List of The Pretender episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the NBC television series The Pretender. The series ran for four seasons from 1996 through 2000, with 86 episodes produced, plus two television film sequels that aired on TNT in 2001.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 22 | September 19, 1996 | May 17, 1997 | NBC | ||
| 2 | 22 | November 1, 1997 | May 16, 1998 | |||
| 3 | 22 | October 17, 1998 | May 22, 1999 | |||
| 4 | 20 | September 25, 1999 | May 13, 2000 | |||
| Television films | January 22, 2001 | December 10, 2001 | TNT | |||
Episodes
Season 1 (1996–97)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Rick Wallace | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | September 19, 1996 | |
| Jarod pretends to be a doctor to avenge a boy crippled by faulty surgery. Having just missed Jarod on a tanker ship in Alaska, Miss Parker and Sydney track him to a hospital where he plans on exposing the alcoholic surgeon who crippled the boy. Jarod discovers ice cream, Wheel of Fortune, and Pez. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Every Picture Tells a Story" | Michael Zinberg | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | September 28, 1996 | |
| Jarod joins the U.S. Coast Guard to avenge a drowned man who could have been rescued. Jarod discovers fake dog poop, other novelty items, and Oreo cookies. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Flyer" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Juan Carlos Coto | October 19, 1996 | |
| Jarod pretends to be a test pilot to avenge another's "accidental" death. Jarod discovers Silly Putty. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Curious Jarod" | Jesús Salvador Treviño | Kimberly Costello | October 26, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes the head of security at a Las Vegas casino to expose an abusive murderer. Jarod discovers Curious George and Barrel of Monkeys. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Paper Clock" | Gabrielle Beaumont | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | November 2, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes an attorney to help a man wrongly convicted of murder and receives the first picture of his mother from Sidney. Jarod discovers Rubik's Cube. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "To Protect and Serve" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Tommy Thompson | November 9, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes a police officer to catch some corrupt colleagues who framed and murdered a security guard recently reunited with his long-lost father. Miss Parker prevents Jarod from acquiring information about his mother. Jarod discovers donuts and donut holes. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "A Virus Among Us" | Fred K. Keller | Lawrence Meyers | November 16, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes a virologist to avenge the disappearance and death of another. Jarod discovers the bug motel and gives Miss Parker the flu. Sidney must face his own guilt about Jarod. This episode features the fictional "motaba" virus; the disease was originally used in the 1995 film Outbreak, and is classified as a Level Four pathogen both in the movie and in this episode. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Not Even a Mouse" | Thomas J. Wright | Juan Carlos Coto | December 14, 1996 | |
| Jarod becomes a coroner to help expose the truth about the death of a caring homeless man, "Christmas" George, and also to discover the identity of a dead "LGL" ("Little Girl Lost"). Jarod discovers fruitcake and Christmas. Jarod becomes a part of Sidney's and Miss Parker's own Christmases. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Mirage" | Ian Toynton | Tommy Thompson | January 4, 1997 | |
| Jarod infiltrates a Texan skydiving school to investigate one of the owners' death in the desert. Acting on a tip from Jarod, Miss Parker meets a man who knew her mother. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Better Part of Valor" | Anson Williams | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | January 11, 1997 | |
| Jarod is a firefighter to avenge the death of another by arson. The empath Angelo is introduced to help find Jarod. Jarod discovers Instant Cheeze. Miss Parker's private life begins to take precedence over her hunt for Jarod when she runs into a visiting old friend (Anthony Starke), and begins an affair with him. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Potato Head Blues" | Terrence O'Hara | Javier Grillo-Marxuach | January 18, 1997 | |
| Jarod is a member of a bomb squad trying to catch a serial bomber. Jarod discovers Mr. Potato Head. Mr. Raines hunt for the leak within the Center, making Miss Parker, Sidney, and Broots suspect each other. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Prison Story" | Oscar L. Costo | Story by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle and Tommy Thompson Teleplay by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | February 1, 1997 | |
