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Jarod is a pretender, a very intelligent person with the ability to slide into somebody else's personality. He was taken from his family as a child in order to work for a secret agency called The Centre. But he escaped. His new mission in life is to help people in need with his gift, and to find out what happened to his parents.

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04x20 The Inner Sense (2) Aired: May. 13, 2000

Jarod finally locates his sister Emily, just in time to see her nearly assassinated by The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker's search of the secrets … [continue reading]

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The Pretender is Canceled/Ended
The show had 4 seasons and 88 episodes air between 1996 and 2000.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 19, 1996
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
1996 - 2000
To-Date:
4 Seasons
88 Episodes
Network
NBC TV Network

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Series Fun Facts

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  • Patrick Bauchau, who plays Sydney, made the medical set used in the show available at no charge to the independent film Twin Falls Idaho (1999) in which Bauchau appears.
  • Jon Gries guest starred as Broots for over 60 episodes before becoming a regular in season four.
  • The Pretender was inspired by the life of Ferdinand Demara Jr., a genius with an eidetic memory, who could master any skill just by reading a book about it.