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The Pretender Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Pilot
Thu, Sep 19, 199643 mins
Jarod is the new doctor at a NYC hospital, trying to expose negligence and a cover-up that led to a young boy being paralyzed.
Episode 2
Every Picture Tells a Story
Sat, Sep 28, 199647 mins
Jarod joins a Coast Guard search-and-rescue team to reveal what really happened to a missing fisherman.
Episode 3
Flyer
Sat, Oct 19, 199647 mins
Jarod is a test pilot for a private aerospace company, trying to reveal how greed and a faulty product - not booze - killed another pilot.
Episode 4
Curious Jarod
Sat, Oct 26, 199647 mins
Jarod gets himself hired as head of security at a major Vegas casino to bring justice to a showgirl beaten into a coma.
Episode 5
The Paper Clock
Sat, Nov 2, 199647 mins
Jarod joins a high powered law firm to free a man framed for murder.
Episode 6
To Serve and Protect
Sat, Nov 9, 199647 mins
Jarod joins the Miami police force to expose a couple of cops running their own burglary ring that lead to the death - and framing - of a young security guard.
Episode 7
A Virus Among Us
Sat, Nov 16, 199647 mins
Jarod joins a CDC-like group to investigate the suspicious disappearance of a virologist who worked there. He also befriends Ben, a friendly and enthusiastic but not very talented classic musician, and catches some cockroaches for Parker.
Episode 8
Not Even a Mouse
Sat, Dec 14, 199647 mins
Jarod joins the medical examiner's office to expose who killed a popular homeless man in a hit and run.
Episode 9
Mirage
Sat, Jan 4, 199747 mins
Jerod poses as a parachute jump instructor to take down a murderer.
Episode 10
The Better Part of Valor
Sat, Jan 11, 199747 mins
Jarod joins a firefighting company to determine if a firefighter's death was due to arson.
Episode 11
Bomb Squad
Sat, Jan 18, 199747 mins
Jarod joins the bomb squad to find the "Fax Bomber" to bring justice for the female photographer who got blinded by an explosion.
Episode 12
Prison Story
Sat, Feb 1, 199747 mins
While Miss Parker struggles with a painful ulcer, Jarod becomes a prison guard in an attempt to save an innocent man from the gas chamber.
Episode 13
Bazooka Jarod
Sat, Feb 8, 199747 mins
While Jarod impersonates a Navy commander in order to investigate the death of a sailor onboard the U.S.S. Monroe, Sydney delivers a warning to Miss Parker.
Episode 14
Ranger Jarod
Sat, Feb 15, 199747 mins
Jarod pretends to be a former Army Ranger with mountain training to join the search for a student lost in the woods and finds himself falling in love with the female volunteer who's his partner.
Episode 15
Jaroldo!
Sat, Mar 8, 199746 mins
Jarod goes to work at TV news station to find out why a cameraman was shot and lost the use of his arm. He learns that the reporter who was with him may have arranged the whole thing to make the story more sensational.
Episode 16
Under the Reds
Sat, Mar 22, 199747 mins
While Sydney tries to revive his comatose brother, Jarod pretends to be a paramedic so he can investigate why a young man went into a coma after a car accident.
Episode 17
Keys
Sat, Apr 5, 199747 mins
When Miss Parker corners Jarod during a hurricane in Florida she's forced to come to terms with her mother's death and its startling connection to Jarod.
Episode 18
Unhappy Landings
Sat, Apr 26, 199747 mins
Jarod becomes a U.S. Marshal to find who killed a witness who was under the Marshals' protection.
Episode 19
Jarod's Honor
Sat, May 3, 199747 mins
Sydney sends Jarod to New Orleans in search for answers about his past. While there, Jarod assumes the identity of a deceased hit-man in order to save the target's life and bring down the man who hired him. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tries to quit smoking, which enhances her already "pleasant" personality.
Episode 20
Baby Love
Sat, May 10, 199747 mins
Jarod seeks to reunite a woman with her baby and exact justice on the men who are responsible for taking him. Meanwhile Miss Parker and Sidney discover secret files in SL-27.
Episode 21
Dragon House: Part 1
Sat, May 17, 199746 mins
Jarod poses as a Federal agent to help his childhood friend, Kyle, who's now a fugitive.
Episode 22
Dragon House: Part 2
Sat, May 17, 199746 mins
Jarod sees his mother for the first time. Mr. Raines is nearly killed and is severely injured.