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The Pretender - Episode Guide

Season 1

Pilot

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 19, 1996

Pilot

Jarod poses as a doctor to help a boy whose spinal cord was severed.

Every Picture Tells a Story

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1996

Every Picture Tells a Story

To help the widow and daughter of a drowned fisherman, Jarod joins the Coast Guard.

Flyer

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1996

Flyer

While posing as a test pilot, Jarod tries to find out the circumstances surrounding the death of an Air Force lieutenant killed in a crash.

Curious Jarod

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1996

Curious Jarod

In Las Vegas, Jarod uncovers a casino's cash leak, becomes security chief and tries to learn the facts behind a showgirl's assault.

The Paper Clock

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1996

The Paper Clock

Jarod poses as a lawyer in order to help a wrongly convicted, mentally challenged janitor who's serving time.

To Serve and Protect

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1996

To Serve and Protect

To solve the killing of a security guard in a robbery, Jarod poses as a policeman.

A Virus Among Us

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1996

A Virus Among Us

In the guise of a virologist, Jarod tries to find a missing scientist.

Not Even a Mouse

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1996

Not Even a Mouse

Posing as a medical examiner, Jarod tries to solve the murder of a homeless person.

Mirage

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1997

Mirage

While posing as a sky-diving instructor, Jarod investigates the death of the company's co-owner.

The Better Part of Valor

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1997

The Better Part of Valor

Jarod poses as a fireman to uncover an arson plot and the true circumstances surrounding a firefighter's death.

Bomb Squad

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1997

Bomb Squad

As a member of a bomb squad, Jarod attempts to piece together clues to identify the "fax bomber."

Prison Story

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1997

Prison Story

Jarod poses as a penitentiary guard in order to try to prove the innocence of a prisoner scheduled to be executed for killing another inmate.

Bazooka Jarod

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1997

Bazooka Jarod

Lt. Cdr. Jarod goes to Long Beach, where he investigates a petty officer's death aboard a destroyer.

Ranger Jarod

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1997

Ranger Jarod

Posing as a forest ranger, Jarod joins the search for a missing ornithology student and also finds himself falling in love for the first time.

Jaroldo!

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1997

Jaroldo!

While posing as a TV-news cameraman, Jarod discovers the true details of a shooting that left his predecessor incapacitated.

Under the Reds

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1997

Under the Reds

In Atlanta, Jarod is an ambulance attendant who uncovers an insurance scam between a driver and a doctor.

Keys

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1997

Keys

Miss Parker catches up to Jarod in Florida---during a hurricane---and winds up involved in his efforts to thwart a corrupt marine-patrol officer and tend to an orphaned girl with a high fever.

Unhappy Landings

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: Apr 26, 1997

Unhappy Landings

Jarod is a U.S. Marshal trying to ensure the safety of a witness in a drug case.

Jarod's Honor

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: May 3, 1997

Jarod's Honor

Posing as a hit man, Jarod is hired to kill a jazz-club owner and his wife. Meanwhile, Sydney and Miss Parker attend a twins convention.

Baby Love

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: May 10, 1997

Baby Love

After finding a baby in a dumpster, Jarod cares for the child while trying to determine why he was left there.

The Dragon House (1)

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: May 17, 1997

The Dragon House (1)

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

The Dragon House (2)

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: May 17, 1997

The Dragon House (2)

While helping an old friend, Jarod finds a link to his mother and discovers that he's not an only child.

Season 2

Scott Free

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1997

Scott Free

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

Over the Edge

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1997

Over the Edge

Jarod investigates an apparent suicide attempt by a member of a search-and-rescue team.

Exposed

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1997

Exposed

Posing as a photographer, Jarod tries to track down a stalker who harasses models. And Miss Parker discovers more about her parents.

Nip and Tuck

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1997

Nip and Tuck

Working as a plastic surgeon, Jarod discovers the truth about a singer's botched operation.

Past Sim

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1997

Past Sim

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.

Collateral Damage

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1998

Collateral Damage

Jarod poses as an Army Ranger to investigate the 25-year-old death of a Vietnam vet whose daughter wants his name cleared.

Hazards

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1998

Hazards

Following a deadly chemical accident, Jarod saves the life of a suicidal engineer who blames himself for three co-workers' deaths.

F/X

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1998

F/X

Jarod poses as a special-effects coordinator to try and learn the truth about an explosion that injured a stunt driver.

Indy Show

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1998

Indy Show

Jarod poses as a race-car driver to learn about a crash that injured a racer. Meanwhile, Sydney brings his brother home from the hospital.

Gigolo Jarod

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1998

Gigolo Jarod

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.

Toy Surprise

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1998

Toy Surprise

Jarod warns Miss Parker that someone is going to kill her father. He also tries to help a teen who blames himself for a friend's death.

A Stand Up Guy

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1998

A Stand Up Guy

Jarod poses as a counterfeiter working with mobsters in order to learn the facts about an FBI agent's murder. Meanwhile, Miss Parker goes after Mr. Lyle, who was thought to be dead.

Unforgotten

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Mar 21, 1998

Unforgotten

While an eccentric holds Jarod captive, the Centre interrogates Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots.

Bulletproof

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Mar 28, 1998

Bulletproof

SWAT officer Jarod tries to find a lieutenant's killer; Sydney searches for someone close to him.

Silence

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Apr 4, 1998

Silence

As a DEA psychiatrist, Jarod tries to get a traumatized 5-year-old murder witness to speak.

Crash

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Apr 11, 1998

Crash

Jarod investigates the crash of an airplane on which he'd given his seat to a student.

Stolen

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: May 2, 1998

Stolen

Jarod takes the place of a millionaire whose son has been kidnapped, in order to negotiate with the kidnapper.

Red Rock Jarod

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: May 2, 1998

Red Rock Jarod

A message supposedly from Jarod begins an adventure that sees him taken prisoner and soon reveals that two people who were believed killed are alive.

Bank

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: May 9, 1998

Bank

Jarod and Miss Parker become hostages in a bank robbery, and among the other customers is a stranger who holds a key to their pasts.

Bloodlines (1)

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: May 16, 1998

Bloodlines (1)

Jarod tries to prevent the Centre from taking a boy to be trained to be another pretender.

Bloodlines (2)

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: May 16, 1998

Bloodlines (2)

As Jarod tries to protect a boy, Miss Parker discovers that she has a twin brother.

Season 3

Crazy

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1998

Crazy

Jarod is confined to an asylum and Miss Parker learns the identity of her brother.

Hope and Prey

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1998

Hope and Prey

Jarod gets closer to learning his father's identity after he meets a man whose life Jarod's father once saved.

Once in a Blue Moon

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1998

Once in a Blue Moon

In order to try to find a kidnapped girl before she's killed, Jarod launches into a battle of wills with a kidnapper whose capture he caused without managing to save the victim.

Someone to Trust

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Nov 7, 1998

Someone to Trust

Jarod poses as a professional arsonist to expose a corrupt lawyer, only to find himself falling for the lawyer's wife.

Betrayal

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1998

Betrayal

Jarod and Broots team up to try to prevent an act of terrorism that's being planned by an old enemy of Jarod's.

Parole

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1998

Parole

Jarod poses as an ex-con in order to find a parolee's killer. Meanwhile, Sydney is reunited with some people from his past.

Homefront

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1998

Homefront

Jarod poses as an arms dealer, in order to try to reunite two children with their mother.

Flesh and Blood

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Jan 2, 1999

Flesh and Blood

Jarod tries to rescue Sydney's son and three others who are taken hostage by a militia group.

Murder 101

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Jan 9, 1999

Murder 101

Jarod poses as a psychology professor in order to learn what happened to his predecessor.

Mr. Lee

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1999

Mr. Lee

A visually impaired man insists that he will find Jarod if he's able to speak to seven people who have crossed paths with the elusive quarry.

The Assassin

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1999

The Assassin

Jarod helps a woman whose children have been abducted. Meanwhile, Miss Parker is attracted to a stranger.

Unsinkable

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1999

Unsinkable

Bound in chains and thrown off a pier, Jarod recalls the Atlantic City events that led to his current predicament.

Pool

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1999

Pool

Jarod becomes a pool player in order to help a young singer and to settle a score with a wealthy bigot.

At the Hour of Our Death

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1999

At the Hour of Our Death

Jarod and Miss Parker each face life-threatening experiences after his plane crashes and she's rushed to an ER.

Countdown

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Mar 20, 1999

Countdown

Jarod goes to a Mexican prison, in order to arrange for an inmate to donate a kidney to a son he didn't know existed.

P.T.B.

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Apr 3, 1999

P.T.B.

