best friend Zoey Jones established an underground ezine called renegadepress.com. What started as a pet project soon took on a life of its own pushing Jack, Zoey and their crew of renegade reporters to deliver the goods on what's really going on in the lives of today's teens.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Bronson Pelletier
Bronson Pelletier

Jack Sinclair

Ksenia Solo
Ksenia Solo

Zoey Jones

Ishan Davé
Ishan Davé

Sandi Bhutella

Nolan Gerard Funk
Nolan Gerard Funk

Ben LaLonde

Rachel Colwell
Rachel Colwell

Crystal Sinclair

Shawn Erker

Oscar Cherniak

Ingrid Nilson
Ingrid Nilson

Patti

Magda Apanowicz
Magda Apanowicz

Alex Young

Seasons

Season 1 (2004)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Out in the Open
2004-01-18

Renegadepress.com receives an anonymous message that leads Zoey to investigate a group of girl bullies in her school. But when the investigation makes her the girl gang's next target, she faces mounting pressure to drop the story. Instead, Zoey exposes the truth about the bullies on the renegadepress.com and the bullies are suspended from school.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: A Real Connection
2004-01-25

Jack discovers that his sister Crystal is corresponding with a potential cyber-stalker. Jack lures Crystal's stalker out of hiding in order to expose him on the renegadepress.com. But Crystal gets wind of it and arranges to meet him earlier, still believing he is just a 13 yr-old kid. What she encounters is indeed a 20-something stalker. But before he can abduct her Jack and Zoey arrive to prevent it.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Out on a Limb
2004-02-01

Zoey is fascinated by ‘bad boy' Ben and decides to write an article about life ‘on the wild side' in order to get to know him better. Zoey is high on Ben and on the thrill of acting like someone different than she is. She goes to a party with Ben and gets miserably drunk. It's only when she lies to her mom, Linda, and to Jack, and lets him down when he really needs her, that she realizes she's gone too far

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Skin Deep
2004-02-08

Carmen discovers a story about a girl in her dance class who is getting her breasts enlarged as a present from her parents for her sixteenth birthday. The girl, Amanda, is so depressed about her normal teenage body that her parents and her psychologist support her decision to have major cosmetic surgery. Carmen is amazed that Amanda would consider the operation but Amanda's obsession with image makes Carmen reexamine how much attention she and her friends pay to their looks.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Too Cool
2004-02-15

Sandi uses the guise of doing a story on skateboarding as an excuse to get close to Kat, a skater girl he has a crush on. Vince wants Sandi to tape his skateboard ‘trick' for the Renegade website, but actually he wants to crash on purpose, hoping the video clip will get picked up by Xtreme crash shows. Sandi, thinking it'll impress Kat, agrees. But Vince gets hurt and when Kat realizes Sandi was in on it she is angry he was involved.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Hard to Hold
2004-02-22

At Ben's group home his friend has lapsed into a coma after being restrained by staff. Ben wants Zoey to investigate and get the guard who restrained his friend fired or charged. Zoey takes up the cause but realizes the system also holds responsibility for the staff not being properly trained. When her report refuses to point the finger solely at the guard, Ben feels betrayed

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Some Of My Best Friends Are Indian
2004-02-29

A kid at school dies and the official line is a heart attack. When Jack hears it might be related to sniffing, he decides to find out. Zoey knows the family, and isn't sure she wants Jack bugging them, but Jack argues his research shows that the majority of sniffers are white kids, yet you never hear about it in the mainstream news. Everyone thinks sniffing is just a native problem, but the bottom-line is it is everyone's problem.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: A Very Thin Edge
2004-03-07

Zoey is startled to learn her friend Melaine belongs to a local pro-anorexia website, run by Vanessa. Because of stress at home, Zoey almost becomes seduced by Vanessa too, who presents herself as strong and in control of her life. But when Zoey meets Vanessa she learns she is actually bed ridden and under constant nursing care because of her disease. The image of a sickly Vanessa helps Melanie realize how dangerous anorexia is.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Just Cause
2004-03-14

When Carmen's basketball coach is forced to resign, Carmen decides to investigate and uncovers allegations of sexual harassment. The allegations come from the star basketball player who wasn't getting enough playing time, ruining her chances at a basketball scholarship. The coach appears to be innocent, so Carmen writes a story for renegade. When the basketball star reveals she really was harassed, Carmen goes to Jack and Zoey to retract her story -- she got it all wrong.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: The Long Way Home
2004-03-28

Jack's cousin Reg comes to stay with the Sinclair family, claiming he got out of the street gang he belonged to. But when the gang wants Reg to come back to ‘the family' they threaten Jack and Crystal. It's up to the Sinclair family to find Reg a safe place to stay and off the streets.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Secrets and Lies
2004-04-04

An indignant Zoey decides to do a story about privacy after she learns the school is planning on installing surveillance cameras. To fight back, Zoey plans on planting a camera in the staff room, but when she tests the camera at home she accidentally discovers her mother, Linda, had an affair -- and her dad knows about it. Zoey is upset she was kept in the dark, and her renegadepress story argues surveillance cameras are not an alternative to honest and direct communication.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Body and Soul
2004-04-11

Carmen is courted by a big modelling agency. She and the agent hit it off and sparks fly. It's then that Carmen learns from another model that the agency expects the young models to have sex with managers and clients while overseas in Europe. Carmen confronts her agent and gives up her dream of a big modelling contract.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: A Tangled Web
2004-04-18

Renegadepress airs a submitted video of a girl at West Central doing an awkward dance. Kids start to parody the tape and the girl reveals she never sent it in. Jack takes it off the website, but not before dozens of other sites tamper with the original picture and spread it across the web. The humiliated girl has to drop out of school and a guilty Jack contemplates shutting down renegade. Meanwhile, Zoey has a run in with the Principal and is suspended from school, and the season ends with Jack taking up her cause... on renegadepress.com.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 2 (2005)

No overview available.

