The BEST episodes written by Craig W. Van Sickle

#1 - Ranger Jarod

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 14

TOLUCA NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON - Jarod falls in love with his hiking partner while on a seach-and-rescue for a boy who disappeared in the mountains. Jarod also befriends a man named Big Bob who has many stooge-ish qualitites. Back at The Centre, Miss Parker reminisces about how she loved Jarod when they were children.

#2 - Prison Story

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 12

MARYLAND OAKFIELD PENITENTIARY - Jarod pretends to be a prison guard who is trying to prove a man on death row didn't commit the crime he's sentenced to death for. Meanwhile, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots all get a clue that makes them believe they're now one step ahead of Jarod.

#3 - The Dragon House (2)

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 22

UPSTATE NEW YORK - Jarod discovers more about his family through Harriet, and decides that he must return to The Centre to free his brother Kyle. Meanwhile, Miss Parker convinces Broots and Sydney in helping her find the answers to her mother's death and believes Kyle may be the key. Finally, Jarod gets the opportunity to reunite with his family, including his sister. But The Centre becomes aware of the rendezvous and intends to stop it.

#4 - The Dragon House (1)

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 21

FORT REXFORD, NEW YORK - Jarod becomes aware that Kyle, another pretender from The Centre, is on the run from the law. Eager to find him, he becomes an F.B.I. agent to aid the investigation. But he discovers that Kyle may have something to do with his mother. Meanwhile, Miss Parker and Sydney recruit Angelo to go through all of Jarod's red notebooks. They figure he can become Jarod and thus aiding in his capture.

#5 - Lt. Jane Doe

NCIS - Season 2 - Episode 4

A body of a woman in the Navy uniform is found by two sailors. Ducky links the murder to an unsolved case from 10 years ago, and the team is searching for the serial killer who leaves the note promising to return.

#6 - Keys

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 17

MIAMI, FLORIDA - During a hurricane, Jarod is getting revenge for the deaths of a refugee's parents. He figures no one will pursue him since, after all, he's in the middle of a hurricane. But he's caught off guard when Miss Parker suddenly shows up. Even further caught off guard when his revenge backfires. Meanwhile, Miss Parker recalls the Thanksgiving before her mother's death. But she's blocked out certain details and Jarod makes her confront them.

#7 - Pilot

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 1

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Miss Parker and Sydney find they had just missed Jarod helping a tanker ship in Alaska. Jarod is now posing as a doctor to uncover the truth behind an operation that resulted in a boy becoming paraplegic. Jarod also befriends a sicilian woman who has trouble with (ahem) bowel movements.

#8 - Every Picture Tells a Story

The Pretender - Season 1 - Episode 2

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - Miss Parker and Sydney once again miss Jarod at the Y.M.C.A., who is now posing as a member of the Coast Guard trying to figure out the truth behind the death of a man who died at sea waiting for rescue. Jarod also befriends a hermit who lives out at sea and refuses to come back to land.

#9 - Hunt for Ziro (2)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3 - Episode 9

Love comes in all shapes and sizes. Ziro the Hutt finds himself wanted by Hutt Council.

#10 - Indy Show

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 10

FONTANA, CALIFORNIA - Jarod takes to the wheel of an Indy race car to figure out what happened to a driver involved in a crippling accident. After a bizarre dream, Sydney runs to his ailing brother's side and holes both himself and Jacob up in a cabin with a consoling Miss Parker.

#11 - Hazards

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 8

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - After witnessing a man attempting suicide before his eyes, Jarod becomes a chemical waste expert to discover the facts to absolve the man's guilt. Meanwhile, Sydney seeks long-awaited vengence for the death of his family when a man shows up at The Centre.

#12 - Back from the Dead Again

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 1

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - Jarod morns the death of his brother. He then takes on the identity of an anatomy professor trying to find a boy who has been missing since Halloween of the previous year. Meanwhile, Miss Parker is startled to find that her father has disappeared and has been replaced by a Mr. Lyle. With him comes Brigitte, a mysterious girl who is more thorough in finding Jarod than Miss Parker. And Sydney, at Jarod's request, researches why there's no DSA for the last three weeks of October prior to his escape.

#13 - Nomad Droids (2)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 4 - Episode 6

Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him? R2-D2 and C-3PO have a series of bizarre misadventures.

#14 - Donoterase (1)

The Pretender - Season 3 - Episode 21

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.

#15 - Crazy

The Pretender - Season 3 - Episode 1

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.

#16 - Bloodlines (2)

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 22

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...

#17 - Bloodlines (1)

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 21

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.

#18 - FX

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 9

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - Jarod becomes a special effects coordinator to find out why a stuntman was seriously injured during the filming of a beer commercial. Back at the Centre, following clues left by Jarod, Miss Parker begins her search for a Dr. Fenigor and a boy named 'Timmy'.

#19 - Donoterase (2)

The Pretender - Season 3 - Episode 22

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.

#20 - Evil Plans (1)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 3 - Episode 8

A failure in planning is a plan for failure. While shopping on Coruscant, C-3PO and R2-D2 are abducted.

#21 - 'Til Death Do Us Part

The Pretender - Season 4 - Episode 9

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.

#22 - Extreme

The Pretender - Season 4 - Episode 6

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.

#23 - The World's Changing

The Pretender - Season 4 - Episode 1

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.

#24 - The Inner Sense (2)

The Pretender - Season 4 - Episode 20

#25 - The Inner Sense (1)

The Pretender - Season 4 - Episode 19

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.

#26 - Cobra (2)

Cobra - Season 1 - Episode 2

Scandal's investigation leads him to Jungle Rain, a drinking water company that seems to be connected to a mob boss named Wayne Bottecelli. Scandal and Dallas pose as efficiency experts to look for clues. Meanwhile, Scandal seeks to find out more about Danielle.

#27 - Amnesia

The Pretender - Season 2 - Episode 14

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.

#28 - Into the Storm

Tin Man - Season 1 - Episode 1

A tornado sweeps a young woman away to a darkly magical realm known as O.Z.

#29 - Tin Man

Tin Man - Season 1 - Episode 3

DG seeks her father, Ahamo, among the outcasts of the O.Z. while a Longcoat ambush snares her friends, and Glitch discovers his contribution to Azkadellia's plans.

#30 - Search for the Emerald

Tin Man - Season 1 - Episode 2

Cain, Glitch and Raw help DG escape from Azkadellia, and the foursome encounters a shape-shifting dog on their journey to the O.Z.'s Northern Island.

#31 - Cobra (1)

Cobra - Season 1 - Episode 1

Robert "Scandal" Jackson is recruited by Cobra, an undercover agency that provides justice for victims of crime that haven't benefited from the system. His first assignment is to solve a case that may involve the person who killed his father years earlier, but while investigating the case, Scandal uncovers some unpleasant facts about his policeman father.