The Pretender

1996
The Pretender

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 The World's Changing Sep 25, 1999

Once again a prisoner of the Centre, Jarod discovers a plot to murder a team of nuclear researchers, giving him even more motivation to escape. Meanwhile, Sydney and Broots try to find Miss Parker and Miss Parker tries to find her father -- and figure out who to trust.

EP2 Survival Oct 02, 1999

Jarod joins the Army CID to investigate the suicide of a soldier in POW survival training. Meanwhile, he gives Mr. Lyle and Miss Parker a taste of that training by trapping them together in a shipping container.

EP3 Angel's Flight Oct 30, 1999

Jarod infiltrates a Goth con game to locate a missing girl. Meanwhile, a faceless wax head sent by Jarod leaves Miss Parker and company trying to fill in the pieces.

EP4 Risque Business Nov 06, 1999

Jarod pretends to be a sex therapist to investigate a brutal assault on a doctor. Meanwhile, Broots tries to summon up the courage to reveal his feelings to Miss Parker.

EP5 Road Trip Nov 13, 1999

Jarod finds himself on a road trip to help a mysterious young woman, whom he falls for. Meanwhile, he tells Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots to 'follow the yellow brick road'.

EP6 Extreme Dec 04, 1999

Jarod Pretends to be an extreme sports enthusiast in order to learn what happened to a comatose young man. Meanwhile, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots follow Jarod's "game show" clues, and find themselves investigating Mr. Lyle.

EP7 Wild Child Dec 11, 1999

Jarod Pretends to be a psychologist to help a young girl found living alone in the wilderness. Meanwhile. Miss Parker finds out a Centre contract has been taken out on her father's life, leading her to look more closely at Mr. Cox.

EP8 Rules of Engagement Jan 08, 2000

Jarod tries to stop a hostage situation in a hospital. Miss Parker is confused by an encounter with her father.

EP9 'Til Death Do Us Part Jan 15, 2000

On the anniversary of Thomas' death, Jarod challenges a haunted Miss Parker to resume her hunt for his killer. But the search leads back to her father and Brigitte, who is close to giving birth.

EP10 Spin Doctor (I) Feb 05, 2000

Jarod tries to track down the killer of a man who helped him escape from The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tries to help Sydney deal with his past. The crossover continues on Profiler S04E10 Clean Sweep (II).

EP11 Cold Dick Feb 12, 2000

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - After being contacted by Argyle, Jarod becomes a Las Vegas private investigator to save a showgirl in trouble with with the mob. Meanwhile, Broots and Miss Parker try to outwit Jarod by posing as a newlywed couple and checking into the honeymoon suite. But come sunrise, they find they've gotten more involved with each other then they ever have chasing Jarod...

EP12 Lifeline Feb 19, 2000

Jarod becomes a bodyguard to reunite an undercover ATF agent and her daughter. Meanwhile. Miss Parker sets out to prove Raines' religious 'conversion' is nothing of the kind.

EP13 Ghosts From The Past Feb 26, 2000

Jarod infiltrates a white supremacist group to stop the bombing of a Unity event. Meanwhile, Angelo fights his way through Jarod's past to find the old enemy currently threatening Jarod's life.

EP14 The Agent Of Year Zero Mar 11, 2000

Jarod tries to help a Cambodian woman avenge the death of her family at the hands of a war criminal -- who is also an ally of Mr. Lyle. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tracks that connection from the Centre.

EP15 Junk Mar 25, 2000

Jarod goes undercover as a junkie in a rehab clinic to help a woman regain custody of her son. Meanwhile, Miss Parker and company find Jarod's connection to the woman through her father and the Centre.

EP16 School Daze Apr 22, 2000

Jarod poses as an elementary school teacher to protect a young witness in a murder trial. Meanwhile, Miss Parker encounters a ghost from the past.

EP17 Meltdown Apr 29, 2000

Jarod infiltrates a gang of burglars to discover which of them killed a little girl. Meanwhile, an email that isn't there leads Miss Parker to someone who might have answers about her mother's death.

EP18 Corn Man A Comin' May 06, 2000

Jarod follows the trail of a kidnapping, documented by a camcorder he finds in a pawn shop. Meanwhile, Miss Parker continues her search for Edna Raines, with Jarod's help.

EP19 The Inner Sense (1) May 13, 2000

Jarod finally locates his sister Emily, just in time to see her nearly assassinated by The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker's search of the secrets behind her mother's death lead her and Jarod to the same place -- and a mysterious young man named Ethan.

EP20 The Inner Sense (2) May 13, 2000

Jarod finally locates his sister Emily, just in time to see her nearly assassinated by The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker's search of the secrets behind her mother's death lead her and Jarod to the same place -- and a mysterious young man named Ethan.
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Released: 19 September 1996 Ended
Producted By: 20th Century Fox Television
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.

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Shatigger This is one of my all time favorite shows.I loved watching all 4 seasons (again-yrs after I watched it on TV) all over again. I really wish that the network didn't take the show off after the 4th season. There are still a lot of unanswered questions that i'm sure a lot of people would like to know. Esp. me. And just to let you know, Michael is very HOT to watch! The cast also deserves a great big HECK YEA for a great job keeping my eyes glued to the TV screen. M.T.W and Andrea make a great team. Keep up the good work on your next projects. Hope to see you do a TV movie or BIG time screen movie. We want to see a happy ending for Jarod and Ms. Parker. And it would be nice to see Michael T's HOT body again. :0) A fan for life, Shannon
faraway_123 I expect there will be a surprising change in the next season.There were enough such characters in Jarod'life.There's been many shows over the years featuring a nomadic character who helps people as he goes about his journey, but THE PRETENDER is probably my favorite of the bunch.Maybe the story should put more focuses on the relationships with the Center& his family.The secret of the Center should be exploded----the-top-three.Miss.parker and her family should have a end.The DVD set(1-3 season)can be found in China now.By the way,I do not appreciate Michael'long hair figure.
Stibbert The Pretender is simply the best show there is! M.T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Patrick Bachau and all the others makes great actors and their characters is interesting and the plot is full of suspense, mysteries and even some romance and rather touching scenes. The show got it all without being a total mess. You got the stereotypes like Raines. The always evil one. On the other side you got Jarod, the constantly good one. The you got everyone like Miss Parker and Sydney in between, switching from side to side. This makes the show unpredictable and interesting. Some say it's boring because every episode is built up in much the same way every time (you know what I mean when you see it), but I say that gives the show a unique theme or design that makes sure you never get's disappointed, and I don't really notice it that much because you focus much more on the story and the characters then the technical stuff around the production.Bottom line is: You just got to see it for your self!
TruPretender The talented Michael T. Weiss is Jarod, a man who can become anyone hewants to be, in order to save lives, or prevent disaster. In the first season, he escapes from the Centre and three workers, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Brootsare after him all through the series and he keeps going. The series was meant for adults and thus was a success for people over the age of eighteen. Greataction sequences and Michael T. Weiss was very very good as the titlecharacter, coming a long way from "Days of Our Lives" while Andrea Parker was hot and sizzled as Miss Parker, a dark but light hearted female lead. But myfavorite was Patrick Bauchau as Sydney, whom would always be in contact withJarod and not let the Centre know about it! Too bad there was never a fifthseason as I would have like to see more!