9 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Ride
2005-01-16

While investigating recent acts of police brutality against Native youth, Jack puts himself in danger and disrupts his first official date with Zoey.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Can You See Me Now?
2005-01-23

Patti writes an article for renegadepress.com on cam girls and how far some people will go for a little attention.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: How Sweet the Sound
2005-01-30

Zoey's investigation into a racist heavy-metal band exposes the frailty of Jack's new relationship and prompts Zoey to explore the power of music.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Giving Yourself Away
2005-02-06

Crystal is shocked when she finds out how far some girls will go to be part of a clique.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Union
2005-02-13

Jack's new girlfriend, Tina, is forced to fight for the right to stay with her adoptive family when her reserve tries to regain custody of she and her little sister.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Power of Love
2005-02-20

An illicit relationship between a female teacher and a male student prompts Zoey to write an article for renegadepress.com about the dangers of love.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Mano a Mano
2005-02-27

In an effort to bulk up for the football team, Sandi starts experimenting with dangerous performance enhancing drugs.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Faith and Friendship
2005-03-06

Melanie's decision to embrace her Muslim faith forces Zoey to re-examine her own ideas about spirituality.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Dying to Connect
2005-03-13

Jack and Zoey try to find a way to connect with Popper, a troubled youth who plans to overdose on line.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 (2006)

No overview available.

9 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Chemical Solutions
2006-02-06

After her new boyfriend introduces her to Crystal Meth, Monica finds herself turning from an innocent bookworm into a full-fledged drug addict.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Homeward Bound
2006-02-13

Zoey helps Emilio, a new student from Guatemala, fight for his right to stay in Canada in order to provide food and money for his family back home.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: This is your Brain on Love
2006-02-20

Sandi tries to understand the developing teen brain as his own brain goes wild when he falls hard for Charlotte, a drummer in a local punk band while Jack tries to persuade Zoey that it's time for them to sleep together.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: The Rez
2006-02-27

For the first time in years Jack and Crystal go back to the reserve to visit their mother only to find that she has devastating news for them.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Stolen Lives
2006-03-06

When Alex comes across some documents her mother has been hiding, Zoey helps Alex discover what actually happened to her.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Naked Truth
2006-03-13

With both of their parents away for the evening Jack and Sandi look forward to evenings alone with their respective girlfriends.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Picture This
2006-03-20

Zoey finds herself caught between two friends when Melanie becomes the target of identity theft.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: The Dance
2006-03-27

Oscar jeopardizes his relationship with Patti when he decides to help Nathan, a gay student at West Central, make a statement at the school dance.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Fear
2006-04-03

When a beautiful but violent story is sent anonymously to renegadepress.com, Jack and Zoey have different opinions about whether it's a great piece of literature or a real threat against the school.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 (2007)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Retrospective
2007-02-15

A look back at the first three seasons of renegadepress.com.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: Rules of Engagement
2007-02-22

Zoey and Alex uncover a cyber-bullying ring and Jack releases his CD.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Slow Burn
2007-03-01

While writing about the girls' volleyball team, Crystal discovers a star player and her boyfriend on a dangerous, slippery slope.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Smoke Screen
2007-03-08

Sandi gets a little too close to a story about a West Central student who smokes pot with her parent.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Civic Pride
2007-03-15

Annoyed that the school won't allow condoms in the washrooms, Oscar runs for school trustee.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: The Real Story
2007-03-22

The death of a fellow West Central student affects everyone in different ways as Patti writes the story for renegade by default.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Legacies
2007-03-29

Wayne's increasingly disturbing behaviour leads Jack to the truth about his father's residential school experience.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: The Third Wheel
2007-04-05

Jack tries to accept that he's not a match for his mother's bone marrow transplant while Alex tries to deal with the fact that she's losing her best friend to a boy.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Alternate Reality
2007-04-12

Sandi's increasing addiction to a video game causes him to blur the lines between fantasy and reality.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: The Telling
2007-04-19

Alex finds herself in a compromising position when she realizes that students will pay her money for her unwanted prescription.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Breathe
2007-04-26

Patti and Sandi do a video project on the stress that midterm exams cause.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 12: Sullengirl16
2007-05-03

Rumours and speculation fly about a new posting on renegadepress.com in which a girl claims to have killed her mother.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 13: Getting it Right
2007-05-10

After attending a wild party on the weekend Zoey has trouble remembering.

Runtime: 30 min

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