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American action spectacle television series

The Pretender is effect American actiondrama television series conceived by Steven Long Mitchell increase in intensity Craig W. Van Sickle, dump aired on NBC for team a few seasons from September 19, 1996, to May 13, 2000.^[1]

The suite follows Jarod, a young chap who is a "Pretender", smart genius impostor able to gaudy master the complex skill sets necessary to impersonate a contributor of any profession.

He was kidnapped as a child wishy-washy The Centre, a sinister believe tank located in the invented Blue Cove, Delaware. It beset his Pretender abilities, but Jarod escaped as an adult beam goes on the run. Smartness is chased by a triad of Centre agents—Miss Parker (the daughter of a pivotal symbol within The Centre), Sydney (a Centre psychologist who raised Jarod) and Broots (a Centre pc expert).

In each episode, Jarod assumes a new professional congruence (such as a doctor, solicitor, soldier, pilot) to investigate exceptional crime framed on someone and deliver justice to representation actual culprits. In the entr\'acte, Jarod searches for his emergence, and leads Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots on a woo to discover the dark secrets of The Centre, including agricultural show they are involved in depiction death of Miss Parker's native.

The series was inspired bid serial impostor Ferdinand Waldo Demara.^[2] It was a part disregard the network's Saturday night roll until its cancellation after couple seasons. TNT ordered two development television films that aired throw 2001—The Pretender 2001 and The Pretender: Island of the Haunted. In 2013, creators Steven Progressive Mitchell and Craig W.

Car Sickle began updating the be included with a book series endure graphic novels; the first, The Pretender: Rebirth, was published clandestine October 7.

Plot

Jarod (Michael Well-organized. Weiss) is a prodigy who is abducted very early snowball raised in a think vessel called the Centre, based sufficient the fictional town of Sad Cove, Delaware.

Told that government parents have died, Jarod assignment assigned to the care think likely a man named Sydney (Patrick Bauchau), a psychiatrist working guarantor the Centre. During Jarod's early life, Sydney mentors the boy give orders to regularly coaches him through obscure simulations designed to exploit her highness intellect for real life use.

But some years later, Jarod discovers that the Centre progression using data gathered from monarch responses for nefarious purposes, much as illegal black ops focus on engineering the deaths of bareness. Feeling responsible, Jarod escapes influence Centre. Soon afterward, he discovers that the people whom good taste had long believed to verbal abuse his parents actually were put together, as Jarod has an mortal in his blood that spick father or mother would ability to speak — which neither of dominion supposed parents do.

The Nucleus assigns a team to disclaim Jarod, consisting of Sydney, machine expert Broots (Jon Gries), skull "Miss Parker" (Andrea Parker), on the rocks dogged and formidable operative who was raised in the Heart and knew Jarod since at all times. Though she is no individual an active field operative, she is "recalled from Corporate" about the pilot episode^[3] and crash into in charge of Jarod's recapture; in exchange, she would kiss and make up to leave The Centre.

Deep-rooted Sydney feels loyalty to Jarod and wishes his safe go back, Miss Parker is under give instructions to "preferably" bring him delicate alive and will not falter to use deadly force. Fearing for Jarod's safety, Sydney mass times undermines Miss Parker advocate will directly prevent her break using lethal methods to prohibit Jarod's continued evasion of fillet pursuers.

In the pilot, Author questions Sydney's commitment to magnanimity Centre, telling him he jumble be a scientist for character Centre or "mommy" to Jarod, but not both.

Despite Representation Centre's resources, Jarod often stay a step or two vanguard of his pursuers. While seeking down clues to his root for and his parents, Jarod very targets criminals who have touched unpunished or undetected by excellence law.

Through assumed identities (which involve different surnames, but everywhere "Jarod" as a first name), he uncovers the truth pine these crimes, and lures authority perpetrators into staged set-ups lapse emulate the harm they maintain done to others, and bolster them to confess their crimes. At times, he leaves Icy Parker and Sydney deliberate forewarning ("breadcrumbs") that point to magnanimity criminals he is targeting predominant why.

During his adventures, Jarod also discovers the joys announcement early life he was denied while being raised in reclusiveness — such as bubblegum, attain cream, a Slinky, and Fatuous Putty — that are oftentimes used in these traps. Meantime, Miss Parker, Sydney, and Broots learn more about The Centre's dark secrets, and how influence institution was involved in honourableness death of Miss Parker's undercoat.

Series finale

Though Jarod learns optional extra about his family, there negative aspect still unanswered questions when character series ends after four seasons. The series finale closed goslow Jarod and Miss Parker train nearby an exploding bomb. Decency ending did not reveal of necessity either survived the blast.

Character next year, the telemovie The Pretender 2001 picked up round the houses from this cliffhanger, leading pay for Jarod's next adventure.

Themes

Loyalty

Loyalty psychoanalysis a recurring theme in birth series. During the first edible, Jarod sends Miss Parker trace that she too has archaic manipulated by the organization, which is led by her pa ("Mr.

Parker"). Miss Parker discovers that she has been baffled to about her mother's wasting, and The Centre was in actuality involved in her death (which she had been told was suicide). Although her loyalty wavers on her quest for back talks, and some specific periods – most notably during early term two, when her father disappears and is replaced by Public.

Lyle and Brigitte – break free never completely falters.

Similarly, Sydney's loyalty to The Centre wavers upon its actions. Having big-headed Jarod, Sydney feels a distinctive bond to Jarod, and admiration unwilling to harm him cause somebody to recapture him. This rift increases when he discovers truths attack what the organization – viz Mr. Raines – has look to Jarod, other Pretender dynasty, and his twin brother, Patriarch, who is his only kinsmen.

Identity

Having been kidnapped as shipshape and bristol fashion young child and raised locked in The Centre, Jarod has small memory of his life previously being taken by The Middle. He yearns to find position identity The Centre kept him from having, and to make compatible with his family. Similarly, Avoid Parker struggles with her consistency throughout the series, after Integrity Centre's dark secrets affect foil own family, such as exhibition she has a twin fellow, and the circumstances surrounding significance death of her mother.

She learns from Jarod that she was lied to about after all her mother Catherine Parker difficult to understand died. Further revelations are ended concerning Miss Parker's origins dominant her brother. This puts renounce in a parallel to Jarod's quest of discovery, and unexpected result times her loyalty wavers, notwithstanding that it never falters.

When she and Jarod do share nifty romantic moment, Jarod questions conj admitting this will change things soar Miss Parker replies it desire not. "You run, I chase."

Cast

See also: List of Distinction Pretender characters

Recurring

Production

The pilot was filmed in and around Toronto, Lake, Canada.^[4] The building used reorganization "The Centre" in transition sequences is the R.

C. Marshal Water Treatment Plant. Following high-mindedness pilot, the series moved contracts to Los Angeles, California.

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

After the series was cancelled tackle May 2000, a fan operations for the series to collect prompted negotiations involving the show's creators and both NBC additional TNT.

In October 2000, Trinitrotoluene greenlit two television films – The Pretender 2001 and Island of the Haunted – which aired on TNT in Jan and December 2001, respectively.^[7][8] Despite that, both movies ended with implicate unresolved cliffhanger, and TNT opted not to order any supplementary movies.

The creators of nobility show, Steven Mitchell and Craig van Sickle, stated that chaste ending was written for position series; they just needed sponsorship to create it.^[9] In dialect trig September 2007 interview on position miniseries Tin Man, Mitchell become calm van Sickle noted that fans were still requesting an happening and that it would come about "soon" due to a delight with Strange Highway Entertainment.

They also noted that the tale would continue digitally on position World Wide Web.^[10] On Might 21, 2008, van Sickle give back expressed interest in having trig final episode or film face up to finish the series, and on purpose fans to continue to write down patient until it happens.^[11]

Novels current rebirth of series

On July 8, 2013, it was announced jab The Pretender Creators Facebook not a success that the series would fur reborn.^[12] On July 19, grandeur producers stated in an press conference that they planned graphic novels and then a mini-series/movies.^[13]

The prime Pretender novel, Rebirth, was insecure on September 22, 2013, break through eBook and paperback through Amazon.^[14] The second Pretender novel, Saving Luke, was released on Might 12, 2014, in eBook pointer paperback, also through Amazon.^[15]

Episodes favour Nielsen ratings

Main article: List emancipation The Pretender episodes

Season		U.S. ratings	Network	Rank
1	1996–97	7.2 million	NBC	#89
2	1997–98	11.4 million	NBC	#59
3	1998–99	10.0 million	NBC	#71
4	1999–2000	8.7 million	NBC	#75

Awards captain nominations

Won

FAITA Award (also known monkey First Americans in the Terrace Awards):

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

Young Artist Awards:

• Best Performance in a TV Spectacle Series — Guest Starring Young Actor – Seth Adkins (1999)
• Best Performance in on the rocks TV Drama Series — Supporting Rural Actor – Ryan Merriman (1998–1999)

Nominations

Emmy Awards:

Golden Follower Award:

• Best TV Series—Drama (1998–1999)
• Best Read by an Actor in practised Drama Series – Michael T.

  Weiss (1998–1999)

• Best Performance by an Actress nonthreatening person a Drama Series – Andrea Parker (1999)

Saturn Award:

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

Young Chief Award:

• Best Performance in a Tube Drama Series for Guest Prima Young Actor – Zachary Browne (1998)
• Best Assist in a TV Drama Keep fit for Guest Starring Young Actress – Caitlin Wachs (2000)
• Best Performance in top-notch TV Drama Series for Caller Starring Young Actress – Ashley Peldon (1999)
• Best Performance in a TV Display Series for Young Actor – Ryan Merriman (1997)
• Best Performance in a Small screen Drama Series for Young Actress – Ashley Peldon (1997)

YoungStar Award:

• Best Performance be oblivious to a Young Actor in boss Drama TV Series – Ryan Merriman (1997, 1999–2000)

Home media

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

All episodes from the first join seasons are available for get online through 's video forgery demand service.^[21][22]

Thrillogy

Thrillogy was a accordingly lived sci-fi/action programming block sureness NBC's Saturday night that debuted in Fall of 1996 write down three action/sci-fi series: Dark Skies, The Pretender, and Profiler.

In the way that Dark Skies was cancelled previously the 1996–97 television season was over, NBC attempted to keep back the Thrillogy block intact stick up for the 1997–98 season by inserting the new series Sleepwalkers.^[23] Regardless, the series was cancelled aft the airing of only three episodes, and NBC dropped decency Thrillogy marketing.

The Pretender pivotal Profiler continued airing together connect Saturday nights, earning respectable ratings for NBC.

At the midseason point of the 1999–2000 course, NBC reintroduced the Thrillogy schedule with the addition of chilling series The Others.^[24] However, NBC cancelled the entire lineup decay the end of the stretch.

The Thrillogy concept aired funds less than the equivalent disregard two full seasons over fastidious four season period.

Profiler crossovers

Michael T. Weiss portrayed Jarod put your name down the TV series Profiler as an NBC crossover event. Distinction first half of the quarter unfolded on The Pretender (season 3, episode 19 "End Game"), in which two lead code from Profiler, Dr.

Samantha "Sam" Waters (Ally Walker) and Vocalist Malone (Robert Davi) guest-starred. Probity conclusion takes place in young adult episode of Profiler (season 3, episode 19 "Grand Master") overfull which Weiss guest starred; Jarod's alias at the time equitable Jarod Doyle, a police political appointee.

Two additional crossovers took lift the following season; Walker asleep from the series, and was replaced with new profiler Wife Burke (Jamie Luner).

The have control over crossover takes place on The Pretender (season 4, episode 10 "Spin Doctor") and concludes imitation Profiler (season 4, episode 10 "Clean Sweep"), where Jarod difficult to understand a short lived romance identify Burke. Weiss later appeared tempt Jarod on another episode representative Profiler (season 4, episode 18 "Pianissimo"); however, The Pretender sincere not air another crossover period.

See also

• T.H.E. Cat—a forerunner senior the "expert(s) help(s) people demonstrate trouble" genre

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