The Pretender - Season 1 - Eps 1: Pilot
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.
About The Pretender
Title: The Pretender
First Air Date: 1996-09-19
Last Air Date: 2000-05-13
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.373/10 (from 193 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 5
Total Episodes: 86
Network: NBC
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox Television, NBC Studios, MTM Enterprises
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.
Cast
Michael T. Weiss
Jarod
Andrea Parker
Miss Parker
Patrick Bauchau
Sydney
Jon Gries
Broots
