The Pretender

A specially gifted man, with the ability to instantly master any skill, escapes from a secret testing facility and travels the country taking on different jobs and helping strangers while hiding from his kidnappers.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Cast:Michael T. Weiss , Andrea Parker , Patrick Bauchau , Jon Gries , Ryan Merriman , Richard Marcus , Alex Wexo , James Denton , Sam Ayers , Harve Presnell , Paul Dillon , Willie Gault , Dennis Cruzado , Pamela Gidley , Ashley Peldon , Kim Myers , Jonathan Osser , Jason Brooks

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot

Thu, Sep 19, 1996

Jarod is the new doctor at a NYC hospital, trying to expose negligence and a cover-up that led to a young boy being paralyzed.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Every Picture Tells a Story

Sat, Sep 28, 1996

Jarod joins a Coast Guard search-and-rescue team to reveal what really happened to a missing fisherman.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Flyer

Sat, Oct 19, 1996

Jarod is a test pilot for a private aerospace company, trying to reveal how greed and a faulty product - not booze - killed another pilot.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Curious Jarod

Sat, Oct 26, 1996

Jarod gets himself hired as head of security at a major Vegas casino to bring justice to a showgirl beaten into a coma.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Paper Clock

Sat, Nov 2, 1996

Jarod joins a high powered law firm to free a man framed for murder.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ To Serve and Protect

Sat, Nov 9, 1996

Jarod joins the Miami police force to expose a couple of cops running their own burglary ring that lead to the death - and framing - of a young security guard.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ A Virus Among Us

Sat, Nov 16, 1996

Jarod joins a CDC-like group to investigate the suspicious disappearance of a virologist who worked there. He also befriends Ben, a friendly and enthusiastic but not very talented classic musician, and catches some cockroaches for Parker.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Not Even a Mouse

Sat, Dec 14, 1996

Jarod joins the medical examiner's office to expose who killed a popular homeless man in a hit and run.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ Mirage

Sat, Jan 4, 1997

Jerod poses as a parachute jump instructor to take down a murderer.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Better Part of Valor

Sat, Jan 11, 1997

Jarod joins a firefighting company to determine if a firefighter's death was due to arson.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Bomb Squad

Sat, Jan 18, 1997

Jarod joins the bomb squad to find the "Fax Bomber" to bring justice for the female photographer who got blinded by an explosion.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Prison Story

Sat, Feb 1, 1997

While Miss Parker struggles with a painful ulcer, Jarod becomes a prison guard in an attempt to save an innocent man from the gas chamber.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Bazooka Jarod

Sat, Feb 8, 1997

While Jarod impersonates a Navy commander in order to investigate the death of a sailor onboard the U.S.S. Monroe, Sydney delivers a warning to Miss Parker.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Ranger Jarod

Sat, Feb 15, 1997

Jarod pretends to be a former Army Ranger with mountain training to join the search for a student lost in the woods and finds himself falling in love with the female volunteer who's his partner.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Jaroldo!

Sat, Mar 8, 1997

Jarod goes to work at TV news station to find out why a cameraman was shot and lost the use of his arm. He learns that the reporter who was with him may have arranged the whole thing to make the story more sensational.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Under the Reds

Sat, Mar 22, 1997

While Sydney tries to revive his comatose brother, Jarod pretends to be a paramedic so he can investigate why a young man went into a coma after a car accident.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Keys

Sat, Apr 5, 1997

When Miss Parker corners Jarod during a hurricane in Florida she's forced to come to terms with her mother's death and its startling connection to Jarod.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Unhappy Landings

Sat, Apr 26, 1997

Jarod becomes a U.S. Marshal to find who killed a witness who was under the Marshals' protection.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Jarod's Honor

Sat, May 3, 1997

Jarod assumes the identity of a deceased hit-man in order to save the target's life and bring down the man who hired him.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Baby Love

Sat, May 10, 1997

Jarod seeks to reunite a woman with her baby and exact justice on the men who are responsible for taking him. Meanwhile Miss Parker and Sidney discover secret files in SL-27.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Dragon House: Part 1

Sat, May 17, 1997

Jarod poses as a Federal agent to help his childhood friend, Kyle, who's now a fugitive.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Dragon House: Part 2

Sat, May 17, 1997

Jarod sees his mother for the first time. Mr. Raines is nearly killed and is severely injured.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Back from the Dead Again

