The Pretender season 1 - Metacritic

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NBC
Sep 19, 1996

NBC
Sep 19, 1996

The Pretender

Summary The Pretender is the story of Jarod, a boy-genius taken from his family as a child. Jarod possesses the ability to quickly learn and impersonate different jobs and occupations. His abductors, a facility simply known as The Centre, tested his abilities through various simulations. But after years of these performances, Jarod becomes ...

Created By: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle

NBC
Sep 19, 1996

NBC
Sep 19, 1996

Season 1

Season Premiere: Sep 19, 1996

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Summary The Pretender is the story of Jarod, a boy-genius taken from his family as a child. Jarod possesses the ability to quickly learn and impersonate different jobs and occupations. His abductors, a facility simply known as The Centre, tested his abilities through various simulations. But after years of these performances, Jarod becomes ...

Created By: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 1996 • 43 m

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.

Episode 2 • Sep 28, 1996 • 47 m

Every Picture Tells a Story

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

Episode 3 • Oct 19, 1996 • 47 m

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

Episode 4 • Oct 26, 1996 • 47 m

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

Episode 5 • Nov 2, 1996 • 47 m

The Paper Clock

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

Episode 6 • Nov 9, 1996 • 47 m

To Serve and Protect

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.

Episode 7 • Nov 16, 1996 • 47 m

A Virus Among Us

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.

Episode 8 • Dec 14, 1996 • 47 m

Not Even a Mouse

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

Episode 9 • Jan 4, 1997 • 47 m

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

Episode 10 • Jan 11, 1997 • 47 m

The Better Part of Valor

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

Episode 11 • Jan 18, 1997 • 47 m

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

Episode 12 • Feb 1, 1997 • 47 m

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.

Episode 13 • Feb 8, 1997 • 47 m

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.

Episode 14 • Feb 15, 1997 • 47 m

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.

Episode 15 • Mar 8, 1997 • 46 m

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.

Episode 16 • Mar 22, 1997 • 47 m

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.

Episode 17 • Apr 5, 1997 • 47 m

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.

Episode 18 • Apr 26, 1997 • 47 m

Unhappy Landings

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

Episode 19 • May 3, 1997 • 47 m

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.

Episode 20 • May 10, 1997 • 47 m

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.

Episode 21 • May 17, 1997 • 46 m

Dragon House: Part 1

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

Episode 22 • May 17, 1997 • 46 m

Dragon House: Part 2

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

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