• 1996
  • TV-14
  • 1h
The Pretender

Summary A specially gifted man, with the ability to instantly master any skill, escapes from a secret testing facility and travels the country taking on different jobs and helping strangers while hiding from his kidnappers. View more details

  • 1996
  • TV-14
  • 1h

The Pretender

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jon Gries Michael T. Weiss Andrea Parker Patrick Bauchau

All cast & crew

7.5

Details

Genres : Action Thriller Mystery Sci-Fi Drama

Release date : Sep 18, 1996

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : New episodes? (2020) Official Online Team

Language : English

Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Production companies : 20th Century Fox Television MTM Entertainment MTM Enterprises

Summary A specially gifted man, with the ability to instantly master any skill, escapes from a secret testing facility and travels the country taking on different jobs and helping strangers while hiding from his kidnappers. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Thriller Mystery Sci-Fi Drama

Release date : Sep 18, 1996

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : New episodes? (2020) Official Online Team

Language : English

Filming locations : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Production companies : 20th Century Fox Television MTM Entertainment MTM Enterprises

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 18, 1996
Pilot
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 27, 1996
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 18, 1996
Flyer
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 25, 1996
Curious Jarod
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 01, 1996
The Paper Clock
Jarod joins a high powered law firm to free a man framed for murder.
Episode 6 • Nov 08, 1996
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 15, 1996
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 13, 1996
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 03, 1997
Mirage
Jerod poses as a parachute jump instructor to take down a murderer.
Episode 10 • Jan 10, 1997
The Better Part of Valor
Jarod joins a firefighting company to determine if a firefighter's death was due to arson.
Episode 11 • Jan 17, 1997
Bomb Squad
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 • Jan 31, 1997
Prison Story
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 07, 1997
Bazooka Jarod
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 14, 1997
Ranger Jarod
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 07, 1997
Jaroldo!
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 21, 1997
Under the Reds
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 04, 1997
Keys
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 25, 1997
Unhappy Landings
Jarod becomes a U.S. Marshal to find who killed a witness who was under the Marshals' protection.
Episode 19 • May 02, 1997
Jarod's Honor
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 09, 1997
Baby Love
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 16, 1997
Dragon House: Part 1
Jarod poses as a Federal agent to help his childhood friend, Kyle, who's now a fugitive.
Episode 22 • May 16, 1997
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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