The WORST episodes of The Pretender

#1 - The Inner Sense (2)

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/13/2000

#2 - 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.

#3 - 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.

#4 - 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.

#5 - Stolen

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/2/1998

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA - After taking down a corrupt doctor, Jarod unexpectedly gets involved in a kidnapping when the father of the kidnapped ends up in the hospital. Back at The Centre, Miss Parker sides with Mr. Raines on the fact that Sydney is becoming too attached to Jarod. To the point, even, that it's complicating the search for him.

#6 - 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.

#7 - Amnesia

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/21/1998

LOCATION UNKNOWN - During the intervention of his current pretend, Jarod is caught off guard and beaten, resulting in the loss of his memory. Jarod is then rescued by Argyle, a smooth-talking con-artist. But his savior soon starts to wonder how this situation could benefit him. Meanwhile, back at The Centre; Miss Parker, Sydney, & Broots are put before a T-Board. There, they are interrogated to see just how dedicated they are in their search for Jarod.

#8 - 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.)

#9 - Bloodlines (2)

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1998

BLUE COVE, DELAWARE - Jarod, along with Angelo (Timmy), try to find a way to rescue the kidnapped child. Miss Parker confronts her father about her discovery that she has a twin. Sydney plots to finally have his revenge against Mr. Raines, but his plan backfires...

#10 - 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.

#11 - 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.

#12 - 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.

#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.

#14 - 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.

#15 - 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.

#16 - 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.

#17 - 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.

#18 - 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.

#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.

#20 - 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.

#21 - 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.

#22 - 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.

#23 - 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.

#24 - 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.

#25 - Bloodlines (1)

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1998

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - Jarod recieves a letter from an anonymous source and believes The Centre is going to kidnap another boy-genius. Sydney creates a serum that allows Angelo to become a normal person again, provided he takes all the doses at the right time.