| Jarod impersonates a prison guard to help an innocent man about to be executed. Jarod discovers Slinky. The stress of chasing Jarod catches up with Miss Parker, as she discovers she has an ulcer. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Bazooka Jarod" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Story by : Kimberly Costello and Juan Carlos Coto Teleplay by : Juan Carlos Coto | February 8, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a U.S. Navy officer to expose a crewman's accidental death as murder. Jarod discovers Bazooka chewing gum. Following a lead among her mother's things, Miss Parker discovers her mother saved children from The Centre. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Ranger Jarod" | Ian Toynton | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | February 15, 1997 | |
| On impulse, Jarod joins the search to find a missing person in a mountainous forest region - and falls in love with a fellow volunteer. Jarod discovers The Three Stooges, Star Wars, and has his first sexual relationship. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Jaroldo!" | Terrence O'Hara | Lawrence Meyers | March 8, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a news cameraman to avenge a shot predecessor. Jarod learns about basketball. Trapped together in an abandoned building about to be demolished, Miss Parker and a wounded Sidney bond while Broots frantically searches for them. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Under the Reds" | Charles Siebert | Story by : David Kemper Teleplay by : Javier Grillo-Marxuach & Lawrence Meyers | March 22, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes an EMT, and creates a formula to help two coma victims – a young wrestler and Sydney's twin brother, Jacob. Miss Parker is shocked to discover Sydney has a twin brother, and tricks the center to save him. "SL-27" is first mentioned. Jarod discovers the lucky rabbit's foot. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Keys" | Terrence O'Hara | Story by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle Teleplay by : Juan Carlos Coto | April 5, 1997 | |
| While trying to help a girl orphaned by the man smuggling her into the country, Jarod puts himself into the path of a strong hurricane. His plans are derailed when Miss Parker corners him in the hotel, and the man he was trying to punish escapes his trap. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Unhappy Landings" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Story by : Terri Treas & Michael Zand Teleplay by : Juan Carlos Coto, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Lawrence Meyers | April 26, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a U.S. Marshal to help a witness in an illegal drug trade case. The Centre's other Pretender, Kyle, is introduced. Jarod discovers Spam. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Jarod's Honor" | Terrence O'Hara | Tommy Thompson & Chris Ruppenthal | May 3, 1997 | |
| Jared and Sydney get emails from one another giving them clues to their past. In New Orleans, Jarod discovers a dying hitman, and assumes his identity to save a man and his estranged wife from the rival club owner who put the hit out on them. In Minneapolis, Sydney – traveling with Miss Parker, who is trying to quit cigarettes – learns some startling facts about how his twin brother, Jacob, and the circumstances surrounding his coma. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "Baby Love" | Joe Napolitano | Debra Pratt | May 10, 1997 | |
| While hiding from pursuit, Jarod witnesses a baby being abandoned and goes after the corrupt politician and detective responsible for the attempted murder of both mother and son. Meanwhile Ms. Parker, Sydney and Broots figure out what SL-27 is — a secret level of The Centre, that has been abandoned and sealed off after a fire. Sydney and Miss Parker — who have been lead to believe that Jarod and Kyle, like other children the Centre had taken in, did not have parents — discover that Jared was kidnapped by Sydney's twin brother, Jacob. | ||||||
| 21 22 | 21 22 | "The Dragon House" | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | May 17, 1997 | |
