The Pretender is a television series that originally ran on NBC for four seasons between 1996 and 2000.
Season 1
Pic | Title | Original Airdate | # | ||
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File:Pilot (The Pretender).jpg | Pilot | September 19, 1996 | 03101 | ||
Jarod pretends to be a doctor to avenge a crippled boy. | |||||
File:Every Picture Tells a Story (The Pretender).jpg | Every Picture Tells a Story | September 28, 1996 | 03102 | ||
Jarod joins the U.S. Coast Guard to avenge a drowning. | |||||
File:Flyer (The Pretender).jpg | Flyer | October 19, 1996 | 03106 | ||
Jarod pretends to be a test pilot to avenge another test pilot's death. | |||||
File:Curious Jarod (The Pretender).jpg | Curious Jarod | October 26, 1996 | 03103 | ||
Jarod goes to Las Vegas to expose an abusive murderer and is introduced to an Elvis impersonator. | |||||
File:The Paper Clock (The Pretender).jpg | The Paper Clock | November 2, 1996 | 03104 | ||
Jarod becomes a lawyer to help a retarded man wrongly convicted of a crime in order to cover for another. | |||||
File:To Serve and Protect (The Pretender).jpg | To Serve and Protect | November 9, 1996 | 03107 | ||
Jarod pretends to be a cop to catch some corrupt ones, and to clear the name of a security guard who was reciently reunited with his long lost father. | |||||
File:A Virus Among Us (The Pretender).jpg | A Virus Among Us | November 16, 1996 | 03108 | ||
Jarod becomes a virologist to avenge the death of a scientist. | |||||
File:Not Even a Mouse (The Pretender).jpg | Not Even a Mouse | December 14, 1996 | 03109 | ||
Jarod helps expose the truth about the death of a giving homeless man, Christmas George. | |||||
File:Mirage (The Pretender).jpg | Mirage | January 4, 1997 | 03111 | ||
Jarod infiltrates a Texas skydiving school to investigate the death of one of the owners. | |||||
File:Better Part of Valor (The Pretender).jpg | Better Part of Valor | January 11, 1997 | 03110 | ||
Jarod is a firefighter avenging an arson death. | |||||
File:Bomb Squad (The Pretender).jpg | Bomb Squad | January 18, 1997 | 03112 | ||
Jarod is a member of the bomb squad to catch a serial bomber. | |||||
File:Prison Story (The Pretender).jpg | Prison Story | February 1, 1997 | 03113 | ||
Jarod is a prison guard to help stave off an execution. | |||||
File:Bazooka Jarod (The Pretender).jpg | Bazooka Jarod | February 8, 1997 | 03115 | ||
Jarod becomes a U.S. Navy officer and discovers Bazooka bubble gum. | |||||
File:Ranger Jarod (The Pretender).jpg | Ranger Jarod | February 15, 1997 | 03116 | ||
Jarod becomes a park ranger to help find a missing person. | |||||
File:Jaroldo (The Pretender).jpg | Jaroldo | March 8, 1997 | 03114 | ||
Jarod becomes a news cameraman to avenge a shot predecesor. | |||||
File:Under the Reds (The Pretender).jpg | Under the Reds | March 22, 1997 | 03119 | ||
Jarod becomes an EMT and tries to help a boy in a coma. | |||||
File:Keys (The Pretender).jpg | Keys | April 5, 1997 | 03117 | ||
While trapped in a hurricane, Miss Parker finally has Jarod, but not for long. | |||||
File:Unhappy Landings (The Pretender).jpg | Unhappy Landings | April 26, 1997 | 03118 | ||
Jarod becomes a U.S. Marshal to help a witness in a drug cartel case. | |||||
File:Jarod's Honor (The Pretender).jpg | Jarod's Honor | May 3, 1997 | 03121 | ||
Jarod poses as a hit man to save a man and his wife from rival club owner. | |||||
File:Baby Love (The Pretender).jpg | Baby Love | May 10, 1997 | 03120 | ||
Jarod discovers an abandoned baby and throws the person responsible in the garbage. | |||||
