The Pretender — Season 3
Hero of a thousand faces. Man of a thousand lives.
About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. Crazy
8.0Aired 17 October 1998 • 43 min
PLEASENT WOOD INSTITUTE, MARYLAND - Jarod becomes a mental patient to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murder of another patient. Miss Parker researches the identity of her twin.
2. Hope and Prey
8.0Aired 24 October 1998 • 43 min
Jarod experiences the world of the bounty hunter as he seeks an American Indian activist who has a price on his head. In the meanwhile, Miss Parker learns more about her mother's death.
3. Once in a Blue Moon
7.5Aired 31 October 1998 • 43 min
To save a teen-age victim, Jarod learns the skills of criminal behaviorists and comes face-to-face with the Blue Moon Killer.
4. Someone to Trust
8.0Aired 7 November 1998 • 43 min
Jarod poses as an arsonist to expose a corrupt attorney, but faces unexpected accusations when the attorney is found dead.
5. Betrayal
8.0Aired 14 November 1998 • 43 min
Jarod teams up with Broots to find the culprit in a shootout at the Centre's Data Annex, a former operative named Damon.
6. Parole
8.5Aired 21 November 1998 • 43 min
Jarod portrays a paroled convict to aid a widow; Sydney learns startling news while consoling an old lover whose husband is dying.
7. Homefront
6.5Aired 12 December 1998 • 43 min
Jarod steals millions from the Centre, then poses as an arms dealer selling missile launchers to a weapons merchant in Venezuela.
8. Flesh and Blood
7.0Aired 2 January 1999 • 43 min
Jarod takes on the role of a tracking expert to help find four teachers, including Sydney's son, Nicholas, who are taken hostage in the Appalachian hills.
9. Murder 101
7.0Aired 9 January 1999 • 43 min
Jarod takes over a criminal psychology class and teaches a lesson in committing a flawless murder before tracking down three suspected killers.
10. Mr. Lee
6.0Aired 6 February 1999 • 43 min
A blind man and his assistant piece together Jarod's personality so they can kidnap him.
11. The Assassin
7.5Aired 6 February 1999 • 43 min
Jarod helps a former CIA computer analyst who must assassinate a U.S. senator to free her children from a kidnapper; Miss Parker meets her new neighbor.
12. Unsinkable
6.0Aired 13 February 1999 • 43 min
Jarod once again encounters Argyle, who is in need of help. Caught in the middle of a turf war, they work together to pay off Argyle's debt to some loan sharks.
13. Pool
7.0Aired 20 February 1999 • 43 min
Jarod challenges a pool hustler to get evidence linking the man to the murder of a young woman's father; Miss Parker tries to prevent Brigitte's marriage.
14. At the Hour of Our Death
9.0Aired 27 February 1999 • 43 min
Jarod and Miss Parker recall a childhood incident where they and Angelo met a dying girl at the Centre.
15. Countdown
7.5Aired 20 March 1999 • 43 min
Jarod races against time to locate the father of an injured boy with a rare blood disorder.
16. P.T.B.
8.0Aired 3 April 1999 • 43 min
Jarod fills in for a radio talk show host who disappeared after a violent confrontation with a threatening caller; Thomas asks Miss Parker to relocate.
17. Ties That Bind
7.0Aired 10 April 1999 • 43 min
Jarod goes under cover to investigate a law firm that has a suspicious history of silencing witnesses; Miss Parker declares she is leaving the Centre.
18. Wake Up
8.0Aired 1 May 1999 • 43 min
Thomas is brutally murdered in Miss Parker's home by an unknown assailant; Jarod finds clues leading to a drug addict who later dies of an overdose.
19. End Game (I)
8.0Aired 8 May 1999 • 43 min
The kidnapping of a young chess prodigy brings Jarod a little too close to his own demons -- and to the attention of an FBI criminal profiler. Meanwhile, Miss Parker gets unsettling news from Brigitte, and about Brigitte. The crossover continues on Profiler S03E19 Grand Master (II).
20. Qallupilluit
7.5Aired 22 May 1999 • 43 min
Jarod heads for Alaska to find his father, only to find himself trapped with a research team whose numbers are dropping rapidly -- and bloodily.
21. Donoterase (1)
8.5Aired 22 May 1999 • 43 min
Jarod's reunion with his father is marred by news of the Centre's latest project -- a teenaged clone of Jarod himself. However, assassins from the Centre are hot on their trail.
22. Donoterase (2)
8.5Aired 22 May 1999 • 43 min
Conclusion from part 1. Jarod and his father plan a rescue the clone created by the Centre's, while Miss Parker must face new truths from inside the Centre and more about her mother's murder.