Sat, Nov 1, 1997

As Jarod continues to deal with the death of his brother, Miss Parker and Sydney suddenly find themselves dealing with two new operatives at the Centre: Mr. Lyle and Brigitte.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Scott Free

Sat, Nov 8, 1997

In order to help a parolee (Justin Louis) who wants to go straight, Jarod takes the place of a safecracker.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Over the Edge

Sat, Nov 15, 1997

While Jarod tries to uncover the truth surrounding the apparent suicide attempt of a search and rescue team member, a criminal behaviorist at the Centre tries to discover who shot Mr. Raines.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Exposed

Sat, Nov 22, 1997

Jarod becomes a photographer to find out what happened to a model who died after being stalked. He discovers that another model is being stalked by the same stalker. And he sends Parker a message that sends her on a trek to learn more about her mother.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Nip and Tuck

Sat, Dec 6, 1997

Jarod becomes a plastic surgeon to find out why a young girl who went in for a minor procedure ended up disfigured.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Past Sim

Sat, Dec 13, 1997

After Jarod realizes that one of his simulations has been used to kidnap the only witness in a trial against a crime lord, he tries to rectify matters.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Collateral Damage

Sat, Jan 3, 1998

Jarod helps clear the name of a soldier accused of selling information to the enemy during the Vietnam War, and Miss Parker finally opens the present her mother gave her on the day she died.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Hazards

Sat, Jan 10, 1998

A man tries to kill himself in front of Jarod. Jarod learns he is a chemical engineer and that there are violations at the plant where he works which are being ignored. And Sydney runs into a man from his past at the Centre.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ F/X

Sat, Jan 17, 1998

Jarod takes a job as a special effects coordinator while Miss Parker begins an investigation after receiving a videotape in which her mother is searching for Jarod and a boy named Timmy.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Indy Show

Sat, Jan 31, 1998

As Jarod unravels the mystery behind a crash at the racetrack, Sydney receives word that his comatose brother, whom Mr. Raines had ordered killed, has regained consciousness.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Gigolo Jarod

Sat, Feb 7, 1998

While working as an escort, Jarod uncovers a wealthy woman's past, learns the truth about an 8-year-old's death, and plays Cupid for an estranged couple.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Toy Surprise

Tue, Mar 17, 1998

Jarod tries to help a boy whose best friend was killed in a car accident and then tries to prevent another death after discovering someone ordered the assassination of Miss Parker's father.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ A Stand-Up Guy

Sat, Mar 14, 1998

While trying to find a cop killer, Jarod tells Miss Parker that Mr. Lyle is still alive, leading to the discovery that the ex-operative stole sensitive information that could jeopardize the Centre.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Amnesia

Sat, Mar 21, 1998

While Jarod suffers from amnesia, Brigitte interrogates Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots about their inability to capture Jarod and then suggests that one of them may be helping the fugitive.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Bulletproof

Sat, Mar 28, 1998

Jarod joins a SWAT team after one of its members is killed in the line of duty, and Sydney is stunned to find out that a woman who used to work at the Centre is the mother of his child.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Silence

Sat, Apr 4, 1998

Jarod impersonates an FBI agent to help a young boy who stopped talking after witnessing the murder of a DEA agent, and Mr. Raines reveals that the Centre has him under review.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Crash

Sat, Apr 11, 1998

Jarod sends Parker, Sydney, and Broots an invitation to join him at a school reunion. But en route Jarod meets a young man who gets bumped from their flight, so Jarod gives him his seat on the plane. Later the plane crashes and the man is killed. So he assumes the guise of an inspector to find out what happened. Upon arriving, another inspector assumes that the pilot may have been at fault, but Jarod doesn't think so.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Stolen

Sat, May 2, 1998

Jarod assumes the identity of a man whose son was kidnapped. And he tries to deal with the kidnappers. Later the man's head of security joins Jarod. While waiting for the kidnappers to call, Jarod tries to find out how the boy was kidnapped.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Red Rock Jarod

Sat, May 2, 1998

When Jarod gets a message from Sydney, to meet him at a small town. But when he arrives and asks for him, everyone in town acts strange. Eventually he is arrested by the Sheriff who then turns him over to Mr. Lyle who plans to turn him over to the Centre. Jarod learns that Lyle kidnapped the Sheriff's wife and placed her somewhere where she has limited life support. And just when Lyle was about to cut off one of Jarod's fingers, he is saved by his brother, Kyle. And they set out to find the Sheriff's wife.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Bank

