TV series
The Pretender
Hero of a thousand faces. Man of a thousand lives.
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
Season 3 episodes
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More about The Pretender
Cast
Michael T. WeissJarod
Andrea ParkerMiss Parker
Patrick BauchauSydney
Jon GriesBroots
Ryan MerrimanYoung Jarod
Harve PresnellMr. Parker
James DentonMr. Lyle
Pamela GidleyBrigitteCredits
- Created by
- Craig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell
- Written by
- Craig W. Van Sickle, Juan Carlos Coto, Tommy Thompson, Daniel Truly, Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 86
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States
20th Century Fox TelevisionUnited States
NBC StudiosUnited States
MTM EnterprisesUnited States
