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"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 22 -- Jarod is shocked to learn the truth concerning another boy who was at the Centre, and Miss Parker continues delving into the circumstances surrounding her mother's death.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Jarod is shocked to learn the truth concerning another boy who was at the Centre, and Miss Parker continues delving into the circumstances surrounding her mother's death.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 20 -- As Jarod tries to locate the mother of a baby he found abandoned in a dumpster, Sydney and Miss Parker discover a sub-level under the Centre that none of them knew existed.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 19 -- An anonymous e-mail promising clues concerning his past sends Jarod to New Orleans, while Sydney receives a similar e-mail telling him to go to Minneapolis.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 18 -- As a U.S. Marshall Jarod tries to protect a witness who's scheduled to testify against a drug cartel, while a distraught Sydney makes an appointment with his psychiatrist.

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8.0/10   2,753 votes
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Release Date:
19 September 1996 (USA) more
Plot:
Jarod is a pretender, a very intelligent person with the ability to slide into somebody else's personality... more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations more
User Comments:
Extremely Enjoyable more (60 total)

Cast

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Michael T. Weiss ... Jarod (86 episodes, 1996-2000)

Andrea Parker ... Miss Parker / ... (86 episodes, 1996-2000)

Patrick Bauchau ... Sydney / ... (86 episodes, 1996-2000)

Jon Gries ... Broots (69 episodes, 1996-2000)
Richard Marcus ... Mr. Raines (45 episodes, 1996-2000)

Ryan Merriman ... Young Jarod / ... (44 episodes, 1996-2000)
Alex Wexo ... Young Sydney / ... (39 episodes, 1996-2000)

James Denton ... Mr. Lyle (36 episodes, 1997-2000)
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Runtime:
60 min | 60 min (86 episodes)
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1.78 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:M

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Jon Gries guest starred as Broots for over 60 episodes before becoming a regular in season four. more
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Continuity: In season 2 episode 19, the bumper sticker on Harper's car is "Support the Hayvenhurst School" (5 minutes into the program) and then "Support the Havenhurst School" (12 minutes into the program). more
Quotes:
Miss Parker: Maybe I should send you to every Y.M.C.A. in the country first. Or lock you in the Bates Motel with Sydney and Broots.
Jarod: This is about that strip search in Las Vegas, isn't it?
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23 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Extremely Enjoyable, 21 January 2003
Author: ddenault from Sterling Heights, Michigan

I did not catch this series when it first aired. My brother constantly spoke its praises, but I believed it would be the usual boring weekly drama.

I was wrong.

On my brother's recommendation, I taped every episode of the show when it ran in syndication on various channels. I have been slowly watching them during the Year 2002 (and now 2003), and after the first 40 or so episodes, I am here to tell you that this show is nothing short of amazing. The characters are interesting, the premise is, if not unique, at least enjoyable, and the subplots make you yearn for more. Just when you think it can't get any better, it does. It's difficult to believe that this show debuted in 1996. Not only has it stood the test of time, but it is better than most of the fare that has been aired in 2000 and beyond.

I am looking forward to the next 40 episodes and the TV Movies, which I hope will be equally engaging. I recommend that, if you haven't watched this program, start from the beginning and give it 6 episodes or so. You'll be hooked.

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