The Pretender 1996
Created by Craig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 43 min episodes
- 4 seasons
- 86 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
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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Earnest, contemporary, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Michael T. WeissJarod
- Andrea ParkerMiss Parker/Catherine Parker
- Patrick BauchauSydney/Jacob
- Jon GriesBroots
Crew
- Craig W. Van SickleCreator
- Steven Long MitchellCreator
- Craig W. Van SickleProducer
- Steven Long MitchellProducer
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Seasons
- Season 122 eps · 1996
- Season 222 eps · 1997
- Season 322 eps · 1998
- Season 420 eps · 1999
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