The Pretender - Season 1 - Eps 5: The Paper Clock
Los Angeles, California - Aiming to help a man wrongly sentenced for murder, Jarod becomes a lawyer and goes after the arrogant attorney protecting the real killer. Meanwhile, Sydney is trying to reach an agreement with The Centre to make a trade with Jarod: A piece of Jarod's past for some of the simulations.
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