| While posing as a dentist (where he discovers Highlights Magazine), Jarod learns the fate another Pretender Kyle (Jeffrey Donovan), once his friend. Kyle is now an escaped prisoner, sentenced for kidnapping a woman. Jarod impersonates an FBI agent to join in the pursuit. After saving the woman from Kyle, who is taken by Miss Parker and The Centre, she tells Jarod their connection: he and Kyle are actually brothers. They were kidnapped by The Centre as children, and Miss Parkers' mother – an old friend of the woman's from a convent – brought their parents to hide in the woman's farmhouse; they have a younger sister, Emily, who was born after their kidnapping. Jarod rescues Kyle from the Centre, where Dr. Raines was going to lobotomize him; this leads Miss Parker to convince her father about Raines' increasing instability. The woman arranges a short meeting between Jarod and his mother and sister. However, the Centre intercepts the plans, and Jarod only gets to see a glimpse of his mother and sister before Centre sweepers interrupt. Raines corners Jarod in an alley, but before he can shoot him, his oxygen tank is shot and explodes, engulfing him in flames; a ballistics report comes back inconclusive, meaning Sydney, Miss Parker, or Broots are all suspects. | ||||||
Season 2 (1997–98)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | "Back from the Dead Again" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | November 1, 1997 | |
| A month after the events of the first season finale, Mr. Parker goes missing, and is replaced by the mysterious Mr. Lyle and his assistant, Brigitte. Mr. Lyle questions Miss Parker's handling of Jarod's capture, infuriating her on top of her worry for her father. Meanwhile, Jarod becomes an anatomy professor to help a man discover what really happened to his missing brother. He discovers Halloween, and tries to uncover a missing portion of his time at the Centre. For Halloween, Jarod goes trick or treating dressed as the scariest persons he knows – Raines. | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | "Scott Free" | Joe Napolitano | Story by : Juan Carlos Coto & Tommy Thompson Teleplay by : Tommy Thompson | November 8, 1997 | |
| Jarod impersonates a one-armed safe-cracker to help a man (Louis Ferreira) on parole trying to go straight and his young son (Drake Bell). Jarod discovers Wheel-O. Mr. Lyle and Brigitte interfere in Miss Parker's plans to capture Jarod, but ignore the trio's warnings of taking Jarod too lightly. | ||||||
| 25 | 3 | "Over the Edge" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Tony Blake & Paul Jackson | November 15, 1997 | |
| Jarod investigates a supposed suicide attempt by a member of a search and rescue team. Jarod discovers Spider-Man. The Centre hires a forensic psychologist (Sam Anderson) to further investigate who shot at Mr. Raines, further fueling suspicions among Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots. However, his results are mysteriously inconclusive. | ||||||
| 26 | 4 | "Exposed" | Jim Charleston | Tyler Bensinger | November 22, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a fashion photographer to expose a stalker. Following clues left by Jarod, Miss Parker travels to Maine and meets again with the man who knew her mother, who reveals she used to stay with him every April – nine months before Miss Parker's January birthday. | ||||||
| 27 | 5 | "Nip and Tuck" | Michael Lange | Eric Morris | December 6, 1997 | |
| Jarod becomes a cosmetic surgeon to investigate why a girl's face was ruined during a routine procedure. Jarod discovers Play-Doh. | ||||||
| 28 | 6 | "Past Sim" | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | December 13, 1997 | |
| Jarod discovers that one of his last simulations has been exploited by Mr. Lyle to be used as the blueprint in the kidnapping of a witness against a Yakuza boss who killed her son. Posing as a Department of Justice, Jarod sees her kidnapped by Centre sweepers, and contacts Sydney. Mr. Parker mysteriously returns, and Miss Parker is furious to discover Mr. Lyle is associating with organized crime. She teams with an equally-furious Raines — already conspiring with her father behind her back — to try and pocket the payment, and pin the stolen funds on Mr. Lyle. This, plus Jarod's rescue of the witness, turns Mr. Lyle into a Yakuza target, forcing him to disappear from The Centre and go on the run. | ||||||
| 29 | 7 | "Collateral Damage" | Vern Gillum | Harry Dunn | January 3, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes an Army Ranger to investigate the 25-year-old death of a Vietnam soldier whose daughter wants his name cleared of treason. Jarod discovers Jell-O. Broots wins full custody of his daughter from his ex-wife; but when he is called away to assignment, Miss Parker reluctantly agrees to babysit the girl. The experience begins to help her cope with some of the wounds around her mother's death, and open a gift given to her by her mother the day she died. | ||||||
| 30 | 8 | "Hazards" | Chuck Bowman | Story by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle and Juan Carlos Coto Teleplay by : Juan Carlos Coto | January 10, 1998 | |
| Jarod saves the life of a suicidal chemical engineer and then investigates the events behind the deaths of three of the man's co-workers in a chemical accident. Jarod discovers Twinkies. When a mysterious client visits the Centre, Sydney goes on the run. Miss Parker investigates, and discovers that Sydney is a Holocaust survivor; his family was killed, but he and Jacob were saved by the client – a doctor in the concentration camp – for experiments, since they were twins. | ||||||