Sat, May 9, 1998

When Jarod helps arrange a meeting between Miss Parker and a man who knew her mother, he discovers that this is the same man who stole him from his parents' house.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Bloodlines: Part 1

Sat, May 16, 1998

While Miss Parker is shocked to learn that she has a twin brother, Jarod is outraged to learn that the Centre intends to create another Pretender...although not if Sydney can help it.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Bloodlines: Part 2

Sat, May 23, 1998

While Miss Parker is shocked to learn that she has a twin brother, Jarod is outraged to learn that the Centre intends to create another Pretender...although not if Sydney can help it.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Crazy

Sat, Oct 17, 1998

Everyone survives the bomb blast that ended the season 2 finale. There is no rational explanation given as to how everyone survived. Sydney is temporarily blind as a result of the explosion. Gar's body is planted in the rubble so he ends up being blamed for the blast instead of Sydney. Jarod fakes psychosis to gain admission to a psych hospital where he tries to solve a murder. The Triumvirate sends someone to assist in Jarod's capture. Miss Parker learns the identity of her twin brother.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Hope & Prey

Sat, Oct 24, 1998

Jarod is contacted by a Native American with information to help him in his search for his father, but soon finds himself in a race to find him before a gang of bounty hunters track him down, and then help him resolve a case of local land corruption. Miss Parker's attention also shifts to searching for Jarod's father, but for a less benevolent reason. Sydney's sight begins to return.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Once in a Blue Moon

Sat, Oct 31, 1998

Jarod recognises the MO of a new kidnap case from one he worked on years ago at The Centre. He becomes a criminal behaviourist from the justice department and enlists the assistance of the convicted psychopathic killer from the earlier case to help rescue the kidnapped girl before she is killed by the copycat killer. Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots continue to peruse Jarod under the continued interference from Mr Raines.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Someone to Trust

Sat, Nov 7, 1998

Jarod falls for a wealthy restaurant owner who shows compassion for an out-of-work family, but their paths cross again when the corrupt business man he is there to expose turns out to be her husband. Things become even more complicated when the business man is killed in a house fire. Meanwhile, Jarod sends a clue to Miss Parker at The Centre leading to a new discovery about Mr Lyle's past.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Betrayal

Sat, Nov 14, 1998

When Broots is sent to The Centre Data Annex to investigate an information leak The Annex is attacked by a masked gunman who kills all the staff. Broots manages to escape but soon becomes a hunted man as Mr. Lyle takes steps to seal the leak - no matter who it really is. Jarod races to protect Broots from The Centre and from the gunman "Damon", who has a history of stealing Centre secrets for evil use.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Parole

Sat, Nov 21, 1998

Jarod is pretending to be an ex-convict to find out what happened to another parolee. And it might involve a parole officer who makes his charges commit crimes. Sydney also learns that the husband of the mother of his son is dying and goes there for support.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Homefront

Sat, Dec 12, 1998

Jarod takes on the identity of an arms dealer to help a mother get her children back from her gangster ex-husband.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Flesh & Blood

Sat, Jan 2, 1999

Jarod becomes an ATF agent to help Sydney's son after an Appalachian militia kidnaps him and other educators helping at a local village for ransom. Sydney arrives to help but so does the Centre.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Murder 101

Sat, Jan 9, 1999

Jarod becomes a professor of a criminology class whose former professor has mysteriously gone missing leaving behind his pregnant wife. He leads the class to explore and reveal the sinister truth of his disappearance.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ "Mr. Lee"

Sat, Feb 6, 1999

In this clip show, a blind mystery man called Mr. Lee interviews seven people whose lives Jarrod had touched in the past for better or worse in order to find him. Parker and her team try to find out who Mr. Lee is working for.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ The Assassin

Sat, Feb 6, 1999

Jarod encounters a woman who seems in fear for her life. When he tries to help she tells him to back off which he doesn't.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Unsinkable

Sat, Feb 13, 1999

Jarod goes to Atlantic City to help Argyle pay-off a debt to Sonny Faddis, a local loan shark. Argyle has been trying to fund a trip for his father to see the Pope. But they soon get drawn into a turf war between Faddis and another local loan shark, Dennis "The Cuban" O'Quinn. Miss Parker, Sydney and Brooks, returning from Hawaii on a Centre jet, get delayed in a storm and Miss Parker tells Sydney about her feelings for Thomas, the man doing some work on her house.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Pool

Sat, Feb 20, 1999

Jarod learns pool to take on a racist pool hustler suspected of killing the brother of a pool club owner.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ At the Hour of Our Death

Sat, Feb 27, 1999

Jarod's survival skills are put to the test when he crash lands in the Yellowstone wilderness. Miss Parker collapses and struggles to survive internal bleeding from a perforated ulcer.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Countdown

Sat, Mar 20, 1999

Jarod tries to locate a career criminal who happens to be the biological father of a boy in desperate need of a kidney transplant. Meanwhile, Miss Parker and Broots continue their efforts to locate Jarod.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ PTB

Sat, Apr 3, 1999

Jarod replaces a missing talk radio host to track down a violent caller with ties to an Army program that used dangerous chemical agents on unwitting human subjects. Meanwhile Thomas invites Miss Parker to move with him to Oregon.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Ties That Bind

Sat, Apr 10, 1999

After foiling a young boy's desperate attempt to rob a shop, Jarod returns the boy to his father, only to see his yacht explode, with his father on it.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Wake Up

Sat, May 1, 1999

Miss Parker wakes up to find Thomas brutally murdered. At first she's a suspect, then the murder is pinned on some junkie patsy. As usual, all roads lead back to The Centre when it comes to the real culprit(s).

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ End Game

Sat, May 8, 1999

In this crossover episode FBI profiler Sam Waters and her VCTF team from Profiler (1996) join Jarod, who poses as a cop, to solve a child prodigy kidnapping case which reminds Jarod of his own past. The story ends in Grand Master (1999).

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Qallupilluit

Sat, May 22, 1999

In an attempt to find his father, Jarod poses as a climatologist and journeys to an arctic research station, unaware that it's operated by the Centre. Shortly after his arrival, murders begin to occur.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Donoterase: Part 1

Sat, May 22, 1999

Jarod continues to follow a trail to find his father, but Brigitte always appears to be one step ahead. Meanwhile Miss Parker investigates a revived center project ominously called "Gemini" that her mother had opposed.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Donoterase: Part 2

Sat, May 22, 1999

Conclusion. Jarod and his father (George Lazenby) team up to rescue the clone created by the Centre's project. Meanwhile, Miss Parker learns more about her mother's murder.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ The World's Changing

Sat, Sep 25, 1999

With Miss Parker recovering in hospital, Mr Parker on the run, and a 'reborn' Mr Raines on the scene, Jarod must escape the grasp of the Centre yet again, dodge a new adversary, Mr White, to save another family from assassination.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Survival

Sat, Oct 2, 1999

Jarod sets a trap leaving Miss Parker and Mr Lyle in a shipping container speeding across the country. Meanwhile he becomes an Army CID Agent to investigate the apparent suicide of an officer at a Special Forces survival training camp.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ Angel's Flight

Sat, Oct 30, 1999

Jarod poses as a San Francisco police detective, in order to try to find a teen who has disappeared; meanwhile, Miss Parker wonders about a Centre newcomer.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Risque Business

Sat, Nov 6, 1999

Jarod takes over the caseload of a sex therapist who is traumatised after she was attacked, apparently by a patient. Jarod investigates to discover the true cause of her fear and the real identity of her attacker.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Road Trip

Sat, Nov 13, 1999

While Jarod befriends a woman on the run, named Zoe (played by perky Lisa Cerasoli), Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots embark on a movie-inspired expedition created by Jarod.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Extreme

Sat, Dec 4, 1999

Jarod joins a reckless extreme-sports group to discover the truth behind an alleged bungee jump 'accident' that left its victim in a coma. Meanwhile, Jarod uses a game show motif to send Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots on a journey to discover a dark secret about Mr Lyle.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Wild Child

Sat, Dec 11, 1999

A young feral girl is discovered living alone in the woods and is taken in by a local private clinic for care. Jarod assumes the identity of a state psychiatrist in an effort to protect her from one of the clinic's doctors real, less-than-ethical, interest in the girl and her tragic circumstances. Meanwhile, Mr Parker remains in hiding, and at the center it's a question of who should trust who as the triumvirate tightens its grip.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ Rules of Engagement

