
renegadepress.com (2004)
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Ishan Davé as Sandi Bhutella
Episodes 52
Out in the Open
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.
Read MoreA Real Connection
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.
Read MoreOut on a Limb
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
Read MoreSkin Deep
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.
Read MoreToo Cool
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.
Read MoreHard to Hold
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
Read MoreSome Of My Best Friends Are Indian
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.
Read MoreA Very Thin Edge
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.
Read MoreJust Cause
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.
Read MoreThe Long Way Home
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.
Read MoreSecrets and Lies
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.
Read MoreBody and Soul
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.
Read MoreA Tangled Web
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.
Read MoreCan You See Me Now?
Patti writes an article for renegadepress.com on cam girls and how far some people will go for a little attention.
Read MoreHow Sweet the Sound
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.
Read MoreGiving Yourself Away
Crystal is shocked when she finds out how far some girls will go to be part of a clique.
Read MoreThe Power of Love
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.
Read MoreMano a Mano
In an effort to bulk up for the football team, Sandi starts experimenting with dangerous performance enhancing drugs.
Read MoreFaith and Friendship
Melanie's decision to embrace her Muslim faith forces Zoey to re-examine her own ideas about spirituality.
Read MoreDying to Connect
Jack and Zoey try to find a way to connect with Popper, a troubled youth who plans to overdose on line.
Read MoreChemical Solutions
After her new boyfriend introduces her to Crystal Meth, Monica finds herself turning from an innocent bookworm into a full-fledged drug addict.
Read MoreHomeward Bound
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.
Read MoreThis is your Brain on Love
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.
Read MoreStolen Lives
When Alex comes across some documents her mother has been hiding, Zoey helps Alex discover what actually happened to her.
Read MoreThe Naked Truth
With both of their parents away for the evening Jack and Sandi look forward to evenings alone with their respective girlfriends.
Read MorePicture This
Zoey finds herself caught between two friends when Melanie becomes the target of identity theft.
Read MoreRetrospective
A look back at the first three seasons of renegadepress.com.
Read MoreRules of Engagement
Zoey and Alex uncover a cyber-bullying ring and Jack releases his CD.
Read MoreSmoke Screen
Sandi gets a little too close to a story about a West Central student who smokes pot with her parent.
Read MoreCivic Pride
Annoyed that the school won't allow condoms in the washrooms, Oscar runs for school trustee.
Read MoreThe Real Story
The death of a fellow West Central student affects everyone in different ways as Patti writes the story for renegade by default.
Read MoreThe Third Wheel
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.
Read MoreAlternate Reality
Sandi's increasing addiction to a video game causes him to blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
Read MoreThe Telling
Alex finds herself in a compromising position when she realizes that students will pay her money for her unwanted prescription.
Read MoreSullengirl16
Rumours and speculation fly about a new posting on renegadepress.com in which a girl claims to have killed her mother.
Read MoreGetting it Right
After attending a wild party on the weekend Zoey has trouble remembering.
Read MoreLife Today
Zoey does her best to help her friend during Alex's trial against Dylan but her testimony may do more harm than good.
Read MoreCyber Sandbox
Susie goes a little too far when she plots revenge against a teacher who won't let her use her cell phone in class.
Read MoreLost and Found
Zoey makes a new friend at AA who helps her discover her higher power.
Read MoreReclamation
Crystal's decision to get her best friend off the streets causes her boyfriend to re-kindle old ties with the Red Clan.
Read MoreBeautiful Girls
Connor forces Susie to take a deeper look at herself when he writes a renegade story dealing with girls and their dependency to make-up.
Read MoreReality Rites
Jack gets a shocking look at the reality of life on the Rez when his music is linked to a suicide cluster.
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