The BEST episodes of The Pretender season 3

Every episode of The Pretender season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Pretender season 3!

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.

Last Updated: 12/9/2025Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Pool
star
7.67
69 votes

#1 - Pool

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/20/1999

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.

Directors: Fred Keller
Writer: Harry Dunn
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Donoterase (1)
star
7.28
99 votes

#2 - Donoterase (1)

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/22/1999

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.

Directors: Fred Keller
Crazy
star
7.26
108 votes

#3 - Crazy

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/17/1998

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.

Directors: Fred Keller
P.T.B.
star
7.25
97 votes

#4 - P.T.B.

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/3/1999

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.

Directors: Krishna Rao
End Game (1)
star
7.24
98 votes

#5 - End Game (1)

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/1999

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 ('The Profiler' crossover). Meanwhile, Miss Parker gets unsettling news from Brigitte, and about Brigitte. (The crossover episode, Grand Master, aired on The Profiler, season 3, episode 19.)

Qallupilluit
star
7.23
100 votes

#6 - Qallupilluit

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/1999

Jarod heads for Alaska to find his father, only to find himself trapped with a research team whose numbers are dropping rapidly -- and bloodily.

Directors: Rodney Charters
Writer: Mark Dodson
Once in a Blue Moon
star
7.22
141 votes

#7 - Once in a Blue Moon

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/31/1998

To save a teen-age victim, Jarod learns the skills of criminal behaviorists and comes face-to-face with the Blue Moon Killer.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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Hope and Prey
star
7.21
112 votes

#8 - Hope and Prey

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/24/1998

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.

Directors: David Jackson
Unsinkable
star
7.20
106 votes

#9 - Unsinkable

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/13/1999

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.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
Donoterase (2)
star
7.20
87 votes

#10 - Donoterase (2)

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1999

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.

Directors: Fred Keller
Betrayal
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7.19
138 votes

#11 - Betrayal

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/14/1998

Jarod teams up with Broots to find the culprit in a shootout at the Centre's Data Annex, a former operative named Damon.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Mark Dodson
Wake Up
star
7.18
100 votes

#12 - Wake Up

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/1999

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.

Directors: Michael J. Klick
Countdown
star
7.17
101 votes

#13 - Countdown

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/20/1999

Jarod races against time to locate the father of an injured boy with a rare blood disorder.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
Murder 101
star
7.17
107 votes

#14 - Murder 101

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/9/1999

Jarod takes over a criminal psychology class and teaches a lesson in committing a flawless murder before tracking down three suspected killers.

Directors: Scott Lautanen
At the Hour of Our Death
star
7.16
94 votes

#15 - At the Hour of Our Death

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/27/1999

Jarod and Miss Parker recall a childhood incident where they and Angelo met a dying girl at the Centre.

Writer: Mark Dodson
Ties That Bind
star
7.15
102 votes

#16 - Ties That Bind

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/10/1999

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.

Directors: Fred Keller
Someone to Trust
star
7.14
138 votes

#17 - Someone to Trust

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1998

Jarod poses as an arsonist to expose a corrupt attorney, but faces unexpected accusations when the attorney is found dead.

Directors: Fred Keller
Mr. Lee
star
7.11
105 votes

#18 - Mr. Lee

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/6/1999

A blind man and his assistant piece together Jarod's personality so they can kidnap him.

Writer: Mark Dodson
Homefront
star
7.08
108 votes

#19 - Homefront

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1998

Jarod steals millions from the Centre, then poses as an arms dealer selling missile launchers to a weapons merchant in Venezuela.

Directors: Michael Zinberg
The Assassin
star
7.08
106 votes

#20 - The Assassin

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/1999

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.

Directors: Michael Lange
Parole
star
6.92
109 votes

#21 - Parole

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/1998

Jarod portrays a paroled convict to aid a widow; Sydney learns startling news while consoling an old lover whose husband is dying.

Directors: Fred Keller
Flesh and Blood
star
6.81
102 votes

#22 - Flesh and Blood

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/2/1999

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.

Directors: Rodney Charters
Writer: Harry Dunn