| 31 | 9 | "F/X" | Vern Gillum | Story by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle and Harry Dunn Teleplay by : Harry Dunn | January 17, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a special effects coordinator to learn the truth about an explosion that injured a stunt driver. Jarod discovers model cars. Jarod sends Miss Parker a tape from the day her mother died, in which she talks with a Dr. Fenigor about her saving Jarod and another boy named Timmy, who was mysteriously discharged the day after the death of Miss Parker's mother. The trio discover that Timmy is actually Angelo, whose mind was destroyed by an experiment of Raines witnessed in horror by Miss Parker's mother. | ||||||
| 32 | 10 | "Indy Show" | Chuck Bowman | Story by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle, Eric Morris, Tommy Thompson Teleplay by : Tommy Thompson | January 31, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a race-car driver to learn about a crash that injured another racer. Jacob awakens from his coma, but is dying from a virus. Sydney and Miss Parker sneak away from the Centre to a cabin Sydney owns to try and get answers about both the death of Miss Parker's mother, and his involvement in Jarod and Kyle's kidnapping; before passing, he gives Sydney a paper reading "GENE" in reference to Jarod. Sydney confesses to him he was the one who shot Raines. | ||||||
| 33 | 11 | "Gigolo Jarod" | Rodney Charters | Tyler Bensinger | February 7, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes an escort, uncovers a wealthy woman's past, learns the truth about a boy's death, and reconnects an estranged couple. Jarod discovers St. Valentine's Day. | ||||||
| 34 | 12 | "Toy Surprise" | Fred K. Keller | Juan Carlos Coto | March 7, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a counselor to a young man who saw his best friend die. On the anniversary of Miss Parker's mother's death, Jarod warns Miss Parker of a planned assassination of her father. She, Sydney, Broots, and Raines become trapped in a sublevel, and she and Broots must escape to stop it. She discovers the assassin is Brigitte. | ||||||
| 35 | 13 | "A Stand Up Guy" | Michael Lange | Tony Blake & Paul Jackson | March 14, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a counterfeiter working with the mob in order to learn the facts about an undercover FBI agent's murder. Miss Parker is assigned by her father to become a "cleaner" again when Mr. Lyle reemerges robbing and murdering workers at a Centre office. Upon a confrontation with him, Miss Parker shoots Mr. Lyle into a river; however, his body is not recovered. | ||||||
| 36 | 14 | "Amnesia" | Steven Long Mitchell | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | March 21, 1998 | |
| Primarily an episode consisting of clips from past episodes. When Jarod miscalculates a pretend, and is muggled left to die, he is rescued by an unstable con artist (Leland Orser) and develops amnesia while recovering. He is rescued but develops amnesia while recovering. Miss Parker, Broots, and Sydney are forcibly dragged into the Centre by Raines and Brigitte, who are convinced one of them is working with Jarod to elude capture. They hold the trio for heavy questioning, where each of them recall memories of him. As Jarod regains his memory, his rescuer plans to turn him into the Centre. However, by the time Brigitte and her team go to capture him, Jarod has escaped once again. | ||||||
| 37 | 15 | "Bulletproof" | Fred K. Keller | Mark M. Dodson | March 28, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a SWAT officer and tries to find a lieutenant's killer. Jarod discovers Chia Pets. Sydney is reconnected with a woman he was once in love with, and learns about the son he never knew he had. | ||||||
| 38 | 16 | "Silence" | Joe Napolitano | Denise Dobbs | April 4, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a DEA psychologist and tries to get a traumatized 5-year-old murder witness to speak out. Jarod discovers chocolate milk. Miss Parker and Sydney search for the identity of another subject of Dr. Raines' experiments who may be out to kill Raines. | ||||||
| 39 | 17 | "Crash" | Scott Lautanen | Tony Blake & Paul Jackson | April 11, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes an NTSB investigator after learning that the young man whom he gave his ticket to has been killed in the crash of the flight he (Jarod) was supposed to have taken. Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots attend a high school reunion and discover some disquieting facts about Mr. Lyle's past. Guest starring Matt Clark, Dann Florek, David Denman, Judith Hoag, James Pickens, Jr., and Justine Miceli. | ||||||
