The Pretender

Seasons

1996

USA

7.5

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.

Episode List

S1 • E1

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.

S1 • E2

Every Picture Tells a Story

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

S1 • E3

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.

S1 • E4

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.

S1 • E5

The Paper Clock

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

S1 • E6

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.

S1 • E7

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.

S1 • E8

Not Even a Mouse

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

S1 • E9

Mirage

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

S1 • E10

The Better Part of Valor

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

S1 • E11

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.

S1 • E12

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.

S1 • E13

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.

S1 • E14

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.

S1 • E15

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.

S1 • E16

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.

S1 • E17

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.

S1 • E18

Unhappy Landings

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

S1 • E19

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.

S1 • E20

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.