Sat, Jan 8, 2000

Two brothers take hostages at gunpoint in a hospital where their father is being treated for a heart condition. Jarod becomes an FBI hostage negotiator in an effort to resolve the standoff, and at the same time, reveal the unethical activities at the hospital that drove them to it. Miss Parker's father reaches out to her from hiding.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ 'Til Death Do Us Part

Sat, Jan 15, 2000

Jarod gives Miss Parker information that may help her solve Thomas's murder; meanwhile, a killing at the Centre casts suspicion on Mr. Parker.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ Spin Doctor

Sat, Feb 5, 2000

A crossover episode with "The Profiler" finds Rachel and Bailey working with Secret Service agent Jarod to solve the murder of the man who helped in his initial escape from the Centre.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Cold Dick

Sat, Feb 12, 2000

While Miss Parker and Mr. Broots are on a stakeout in the honeymoon suite of a Las Vegas hotel, are buried attractions about to be unleashed? Meanwhile, Jarod becomes a PI in a Raymond Chandler styled caper to help his old friend Argyle rescue a woman kidnapped by bad guys.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Lifeline

Sat, Feb 19, 2000

Jarod takes on the role of an ex-cop bodyguard of a money laundering gangster so he can protect an ATF agent who has been working undercover as the gangster's fiancée, and separated from her own daughter for more than a year. Meanwhile, Miss Parker and Mr Broots continue to investigate the authenticity of Mr Raines' recent apparent religious conversion.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Ghosts from the Past

Sat, Feb 26, 2000

Sydney and Parker learn that someone whom Jarrod crossed paths with is out to get him. So they look through Jarrod's history and try to find out who is after him.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ The Agent of Year Zero

Sat, Mar 11, 2000

A blind girl upon hearing a man's voice claims that the man is responsible for killing her family in Cambodia. The man is about go into business with The Centre and is tight with Mr. Lyle. Lyle intends to make sure she doesn't say anything against the man. So he sends some people to take care of her. So when Jarrod learns about her decides to protect her and to give her the strength to face the man.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Junk

Sat, Mar 25, 2000

Jarod becomes a drug addict to get into a drug rehab center to help a woman who claims that she has been clean and that she has not taken drugs. It seems that her father once helped Jarod when he needed it. Parker learns a moment in Jarod's life when he needed Sydney but was not around.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ School Daze

Sat, Apr 22, 2000

Jarod takes on the role of a substitute teacher to protect a child who is to become a key witness in murder re-trial. His first task though is to discover which of his class members the mystery witness is. Meanwhile back at The Centre, Miss Parker, Broots and Sydney discovery another secret about Mr Raines' past and another clue to follow.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Meltdown

Sat, Apr 29, 2000

Jarod creates an elaborate sting operation to discover which member of a gang of thieves murdered a child on their previous job. Meanwhile, back at The Centre, Miss Parker, Broots and Sydney continue to follow the trail of the mysterious 'Mirage' clue given to her by Edna Raines.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Corn Man

Sat, May 6, 2000

Jarod buys a used video camera and discovers it still contains footage of its previous owners, a mother and daughter, being attacked beside a river. Using scenes from the camera as guide, Jarod traces them to a small town where all is not what it first appears. Meanwhile, Miss Parker, Broots and Sydney follow a new set of clues, sent to them by Jarod, in search of Edna Raines, and more buried secrets of The Centre.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ The Inner Sense: Part 1

Sat, May 13, 2000

Jarod's life appears to be coming together, but has to delay a vacation trip with Zoe when his father contacts him with news about where his sister may be. He arrives in Philadelphia to find an attempt has been made on her life. Back at The Centre, Miss Parker continues to investigate "Mirage" and her mother's empty grave. Meanwhile, with her father and brother and Mr Raines, all working to cover up the past, the tangle of "secrets and lies" of The Centre begin to unravel to reveal some unlikely alliances and relationships.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ The Inner Sense: Part 2

Sat, May 13, 2000

Jarod and Miss Parker hunt for their newly-discovered half-brother "Ethan" who has been manipulated by Mr Raines to commit a terror attack as part of a project called "7677." With the Raines/Parker power-struggle in full play, the race is on to get questions answered and save lives. Meanwhile, acting under orders from Mr Parker and Mr Lyle, Mr Cox ties up and gags Zoe to act as leverage against Jarod.