The BEST episodes of The Pretender season 4
Every episode of The Pretender season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Pretender season 4!
The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with the ability to become anyone he wants to be, i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work. Patrick Bauchau and Andrea Parker co-starred as Sydney, Jarod's childhood teacher and mentor, and Miss Parker, a childhood friend. They are both operatives for a mysterious organization called "The Centre", which took Jarod from his parents as a child and developed his special talents with the intention of making him one of their agents, while also using his brilliant intellect for their own evil purposes. After escaping from their custody, Jarod begins traveling the country, searching for clues to his true identity while posing as a doctor, police officer, attorney, or some other character who helps those in trouble. The Centre's directors are determined to return Jarod to The Centre to further their mysterious plan. A team of operatives, led by Miss Parker, attempts to find and capture The Pretender. Jarod's extreme intelligence combined with his childlike innocence create a memorable and endearing character that was popular with viewers.
#1 - Cold Dick
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/2000
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - After being contacted by Argyle, Jarod becomes a Las Vegas private investigator to save a showgirl in trouble with with the mob. Meanwhile, Broots and Miss Parker try to outwit Jarod by posing as a newlywed couple and checking into the honeymoon suite. But come sunrise, they find they've gotten more involved with each other then they ever have chasing Jarod...
#2 - Spin Doctor (1)
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/2000
Jarod tries to track down the killer of a man who helped him escape from The Centre. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tries to help Sydney deal with his past. (The crossover episode, Clean Sweep, aired on The Profiler, season 4, episode 10.)
#3 - Angel's Flight
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/1999
Jarod infiltrates a Goth con game to locate a missing girl. Meanwhile, a faceless wax head sent by Jarod leaves Miss Parker and company trying to fill in the pieces.
#4 - Road Trip
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/1999
Jarod finds himself on a road trip to help a mysterious young woman, whom he falls for. Meanwhile, he tells Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots to 'follow the yellow brick road'.
#5 - The Agent of Year Zero
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/11/2000
Jarod tries to help a Cambodian woman avenge the death of her family at the hands of a war criminal -- who is also an ally of Mr. Lyle. Meanwhile, Miss Parker tracks that connection from the Centre.
#6 - Corn Man A Comin'
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/6/2000
Jarod follows the trail of a kidnapping, documented by a camcorder he finds in a pawn shop. Meanwhile, Miss Parker continues her search for Edna Raines, with Jarod's help.
#7 - Wild Child
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/11/1999
Jarod Pretends to be a psychologist to help a young girl found living alone in the wilderness. Meanwhile. Miss Parker finds out a Centre contract has been taken out on her father's life, leading her to look more closely at Mr. Cox.
#8 - 'Til Death Do Us Part
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/15/2000
On the anniversary of Thomas' death, Jarod challenges a haunted Miss Parker to resume her hunt for his killer. But the search leads back to her father and Brigitte, who is close to giving birth.
#9 - School Daze
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/22/2000
Jarod poses as an elementary school teacher to protect a young witness in a murder trial. Meanwhile, Miss Parker encounters a ghost from the past.
#10 - Junk
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/25/2000
Jarod goes undercover as a junkie in a rehab clinic to help a woman regain custody of her son. Meanwhile, Miss Parker and company find Jarod's connection to the woman through her father and the Centre.
#11 - Lifeline
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/2000
Jarod becomes a bodyguard to reunite an undercover ATF agent and her daughter. Meanwhile. Miss Parker sets out to prove Raines' religious 'conversion' is nothing of the kind.
#12 - Rules of Engagement
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/8/2000
Jarod tries to stop a hostage situation in a hospital. Miss Parker is confused by an encounter with her father.
#13 - Risque Business
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/6/1999
Jarod pretends to be a sex therapist to investigate a brutal assault on a doctor. Meanwhile, Broots tries to summon up the courage to reveal his feelings to Miss Parker.
#14 - Meltdown
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/2000
Jarod infiltrates a gang of burglars to discover which of them killed a little girl. Meanwhile, an email that isn't there leads Miss Parker to someone who might have answers about her mother's death.
#15 - Extreme
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/4/1999
Jarod Pretends to be an extreme sports enthusiast in order to learn what happened to a comatose young man. Meanwhile, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots follow Jarod's "game show" clues, and find themselves investigating Mr. Lyle.
#16 - The World's Changing
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/1999
Once again a prisoner of the Centre, Jarod discovers a plot to murder a team of nuclear researchers, giving him even more motivation to escape. Meanwhile, Sydney and Broots try to find Miss Parker and Miss Parker tries to find her father -- and figure out who to trust.
#17 - The Inner Sense (2)
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/13/2000
#18 - The Inner Sense (1)
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/2000
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 behind her mother's death lead her and Jarod to the same place -- and a mysterious young man named Ethan.
#19 - Ghosts from the Past
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/2000
Jarod infiltrates a white supremacist group to stop the bombing of a Unity event. Meanwhile, Angelo fights his way through Jarod's past to find the old enemy currently threatening Jarod's life.
#20 - Survival
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/1999
Jarod joins the Army CID to investigate the suicide of a soldier in POW survival training. Meanwhile, he gives Mr. Lyle and Miss Parker a taste of that training by trapping them together in a shipping container.