| 40 | 18 | "Stolen" | Scott Lautanen | Story by : Juan Carlos Coto & Ivan Tell Teleplay by : Juan Carlos Coto | May 2, 1998 | |
| Jarod takes the place of a millionaire whose son has been kidnapped and subsequently remembers his own kidnapping. He is captured by Miss Parker, but in-fighting between her team and Mr. Raines' lets him get away. Guest Starring Miguel Sandoval, Scott Jaeck, Francis Guinan, and David Anthony Higgins. | ||||||
| 41 | 19 | "Red Rock Jarod" | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | May 2, 1998 | |
| Jarod is lured to a town in Arizona and is turned over to the still-living Mr. Lyle by two police officers - a man whose wife Mr. Lyle has buried alive in the desert and a woman whose son needs a heart transplant. Kyle is also revealed alive and the brothers rescue the buried woman, but Kyle takes a bullet for Jarod and is killed; his heart is donated to the young man. Guest Starring James Denton, Jeffrey Donovan, John Diehl, and Connie Ray. | ||||||
| 42 | 20 | "Bank" | Michael Lange | Harry Dunn | May 9, 1998 | |
| Jarod and Miss Parker become hostages in a bank robbery; among the other customers is Mr. Fennigor, who gives the two information about their pasts. Miss Parker realizes that her father is deliberately deceiving her. | ||||||
| 43 44 | 21 22 | "Bloodlines" | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | May 16, 1998 | |
| Jarod discovers that something in a person's genes can predispose them to be a Pretender, and tries to prevent Mr. Raines from taking a boy to be trained to replace him. Sydney devises a treatment for Angelo that returns his mind, but removes his empathy/Pretender abilities. Jarod then tries to protect and heal the kidnapped boy, but when the serum designed to undo the damage to the boy's mind is smashed, Angelo willingly gives his last treatment instead and begins to regress to his former self. Miss Parker discovers that she has a twin brother - and it is either Angelo or Mr. Lyle. Sydney plants a bomb in SL-27, but his plan to destroy it backfires when Jarod infiltrates the Centre and is chased down there. | ||||||
Season 3 (1998–99)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | "Crazy" | Fred K. Keller | Story by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle and Lawrence Meyers Teleplay by : Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | October 17, 1998 | |
| Jarod is admitted to an asylum when he seems to have suffered a mental breakdown; when a psychiatrist asks Jarod for his last name, he responds, "I don't know. It changes every week," but is his breakdown real or does it hide an ulterior motive? Miss Parker learns that the returned Mr. Lyle is her twin brother. Sydney has been temporarily blinded. | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | "Hope and Prey" | David Jackson | Juan Carlos Coto | October 24, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a bounty hunter while searching for info about his father. Both he and Miss Parker discover stylized rings of fire in relation to Jarod's father. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Once in a Blue Moon" | Chuck Bowman | Andrew Dettmann & Daniel Truly | October 31, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a criminal profiler when he discovers a young woman's kidnapping is exactly the same as one he helped investigate while at The Centre- the murder of Mr. Raines' daughter, Annie. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | "Someone to Trust" | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | November 7, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a arsonist and befriends his employer's wife, who later tries to frame him for her husband's death in order to claim the estate. Mr. Lyle's mail order bride is murdered and Miss Parker and Broots try to investigate. | ||||||
| 49 | 5 | "Betrayal" | Terrence O'Hara | Mark M. Dodson | November 14, 1998 | |
| When information on some of Jarod's old simulations is stolen and used to kill and the personnel at a Centre info annex are massacred, Broots is targeted for knowing too much. He must team up with Jarod to stop an ex-operative who had a lot to do with Jarod's eventual escape. Jarod ends up shooting and killing the man. | ||||||
| 50 | 6 | "Parole" | Fred K. Keller | Tommy Thompson | November 21, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a parolee to stop a parole officer who is using ex-cons to do home invasions. Sydney is reunited with his son as his old love's husband is dying. | ||||||
| 51 | 7 | "Homefront" | Michael Zinberg | Guy Zimmerman | December 12, 1998 | |
| Jarod becomes a black market arms dealer in order to reunite two children with their mother. | ||||||
| 52 | 8 | "Flesh and Blood" | Rodney Charters | Harry Dunn | January 2, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes an ATF agent and tries to rescue Sydney's son and three others who are taken hostage by an Appalachian militia group, but Mr. Lyle isn't far behind. | ||||||
