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The Pretender

“Hero of a thousand faces. Man of a thousand lives.”

199643m / epDrama · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

First aired

September 19, 1996

7.4

TMDB Score

74% match · 222 votes

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S01 · E01

Pilot

Season 1 · Sep 19, 1996 · 43m

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E01Playing

Pilot

Sep 19, 1996 · 43m

E02▶

Every Picture Tells A Story

Sep 28, 1996 · 43m

E03▶

Flyer

Oct 19, 1996 · 43m

E04▶

Curious Jarod

Oct 26, 1996 · 43m

E05▶

The Paper Clock

Nov 2, 1996 · 43m

E06▶

To Protect and Serve

Nov 9, 1996 · 43m

E07▶

A Virus Among Us

Nov 16, 1996 · 43m

E08▶

Not Even A Mouse

Dec 14, 1996 · 43m

E09▶

Mirage

Jan 4, 1997 · 43m

E10▶

Better Part Of Valor

Jan 11, 1997 · 43m

E11▶

Bomb Squad

Jan 18, 1997 · 43m

E12▶

Prison Story

Feb 1, 1997 · 43m

E13▶

Bazooka Jarod

Feb 8, 1997 · 43m

E14▶

Ranger Jarod

Feb 15, 1997 · 43m

E15▶

Jaroldo!

Mar 8, 1997 · 43m

E16▶

Under The Reds

Mar 22, 1997 · 43m

E17▶

Keys

Apr 5, 1997 · 43m

E18▶

Unhappy Landings

Apr 26, 1997 · 43m

E19▶

Jarod's Honor

May 3, 1997 · 43m

E20▶

Baby Love

May 10, 1997 · 43m

E21▶

The Dragon House (1)

May 17, 1997 · 43m

E22▶

The Dragon House (2)

May 17, 1997 · 43m

New York, New York - Miss Parker and Sydney find they had just missed Jarod helping a tanker ship in Alaska. Jarod is now posing as a doctor to uncover the truth behind an operation that resulted in a boy becoming paraplegic. Jarod also befriends a sicilian woman who has trouble with (ahem) bowel movements. This episode does not feature Jon Gries as Broots, as his character was introduced in Season 1 after the Pilot episode.

About the Series

DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

Synopsis

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.

CreatorsCraig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell