The Pretender

Name: The Pretender
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1996-09-19
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries

ENDED4 Seasons86 Episodes★ 7.4

The Pretender is a drama and mystery series on NBC that ran from 1996 to 2000, ending after 4 seasons and 86 episodes.

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NetworkNBC

First AiredSep 19, 1996

Last AiredMay 13, 2000

GenreDrama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime43 min

Created ByCraig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

Production20th Century Fox Television, NBC Studios, MTM Enterprises

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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Cast

Michael T. Weiss

Jarod

Andrea Parker

Miss Parker/Catherine Parker

Patrick Bauchau

Sydney/Jacob

Jon Gries

Broots

Seasons & Episodes4 seasons · 86 episodes

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E1The World's Changing

Sep 25, 199943m★ 8.7

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.

E2Survival

Oct 2, 199943m★ 8.0

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.

E3Angel's Flight

Oct 30, 199943m★ 7.7

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.

E4Risque Business

Nov 6, 199943m

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.

E5Road Trip

Nov 13, 199943m★ 8.7

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'.

E6Extreme

Dec 4, 199943m★ 8.3

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.

E7Wild Child

Dec 11, 199943m★ 8.7

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.

E8Rules of Engagement

Jan 8, 200043m★ 8.3

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

E9'Til Death Do Us Part

Jan 15, 200043m★ 8.7

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.

E10Spin Doctor (I)

Feb 5, 200043m★ 8.7

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).

E11Cold Dick

Feb 12, 200043m★ 7.7

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...

E12Lifeline

Feb 19, 200043m★ 8.3

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.

E13Ghosts From The Past

Feb 26, 200043m★ 7.0

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.

E14The Agent Of Year Zero

Mar 11, 200043m★ 7.7

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.

E15Junk

Mar 25, 200043m★ 7.7

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.

E16School Daze

Apr 22, 200043m★ 8.0

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.

E17Meltdown

Apr 29, 200043m★ 8.3

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.

E18Corn Man A Comin'

May 6, 200043m★ 8.3

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.

E19The Inner Sense (1)

May 13, 200043m★ 8.7

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.

E20The Inner Sense (2)

May 13, 200043m★ 8.7

About The Pretender

The Pretender is a drama, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy series on NBC. The show first aired on Sep 19, 1996 and currently has 4 seasons and 86 episodes. The Pretender has ended. It has a rating of 7.4/10 based on 228 votes. The cast includes Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries. Created by Craig W. Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell.