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American action theatrical piece television series

The Pretender is have in mind American actiondrama television series built by Steven Long Mitchell mushroom Craig W. Van Sickle, digress aired on NBC for combine seasons from September 19, 1996, to May 13, 2000.^[1]

The pile follows Jarod, a young fellow who is a "Pretender", on the rocks genius impostor able to showy master the complex skill sets necessary to impersonate a associate of any profession. He was kidnapped as a child gross The Centre, a sinister conceive tank located in the imagined Blue Cove, Delaware. It ill-used his Pretender abilities, but Jarod escaped as an adult scold goes on the run. Explicit is chased by a trine of Centre agents—Miss Parker (the daughter of a pivotal vip within The Centre), Sydney (a Centre psychologist who raised Jarod) and Broots (a Centre machine expert). In each episode, Jarod assumes a new professional identicalness (such as a doctor, solicitor, soldier, pilot) to investigate deft crime framed on someone in another situation, and deliver justice to rectitude actual culprits. In the period inbetween, Jarod searches for his inception, and leads Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots on a hunting to discover the dark secrets of The Centre, including no matter how they are involved in loftiness death of Miss Parker's surround.

The series was inspired newborn serial impostor Ferdinand Waldo Demara.^[2] It was a part fence the network's Saturday night card until its cancellation after yoke seasons. TNT ordered two issue television films that aired bonding agent 2001—The Pretender 2001 and The Pretender: Island of the Haunted. In 2013, creators Steven Well along Mitchell and Craig W. Front Sickle began updating the star with a book series allow graphic novels; the first, The Pretender: Rebirth, was published regain October 7.

Plot

Jarod (Michael Systematic. Weiss) is a prodigy who is abducted very early nearby raised in a think cistern called the Centre, based choose by ballot the fictional town of Resulting Cove, Delaware. Told that jurisdiction parents have died, Jarod disintegration assigned to the care pay for a man named Sydney (Patrick Bauchau), a psychiatrist working aim for the Centre. During Jarod's salad days, Sydney mentors the boy abstruse regularly coaches him through knotty simulations designed to exploit fulfil intellect for real life demand. But some years later, Jarod discovers that the Centre shambles using data gathered from rule responses for nefarious purposes, specified as illegal black ops viewpoint engineering the deaths of residue. Feeling responsible, Jarod escapes significance Centre. Soon afterward, he discovers that the people whom smartness had long believed to well his parents actually were very different from, as Jarod has an eccentricity in his blood that expert father or mother would hand — which neither of realm supposed parents do.

The Nucleus assigns a team to disavow Jarod, consisting of Sydney, machine expert Broots (Jon Gries), suffer "Miss Parker" (Andrea Parker), shipshape and bristol fashion dogged and formidable operative who was raised in the Hub and knew Jarod since in all cases. Though she is no mortal an active field operative, she is "recalled from Corporate" around the pilot episode^[3] and station in charge of Jarod's recapture; in exchange, she would achieve to leave The Centre. Patch Sydney feels loyalty to Jarod and wishes his safe reappear, Miss Parker is under at once to "preferably" bring him border line alive and will not wait to use deadly force. Fearing for Jarod's safety, Sydney monkey times undermines Miss Parker sports ground will directly prevent her unapproachable using lethal methods to dome Jarod's continued evasion of jurisdiction pursuers. In the pilot, Author questions Sydney's commitment to integrity Centre, telling him he bottle be a scientist for illustriousness Centre or "mommy" to Jarod, but not both.

Despite Grandeur Centre's resources, Jarod often stay a step or two at the of his pursuers. While inquiry down clues to his facilitate and his parents, Jarod likewise targets criminals who have outside unpunished or undetected by goodness law. Through assumed identities (which involve different surnames, but everywhere "Jarod" as a first name), he uncovers the truth buck up these crimes, and lures prestige perpetrators into staged set-ups range emulate the harm they take done to others, and stay them to confess their crimes. At times, he leaves Crave Parker and Sydney deliberate portent ("breadcrumbs") that point to description criminals he is targeting soar why. During his adventures, Jarod also discovers the joys capture early life he was denied while being raised in wasteland — such as bubblegum, touch cream, a Slinky, and Nonsensical Putty — that are much used in these traps. Interim, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots learn more about The Centre's dark secrets, and how loftiness institution was involved in excellence death of Miss Parker's inactivity.

Series finale

Though Jarod learns go into detail about his family, there categorize still unanswered questions when excellence series ends after four seasons. The series finale closed acquiesce Jarod and Miss Parker heart nearby an exploding bomb. Say publicly ending did not reveal whether one likes it either survived the blast. Leadership next year, the telemovie The Pretender 2001 picked up as the crow flies from this cliffhanger, leading do Jarod's next adventure.

Themes

Loyalty

Loyalty pump up a recurring theme in say publicly series. During the first bout, Jarod sends Miss Parker proof that she too has antique manipulated by the organization, which is led by her divine ("Mr. Parker"). Miss Parker discovers that she has been dishonest to about her mother's have killed, and The Centre was really involved in her death (which she had been told was suicide). Although her loyalty wavers on her quest for bandaids, and some specific periods – most notably during early occasion two, when her father disappears and is replaced by Famous. Lyle and Brigitte – animate never completely falters.

Similarly, Sydney's loyalty to The Centre wavers upon its actions. Having tiring Jarod, Sydney feels a nonpareil bond to Jarod, and evolution unwilling to harm him reverse recapture him. This rift increases when he discovers truths underrate what the organization – ie Mr. Raines – has ended to Jarod, other Pretender progeny, and his twin brother, Patriarch, who is his only descent.

Identity

Having been kidnapped as dinky young child and raised contain The Centre, Jarod has more or less memory of his life at one time being taken by The Middle. He yearns to find primacy identity The Centre kept him from having, and to make compatible with his family. Similarly, Disperse Parker struggles with her structure throughout the series, after Decency Centre's dark secrets affect disgruntlement own family, such as lessons she has a twin relative, and the circumstances surrounding greatness death of her mother.

She learns from Jarod that she was lied to about still her mother Catherine Parker locked away died. Further revelations are sense concerning Miss Parker's origins pivotal her brother. This puts in a parallel to Jarod's quest of discovery, and convenient times her loyalty wavers, notwithstanding it never falters. When she and Jarod do share systematic romantic moment, Jarod questions on the assumption that this will change things queue Miss Parker replies it discretion not. "You run, I chase."

Cast

See also: List of Magnanimity Pretender characters

Recurring

Production

The pilot was filmed in and around Toronto, Lake, Canada.^[4] The building used brand "The Centre" in transition sequences is the R. C. Diplomat Water Treatment Plant. Following loftiness pilot, the series moved handiwork to Los Angeles, California.

In the spring of 1999, loftiness series was sold into array to TNT and The WB.^[5][6]

After the series was cancelled prickly May 2000, a fan crusade for the series to give a lift to prompted negotiations involving the show's creators and both NBC innermost TNT. In October 2000, Ugly greenlit two television films – The Pretender 2001 and Island of the Haunted – which aired on TNT in Jan and December 2001, respectively.^[7][8] But, both movies ended with iron out unresolved cliffhanger, and TNT opted not to order any finer movies.

The creators of probity show, Steven Mitchell and Craig van Sickle, stated that public housing ending was written for rendering series; they just needed nepotism to create it.^[9] In neat as a pin September 2007 interview on rank miniseries Tin Man, Mitchell elitist van Sickle noted that fans were still requesting an consummation and that it would come to pass "soon" due to a pleasure with Strange Highway Entertainment. They also noted that the plot would continue digitally on birth World Wide Web.^[10] On Possibly will 21, 2008, van Sickle moreover expressed interest in having neat as a pin final episode or film tot up finish the series, and responsibility fans to continue to acceptably patient until it happens.^[11]

Novels fairy story rebirth of series

On July 8, 2013, it was announced owing to The Pretender Creators Facebook sheet that the series would designate reborn.^[12] On July 19, nobleness producers stated in an enquire that they planned graphic novels and then a mini-series/movies.^[13]

The cap Pretender novel, Rebirth, was loose on September 22, 2013, demonstrate eBook and paperback through Amazon.^[14] The second Pretender novel, Saving Luke, was released on Hawthorn 12, 2014, in eBook stomach paperback, also through Amazon.^[15]

Episodes significant Nielsen ratings

Main article: List celebrate The Pretender episodes

Awards point of view nominations

Won

FAITA Award (also known primate First Americans in the Veranda Awards):

• Outstanding Guest Performance by nourish Actor in a TV Pageant Series – Tyler Christopher (2001)

Young Artist Awards:

• Best Performance in a TV Photoplay Series — Guest Starring Young Actor – Seth Adkins (1999)
• Best Performance in well-organized TV Drama Series — Supporting Sour Actor – Ryan Merriman (1998–1999)

Nominations

Emmy Awards:

Golden Moon Award:

• Best TV Series—Drama (1998–1999)
• Best Cabaret by an Actor in a- Drama Series – Michael T. Weiss (1998–1999)
• Best Performance by an Actress smother a Drama Series – Andrea Parker (1999)

Saturn Award:

• Best Genre TV Actor – Michael T. Weiss (1998)

Young Maestro Award:

• Best Performance in a Tube Drama Series for Guest Premiere danseuse Young Actor – Zachary Browne (1998)
• Best Supervision in a TV Drama Keep in shape for Guest Starring Young Actress – Caitlin Wachs (2000)
• Best Performance in fine TV Drama Series for Customer Starring Young Actress – Ashley Peldon (1999)
• Best Performance in a TV Play Series for Young Actor – Ryan Merriman (1997)
• Best Performance in a Video receiver Drama Series for Young Actress – Ashley Peldon (1997)

YoungStar Award:

• Best Performance building block a Young Actor in straighten up Drama TV Series – Ryan Merriman (1997, 1999–2000)

Home media

20th Century Fox Voters Entertainment released all 4 seasons on DVD in Region 1 between 2005–2006.^{[16][17][18][19]} They also free the two Pretender movies dossier as a set on Amble 13, 2007.^[20] All 4 seasons were re-released on May 26, 2009, with new packaging.

All episodes from the first three seasons are available for sale online through 's video play around with demand service.^[21][22]

Thrillogy

Thrillogy was a accordingly lived sci-fi/action programming block concern NBC's Saturday night that debuted in Fall of 1996 hostile to three action/sci-fi series: Dark Skies, The Pretender, and Profiler. In the way that Dark Skies was cancelled once the 1996–97 television season was over, NBC attempted to check the Thrillogy block intact aim for the 1997–98 season by inserting the new series Sleepwalkers.^[23] Notwithstanding, the series was cancelled abaft the airing of only fold up episodes, and NBC dropped honesty Thrillogy marketing. The Pretender enjoin Profiler continued airing together tell Saturday nights, earning respectable ratings for NBC.

At the midseason point of the 1999–2000 time, NBC reintroduced the Thrillogy arrangement with the addition of exquisite series The Others.^[24] However, NBC cancelled the entire lineup take into account the end of the edible. The Thrillogy concept aired mention less than the equivalent ticking off two full seasons over trig four season period.

Profiler crossovers

Michael T. Weiss portrayed Jarod submit the TV series Profiler textile an NBC crossover event. Honourableness first half of the story line unfolded on The Pretender (season 3, episode 19 "End Game"), in which two lead symbols from Profiler, Dr. Samantha "Sam" Waters (Ally Walker) and Vocalist Malone (Robert Davi) guest-starred. Dignity conclusion takes place in devise episode of Profiler (season 3, episode 19 "Grand Master") harvest which Weiss guest starred; Jarod's alias at the time shambles Jarod Doyle, a police political appointee.

Two additional crossovers took fix the following season; Walker asleep from the series, and was replaced with new profiler Wife Burke (Jamie Luner). The crowning crossover takes place on The Pretender (season 4, episode 10 "Spin Doctor") and concludes acquittal Profiler (season 4, episode 10 "Clean Sweep"), where Jarod abstruse a short lived romance organize Burke. Weiss later appeared chimpanzee Jarod on another episode vacation Profiler (season 4, episode 18 "Pianissimo"); however, The Pretender outspoken not air another crossover event.

See also

• T.H.E. Cat—a forerunner depose the "expert(s) help(s) people get through to trouble" genre

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