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Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4
Year: 1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000

Season 1

"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Having just missed Jarod on a tanker ship in Alaska, Miss Parker and Sydney track him to a hospital where he plans on exposing an alcoholic surgeon who crippled a young boy.

Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

Original Air Date—19 September 1996
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.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 2 -- Jarod poses as Lieutenant Campbell of the Coast Guard in order to figure out why a man died at sea waiting for a rescue that never came.

Season 1, Episode 2: Every Picture Tells a Story

Original Air Date—28 September 1996
Jarod joins a Coast Guard search-and-rescue team to reveal what really happened to a missing fisherman.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 3 -- Jarod goes undercover as a test pilot to prove a defense contractor's new computer system was defective, causing the death of another test pilot.

Season 1, Episode 3: Flyer

Original Air Date—19 October 1996
Jarod is a test pilot for a private aerospace company, trying to reveal how greed and a faulty product - not booze - killed another pilot.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 4 -- In order to solve the mystery surrounding the death of a showgirl Jarod becomes head of security at a Las Vegas casino, and Sydney and Miss Parker turn to the mob for help.

Season 1, Episode 4: Curious Jarod

Original Air Date—26 October 1996
Jarod gets himself hired as head of security at a major Vegas casino to bring justice to a showgirl beaten into a coma.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 5 -- Jarod impersonates an attorney to free a janitor falsely accused of murder and also to expose the lawyer who protected the real killer.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Paper Clock

Original Air Date—2 November 1996
Jarod joins a high powered law firm to free a man framed for murder.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 6 -- Jarod becomes a police officer in Miami Beach in order to solve the death of a security guard who was killed by two local policemen during a jewelry heist.

Season 1, Episode 6: To Serve and Protect

Original Air Date—9 November 1996
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.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 7 -- Jarod takes a job at the Infectious Disease Lab in an attempt to uncover the events surrounding the disappearance of another virologist at the facility.

Season 1, Episode 7: A Virus Among Us

Original Air Date—16 November 1996
Jarod joins a CDC-like group to reveal what happened to a missing virologist.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 8 -- Now a member of the coroner's unit, Jarod investigates a deadly hit-and-run accident involving a man all the homeless people knew as "Christmas George."

Season 1, Episode 8: Not Even a Mouse

Original Air Date—14 December 1996
Jarod joins the medical examiner's office to expose who killed a popular homeless man in a hit and run.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 9 -- Jarod becomes suspicious after a survivalist, who was also part owner of a struggling skydiving school, dies during one of his many trips into the desert.

Season 1, Episode 9: Mirage

Original Air Date—4 January 1997
Jerod poses as a parachute jump instructor to take down a murderer.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 10 -- Jarod looks into the death of a fellow firefighter who died in a warehouse fire that was deemed arson and Miss Parker tries out a new method for tracking Jarod.

Season 1, Episode 10: The Better Part of Valor

Original Air Date—11 January 1997
Jerod joins a firefighting company to determine if a firefighters death was due to arson.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 11 -- While Jarod joins the bomb squad and searches for a crazed bomber, the Centre's Mr. Raines is put in charge of searching for the person who is leaking information to Jarod.

Season 1, Episode 11: Bomb Squad

Original Air Date—18 January 1997
Jarod joins the bomb squad to find the "Fax Bomber" to bring justice for the female photographer who got blinded by an explosion.
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 12 -- 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.

Season 1, Episode 12: Prison Story

Original Air Date—1 February 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 13 -- 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.

Season 1, Episode 13: Bazooka Jarod

Original Air Date—8 February 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 14 -- When Jarod impersonates a forest ranger and joins in the search for a young student lost in the woods, he finds himself falling in love with the female ranger who's his partner.

Season 1, Episode 14: Ranger Jarod

Original Air Date—15 February 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 15 -- Jarod pretends to be a cameraman in order to expose a TV reporter who may have created a dangerous situation between two gangs in order to get a good story for the nightly news.

Season 1, Episode 15: Jaroldo!

Original Air Date—8 March 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 16 -- While Sydney tries to revive his comatose brother, Jarod pretends to be paramedic so he can investigate why a young man went into a coma after a car accident.

Season 1, Episode 16: Under the Reds

Original Air Date—22 March 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 17 -- 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.

Season 1, Episode 17: Keys

Original Air Date—5 April 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 18 -- As a U.S. Marshall Jarod tries to protect a witness who's scheduled to testify against a drug cartel, while a distraught Sydney makes an appointment with his psychiatrist.

Season 1, Episode 18: Unhappy Landings

Original Air Date—26 April 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 19 -- An anonymous e-mail promising clues concerning his past sends Jarod to New Orleans, while Sydney receives a similar e-mail telling him to go to Minneapolis.

Season 1, Episode 19: Jarod's Honor

Original Air Date—3 May 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 20 -- As Jarod tries to locate the mother of a baby he found abandoned in a dumpster, Sydney and Miss Parker discover a sub-level under the Centre that none of them knew existed.

Season 1, Episode 20: Baby Love

Original Air Date—10 May 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Jarod is shocked to learn the truth concerning another boy who was at the Centre, and Miss Parker continues delving into the circumstances surrounding her mother's death.