File:Dragon House (Part 1) (The Pretender).jpg | Dragon House (Part 1) | May 17, 1997 | 03122 | ||
Jarod tries to find an old friend from The Centre, only to discover that it is his brother. | |||||
File:Dragon House (Part 2) (The Pretender).jpg | Dragon House (Part 2) | May 17, 1997 | 03122 | ||
Jarod rescues his brother, who then dies (supposedly) in an explosion. |
Season 2
Pic | Title | Original Airdate | # | ||
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File:Back From the Dead Again (The Pretender).jpg | Back From the Dead Again | November 1, 1997 | 03201 | ||
Jarod becomes an anatomy professor to help a man discover what happened to his brother. | |||||
File:Scott Free (The Pretender).jpg | Scott Free | November 8, 1997 | 03202 | ||
Jarod becomess a one-armed safe cracker to help a parolee and his son. | |||||
File:Over the Edge (The Pretender).jpg | Over the Edge | November 15, 1997 | 03203 | ||
Jarod investigates an apparent suicide attempt by a member of a search-and-rescue team and helps to expose a harasser. | |||||
File:Exposed (The Pretender).jpg | Exposed | November 22, 1997 | 03204 | ||
Jarod beceomes a fashion photographer to expose a stalker. | |||||
File:Nip and Tuck (The Pretender).jpg | Nip and Tuck | December 6, 1997 | 03205 | ||
Jarod becomes a cosmetic surgeon to help a girl save her face. | |||||
File:Past Sim (The Pretender).jpg | Past Sim | December 13, 1997 | 03206 | ||
Jarod discovers his past rescue simulation is exploited by Mr. Lyle, who promptly learns what trouble that can cause. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Collateral Damage | January 3, 1998 | 03207 | ||
Jarod becomes an Army Ranger to investigate the 25-year-old death of a Vietnam Vet whose daughter wants his name cleared. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Hazards | January 10, 1998 | 03208 | ||
Jarod saves the life of a suicidal chemical engineer who blames himself for three co-workers' deaths in a chemical accident. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | FX | January 17, 1998 | 03209 | ||
Jarod becomes a special-effects coordinator to try and learn the truth about an explosion that injured a stunt driver. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Indy Show | January 31, 1998 | 03210 | ||
Jarod becomes a race-car driver to learn about a crash that injured a racer. | |||||
File:Gigolo Jarod (The Pretender).jpg | Gigolo Jarod | February 7, 1998 | 03211 | ||
Jarod becomes an escort and uncovers a wealthy woman's past, learns the truth about an 8-year-old's death, and plays Cupid for an estranged couple. | |||||
File:Toy Surprise (The Pretender).jpg | Toy Surprise | March 7, 1998 | 03212 | ||
Miss Parker learns of a planned assassination of her father, while discovering more from her past. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | A Stand Up Guy | March 14, 1998 | 03213 | ||
Jarod becomes a counterfeiter working the mob in order to learn the facts about an FBI agent's murder. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Unforgotten | March 21, 1998 | 03214 | ||
Jarod develops amnesia, meanwhile Miss Parker and her team answer questions at a T-Board. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Bulletproof | March 28, 1998 | 03215 | ||
Jarod become a SWAT officer and tries to find a lieutenant's killer, meanwhile Sydney searches for someone close to him. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Silence | April 4, 1998 | 03216 | ||
Jarod becomes a DEA psychiatrist and tries to get a traumatized 5-year-old murder witness to speak. | |||||
File:Crash (The Pretender).jpg | Crash | April 11, 1998 | 03217 | ||