| 53 | 9 | "Murder 101" | Scott Lautanen | Andrew Dettmann & Daniel Truly | January 9, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a psychology professor and must deal with a group of brilliant but arrogant students in order to learn what happened to his predecessor. | ||||||
| 54 | 10 | "Mr. Lee" | Steven Long Mitchell | Mark M. Dodson | February 6, 1999 | |
| The Centre finds that it may be competing for Jarod's capture with a blind Chinese man who claims he can predict Jarod's next move by speaking to seven people who have come into contact with him. James Hong guest stars. | ||||||
| 55 | 11 | "The Assassin" | Michael Lange | Tommy Thompson | February 6, 1999 | |
| Jarod helps a woman whose children have been abducted, and Miss Parker is attracted to a stranger. | ||||||
| 56 | 12 | "Unsinkable" | Chuck Bowman | Juan Carlos Coto | February 13, 1999 | |
| Bound in chains and thrown off a pier, Jarod recalls the Atlantic City events that led to his current predicament - courtesy of Argyle from Season 2's "Unforgotten". | ||||||
| 57 | 13 | "Pool" | Fred K. Keller | Harry Dunn | February 20, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a pool shark in order to help a young singer, Billie (Jennifer Garner), and to settle a score with a wealthy bigot. | ||||||
| 58 | 14 | "At the Hour of Our Death" | Steven Long Mitchell | Mark M. Dodson | February 27, 1999 | |
| Jarod and Miss Parker each face simultaneous life-threatening experiences: Jarod is seriously injured in a plane crash and Miss Parker is rushed to the ER when her stomach ulcer perforates ... but both remember an incident from their childhood at The Centre involving a dying girl named Faith. | ||||||
| 59 | 15 | "Countdown" | Chuck Bowman | Andrew Dettmann & Daniel Truly | March 20, 1999 | |
| Jarod goes to a Mexican prison to arrange for an inmate to donate a kidney to a son he didn't know existed. | ||||||
| 60 | 16 | "P.T.B." | Krishna Rao | Juan Carlos Coto | April 3, 1999 | |
| Jarod tries to help a radio talk-show host (Bryan Cranston) who's on the run from a mysterious stalker. Miss Parker must decide whether or not to leave The Centre and join Thomas, who is moving to Oregon. | ||||||
| 61 | 17 | "Ties That Bind" | Fred K. Keller | Dave Alan Johnson | April 10, 1999 | |
| Jarod befriends a runaway youth and Miss Parker announces her intentions concerning The Centre. | ||||||
| 62 | 18 | "Wake Up" | Michael J. Klick | Tommy Thompson | May 1, 1999 | |
| Jarod and Miss Parker meet up in order to find the "missing pieces" involved with Thomas' murder. | ||||||
| 63 | 19 | "End Game" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Juan Carlos Coto | May 8, 1999 | |
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Jarod becomes a police detective and investigates the abduction of a teenage chess expert. This episode begins a crossover with Profiler that concludes on "Grand Master". | ||||||
| 64 | 20 | "Qallupilluit" | Rodney Charters | Mark M. Dodson | May 22, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a climatologist and journeys to an arctic research station to find his father, unaware that it's operated by The Centre. | ||||||
| 65 66 | 21 22 | "Donoterase" | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | May 22, 1999 | |
| Jarod and his father are finally reunited, but assassins from The Centre are on their trail. Jarod and his father later team up to rescue the clone created by the Centre's project, and Miss Parker learns more about her mother's murder. | ||||||
Season 4 (1999–2000)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | "The World's Changing" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | September 25, 1999 | |
| Jarod is recaptured by The Centre but escapes a mysterious new Centre adversary (Tobin Bell), and tries to save the lives of two researchers. Miss Parker recovers from being wounded. | ||||||
| 68 | 2 | "Survival" | Terrence O'Hara | Mark M. Dodson | October 2, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a investigator in the army investigating a soldier's supposed suicide during isolation training. Miss Parker and Mr. Lyle are contained elsewhere. | ||||||
| 69 | 3 | "Angel's Flight" | Chuck Bowman | Tommy Thompson | October 30, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a San Francisco police detective and tries to find a teen who has disappeared. Miss Parker wonders about a Centre newcomer. | ||||||
| 70 | 4 | "Risque Business" | Terrence O'Hara | Andrew Dettmann & Daniel Truly | November 6, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a sex therapist and tries to investigate the circumstances surrounding an attack on a female therapist. | ||||||
| 71 | 5 | "Road Trip" | Fred K. Keller | Andrew Dettmann & Daniel Truly | November 13, 1999 | |