Jarod tries to help a radio talk-show host, who's on the run from a mysterious stalker. Meanwhile, Miss Parker must decide whether to leave the Centre and join Thomas, who's moving to Oregon.

Ties That Bind

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Apr 10, 1999

Ties That Bind

Jarod befriends a runaway youth. Meanwhile, Miss Parker announces her intentions concerning the Centre.

Wake Up

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: May 1, 1999

Wake Up

Jarod and Miss Parker meet---more than once---in order to try to find the "missing pieces" involved with a murder.

End Game

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: May 8, 1999

End Game

While posing as a police detective, Jarod investigates the abduction of a teenage chess expert, and Sam of "Profiler" is called in to assist on the case.

Qallupilluit

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: May 22, 1999

Qallupilluit

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.

DoNotErase (1)

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: May 22, 1999

DoNotErase (1)

Jarod and his father are finally reunited. However, assassins from the Centre are hot on their trail.

DoNotErase (2)

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: May 22, 1999

DoNotErase (2)

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

Season 4

The World's Changing

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1999

The World's Changing

Jarod is a prisoner of the Centre, but he escapes to try to save the lives of two researchers. Meanwhile, Miss Parker is recovering from being wounded.

Survival

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1999

Survival

As Miss Parker and Mr. Lyle struggle to survive in a trap that he set for them, Jarod investigates a soldier's supposed suicide during isolation training.

Angel's Flight

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1999

Angel's Flight

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.

Risque Business

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1999

Risque Business

Jarod poses as a sex therapist, in order to try to find out the circumstances surrounding an attack on a female therapist.

Road Trip

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1999

Road Trip

While Jarod befriends a woman on the run, Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots embark on a movie-inspired expedition.

Extreme

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1999

Extreme

Jarod investigates the events that left a bungee jumper in a coma; meanwhile, Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots follow a "Let's Make a Deal" series of clues.

Wild Child

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1999

Wild Child

Jarod poses as a psychiatrist, in order to try to learn the identity of a "wild child" found in the forest and the circumstances surrounding her ordeal.

Rules of Engagement

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Jan 8, 2000

Rules of Engagement

While FBI hostage negotiator Jarod deals with two brothers who have taken over a hospital, Miss Parker tries to help her father, who's in hiding.

'Til Death Do Us Part

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Jan 15, 2000

'Til Death Do Us Part

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

Spin Doctor

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Feb 5, 2000

Spin Doctor

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.

Cold Dick

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2000

Cold Dick

In the style of old detective movies, Jarod poses as a Las Vegas PI searching for a missing showgirl.

Lifeline

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Feb 19, 2000

Lifeline

Jarod becomes a bodyguard for a gunworks owner and his fiancée, who's hiding a couple of secrets.

Ghosts From the Past

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Feb 26, 2000

Ghosts From the Past

While Jarod poses as a member of a racist group, Angelo is convinced that someone from Jarod's past is out to kill him.

The Agent of Year Zero

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Mar 11, 2000

The Agent of Year Zero

Jarod poses as a Government agent in order to help a visually impaired Cambodian woman who accidentally encounters the colonel responsible for the killing of her family.

Junk

Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2000

Junk

Jarod poses as a drug addict to help a mother who was once addicted and is now in rehab, but doesn't understand how she got there.

School Daze

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2000

School Daze

Jarod poses as a sixth-grade teacher to help a young murder witness; in another plotline, Miss Parker is reunited with a woman from her past.

Meltdown

Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2000

Meltdown

While Jarod plays gang member, attempting to find a little girl's killer, Miss Parker tries to learn about a project concerning her late mother.

Corn Man A Comin

Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: May 6, 2000

Corn Man A Comin

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.

The Inner Sense (1)

Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: May 13, 2000

The Inner Sense (1)

The fourth-season finale has Jarod being contacted by his father, who tells him where to locate his sister.

The Inner Sense (2)

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: May 13, 2000

The Inner Sense (2)

Facts become clearer concerning Ethan and Mr. Raines; Zoe is kidnapped.

The Pretender 2001

Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Jan 22, 2001 (120 min)

The Pretender 2001

Jarod reunites with two old friends and unleashes some powerful Centre revelations. Also Jarod and Miss Parker learn more about their pasts.

The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: Dec 10, 2001 (120 min)

The Pretender: Island of the Haunted

Through a series of bizarre circumstances, Jarod and Miss Parker find themselves trapped together on a strange island in a life and death situation, out of which come some of the most important revelations about their pasts.

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