Jarod becomes an NTSB investigator after finding out a plane had crashed; one in which he was supposed to be on, meanwhile Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots attend a high school reunion. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Stolen | May 2, 1998 | 03218 | ||
Jarod takes the place of a millionaire whose son has been kidnapped, in order to negotiate with the kidnapper, and Jarod remembers his own kidnapping. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Red Rock Jarod | May 2, 1998 | 03219 | ||
Jarod and Miss Parker both receive messages when the adventure begins, then it soon reveals that two people who were believed killed, are alive. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Bank | May 9, 1998 | 03220 | ||
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. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Bloodlines (Part 1) | May 16, 1998 | 03221 | ||
Jarod tries to prevent The Centre from taking a boy to be trained as another Pretender. | |||||
File:The Pretender TV.jpg | Bloodlines (Part 2) | May 16, 1998 | 03221 | ||
As Jarod tries to protect the boy, Miss Parker discovers that she has a twin brother and learns of her mother's killer, meanwhile Mr. Raines resurrects SL-27. |
Season 3
Pic | Title | Original Airdate | # | ||
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Crazy | October 17, 1998 | 3ABP01 | |||
Hope and Prey | October 24, 1998 | 3ABP02 | |||
Once in a Blue Moon | October 31, 1998 | 3ABP03 | |||
Someone to Trust | November 7, 1998 | 3ABP04 | |||
Betrayal | November 14, 1998 | 3ABP05 | |||
Parole | November 21, 1998 | 3ABP06 | |||
Homefront | December 12, 1998 | 3ABP07 | |||
Flesh and Blood | January 2, 1999 | 3ABP08 | |||
Murder 101 | January 9, 1999 | 3ABP09 | |||
Mr. Lee | February 6, 1999 | 3ABP11 | |||
The Assassin | February 6, 1999 | 3ABP10 | |||
Unsinkable | February 13, 1999 | 3ABP12 | |||
Pool | February 20, 1999 | 3ABP13 | |||
At the Hour of Our Death | February 27, 1999 | 3ABP14 | |||
Countdown | March 20, 1999 | 3ABP15 | |||
PTB | April 3, 1999 | 3ABP16 | |||
Ties That Bind | April 10, 1999 | 3ABP18 | |||
Wake-Up | May 1, 1999 | 3ABP19 | |||
End Game | May 8, 1999 | 3ABP17 | |||
Qallupilluit | May 22, 1999 | 3ABP20 | |||
Donoterase (Part 1) | May 22, 1999 | 3ABP21 | |||
Donoterase (Part 2) | May 22, 1999 | 3ABP22 | |||
Season 4
Pic | Title | Original Airdate | # | ||
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The World's Changing | September 25, 1999 | 4ABP01 | |||
Survival | October 2, 1999 | 4ABP02 | |||
Angel's Flight | October 30, 1999 | 4ABP03 | |||
Risque Business | November 6, 1999 | 4ABP04 | |||
Road Trip | November 13, 1999 | 4ABP07 | |||
Extreme | December 4, 1999 | 4ABP06 | |||
Wild Child | December 11, 1999 | 4ABP08 | |||
Rules of Engagement | January 8, 2000 | 4ABP05 | |||
'Til Death Do Us Part | January 15, 2000 | 4ABP09 | |||
Spin Doctor | February 5, 2000 | 4ABP12 | |||
Cold Dick | February 12, 2000 | 4ABP13 | |||
Lifeline | February 19, 2000 | 4ABP11 | |||
Ghosts From the Past | February 26, 2000 | 4ABP10 | |||
The Agent of Year Zero | March 11, 2000 | 4ABP14 | |||
Junk | March 25, 2000 | 4ABP16 | |||
School Daze | April 22, 2000 | 4ABP15 | |||
Meltdown | April 29, 2000 | 4ABP17 | |||
Corn Man | May 6, 2000 | 4ABP18 | |||
The Inner Sense (Part 1) | May 13, 2000 | 4ABP19 | |||
The Inner Sense (Part 2) | May 13, 2000 | 4ABP20 | |||
TV Movies
Pic | Title | Original Airdate | # | ||
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The Pretender 2001 | January 22, 2001 | M-1 | |||
The Island of the Haunted | December 10, 2001 | M-2 | |||