Arcanjo Renegado

Premise

Mikhael (Marcello Melo Jr.) leads the Arcanjo team, an elite unit of BOPE, the special police operations battalion of Rio de Janeiro's military police. When a colleague, who is also his best friend and brother-in-law, is killed in an operation, Mikhael's drive for revenge undoes him: his plans come to light, the team is dismantled, and he is secretly transferred to a police post in the interior of the state. There he meets Captain Luciana (Danni Suzuki), with whom he falls in love, but his discovery of deeper roots of corruption costs Luciana her life, and Mikhael escapes with a price on his head.^{3 • 7}

The first season also follows the political sphere around him: Governor Custódio Marques (Bruno Padilha) is reelected, names Colonel Gabriel (Leonardo Brício) as Security Secretary, and, together with Manuela Berengher (Rita Guedes) and Barata (Flávio Bauraqui), maneuvers for control of the state legislature (ALERJ), while the journalist Ronaldo Leitão investigates an attack and uncovers a scheme larger than he expects.⁸

Seasons

Season 1 (2020). Ten episodes covering Mikhael's revenge quest, his transfer to the interior town of Miracema, and the death of Captain Luciana.^{8 • 7}

Season 2 (2022). Mikhael, the prime suspect in the death of the former governor Custódio Marques, flees Brazil with Ronaldo Leitão's help and spends years in a private military group on missions in Africa. His sister Sarah Afonso (Erika Januza), seeking to avenge the death of her husband Rafael and raise her son, joins the military career and befriends Diana, played by the singer Ludmilla. The ten episodes premiered on Globoplay on a Thursday, with two released per week, and the first two were also shown on open television in the Tela Quente block on TV Globo.⁹

Season 3 (2024). Mikhael spends time in Pará, living in a settlement led by Sister Emily (Chris Couto) that is under constant threat from rural producers, while in Rio de Janeiro Sarah faces frustrations as a police officer, including a case of gender violence against a young woman. Criminal factions lose territory to militias, and Ronaldo's news site denounces schemes involving Bishop Cristóvão (Thelmo Fernandes). Five episodes arrived on 14 November 2024 and five more the following week.^{7 • 11}

Season 4 (2025). The action moves to the triple frontier of Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia, where Mikhael discovers an international drug-trafficking route passing through Brazil, while rising violence in Rio de Janeiro dominates the pre-campaign for state governor. New villains include the drug dealer Poke (Thiago Hypolito) and the cold, calculating executive Lincoln (Marcello Novaes), involved with Tay (Giullia Buscacio). Six episodes premiered on 6 November 2025 and the final four on 13 November.¹²

Seasons 5 to 7. The fifth season was filmed in Rio de Janeiro and confirmed for release in 2026, with returning cast members including Erika Januza, Álamo Facó, Rita Guedes, Cris Vianna, Leonardo Brício, and Thelmo Fernandes, plus newcomers Matheus Macena, TZ da Coronel, MC Maneirinho, and Elaine Martins.¹³ In September 2026, Globo renewed the series for a seventh season before filming of the sixth had begun; the sixth season, with new cast members Viviane Araújo and Alexandre Frota, was to start filming that month, and the seventh was scheduled to be shot in 2027 for release in 2028.⁶