Season 1, Episode 21: Dragon House: Part 1

Original Air Date—17 May 1997
"The Pretender" (1996): Season 1: Episode 22 -- Jarod is shocked to learn the truth concerning another boy who was at the Centre, and Miss Parker continues delving into the circumstances surrounding her mother's death.

Season 1, Episode 22: Dragon House: Part 2

Original Air Date—17 May 1997

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: Back from the Dead Again

Original Air Date—1 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 2: Scott Free

Original Air Date—8 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 3: Over the Edge

Original Air Date—15 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 4: Exposed

Original Air Date—22 November 1997

Season 2, Episode 5: Nip and Tuck

Original Air Date—6 December 1997

Season 2, Episode 6: Past Sim

Original Air Date—13 December 1997

Season 2, Episode 7: Collateral Damage

Original Air Date—3 January 1998

Season 2, Episode 8: Hazards

Original Air Date—10 January 1998

Season 2, Episode 9: F/X

Original Air Date—17 January 1998

Season 2, Episode 10: Indy Show

Original Air Date—31 January 1998

Season 2, Episode 11: Gigolo Jarod

Original Air Date—7 February 1998

Season 2, Episode 12: Toy Surprise

Original Air Date—17 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 13: A Stand-Up Guy

Original Air Date—14 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 14: Amnesia

Original Air Date—21 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 15: Bulletproof

Original Air Date—28 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 16: Silence

Original Air Date—4 April 1998

Season 2, Episode 17: Crash

Original Air Date—11 April 1998

Season 2, Episode 18: Stolen

Original Air Date—2 May 1998

Season 2, Episode 19: Red Rock Jarod

Original Air Date—2 May 1998

Season 2, Episode 20: Bank

Original Air Date—9 May 1998

Season 2, Episode 21: Bloodlines: Part 1

Original Air Date—16 May 1998

Season 2, Episode 22: Bloodlines: Part 2

Original Air Date—23 May 1998

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: Crazy

Original Air Date—17 October 1998

Season 3, Episode 2: Hope & Prey

Original Air Date—24 October 1998

Season 3, Episode 3: Once in a Blue Moon

Original Air Date—31 October 1998

Season 3, Episode 4: Someone to Trust

Original Air Date—7 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 5: Betrayal

Original Air Date—14 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 6: Parole

Original Air Date—21 November 1998

Season 3, Episode 7: Homefront

Original Air Date—12 December 1998

Season 3, Episode 8: Flesh & Blood

Original Air Date—2 January 1999

Season 3, Episode 9: Murder 101

Original Air Date—9 January 1999

Season 3, Episode 10: Mr. Lee

Original Air Date—6 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 11: The Assassin

Original Air Date—6 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 12: Unsinkable

Original Air Date—13 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 13: Pool

Original Air Date—20 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 14: At the Hour of Our Death

Original Air Date—27 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 15: Countdown

Original Air Date—20 March 1999

Season 3, Episode 16: PTB

Original Air Date—3 April 1999

Season 3, Episode 17: Ties That Bind

Original Air Date—10 April 1999

Season 3, Episode 18: Wake Up

Original Air Date—1 May 1999

Season 3, Episode 19: End Game

Original Air Date—8 May 1999

Season 3, Episode 20: Qallupilluit

Original Air Date—22 May 1999

Season 3, Episode 21: Donoterase: Part 1

Original Air Date—22 May 1999

Season 3, Episode 22: Donoterase: Part 2

Original Air Date—22 May 1999

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: The World's Changing

Original Air Date—25 September 1999

Season 4, Episode 2: Survival

Original Air Date—2 October 1999

Season 4, Episode 3: Angel's Flight

Original Air Date—30 October 1999

Season 4, Episode 4: Risque Business

Original Air Date—6 November 1999

Season 4, Episode 5: Road Trip

Original Air Date—13 November 1999

Season 4, Episode 6: Extreme

Original Air Date—4 December 1999

Season 4, Episode 7: Wild Child

Original Air Date—11 December 1999

Season 4, Episode 8: Rules of Engagement

Original Air Date—8 January 2000

Season 4, Episode 9: 'Til Death Do Us Part

Original Air Date—15 January 2000

Season 4, Episode 10: Spin Doctor

Original Air Date—5 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 11: Cold Dick

Original Air Date—12 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 12: Lifeline

Original Air Date—19 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 13: Ghosts from the Past

Original Air Date—26 February 2000

Season 4, Episode 14: The Agent of Year Zero

Original Air Date—11 March 2000

Season 4, Episode 15: Junk

Original Air Date—25 March 2000

Season 4, Episode 16: School Daze

Original Air Date—22 April 2000

Season 4, Episode 17: Meltdown

Original Air Date—29 April 2000

Season 4, Episode 18: Corn Man

Original Air Date—6 May 2000

Season 4, Episode 19: The Inner Sense: Part 1

Original Air Date—13 May 2000

Season 4, Episode 20: The Inner Sense: Part 2

Original Air Date—13 May 2000

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