| Jarod befriends a woman on the run. Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots embark on a movie-inspired expedition. During the trip Jarod becomes a policeman and an aerospace engineer. | ||||||
| 72 | 6 | "Extreme" | Scott Lautanen | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | December 4, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes an extreme sportsman and investigates the events that left a bungee jumper in a coma. Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots follow a Let's Make a Deal series of clues. | ||||||
| 73 | 7 | "Wild Child" | Michael J. Klick | Joel Metzger | December 11, 1999 | |
| Jarod becomes a psychiatrist to learn the identity of a feral child found in the forest, and the circumstances surrounding her ordeal. | ||||||
| 74 | 8 | "Rules of Engagement" | Rodney Charters | Ethan Lawrence | January 8, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a FBI hostage negotiator and deals with two brothers who have taken over a hospital. Miss Parker tries to help her father, who is in hiding. Jarod discovers the Tooth fairy. | ||||||
| 75 | 9 | "'Til Death Do Us Part" | Craig W. Van Sickle | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | January 15, 2000 | |
| Jarod gives Miss Parker information that may help her solve Thomas's murder; meanwhile, a killing at The Centre casts doubt on Mr. Parker. | ||||||
| 76 | 10 | "Spin Doctor" | Fred K. Keller | Juan Carlos Coto | February 5, 2000 | |
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Jarod becomes a Secret Service agent working with Rachel and Bailey, to solve the murder of the man who helped in his initial escape from The Centre. This episode begins a crossover with Profiler that concludes on "Clean Sweep". | ||||||
| 77 | 11 | "Cold Dick" | Steven Long Mitchell | Juan Carlos Coto | February 12, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a Las Vegas PI searching for a missing showgirl, while Ms. Parker, Broots, and Mr. Raines end up in a wild predicament. | ||||||
| 78 | 12 | "Lifeline" | Jon Koslowsky | Juan Carlos Coto | February 19, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a bodyguard for a gunworks owner and his fiancée, who's hiding a couple of secrets. | ||||||
| 79 | 13 | "Ghosts From the Past" | Michael T. Weiss | Mark M. Dodson | February 26, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a member of a racist group; Angelo is convinced that someone from Jarod's past is out to kill him. | ||||||
| 80 | 14 | "The Agent of Year Zero" | Rodney Charters | Story by : Tommy Thompson Teleplay by : Drew Hammond & Tommy Thompson | March 11, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a Government agent and helps a visually impaired Cambodian woman who accidentally encounters the person responsible for the killing of her family. | ||||||
| 81 | 15 | "Junk" | Michael Zinberg | Harry Dunn | March 25, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a drug addict to help a mother who was once addicted and is now in rehab, but doesn't understand how she got there. | ||||||
| 82 | 16 | "School Daze" | Jon Gries | Andrew Dettmann & Daniel Truly | April 22, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a sixth-grade teacher to help a young murder witness. Miss Parker is reunited with a woman from her past. | ||||||
| 83 | 17 | "Meltdown" | Krishna Rao | Ethan Lawrence | April 29, 2000 | |
| Jarod becomes a agent with the TXBI and poses as a gang member to find a little girl's killer. Miss Parker tries to learn about a project concerning her late mother. | ||||||
| 84 | 18 | "Corn Man A Comin" | Steven Long Mitchell | Mark M. Dodson | May 6, 2000 | |
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After buying a camcorder at a pawn shop, Jarod tries to find the mother and daughter on the tape, which ends with them in peril, while Miss Parker keeps digging for the truth about her mother's murder. The episode is also a crossover with Profiler which finishes in "Pianissimo". | ||||||
| 85 86 | 19 20 | "The Inner Sense" | Fred K. Keller | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | May 13, 2000 | |
| Jarod is contacted by his father, who tells him where to locate his sister; he then finds out that he might have another sibling. Facts are revealed concerning Even and Mr. Raines, leading to Zoe's kidnapping. Miss Parker finds out the truth about her mother's death, and the series ends with a cliffhanger. | ||||||
Television films (2001)
| Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pretender 2001 | Frederick King Keller | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | January 22, 2001 |
| The Pretender: Island of the Haunted | Frederick King Keller | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | December 10, 2001 |
External links
- The Pretender – list of episodes at IMDb
- List of The Pretender episodes at TV.com
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